1、Unit 1 People Of Achievement Reading and thinking 课文精读和语言点 Describe people of achievement 1.what kind of person makes great discoveries? Committed, responsible, caring, hardworking, persistent, perseverant , determined, strong- willed 2.which is more important for making a great discovery, talent or
2、 effort ? Personally, effort is more vital. Without ongoing efforts ,many great discoveries would not exist, such as the electric bulbs . who is she ? W why is she a great woman? Tu Youyou was awarded Nobel prize 根据pp23课文内容,选择正确答案:。 1.What is the first paragraph mainly about? Why Tu Youyou was award
3、ed the Nobel Prize. 2.What did Tu Youyou do at the age of 25? She graduated from university. 3.What can we infer about Tu Youyou and her team members? They are determined and persistent. 4.How is the passage organized? In order of time. Born in Ningbo,in 1930,Tu Youyou 1. (graduate) from Peking Univ
4、ersity Medical School in 1955 and then worked at the China Academy of traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing.She joined a team of scientists 2. the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria in 1967 and two years 3. (late),she was appointed the head of the project.She and her team decided
5、 4. (review) ancient Chinese medical texts to find traditional botanical treatments for the disease and they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese 5. (medicine) treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria. graduated with later to review medical One medical text from the
6、fourth century suggested 6._ (use) the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever.They did repeated experiments and 7. (final) found a substance by lowering the temperature to draw out the extract.After many 8._ (fail),they at last found artemisinin,9. _ soon became a standard treatment for malari
7、a and has saved millions of lives worldwide.For this,Tu Youyou 10. (award) the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2015. using finally failures which was awarded summary (根据教材语篇内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要) Born in 1930,Tu Youyou graduated from university in 1955.(要点1)After graduation,she joined a team of
8、scientists to discover a new treatment for malaria.(要点2)She and her team looked through a large quantity of ancient Chinese medical books and after repeated experiments,they finally found artemisinin,which has saved millions of lives worldwide.(要点3)For this,Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize for
9、Physiology or Medicine in 2015.(要点4) 【教材原句】Tu Youyou and her team members even insisted on testing the medicine on themselves to make sure that it was safe.屠呦呦和她的团队成 员甚至坚持要在自己身上测试这种药,以确保它 的安全性。 【词汇精讲】 insist vi.坚决要求,通常 和介词on连用,后接动词时要用动词-ing形式。 She insisted on going to the cinema alone. 她坚持自己去看电影。 My
10、 friend insisted on my going to her birthday party. 我的朋友坚持让我参加她的生日聚会。 insist vi.坚决要求 【词汇拓展】 (1)表示“坚持认为,坚持说”,后跟宾语从句用陈 述语气; (2)表示“坚决要求,坚决主张”,后跟宾语从句用 虚拟语气,谓语动词要用“(should+)动词原 形”,should可以省略。 The woman insists that her husband is an honest man and cant do it. 那位女士坚持说她丈夫是个诚实的人,不会做 那件事情的。 We insisted that
11、he (should) finish the work himself. 我们坚持让他自己完成这项工作。 1.Later,the medicine was tested on malaria patients,most of whom recovered.后来,用这种药 物在疟疾患者身上做试验,大部分患者都康复了。 【句式剖析】本句是一个含有非限制性定语从 句的复合句。主句是the medicine was tested on malaria patients,most of whom recovered是“不定代 词+of+关系代词”引导的定语从句。“不定代词/数 词/名词+ of + 关系
12、代词”引导的定语从句在关系 分句中作主语,说明整体中的一部分。 She has written many articles,some of which are intended for students poor in English. 她写了许多文章,一些是专为英语差的学生写 的。 【温馨提示】当先行词指人时,关系代词用 whom;先行词指物时,用which。 The newly-built caf,the walls of which are painted light green,is really a peaceful place for us,specially after hard
13、 work.新建的咖啡馆,墙粉刷 了淡淡的绿色,对我们来说真的是一个安宁的地 方,尤其是在劳累的工作后。 The settlement is home to nearly 1,000 people,many of whom left their village homes for a better life in the city.这里居住着将近1 000人,他们 中的许多人都离开家乡去城市追求更好的生活。 2.Upon hearing that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize,she said,“The honour is not just mine
14、.”当听到自己被授予诺贝尔奖时,她说,“荣誉 不只是属于我自己的。” 【句式剖析】在本句中,she said,.是主句, that 引导的句子作hearing的宾语。Upon hearing.是 “upon+动词-ing形式”构成介词短语,在句中作时 间状语。upon还可换为介词on,表示一件事情紧 接着另一件事情发生。这种用法常见于正式文体 中,根据语境,可翻译为“当时;一就”。 Upon graduating from college,he first worked as a teacher,and then in a government office. 他一毕业,先当了老师,后来在政府部门工作。 Upon hearing that he had won the lottery,the man laughed heartily. 当知道自己中彩票时,这个男人开怀大笑。 【句式拓展】 有时也可用“upon/on+名词”形式表达相同的意 思。 On his return from his vacation,he began writing his first novel. 他休假回来后,就开始写他的第一部小说。
