1、 Unit 6 AdmirableLesson 1 A Medical PioneerActivate and share1)Can you list some medical pioneers you know?2)What contributions did they make?Florence NightingaleHenry Norman BethuneZhong NanshanTu YouyouMalaria kills over 1,000,000 people a yearmore people than any disease apart from AIDs.People su
2、ffer from high fever,serious vomiting(v.呕吐呕吐)and terrible headaches when they have the disease.321645malariaWhat do you know about malaria?Read the facts about it and tick the ones you find most striking or interesting.Activate and shareMalaria is a mosquito-borne(adj.蚊子携带的蚊子携带的)and infectious(adj.传
3、染传染的的)disease.The word“malaria”comes from the Latin word for“bad air”.The drug with artemisinin has proved to be the most effective cure.There is currently no effective vaccine(n.疫苗疫苗)against malaria.Who discovered artemisinin?Tu YouyouActivate and shareShare with a partner what you know about Tu Yo
4、uyou.Use the phrases below to help you.Activate and sharea medical researcher a Nobel Prize winner a female scientist to find s cure for malaria to discover a life-saving drug called artemisinin1.Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize in Physiology(n.生理学)or Medicine in 2015.2.Tu Youyou is a female scientist.
5、3.Tu Youyou is a medical researcher.4.Tu Youyou and her team discovered a life-saving drug called artemisinin.5.Tu Youyou and her team found a cure for malaria.Activate and shareRead and share the information you found out about Tu Youyou.Read and exploreTu Youyous educationResearch difficultiesAtti
6、tudes towards researchSomething about the Nobel Prize award ceremonyAttitudes towards honour1324Read and figure out the structure.Read and explorePart 1(Para.1)The Nobel Prize Award CeremonyPart 2(Para.2)Basic informationPart 3(Para.3-4)The research workPart 4(Para.5)InfluenceRead and complete the f
7、ollowing information.Then introduce Tu Youyou to your partner based on what you have written.Read and exploreBasic informationScientific workAttitudesRead and exploreBasic informationDate of birth and birthplace:born in Zhejiang Province,China,on 30 December,1930Education:Work experience:studied med
8、icine at Peking University Health Science Centre;studied Chinese medicine for two and a half years;gained a deep knowledge about traditional practicesa member of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences(中国中医科学院)Read and exploreScientific workTask:Research:Discovery:chosen to establish a team to fin
9、d a cure for malariaDifficulties:limited resources;not enough staff;poor working conditions;failed experiments(hundreds of)tested(240,000);visited experts;researched(hundreds of);began using (one by one);tested herselfartemisininRead and exploreAttitudesTowards the honor:Towards future research:not
10、interested in famea great potential if Chinese and Western medicine can be fully integrated A possible version:Read and explore Tu Youyou was born in Zhejiang Province in 1930.She majored in medicine at Peking University,and after she graduated,she went on to work at the China Academy of Chinese Med
11、ical Sciences.Later,she studied Chinese medicine for two and a half years.A possible version:Read and exploreIn 1969,Tu Youyou was given the task of finding a cure for a very serious diseasemalaria.With no success in the testing of so many chemicals,Tu Youyou turned to Chinese herbs for help.During
12、this process,she ran into many difficulties.A possible version:Read and exploreTu Youyou eventually came across a promising chemical,artemisinin,which needed to be tested on human beings,and her team followed Tu Youyou to be the first human subjects.The test turned out to be successful,and artemisin
13、in ended up saving millions of lives.A possible version:Read and exploreThough Tu Youyou has become world-famous,she is not interested in fame.She remains humble(adj.谦虚的)about all the honours she has received,and keeps an open mind towards her research,as she continues to work to bridge the gap betw
14、een Eastern and Western medicine.Use three words or phrases to summarise Tu Youyous personal quality.Give your reasons and find evidence from the text.Read and exploreDedicating to scienceDespite hundreds of failures,she kept on doing research with limited resources and hundreds of failures.Even tho
15、ugh she became a world-renowned scientist,she continued to conduct research despite age.Read and exploreTu Youyou did research during a difficult time for science in China.She volunteered to be the first human subject to test the effect of the promising chemical.Brave“Few people are brave enough to
16、risk their own lives in the hope of saving others.”“I am the group leader,and I have the responsibility to test it.”Tu YouyouRead and exploreShe and her team used modern methods to study traditional Chinese herbs and came across a promising chemical after hundreds of failed experiments.CreativeChine
17、se herbsTraditional recipesThink and share.Read and explore1.Why is Tu Youyou considered a medical pioneer?2.What typical writing features can you identify in the news article about Tu Youyou?Read and explore1.Why is Tu Youyou considered a medical pioneer?Tu Youyou is considered a medical pioneer be
18、cause she discovered a cure for malaria which no one else had discovered.Read and explore2.What typical writing features can you identify in the news article about Tu Youyou?The headline is short and interesting.Photographs are included.Read and explorePara 1At the Nobel Prize Lecture on 7 December,
19、2015,an 84-year-old Chinese woman walked slowly on to the stage.She began to talk about the life-saving drug,artemisinin,which she had discovered with the help of her team in the 1970s.The woman was Tu Youyou,the first Chinese female scientist to be awarded a Nobel Prize for her work.The beginning p
20、art provides attractive information.Read and exploreA scientist who was on the Nobel Prize Committee called Hans Forssberg explained that“the discovery of artemisinin has led to the development of new drugs which have saved the lives of millions”.When thanking the Committee for the honour,Tu Youyou
21、said,“This is not only an honour for myself,but also recognition and encouragement for all scientists in China.”According to Tu Youyou,“From our research experience in discovering artemisinin,we learnt the wisdom behind both Chinese and Western medicine.There is great potential for future advances if these two kinds of wisdom can be fully integrated,”she said.Quotes and photographs are included.A Medical PioneerA Medical Pioneer“When you are entrusted(given)with an assignment(mission),you do your best.”
