1、Unit 6 The Admirable Lesson 1 A Medical Pioneer What do you know about malaria? Activity 1 Read the facts about malaria. Tick the ones you find most striking or interesting. ( ) 1. Malaria is a mosquito-borne and infectious disease. ( ) 2. The word “malaria” comes from the Latin word for “bad air”.
2、( ) 3. People suffer from high fever, serious vomiting and terrible headaches when they have the disease. ( ) 4. Malaria kills over 1,000,000 people a yearmore people than any disease apart from AIDS. ( ) 5. The drug with artemisinin has proved to be the most effective cure. ( ) 6. There is currentl
3、y no effective vaccine against malaria. infectious: 传染的 vomit: 呕吐 AIDS: 艾滋病 artemisinin: 青蒿素 vaccine: 疫苗 A Medical Pioneer 1. What is a “pioneer”? 2. Who do you think can be called a “pioneer”? Christopher Columbus Alexander Fleming Neil Armstrong Alan Turing Activity 2 Pair Work: What do you know a
4、bout Tu Youyou? Activity 3 What do you want to know about Tu Youyou? If you are going to interview Tu Youyou, what questions do you want to ask her? Activity 4 Read the text and find out. 1. How many of your questions are answered in the text? 2. What else do you want to know? Activity 5 Read, compl
5、ete and introduce Tu Youyou to your partner. Basic information Attitudes Scientific work Date of birth: _ Birthplace: _ Education: _ _ Task and difficulties: _ _ _ Research: _ _ _ Discovery: _ Towards the honour: _ Towards future research: _ _ _ Not interested in fame Zhejiang Province Studying medi
6、cine at Peking University 30 December, 1930 Feels its a recognition and motivation for all scientists in China Task is to find a cure for malaria. Difficulties are limited resources, not enough staff and poor working conditions. artemisinin 1. tested more than 240,000 chemicals 2. researched hundred
7、s of traditional recipes 3. tested herself Activity 6 Match and then use the phrases to talk about Tu Youyous work and achievement. study establish find research use have come across discover be awarded a cure hundreds of traditional recipes Chinese medicine limited resources a team a promising chem
8、ical modern research methods A Nobel Prize artemisinin Activity 7 Group Work: Summarise Tu Youyous personal quality. 1. Use three words or phrases to summarise Tu Youyous personal quality. Give your reasons and find evidence from the text. 2. You can also refer to qualities of admirable people we ha
9、ve learnt. Activity 8 Group Work: Thank and share. 1. Why is Tu Youyou considered a medical pioneer? 2. What typical writing features can you identify in the news article about Tu Youyou? Tu Youyou is considered a medical pioneer because she discovered a cure for malaria which no one else had discov
10、ered. The headline is short and interesting. The introduction summarises Tu Youyous background. The body provides details on her research. Quotes and photographs are included. Activity 9 1. Review: What are relative clauses? 2. Tick the sentences that include a relative clause. Underline the clauses
11、. ( )1. A scientist who was on the Nobel Prize Committee called Hans Forssberg explained that ( )2. When thanking the Committee for the honour, Tu Youyou said, “This is not only an honour for myself, but also recognition and encouragement for all scientists in China.” ( )3. In 1969, Tu Youyou was ch
12、osen to establish a team whose goal was to find a cure for malaria ( )4. The reason why this was difficult was that the team had limited resources. Activity 10 Circle the words that are used to join the sentences together. 1. Later, she studied Chinese medicine for two and a half years with experts
13、in the field from whom she gained a deep knowledge about traditional practices. 2. They did not have enough staff, and the laboratory in which they worked had poor air quality. “介词+关系代词”引导的定语从句一般多用于正式用语中，既可 引导限制性定语从句，又可引导非限制性定语从句。 Who is the man with whom you just shook hands? The two things about w
14、hich Karl Max was not sure were the grammar and some of the idioms. 注意：“介词+关系代词”引导的定语从句中，选择正确的介词时 可参考如下几个原则： （1）根据后面动词和介词的搭配关系选择； （2）根据与前面名词的搭配关系选择； （3）有时需同时考虑动词和介词的搭配关系及介词和名词的搭配 关系； （4）根据所要表达的意思来确定。 Activity 11 Join the pairs of sentences using relative pronouns. 1. We climbed to the top of the mou
15、ntain. We had a beautiful view from there. 2. David is my friend. I often play tennis with him. 3. He has 20 books. Only two of them are interesting. 4. This is quite an interesting job. I really want to apply for it. We climbed to the top of the mountain, from where we had a beautiful view. David i
16、s my friend with whom I often play tennis. He has 20 books of which only two of them are interesting. This is quite an interesting job for which I really want to apply. Activity 12 Express Yourself. Suppose your school wants to choose three most admirable people as role models. You have one minute to persuade the committee to include Tu Youyou. Use at least three relative clauses to present your recommendation. Thank You
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