1、Unit 4 Scientists who changed the worldReadingDo you know who they are?Marie CurieErnest Miller HemingwayAlexander FlemingKofi Atta AnnanWhat do they have in common?The Nobel PrizePhysics and chemistryLiteratureMedicinePeaceDo you know any Chinese winners?Mo YanTu YouyouLiteratureMedicineBehind ever
2、y scientific discovery lies a lot of hard work.The news report below describes the Chinese scientist Tu Youyou and her discovery of a life-saving medicine.News report aims to a mass audience of different educational levels news item in the simple,easy to understand language.Background infoDevelopmen
3、tAchievement Reason of successthe most important informationwhen/where/who/whatdetailed or supporting informationhowbackground info or conclusionwhyBefore you read the new report,think about the following questions:What do you know about the Nobel Prize?What important scientific discoveries in histo
4、ry have you heard about?Lets watch a short video to know what the Nobel Prize is.Rabindranath TagoreRead the news report and complete the chart below with the main idea of each part.A1Tu Youyou acquired a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.Tu Youyou and her tea
5、m solved a lot of problems before they successfully discovered qinghaosuTu Youyou and her teams efforts finally paid off.The leadThe bodyThe tail“Behind every scientific discovery lies a lot of hard work”,what kinds of problems scientists may have before success?materialsspiritexperimentRead the new
6、s report again carefully and fill in the table below.A2Tu 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.change reference change methodTu and her team
7、managed to find solutions to the problem,e.g.using household water containers instead of research equipment.Find substitutionTu and her team volunteered to test the qinghao extract on themselves.Brave and confidenceLets watch a video to summarise the news reports.In pairs,discuss the following quest
8、ions.A31.What qualities did Tu Youyou show as a scientist?Use details from the news report to support your ideas.collected over 2,000 traditional Chinese medical recipes,made hundreds of extracts from different herbs.hard-working redesigned the experiments and tried extracting the qinghao herb at a
9、low temperatureDare to tryafter 190 failures,she succeeded in making qinghao extract.patientvolunteered to test qinghao extract on themselves first.Selfless 2.Tu Youyou is the first Chinese female scientist to win a Nobel Prize.In your opinion,what is the significance of this achievement?Watch a sho
10、rt video and tell how you feel about it.1.broad /brd/adj.宽的，辽阔的；显著的；大概的 adv.宽阔地e.g.He was tall and broad with humped shoulders.他身高体宽，双肩隆起。2.sufficient/sfnt/adj.足够的；充分的e.g.The bank had sufficient liquid assets to continue operations.该银行拥有足够的流动资产来继续运转。3.intend /ntend/vt.打算；想要；意指 vi.有打算e.g.What do you
11、intend doing when you get to this place?你打算到这里干什么？4.pay off/pe f/付清；取得成功；贿赂；报复e.g.They doubted whether all this work would pay off.他们怀疑这样干是否划得来。5.limited /lmtd/adj.有限的e.g.This offer is for a limited period only.此次减价时间有限。6.experiment /kspermnt/n.实验，试验；尝试e.g.I decided to conduct an experiment.我决定做一项实验
12、。v.尝试；试验；进行实验e.g.He wanted to experiment more with different textures in his paintings.他想以不同的神韵在自己的绘画中作更多的尝试。7.wisdom /wzdm/n.智慧，才智；明智；学识；至理名言e.g.Some would question the wisdom of leaving her out of the team.有些人会问，把她排除在团队之外是否明智。8.refer to 参考；涉及；指的是；适用于e.g.Topics which essentially refer to the three
13、previously mentioned tracks are discussed below.主要涉及前面提到的三个方面的主题将在下面讨论。The passage below is about traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.B1Past simple tensev.(ed)referred topay offv.passiveintendedn.(s)e
14、xperimentsadj.limitedadj.+broadn.wisdomadj.+sufficientThe 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.B2an abstract noun is a noun or noun phrase that names an idea,event,quality,
15、or concept.An abstract noun names something that cant be physically touched.Find out abstract nouns from the news reportfreedomusefulness,kindness,loneliness,happinessarrival,approval,proposal,refusal,removalacceptance,performance,assistancepleasure,exposure,closuremarriage,passage,percentageThe new
16、s report explains“malaria”and“qinghaosu”using noun phrases.Find these explanations in the news report and explain the two medical terms below using noun phrasesB3 awarded for her contribution to fight against malaria,one of the deadliest diseases in human history.they successfully discovered qinghao
17、su the most effective part of the qinghao extract.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.Learn this awarded for her contribution to fight against malaria,one of the deadliest diseases in human history.expl
18、anation they successfully discovered qinghaosu the most effective part of the qinghao extract.explanationYou 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.Learn this Proper noun(scientific words,transliterated words)
19、Abbreviation Practice1.The doctor asked me to have a good rest and take some aspirin.The doctor asked me to have a good rest and take some aspirin,a drug used to reduce pain,fever and inflammation.Practice2.After surgery,the man was sent to ICU.After surgery,the man was sent to ICU intensive care unit.Search the speech video of Tu youyou after the Nobel Prize and tell how you feel?
