1、Unit 1 People of AchievementReading and Thinking1. Who is the woman in the photo?2. What is happening in this photo?3. What more can you find from this photo?Look & discussShe is Tu Youyou.She is being awarded Nobel Prize. Tu Youyou received her prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden during the N
2、obel Prize Awards Ceremony at Concert Hall in Stockholm(斯德哥尔斯德哥尔摩摩), 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(具有影响力的具有影响力的) figures in 20th century science alongside Marie Curie, Alan Turi
3、ng, and Albert Einstein. Recipient of the Medal of the Republic（共和国勋章共和国勋章）. S h e d i s c o v e r e d a n e w revolutionary treatment for malaria( (疟疾疟疾) )artemisinin ( (青蒿素青蒿素) ). About 1971.spread of Malaria To be a man of value is more meaningful than to be a man of success.Whats your feelings a
4、fter reading this quote of Einstein?Is Tu Youyou a woman of success or value? Why? She is a woman 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?Fas
5、t readingB. The honor of the discovery. A. Tus way to the treatment for malaria. C. The significance of Tus discoveryD. The discovery of the artemisinin.What does the passage mainly talk about? Skills: try to find out who, when, why, where and what. It mainly talks about _ achievement and her way to
6、 _ which saves lots of people worldwide.Tu Youyousfind out the artemisininTask 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 is the writing style of the passage?Task 3: News. Main idea:Reading tip 2:News stories are very obj
7、ective, mainly about facts.Reading tip 1:Six elements（元素）（元素） of a news story:when,where, who, what,why, how. 1930Tested the medicine on themselves and later on patients. The medicine became a standard treatment for malaria.1955Chosen to be the first researchers to discover a new treatment for malar
8、ia.Graduated from Peking University Medical SchoolBorn in Ningbo, ChinaBecame 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.1967Careful readingOver 200 million people around the world get ma
9、laria 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. What do the numbers mentioned in the text suggest?1. Para1: over200 million people aro
10、und 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 and tested 880 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments.3. Par
11、a3: After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971.people who get malaria people die from malaria lives to be savedshow the efforts that Tu Youyous team have madesuggests the difficulties that Tus team once met and their determination find out a cure for malaria.They tested th
12、e medicine_ _ to see if safe.Tus team examined _,_and evaluated _ over 2000 old medical texts8,000 plants for properties.They found a medical text suggesting _using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. They tested _dried wormwood leaves but found no effectThey tried _but_ _boiling fresh
13、 wormwoodand using the liquid this did not work either.They used a _ the sweet wormwood contract.lower temperatureto draw outonthemselvesThey tested the medicine on_.malaria patientsThe medicine became _ .a standardtreatment for malariaA. the active voice/ offer many opinionsB. the first person/ tal
14、k about feelingsC. both active and passive voices / mostly contain facts2. Which 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
15、 Youyous personal life. E. Tu Youyous road to discovering artemisinin F. What Tu Youyou was awarded. G. 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
16、the discovery of artemisinin. Artemisinin _(save) a large number of lives since it was discovered. After _(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 discoveri
17、ng a new treatment for malaria. They_(evaluate) 280.000 plants and tested 380 dstinct ancient Chinese 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 diffe
18、rent way. Soon she found a substance that worked by_(boil) the sweet wormwood at a lower temperature. 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
19、 be spread around the world.whichhas savedgraduatingwas chosenthe evaluatedtreatmentsbyboilingeventuallyWhy 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 thous
20、ands of lives.Because What kinds of spirts have you learnt from Tu Youyou?committed never acknowledge defeat perseverantdare to challengefaithfulhard-workingable to endure hardshipAs a senior high school student, what kind of person do you want to be?devoteddetermineda selfless contributoran ambassa
21、dor of Chinese traditional culture无私奉献者无私奉献者a dedicated（一心一意的）（一心一意的） lifesaver悬壶济世者悬壶济世者中华文化传播者中华文化传播者为中华之崛起而读书为中华之崛起而读书Class activitySuppose well interview the medical scientist Tu Youyou, what questions do you want to ask? Lets make a role play. One acts as a host, one acts as Tu Youyou, one acts as a reporter.1. Memorize new words.2. Preview Language Points.
