1、Unit 4Scientists who changed the worldGuessStephen Hawking 1942-2018 graduated from University of Oxford and University of Cambridge had to sit in a wheelchair because of the disease called ALSIsaac Newton a famous British physicist Invented the reflecting telescopeYuan Longping A Chinese scientist
2、who was awarded with the Medal of the Republic A well-known agricultural scientist The Father of Hybrid riceTu Youyou A Chinese female scientistChinese scientist wins 2015 Nobel PrizeReadingRead for structureA.ExpositionB.Narration C.News report What is the genre of this writing?StructureInverted Py
3、ramidHeadlineLeadBodyTailPara.1:Tu Youyou won a Nobel Prize in 2015 for her discovery of qinghaosu.Part 1The leadPart 2BodyPara.2:Paras.3-5:Para.6:Part 3TailTu Youyou and her teams efforts finally paid off.Tu Youyou acquired a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine
4、.Tu Youyou and her team solved a lot of problems before they successfully discovered qinghaosu.19301951-551969197119722015born in Ningbo,ZJ Provincestudied medicine atuniversity in Beijingbecame head of a team that intendedto find a cure formalariasucceeded in making qinghao extract that could treat
5、 malaria in micesuccessfully discovered qinghaosuwon the Nobel PrizeRead for detailed informationRead for detailed informationLead(Para.1)What information can you get from the lead?Who?What?Why?Tu Youyou has become the first female scientist of the Peoples Republic of China to receive a Nobel Prize,
6、awarded for her contribution to the fight against malaria,one of the deadliest diseases in human history.A.AttributiveB.AppositionC.AdverbialTip:You can use an apposition to explain a term,thus making it easier to understand.A comma or a dash is often put before the explanation.Body(Para.2-5)What ef
7、fort had Tu Youyou made to find a cure for malaria before producing any promising results?She collected over 2,000 traditional Chinese medical recipes for malaria treatment and made hundreds of extracts from different herbs.Read for detailed informationProblemsSolutionsThe extracts failed to produce
8、 any promising results.Tu and her team could not produce enough qinghao extract because research resources were limited.Tu and her team did not have sufficient safety data to start trials on patients.Tu Youyou referred to the ancient books not to damage its effective part.Tu Youyou and her team mana
9、ged to find solutions to the problem,e.g.using household water containers instead of research equipment.Tu Youyou and her team volunteered to test the qinghao extract on themselves.Appreciate the writing techniqueWhats the function of this sentence?It serves as a transitional sentence.It moves from
10、Tus educational background(para.2)to“Tus success in making qinghao extract”(para.3).coherentlogicaleducationCan you find other transitional sentences used in the body part and analyze their function?However,it was hard to produce enough qinghao extract for large trials because research resources wer
11、e limited.It moves from Tus success in making qinghao extract to“the process of making enough qinghao extracts for large trials”.Function Even with large amounts of qinghao extract produced,however,they still faced another problem.Function It moves from Tus success in“making enough qinghao extract f
12、or large trials”to the new problem the team was facing-no sufficient safety data.Read for detailed informationTail(Para.6)1.What contribution has qinghaosu made?As a key part of many malaria medicine,qinghaosu has since benefited about 200 million malaria patients.2.What did she encourage scientists
13、 to do?She encouraged scientists to further explore the treasure house of traditional Chinese medicine and raise it to a higher level.Read for thinking1.What qualities did Tu Youyou show as a scientist?Use details from the news report to support your ideas.(Pair-work)A GoodScientistWell-educatedStro
14、ng-mindedWilling to sacrificedetermineddevotedpersistent 2.What qualities does a good scientist have?(Group-work)3.Tu Youyou is the first Chinese female scientist to win a Nobel Prize.In your opinion,what is the significance of this achievement?(Group-work)Tu Youyous achievement has earned internati
15、onal recognition of traditional Chinese medicine.As a female scientist,Tu has also inspired young female scientists to work harder to achieve their dreams.Role-playHave an imaginary talk with Tu Youyou.Imagine you were Tu Youyou.What would you tell the young students?Imagine you were talking to Tu Y
16、ouyou.What would you tell her?1.Greetings.2.What difficulties you have overcome.3.Express your expectations and encouragement.1.Greetings and your feelings.2.What you can learn from her qualities.3.What are you going to do in the future?Tus speech at the Nobel Prize ceremonyChinese medicine and pharmacology are a great treasure-house.We should explore them and raise them to a higher level.HomeworkRead the passage on P47 about traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine and complete the passage.Thank You!