1、Chinese scientist wins 2015 Nobel PrizeSummarize the outline and key information of the news report;Evaluate the importance of traditional Chinese medicine and appreciate the qualities of Tu Youyou as a scientist;Apply noun phrases when explaining medical terms.Tu Youyou.Chinese scientist wins 2015
2、Nobel Prize.Who is this winner?What do you know about Tu Youyou?Nobel Prize winner Tu Youyouwell-educatedstrong-mindedwilling to sacrificeWhat do you know about the Nobel Prize?The Nobel Prize is an international prize given annually for achievements in different fields such as physics,chemistry,med
3、icine or literature.The prize is also awarded to those who contribute to creating peace.It was started by Alfred Nobel,a Swedish chemist,engineer and inventor.He decided that after his death his money must be used to award actions that benefit mankind.I know there have been some Chinese winners of t
4、he Nobel Prize in the fields of science and literature.What important scientific discoveries in history have you heard about?The discovery of gravity helped us learn about the laws of motion on the Earth and in space.It led to the development of transportation and our understanding of the universe.X
5、-rays allowed us to see the inside of the human body safely and led to the invention of more advanced body scanning systems.The discovery of DNA was significant to our understanding of living things.Law of gravitationX-raysDNAHeliocentric theoryPeriodic law of elementsrelativityWhat can you get from
6、 the title?The passage is about a Chinese scientist who wins 2015 Nobel PrizeThe passage is about Tu Youyou.19711930succeeded in making qinghao extract that could treat malaria in mice1951-195519691972 2015born in Ningbo,Zhejiang Provincestudied medicine at university in Beijingbecame head of a team
7、 that intended to find a cure for malariasuccessfully discovered qinghaosuwon the Nobel PrizeTus personal experiencesListen and read the news report and complete the chart below with the main idea of each part.Para.1Tu Youyou won a Nobel Prize in 2015 for her discovery of qinhaosu.Para.2Para.35Para.
8、6Tu Youyou acquired a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.Tu Youyou and her team solved a lot of problems before they successfully discovered qinghaosu.Tu Youyou and her teams efforts finally paid off.Answer the questions.1.What effort had Tu Youyou made to find
9、 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.2.Why did Tu and her team volunteer to test qinghao extract on themselves first?Because they di not have su
10、fficient safety data and they wanted to speed up the process and ensure its safety.3.What contribution has qinghaosu made?As a key part of many malaria medicines,qinghaosu has since benefited about 200 million malaria patients.ProblemsSolutionsThe extracts failed to produce any promising results.Tu
11、Youyou referred to the ancient books of traditional Chinese medicine again,redesigned the experiments and tried extracting the qinghao herb at a low temperature in order not to damage its effective part.Read the news report again carefully and fill in the table blow.ProblemsSolutionsTu and her team
12、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 and her team managed to find solutions to the problem,e.g.using household water containers instead of research equipment.Tu Youyo
13、u and her team volunteered to test the qinghao extract on themselves.Answer the questions related to the lead of this news report.1.Can you find the lead of this news report?Tu Youyou has become the first female scientist of the Peoples Republic of China to receive a Nobel Prize,awarded for her cont
14、ribution to the fight against malaria,one of the deadliest diseases in human history.2.What information can we get from this lead?Firstly,the most important information it conveys is“Tu Youyou has won a Nobel Prize”.Secondly,it tells us the reason why Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prizebecause of“her cont
15、ribution to the fight against malaria,one of the deadliest diseases in human history”.Thirdly,it highlights the significance of Tu Youyous prizeshe is“the first female scientist of the Peoples Republic of China to receive a Nobel Prize”.人物报道常通过对特定人物事迹、思想及情感的描写来感染、激励人物报道常通过对特定人物事迹、思想及情感的描写来感染、激励或者教育读
16、者或者教育读者。1.表达准确，真实客观。表达准确，真实客观。人物报道要求运用准确的语言表达事实，人物报道要求运用准确的语言表达事实，尊重新闻事实的客观性尊重新闻事实的客观性。第。第三段中出三段中出现大现大量数据量数据collected over 2,000 traditional Chinese medical recipes,made hundreds of extracts,Inspired by an over 1,600-year-old text及及after 190 failures体体现了新闻报道的准确性和真实性。现了新闻报道的准确性和真实性。2.语言具有高度浓缩性。语言具有高度
