1、 Unit 1 Try to become not a man of success,but try rather to become a man of value.Albert Einstein I.Discussion1.Do you know the following people in the picture?Florence NightingaleAlexanderFlemingIsaac NewtonYuan Longping2.Why are these people called great people?Lu Xun making great contributions.b
2、laze a trail in.cast a new light on.bring enlightenment to.the act of enlightening or the state of being enlightenedTu Youyou Awarded Nobel PrizeTu Youyou Awarded Nobel Prize II.Reading1.According to the title and text,can you tell what text type this passage belongs to?Why do you say so?News storyt
3、itletime lineLeadTu Youyou Awarded Nobel Prize6th October 2015 This years Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Tu Youyou(co-winner),whose research led to the discovery of artemisinin,a crucial new treatment for malaria.According to the lead,what do you want to know about this i
4、ncident?1.Why is the discovery of artemisinin so important that Tu Youyou was awarded Nobel Prize?2.Why did Tu Youyou begin to study the treatment of malaria?3.What role did Tu Youyou play in the research of artemisinin in the beginning and later?4.How was the research led by Tu Youyou different fro
5、m the previous one?5.How was artemisinin discovered?(Draw a flow chart)6.How did Tu Youyou react to her winning the Nobel Prize?How do you understand what she said?Questions Raised by YouQuestions Raised by You 2.Why is the discovery of artemisinin so important that Tu Youyou was awarded Nobel Prize
6、?Over 200 million people get malaria each year worldwide;About 600,000 die from malaria each year.Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives(100,000 lives in Africa aloe);Artemisinin has improved health for millions of lives;What does these number suggest?The .of malaria on people The .of
7、malaria on people harmful impact great healing effect What kind of effect does these numbers create in a news report?making the writing convincing and accurate making the writing reader-friendly3.Why did Tu Youyou begin to study the treatment of malaria?In 1967,the Chinese government formed a team o
8、f scientists with the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria,and Tu Youyou was among the first researchers chosen.What does the word“chosen”imply?Scientists should work for the countrys needs and interest;The national interest is above all else.4.What role did Tu Youyou play in the res
9、earch of artemisinin in the beginning and later?a researchera leading researcher5.How was the research led by Tu Youyou different from the previous one?They decided to review ancient Chinese medical texts to find traditional botanical treatments for malaria.wisdom from ancestors How was artemisinin
10、discovered?What does the verbs in red imply?The process of discovering artemisinin was a repetition of ,which tells us the road to scientific discovery is yet in the end.failurefailurefrustratingfrustratingworthwhileworthwhile How does the writer describe Tu Youyou in the research?Give mittedpatient
11、What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood?By time and processtemperatureHow are paragraph 2 and 3 developed?6.How did Tu Youyou react to her winning the Nobel Prize?How do you understand what she said?“The honour is not just mine.There is a team behind me,and all the people of my
12、country.This success proves the great value of traditional Chinese medicine.It is indeed an honour for Chinas scientific research and Chinese medicine to be spread around the world.”1.Team efforts and the support of my country plays a crucial role in the discovery.2.Traditional Chinese medicine and
13、the wisdom of ancestors help a lot.3.Its a great opportunity to introduce Chinese scientific research worldwide.7.According to your understanding,whats the significance of the discovery of artemisinin?Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine,which is a breakthrough in Chinese
14、 research work.(Direct)Chinese traditional medicine and scientific research are introduced to the whole world,which will help them get recognized worldwide.(Indirect)8.What kind of qualities does Tu Youyou have according to the text?Give support details in the mitteddevotedcourageousdeterminedconfid
15、entadventurouspatientpersistentcreativemodest Many lives of malaria patients were saved worldwide.(Direct)9.Figure out the structure of the news report.News reportTitleLeadBodyTime linequoteTu Youyou Awarded Nobel Prize6th October 2015This years Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarde
16、d to Tu Youyou.The basic information of Tu Youyou The reason why Tu Youyou begin study the treatment of malaria The process of discovering artemisininThe honour is not just mine.There is a team behind me,and all the people of my country.10.What are the features of the title of a news story/report?sh
17、ort sentence/phraseshort sentence/phrase key information of the incidentkey information of the incident short;objective short;objective 11.Why is passive voice often used in a news report?To be more To be more objectiveobjective and and convincingconvincingIII.Activity1.If you were Tu Youyou,try to
18、introduce how artemisinin was discovered.2.As to the discovery of artemisinin,which do you believe is more important,talent or effort?Or something else?3.Here comes the news that Tu Youyou,Albert Einstein,Mar Curie,and Alan Turing were nominated“the Greatest Scientists of the 20th Century”.What would be the reasons for Tu Youyous nomination?4.Do you want to be a person like Tu Youyou?Why or why not?If yes,in which aspect would you like to be?What preparations are you going to make?
