1、 A Medical Pioneer医学先驱医学先驱pioneer:one of the first people to study and develop a particular area of knowledge,culture and so on,whose work or ideas are later developed by other people.Do you know what the Malaria is?pre-readingWhat do you know about malaria?Read the facts about it.Tick()the ones you
2、 find most striking or interesting.Facts about malaria()Malaria is a mosquito-borne and infectious disease.()The word“malaria”comes from the Latin word for“bad air”.()People suffer from high fever,serious vomiting and terrible headaches when they have the disease.()Malaria kills over 1,000,000 peopl
3、e a year more people than any disease apart from AIDS.()The drug with artemisinin has proved to be the most effective cure.()There is currently no effective vaccine against malaria.NOTES1 malaria n.疟疾2 infectious adj.传染的3 vomitv.呕吐4 AIDSn.艾滋病5 artemisinin n.青蒿素6 vaccine n.疫苗What is the cure for mala
4、ria?Who has dicovered the artemisnin?What do you know about Tu Youyou?a medical researcher a Nobel Prize winner a female scientist find a cure for malaria discover a life-saving drug called artemisininHow many parts can the article be divided?StructureAchievements&HonourPersonal informationHer scien
5、tific researchAttitudes towards fame and researchPara.1Para.2Para.5Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Para.3&4while-readingRead and complete the following information.Basic informationScientific workAttitudesDate of birth:Birthplace:Education:Task and difficulties:Research:Discovery:Towards the honour:Towards
6、future research:while-readingBasic informationDate of birth:_Birthplace:_Education:_30 December,1930Zhejiang Province Studying medicine at Peking Universitywhile-readingScientific workTask and difficulties:_Research:_Discovery:_1.Task:to find a cure for malaria.2.difficulties:limited resources；1.tes
7、ted more than 240,000 chemicals.2.researched hundreds of traditional recipes.3.tested herself.Artemisinin青蒿素not enough staff；poor working conditions.while-readingAttitudesTowards the honour:_Towards future research:_Not interested in fameThere is great potential for future advances if these two kind
8、s of wisdom can be fully integrated.while-readingwhile-readingDraw a line to match the words and phrases in columns A and B.A Astudyestablishfindresearchusehavecome acrossdiscoverbe awardeda curehundreds of traditional recipesChinese medicinelimited resourcesa teama promising chemicalmodern research
9、 methodsa Nobel PrizeartemisininB BBDAEC4.Whats the reporters attitude towards Tu Youyou?A.Praising B.Negative C.Indifferent1.How old was Tu Youyou when she got the Nobel Prize？A82 B83C84D852.Who helped Tu Youyou discover the lifesaving drug？AHer friendsBHer familyCNo oneDHer team3.How long did Tu Y
10、ouyou study Chinese medicine with experts in the field？ATwo and a half yearsBOne and a half yearsCA half year DThree and a half years5Why was it difficult for them to discover artemisinin？ABecause the team didnt have enough moneyBBecause the team didnt have enough resourcesCBecause the team didnt ha
11、ve enough equipmentDBecause the team wasnt good at doing experiments6What can we learn from the passage？ATu Youyou is not interested in fameBTu Youyou doesnt continue to conduct research today because of her ageCTu Youyou was forced to be the first human subjectDTu Youyou used traditional research m
12、ethods to study the Chinese herbsWhy is Tu Youyou considered a medical pioneer?Tu Youyou is considered a medical pioneer because she discovered a cure for malaria which no one else had discovered.Also,she is the first Chineses female scientist to be awarded a Nobel Prize for her work.post-reading 1.
13、Summarize the good qualities(using adjectives 形容词)of Tu Youyou and list your evidence.post-readingDevoted to science/Hard-workingDespite of hundreds of failures,she kept on doing research with limited resources and hundreds of failures.Even though she became a world-renowned scientist,she continued
14、to conduct research despite her age.BraveTu 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.Creative/Open-minded(思想开明的)She and her team used modern research methods to study traditional Chinese herbs and came across a promising chemical after hundreds of failed experiments.indifferent to fame and gain 淡泊名利Tu Youyou is not interested in fame.Today Tu Youyou continues to conduct research despite her age.post-reading
