1、1. Who is the woman in the photo? 2. What is happening in this photo?1. Tu Youyou. 2. Tu Youyou is being presented with the Nobel Prize at the award ceromony. Tu Youyou Reading and Thinking Describe people of achievement Tu Youyou Awarded Nobel PrizeTu Youyou Awarded Nobel Prize 6 October 2015 1. Be
2、fore you read, discuss these questions in groups. 1. What kind of person makes great discoveries? A person who is _, _, _and .is very likey to make great discoveries. Pre-reading hard-working determined intelligent confident curious brave/courageous patient ambitious devoted/committed persistent/per
3、severing （坚持不懈的）（坚持不懈的）. 2. Which is more important for making a great discovery, talent or effort? I think both talent and effort are important for making discoveries, lbecause without either of them it is impossible or difficult to achieve success. lbecause without either of them success is an imp
4、ossible dream. 2. Scan the text and find descriptive words about Tu Youyou. Scanning a and scientist Pay attention to the descriptive words in a passage. These will help you form a better impression of the subject described in the passage. Close-reading 3. Circle the answers to the questions below.
5、1 Where would you most likely find this passage? A In a blog. B In a book. C In a letter. D In a newspaper. 2 Passagers like this are most often written in _ and _. A the active voice/offer many opinions B the first person/talk about feelings C both active and passive voices/mostly contain facts 3 W
6、hich two pieces of information 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 T
7、u Youyou was awarded. G Why artemisinin is an important discovery. 4. Read the text again and answer the questions. 1 Why is the discovery of artemisinin important? Because artemisinin is a crucial new treatment for malaria. Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to improv
8、ed health for millions of people. And it is thought to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone. wormwood artemisinin 2 What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood? Using a lower temperature. 3 What numbers are mentioned in the text? What do they suggest? These numbers suggest four
9、 things: how big a health problem malaria is; how much time and efforts Tu Youyou spent in searching for a possible new treatment for malaria; （显示，表明）（显示，表明） Finding Artemisimin was a long and tough process. what good qualities Tu Youyou and her team had: hard work, determination, persistence, patie
10、nce, commitment and scientific spirit. 4. Why is Tu Youyou considered a great person? because countless lives have been saved thanks to her discovery. Because she is the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in science. 5. Complete the flow chart. Then tell the story of how artemisinin was disc
11、overed. Tu Youyous team examined _ _, and evaluated _ _ over 2,000 old medical texts 280, 000 plants for their medical properties. They found a medical text suggesting _ _ using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. They tested _ _ a collection of dried worm- wood leaves, but failed. The
12、y tried _ _ _ boiling fresh wormwood, and using the liquid obtained from this to treat malaria, but without success. They used a _ _ _ lower temperature to draw out the extract and found a substuance that worked. They tested the medicine _ to see if is safe. on themselves They tested the medicine _
13、_ on malaria patients, most of them recovered. The medicine bcame _ for malaria. an standard treatment Tu Youyou was awarded the Noble Prize for her great achievement in discovering artemisinin. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2-4 Paragraph 5 _ _ WhatTu Youyou thought about discovery and the honor Introductio
14、n How Tu Youyou and her team discovered artemisinin Skimming _ Body Conclusion 1. What is the passage mainly about? Tu Youyou was awarded the Noble Prize for her great achievement in medicine and how she and her team discovered artemisinin. 2. What is the writing style of the passage? News. What qualities have you learnt from Tu Youyou? commitment never acknowledge defeat perseverance dare to challenge responisibility hard work able to endure hardship qualitie s Post-reading patience 1. Read the text again and again. 2. Do exercises
