1、1. Who is the woman in the photo? 2. What is happening in this photo? 3. What more can you find from this photo? Look & discuss Unit 1 People of Achievement She is Tu Youyou. She is being awarded Nobel Prize. Tu Youyou received her prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during the Nobel Prize Awa
2、rds Ceremony at Concert Hall in Stockholm( (斯德哥尔摩斯德哥尔摩) ), Sweden. Tu Youyou, Chinese Chemist Winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She was nominated by the BBC as one of the most influential figures in 20th century science alongside Marie Curie, Alan Turing, and Albert Einstein.
3、 Recipient of the Medal of the Republic（共和国勋章共和国勋章）. She discovered a new revolutionary treatment for malaria( (疟疾疟疾) )artemisinin ( (青蒿素青蒿素) ). About 1971. To be a man of value is more meaningful than to be a man of success. Whats your feelings after reading this quote of Einstein? Is Tu Youyou a m
4、an of success or value? Why? She is a man of value. Because she made a great discovery of the artemisinin which saves millions of lives worldwide. Which is more important for making a great discovery, talent or effort? How to make a discovery? Now lets read a passage about Tu Youyou to find the answ
5、ers. Para. 1 Para. 3 Para.2 Para.4 Task 1: Match the main ideas with each paragraph. Fast reading B. The honor of the discovery. A. Tus way to the treatment for malaria. C. The significance of Tus discovery D. The discovery of the artemisinin. What does the passage mainly talk about? Skills: try to
6、find out who, when, why, where and what. It mainly talks about _ achievement and her way to _ _ which saves lots of people worldwide. Tu Youyous find out the artemisinin Task 2: 2. Where would you most likely find this passage? A. In a blog. B. In a book. C. In a letter. D. In a newspaper. 1. What i
7、s the writing style of the passage? Task 3: News. 1930 Tested the medicine on themselves and later on patients. The medicine became a standard treatment for malaria. 1955 Chosen to be the first researchers to discover a new treatment for malaria. Graduated from Peking University Medical School 1969
8、Born in Ningbo, China 1971 Became the head of the project in Beijing and decided to find traditional botanical treatments for the disease. Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. 1967 2015 Careful reading Why is the discovery of artemisinin important? Can you list the exact number? Over
9、 200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600,000 die from it. Artemisinin has saved 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone. Because it has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to improved health for millions of people. crucial / vital What do the numbers menti
10、oned in the text suggest? 1. Para1: over200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600,000 die from it. and is thought to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone. 2. Para2: her team examined over 2,000 old medical texts and evaluated 280,000plants for .,they discovered an
11、d tested 880 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments. 3. Para3: After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971. people who get malaria people die from malaria lives to be saved show the efforts that Tu Youyous team have made suggests the difficulties that Tus team once met
12、 and their determination find out a cure for malaria. They tested the medicine_ _ to see if safe. Tus team examined _, _and evaluated _ over 2000 old medical texts 8,000 plants for properties. They found a medical text suggesting _ _ using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. They teste
13、d _ _ dried wormwood leaves but found no effect They tried _ _but_ _ boiling fresh wormwood and using the liquid this did not work either. They used a _ _ the sweet wormwood contract. lower temperature to draw out on themselves They tested the medicine on _. malaria patients The medicine became _ _
14、. a standard treatment for malaria How was artemisinin discovered? What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood? A. the active voice/ offer many opinions B. the first person/ talk about feelings C. both active and passive voices / mostly contain facts 2. Which two pieces of informati
15、on were not included in the passage? A. A quote from Tu Youyou B. The details of how artemisinin was discovered C. Tu Youyous important contributions other than the discovery of artemisinin. D. Tu Youyous personal life. E. Tu Youyous road to discovering artemisinin F. What Tu Youyou was awarded. G.
16、Why artemisinin is an important discovery. Choose the correct answers: 1.Passage like this are most often written in _ and _. Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015 for her research,_ led to the discovery of artemisinin. Artemisinin _(save) a large number of lives since it was discovered. Aft
17、er _(graduate) from university, Tu Youyou worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 1967, Tu Youyou _(choose) as a researcher of a team of scientists with _ purpose of discovering a new treatment for malaria. They_(evaluate) 280.000 plants and tested 380 dstinct ancient Chinese
18、 medical_(treat). One medical text suggested using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever.Tu Youyou analysed the medical texts again, and _ chance, she found one sentence suggesting a different way. Soon she found a substance that worked by_(boil) the sweet wormwood at a lower temperature.
19、 The teams hard work _(event) paid off in 971. Tu Youyou thought the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort and the Nobel Prize was an honor for Chinas scientific research and Chinese medicine to be spread around the world. which has saved graduating was chosen the evaluated treatments by boilin
20、g eventually Challenge your memory! Why is Tu Youyou considered a great person? Because she is the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Because her discovery of artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. Because What kinds of spirts have you learnt from Tu Youyou? never acknowledge defeat perseverant faithful able to endure hardship 1. Memorize new words. 2. Preview Language Points.
