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Do you know what malaria is
Watch the video and answer the questions
1. What causes malaria mostly
2. What’s the symptom of getting malaria
Pre-reading
1. What causes malaria mostly
2. What’s the symptom of getting malaria
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Chinese scientist wins 2015 Nobel Prize
TU Youyou
2015. 10
Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria(疟疾)
A Nobel Prize is one of a set of prizes that are awarded each year to people who have done important work in science, literature, or economics, or for world peace.
Behind every 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.
Now, let's read the news report to learn more.
The tail
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The lead(新闻导语)
The body
Title
attractive,direcct,exact,brief,incomplete
the most important information:
Who, What, When, Where,
Why, How
detailed or supporting information
background information or conclusion
The features (特点) of a news report
phrases
1.多亏...
2.广泛的...知识
3.死于...(疾病等)
4.打算/想要做某事
5....的治疗方法
6.未能做成某事, 做某事失败了
7.查阅...
8.为了(不)做某事
9.成功做某事
1.thanks to
2.a broad knowledge of
3.die of
4.intend to do sth.
5.a cure for...
6.fail to do sth.
7.refer to
8.in order (not) to do sth.
9.succeed in doing sth/
manage to do sth.
phrases
10.问题的解决办法
11.大量的...
12.可能做某事
13.加速
14.志愿做某事
15.(努力等)得到回报
16.凭借...
17.对...有益
10.solutions to the problem
11.large amounts of...
12.be likely to do sth.
13.speed up
14.volunteer to do sth.
15.pay off
16.draw on
17.be neneficial to...
1971
1930
1951-1955
1969
1972
2015
Tu’s personal experiences
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Read and match
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3-5
Para. 6
Tu Youyou won a Nobel Prize I 2015 for discovery of qinghaosu.
Tu Youyou and her team’s efforts finally paid off.
Tu Youyou and her team solved a lot of problems before they successfully discovered qinghaosu.
Tu Youyou acquired a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.
1971
1930
succeeded in making qinghao extract that could treat malaria in mice
1951-1955
1969
1972
2015
born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province
studied medicine at university in Beijing
became head of a team that intended to find a cure for malaria
successfully discovered qinghaosu
won the Nobel Prize
Tu’s personal experiences
Read for time and details
Read and match
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3-5
Para. 6
Tu Youyou won a Nobel Prize I 2015 for discovery of qinghaosu.
Tu Youyou and her team’s efforts finally paid off.
Tu Youyou and her team solved a lot of problems before they successfully discovered qinghaosu.
Tu Youyou acquired a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.
Para. 1
News report:
Para. 2
Paras. 3–5
Para. 6
Tu Youyou acquired a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.
Tu Youyou and her team solved a lot of problems before they successfully discovered qinghaosu.
Tu Youyou and her team’s efforts finally paid off.
Tu Youyou won a Nobel Prize in 2015 for her discovery of qinghaosu.
The most important information
Conclusion
Supporting
information
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The inverted pyramid
Appreciation
Who
Who was the main character of news report
What
What honour did she receive
When
When did she get the award
Where
Where did she get inspired
Why
Why did she get the prize
How
How did she make the discovery
Where
What does the news report mainly talk about
Skill: try to find out who, when, why, where and what.
It mainly talks about _______________________________ and her way to _________________ which saves lots
of patients all over the world.
Tu Youyou
find out qinghaosu
won 2015 Nobel Prize
Read Para. 3-5 for details
Problem Solution
The extracts failed to produce any promising results.
Tu and her team could not produce enough qinghao extract because research resources were limited.
Tu and her team did not have sufficient safety data to start trials on patients.
A2
Problem 1 Solutions
The extracts failed to produce any promising results.
Tu Youyou 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.
A2
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Problem 2 Solutions
Tu and her team could not produce enough qinghao extract because research resources were limited.
Tu Youyou and her team managed to find solutions to the problem, e.g. using household water containers instead of research equipment.
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Problem 3 Solutions
Tu and her team did not have sufficient safety data to start trials on patients.
Tu Youyou and her team volunteered to test the qinghao extract on themselves.
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Artemisinin
青蒿素
Artemisinin, a drug therapy for malaria that has saved millions of lives across the globe, especially in the developing world.
hard-working
after 190 failures, she succeeded in making qinghao extract (L21)
collected over 2,000 traditional Chinese medical recipes, made hundreds of extracts from different herbs (L15)
patient
worked day and night and their health began to suffer, but they never gave up (L26)
Committed
(奉献的)
volunteered to test qinghao extract on
themselves first (31)
Selfless
(无私的)
1.What qualities did Tu Youyou show as a scientist Use details from the news report to support your ideas.
Tu’s speech at the Nobel Prize ceremony
2. Tu Youyou is the first female Chinese scientist to win a Nobel Prize. In your opinion, what is
the significance of this achievement
This has shown the importance of traditional Chinese medicine Qinghaosu, as the key substance in many malaria medicines, has saved countless lives.
Tu Youyou's achievement has earned international
recognition of traditional Chinese medicine.
As a female scientist, Tu has
also inspired young female
scientists to work harder to
achieve their dreams.
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VS
Backbones of China
Backbones of China – My Heroes
1.Discuss and write in groups ; 2.Choose one representative to show.
Sample
My Hero
Speaking of heroes, it is not difficult to think of great heroes in history. As for me, I have a hero in my heart who fights with the virus--academician Zhong Nanshan.(开门见山,谁是你的英雄。)
Firstly, in this fight against the virus, academician Zhong Nanshan faces the virus bravely at the age of 84. Secondly, He leads us on the perfect and right road with his calmness and knowledge. What’s more, it is he who saved lots of patients.(分点阐述原因—英雄的成就和精神。)
I am moved by his spirit of devotion. He is a good example for me to follow. I will study hard and return for the society. He is my real hero in my heart.(总结)
1. Write a speech on “What I can learn from Tu Youyou” based on group work.
2. Finish the workbook.
Homework
broad sufficient intend pay off
limited experiment wisdom refer to
The passage below is about traditional Chinese medicine and Western plete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
In her Nobel Lecture, Tu Youyou (1) __________ the strengths of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, and pointed out that there is great potential for future advances if scientists make good use of these strengths.
referred to
Their efforts to conduct research in both fields may finally (2) ________. A good example to illustrate this point is the discovery of qinghaosu in 1972, which was (3) ________ as an effective treatment for malaria. The Chinese herb qinghao, from which qinghaosu comes, has been used to cure diseases for almost 2,000 years.
pay off
intended
broad sufficient intend pay off
limited experiment wisdom refer to
However, it was not until the 1970s that Tu succeeded
in discovering qinghaosu, after many failed (4) ___________. By then, the fight against malaria had achieved only (5) ________ success. Since the discovery of qinghaosu, the survival rate of malaria patients has increased by around 30%.
limited
broad sufficient intend pay off
limited experiment wisdom refer to
experiments
Without her (6) _______ knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, Tu might never have discovered qinghaosu. It is important that scientists draw on the (7) ________ of both fields. With (8) _________ research, many more medical discoveries like qinghaosu are likely to be made.
broad sufficient intend pay off
limited experiment wisdom refer to
wisdom
sufficient
broad
The 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.
Parts of speech Suffixes Words
Adjectives -dom wisdom
-ness effectiveness
Verbs -al survival
-ance appearance
-ure failure
Adjectives / Verbs / Nouns -age shortage
freedom
arrival, approval, proposal, refusal,
removal
pleasure, exposure, closure
acceptance, performance, assistance
marriage, passage, percentage
usefulness, kindness, loneliness,
happiness