1、高中英语高二上册年年 级：高二级：高二 学学 科：英语（人教版）科：英语（人教版）主讲人：主讲人：学学 校：校：Unit 1 People of AchievementReading and Thinking高中英语高中英语高二上册Learning objectivesIn this class,you will1.read about the news and find out the event;2.read and find out the discovery of artemisinin;3.talk about what greatness means and how it is a
2、chieved.高中英语高中英语高二上册Lead-in activity:predict with the pictures 1.Who is she?What do you know about her?高中英语高中英语高二上册 2.What is the plant?What do you know about it?sweet wormwoodartemisininextractLead-in activity:predict with the pictures高中英语高中英语高二上册 3.What do you think will be talked about?Lead-in ac
3、tivity:predict with the pictures The passage will be about Tu Youyou and her important scientific discovery.高中英语高中英语高二上册TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE6 October 20151.Where would you most likely find this passage?A.In a blog.B.In a book.C.In a letter.D.In a newspaper.Reading activity:read and tick高中英语
4、高中英语高二上册2.Passages like this are mostly written in _ and _.A.the active voice/offer many opinionsB.the first person/talk about feelingsC.both active and passive voices/mostly contain factsFind descriptive words Pay attention to the descriptive words in a passage.These will help you form a better imp
5、ression of the subject described in the passage.Reading activity:read and tick高中英语高中英语高二上册Whether these pieces of information are all included in the passage?A quote from Tu Youyou.Tu Youyous road to discovering artemisinin.The discovery of artemisinin.What Tu Youyou was awarded.Why artemisinin is a
6、n important discovery.2nd-3rd para.1st para.4th para.2nd-3rd para.1st para.Reading activity:read and tick高中英语高中英语高二上册How was artemisinin discovered?Found a medical text suggesting the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever.Examined old medical texts and evaluated plants for their medical prope
7、rties.Reading activity:read and complete the flow chart高中英语高中英语高二上册Tried dried wormwood leaves.Tried boiling fresh wormwood for its liquid.Used a lower temperature to draw out the sweet wormwood extract.How was artemisinin discovered?Reading activity:read and complete the flow chart高中英语高中英语高二上册Teste
8、d the medicine on themselves to see if safe.Tested the medicine on malaria patients.Became a standard treatment for malaria.How was artemisinin discovered?Reading activity:read and complete the flow chart高中英语高中英语高二上册1.Why is the discovery of artemisinin important?2.What was the key to getting a good
9、 extract from the wormwood?3.What numbers are mentioned in the text?What do they suggest?4.Why is Tu Youyou considered a great person?Reading activity:read and answer高中英语高中英语高二上册1.Why is the discovery of artemisinin important?Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives,and has led to improv
10、ed health for millions of people.Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year,and about 600,000 die from it.Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria,and is thought to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.1st para.Reading activity:read and answer高中英语高中英语
11、高二上册 Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives,and has led to improved health for millions of people.1st para.Reading activity:read and answer1.Why is the discovery of artemisinin important?高中英语高中英语高二上册2.What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood?She concluded that boili
12、ng the sweet wormwood apparently destroyed its medical properties.Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract,she found a substance that worked.3rd para.Reading activity:read and answer高中英语高中英语高二上册 Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract.3rd para.2.What was the key to getting a good
13、extract from the wormwood?Reading activity:read and answer高中英语高中英语高二上册3.What numbers are mentioned in the text?What do they suggest?200 million;600,000;100,000;over 2,000;280,000;380;190Reading activity:read and answer高中英语高中英语高二上册3.What do the numbers suggest?Over 200 million people around the world
14、 get malaria each year,and about 600,000 die from it.Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria,and is thought to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.These numbers suggest how big a health problem malaria is.Reading activity:read and answer高中英语高中英语高二上册3.What do the number
15、s suggest?Her team examined over 2,000 old medical texts,and evaluated 280,000 plants for their medical prosperities.From their research,they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatmentsAfter failing more than 190 times,the team finally succeeded in 1971.These numbers sugges
16、t how patient and persistent Tu Youyou and her team were to tackle the disease.Reading activity:read and answer高中英语高中英语高二上册4.Why is Tu Youyou considered a great person?She is considered a great person because through her efforts many lives have been saved.Reading activity:read and answer高中英语高中英语高二上册
17、 As to the discovery of artemisinin,which do you believe is more important,talent or effort?Or something else?Both talent and effort are important for making discoveries.Post-reading activity:discuss高中英语高中英语高二上册Tu Youyou Awarded Nobel PrizeThe newsThe event Tu Youyou was awarded Nobel Prize.Road to
18、discoveryPre-experimentDuring experimentPost-experimentSignificance of the eventfieldwork and literature reviewextracting at a low temperature using dried wormwood leavesboiling fresh wormwood for liquidgreat value of traditional Chinese medicinetestingPost-reading activity:review with the map高中英语高中英语高二上册Homework:Choose one of the following topics and write a short passage.Support your ideas with the examples from the text.1.How was artemisinin discovered?2.Which contributes more to academic success,talent or effort?Or something else?