17、浓缩性。新闻报道能够让受众在最短时间内获知最新闻报道能够让受众在最短时间内获知最多信息，因此语言通常简洁明快，行文中常用各种并列、从属和多信息，因此语言通常简洁明快，行文中常用各种并列、从属和插入的手法，以达到浓缩的效果插入的手法，以达到浓缩的效果。人物报道的语篇特点人物报道的语篇特点 如如文章首句文章首句Tu Youyou has become the first female scientist.one of the deadliest diseases in human history用一句话介绍了屠呦呦获得用一句话介绍了屠呦呦获得诺贝尔奖的事实诺贝尔奖的事实、突、突出贡出贡献及献及疟疾
18、这种疾病，具有高度浓缩性。此疟疾这种疾病，具有高度浓缩性。此外还外还运用了大量并列句和从句来浓缩信息。运用了大量并列句和从句来浓缩信息。3.运用丰富细致的材料塑造人物形象。运用丰富细致的材料塑造人物形象。人物报道的核心是人物人物报道的核心是人物，报，报道道中要选择能够反应人物性格、情感和思想境界的材料，丰富人物形中要选择能够反应人物性格、情感和思想境界的材料，丰富人物形象，使人物立体化。本文介绍屠呦呦团队发现青蒿素的过程时，重象，使人物立体化。本文介绍屠呦呦团队发现青蒿素的过程时，重点关注团队如何全力克服困难，勇往直前。其中点关注团队如何全力克服困难，勇往直前。其中after 190 fail
19、ures,They worked day and night,they never gave up,volunteered to test qinghao extract on themselves first等表等表达塑达塑造出一个付出全部心血、造出一个付出全部心血、永不言弃的团队形象永不言弃的团队形象。一。一篇好的人物报道除了要符合一般新闻报道篇好的人物报道除了要符合一般新闻报道的要求，还要给人物注的要求，还要给人物注入灵魂，入灵魂，令人物鲜活起来。令人物鲜活起来。Talk about what we can do to further explore the treasure house
20、 of traditional Chinese medicine and discover more medicines beneficial to global health care.broad sufficient intend pay offlimited experiment wisdom refer toThe passage below is about traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phr
21、ases in the box below.In her Nobel Lecture,Tu Youyou(1)_ the strengths of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine,and pointed out that there is great potential for future advances if scientists make good use of these strengths.referred toTheir efforts to conduct research in both field
22、s may finally(2)_.A good example to illustrate this point is the discovery of qinghaosu in 1972,which was(3)_ as an effective treatment for malaria.The Chinese herb qinghao,from which qinghaosu comes,has been used to cure diseases for almost 2,000 years.pay offintendedbroad sufficient intend pay off
23、limited experiment wisdom refer toHowever,it was not until the 1970s that Tu succeeded in discovering qinghaosu,after many failed(4)_.By then,the fight against malaria had achieved only(5)_ success.Since the discovery of qinghaosu,the survival rate of malaria patients has increased by around 30%.lim
24、itedbroad sufficient intend pay offlimited experiment wisdom refer toexperimentsWithout her(6)_ knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine,Tu might never have discovered qinghaosu.It is important that scientists draw on the(7)_ of both fields.With(8)_ research,many more medi
25、cal discoveries like qinghaosu are likely to be made.broad sufficient intend pay offlimited experiment wisdom refer towisdomsufficientbroadWhoWho was the main character of news report?WhatWhat honor did she receive?WhenWhen did she get the award?WhereWhere did she get inspired?WhyWhy did she get the
26、 prize?HowHow did she make the discovery?Read the news report again and complete the 5W1H questions table.The news report uses some abstract nouns.Note the following suffixes and think of more words formed with them.Then fill in the table below with as many words as you can.Parts of speech SuffixesW
27、ordsAdjectives-domwisdom-nesseffectivenessVerbs-alsurvival-anceappearance-urefailureAdjectives/Verbs/Nouns-ageshortagefreedomarrival,approval,proposal,refusal,removalpleasure,exposure,closureacceptance,performance,assistancemarriage,passage,percentageusefulness,kindness,loneliness,happinessThe news
28、report explains“malaria”and“qinghaosu”using noun phrases.Find these explanations in the news report and explain the two medical terms below using noun phrases.You can use a noun phrase to explain a term,thus making it easier to understand.A comma or a dash is often put before the explanation.Tu Youy
29、ou has become the first female Chinese scientist of the Peoples Republic of China to receive a Nobel Prize,awarded for her contribution to the fight against malaria,one of the deadliest diseases in human history.In November 1972,through trial and error,they successfully discovered qinghaosu the most
30、 effective part of the qinghao extract.aspirinThe doctor asked me to have a good rest and take some aspirin,ICUAfter surgery,the man was sent to ICU,a medicine often used to treat pain and fever.a department in a hospital that provides specialized treatment or care.Pay attention to the transitional
31、sentences used in this news report.Find the transitional sentences used in the news report and analyze their function.A transitional sentence is designed to move the audience from one idea to another without causing confusion or losing fluidity.It forms a connection between the preceding idea and th
