UNIT
PEOPLE OF
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ACHIEVEMENT
卓有成就的人物
Try to become not a man of
success,but try rather to become
a man of value,号力不是为石功成名配,
Albert Einstein
而是为成为有价直雨人·
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课堂专记整理
PI-PIO
1.This is Tu Youyou.She is a scientist from China.
2.In this photo,Tu Youyou is receiving the award
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from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
3.The Nobel Prize award ceremony was held in a
magnificent hall.Everyone was standing up when Tu
Youyou received her award.
In this unit,you will
Look and discuss
1 read about people of achievement and their
1 Who is the woman in the photo
contributions.
2 What is happening in this photo
2 hear and talk about great people
3 What more can you find from this photo
3 write an introduction about someone you admire.
4 explore what greatness means and how it is
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achieved.
Reading and Thinking
1.Most great discoverers are brilliant and hard-
working.Many are perfectionists who are unwilling
to accept anything but the best
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Describe people of achievement
描述卓有成就的人物
2.I think both talent and effort are
1
Before you read,discuss these questions in grou
important for making discoveries.If a person
doesn't have any talent,it is possible that
1 What kind of person makes great discoveries
even though he or she works hard,it will be
2 Which is more important for making a great
difficult to succeed.On the other hand,
discovery,talent or effort
people-一一even those with great talent--
rarely achieve anything without putting in
02
Scan the text and find descriptive words about
efforts.
Tu Youyou.
committedipatient
TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE
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6October 2015
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Main idea:Tu Youyou winning the Nobel Prize for discovering artemisinin.
This year's Nobel Prize for Physiology or,Medicine has been
awarded to T Youyou朝earch led热e
discovery of artemisinin,d crucial new trealment for maldria.
Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives,and
has led to improved health for millions of people.Over 200
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of the treatment for malaria,and is thought to save 100,000 lives
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a year in Africa alone.
Main idea=The brief introduction of Tu Youyou and her research.
TU Youyou,
&零P笔96 Chinc.on
30 December 1930,and graduated from Feking Uniyersily Medical School in
955 After she graduated,.she worked老飞ni3cE6,。36专科院核
Chinese Medicine in Beijing.In 1967,the Chinese government formed afeam
of scientists with the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria,and
Tu Youyou was among the fifs researchers chosen.In the beginning.Tu Youyou
went to Hainan,where malaria was more common,to study malaria patients.
In 1969,she became the head of the project in Bejing and decided to review
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280,000 plants for their medical properfies.From their research.they discovered
and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed
promise in the8ht8Ga讯st有&忍思.
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n.提取物;摘录
Main idea=The discovery of artemisinin.
山.提取,提瓶,柄录,
拔出
One medical text from the fourth century suggested using the extract from
sweet wormwood to treat a fever.Tu's team tested a.collestion of dried
wormwood leaves but found no.effect.They then tried boiling fresh wormwood,
and using the liquia6an5 toeat maldrid.6 ut hedid not war憾等
either.Their project got
However ty Youyou would not acknowledge
defeat.She analysed fhe medical texts again,and by chance,she found one
senfence suggesting a different way to treat the wormwood.She concluded
that boiling the sweet wormwood apparently destroyed its medical properties.
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显而易心,有采,显然
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UNIT 1 PEOPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT
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