1、选择性必修一 Unit 1 People of AchievementReading and Thinking 1. What is happening in this photo?2. Who is the woman?The photo is of Tu Youyou accepting the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, in the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 2015. artemisininextract wor
2、mwoodmalariaa deadly diseasephysiologyartemisinincrucialmalariavitalcommittedobjectivebotanicalmedical propertyliquidacknowledgesubstance fzildi n. 生理学；生理机能,tmisnn n. 青蒿素 krul adj. 关键的;至关重要的mleri n. 疟疾 vatl adj. 至关重要的;必不可少的 kmtd adj. 尽心尽力的；坚信的；坚定的 bdektv n.目的;目标；adj.客观的; btnkl adj. 植物学的n. 药用价值；药性 lk
3、wd n. 液体 knld v. 承认；（公开）感谢 sbstns n. 物质;物品;The passageTU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE 6 October 2015The event Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize on 5 October 2015Where would you most likely find this passage?A. In a blog B. In a book C. In a letter D. In a newspaperTU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE 6 O
4、ctober 2015The headline of a newspaper story:Using ellipsisTalking about an important event (when & what)presenting the heart of the news in brief formTimeliness of news 新闻的时效性 Try to predict the content of the newsActivity I: Scan the text and find outa newspaper storywho what when why On October 5
5、th, 2015, Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine due to the discovery of artemisinin.Where can we find the most important facts of the newspaper story (who, when, what, why) ?In paragraph 1 Most Newsworthy Infowho, what, when, why, whereImportant DetailsOther general InfoBa
6、ckground InfoThe structure of a newspaper story:The Inverted PyramidActivity 2: Go through the whole text and try to summarize the main idea of the text.Para 1: Tu Youyou was awarded Nobel Prize because of discovering artemisinin.Para 2: _Para 3: _Para 4: _Tu Youyous personal experiences.The process
7、 of discovering artemisinin.Tu Youyou owes her success to her team and traditional Chinese medicine.Activity 3: 1. Read Para 2 and 3 and find descriptive words about Tu Youyou.2. Can you find any facts and opinions about Tu Youyous commitment and patience? Facts:1. Eaxamined over 2,000 old medical t
8、exts2. Evaluated 280,000 plants3. Discovered and tested 380 distinct 4. After failing more than 190 times5. insisted on testing on the medicine on themselvesOpinions: Tu Youyou, a committed and patient scientist The description of characters in newspaper stories is based on objective facts. The repo
9、rters wont be added as much as possible.The numbers : Give readers intuitive feelings. How hard Tu Youyou tried to look for a possible new treatment for malaria; How patient and persistent they were to tackle the disease.Activity 4. Complete the flow chart on P 3 Tu Youyous team examined _ and evalu
10、ated _.They tested_.over 2,000 old medical texts280,000 plants for their medical propertiesa collection of dried wormwood leavesThey tried _, but _. boiling fresh wormwood and using the liquidthis did not work eitherThey found a medical text suggesting _. using the extract from sweet wormwood to tre
11、at a fever They used a _ sweet wormwood extract.They tested the _ to see if safe.lower temperature to draw outon themselvesThey tested the medicine on _.The medicine became _ for malaria.malaria patientsa standard treatmentActivity 5. Read the last paragraph and answer:1. What does “all the people”
12、refer to? The Chinese government and public in general, including family members, friends, associates, and all those who gave support.2. What does “It” refer to? The success.The quotation from Tu Youyou shows the national pride.Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value. - Albert Einstein 努力不是为了功成名就而是为了成为有价值的人Discuss:What is your opinion of being a man of value?give more than he receives