32、e following one.Good transitional sentences can make the writing more cohesive and logical.Sentence 1:Tus education was soon to prove very useful.Function:It moves from Tus educational background(para.2)to“Tus success in making qinghao extract”(para.3)Sentence 2:However,it was hard to produce enough
33、 qinghao extract for large trials because research resources were limited.Function:It moves from Tus success in making qinghao extract(para.3)to“the process of making qinghao extract for large trials”(para.4)Sentence 3:Even with large amounts of qinghao extract produced,however,they still faced anot
34、her problem.Function:It moves from Tus success in“making enough qinghao extract for large trials”(para.2)to the new problem Tus team was facing no sufficient safety data(para.5).Discuss the following questions.1.What qualities did Tu Youyou show as a scientist?Use details from the news report to sup
35、port your ideas.She is well-educated.She has a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine,which has proved useful in her research.She is a determined person.She and her team didnt give up even after 190 failures.They worked day and night and their health began to suffe
36、r.She is prepared to make big sacrifices for science.When there was insufficient data for trials,Tu and her team volunteered to test the qinghao extract on themselves.This has shown the importance of traditional Chinese medicine.Qinghaosu,as the key substance in many malaria medicines,has saved coun
37、tless lives.Tu Youyous achievement has earned international recognition of traditional Chinese medicine.As a female scientist,Tu has also inspired young female scientists to work harder to achieve their dreams.2.Tu Youyou is the first female Chinese scientist to win a Nobel Prize.In your opinion,wha
38、t is the significance of this achievement?In her Nobel Lecture,Tu Youyou encouraged scientists to further explore the treasure house of traditional Chinese medicine and raise it to a higher level.What significant role has traditional Chinese medicine played in Tu Youyous success?Firstly,Tu Youyous e
39、ducational background-a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine enabled her to find a cure for malaria from different perspectives.Secondly,abundant traditional Chinese medical recipes gave her plenty of choices.Thirdly,traditional Chinese medical classics inspired
40、her.An over 1600-year-old text inspired Tu to extract qinghao at a low temperature in order not to damage its effective part.根据课文内容根据课文内容，将概要补充完整（每空一词）。将概要补充完整（每空一词）。In 1969,Tu Youyou and her team turned to Chinese 1._ to find an effective treatment for deadly malaria.Despite their limited 2._ and h
41、undreds of failed experiments,they found a promising chemical.To test the medicine,Tu and her team used the medicine on their own 3._.They finally discovered the most effective drug qinghaosu to cure the disease.Due to her 4._ to fighting against malaria,Tu won the 2015 Nobel Prize,becoming the firs
42、t Chinese female scientist to receive the honor.herbsresourcesbodies contributionFill in the blanks with proper words.The first letter has been given.1.Has the meeting been cancelled?No.It has been p_ until Monday.2.When will your new book come out?I guess it will be p_ in May.ostponedublished3.Ther
43、e isnt s_ time to look into the case.Dont worry.We can ask others for help.4.He is an experienced,helpful and wise man.So he is.I feel we have benefited a great deal from his experience and w_.ufficientisdomArtemisinin is a gift to the world from traditional Chinese medicine.Tu Youyou Write a speech
44、 on“What can I learn from Tu Youyou”based on group work.What can I learn from Tu YouyouIt is known to all that Tu Youyou is the first Chinese woman scientist to win a Nobel Prize.Drugs based on her research have led to the survival and improved health of millions of people across the world.There are
45、 many things I can learn from such a great scientist.However,what strikes me most is her attitude toward work and her devotion to the traditional Chinese medicine,which contributes to her discovery.It has shown to us that an old idea might lead to a new discovery.It is true that we have a lot more to learn from historical methods and practices.The traditional Chinese medicine treasure house is really worth exploring.
