(共19张PPT)
Unit 1 People of achievement
Reading and thinking
Question
Can you name some Chinese doctors who used herbs(草药) for treatment in ancient times
Example
Hua Tuo was a renowned physician during the Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China.
The Book of Later Han records Hua Tuo as the first person in China to use anesthesia(麻醉) during surgery. He used a general anesthetic combining wine with an herbal concoction called mafeisan (麻沸散).
Example
Li Shizhen was a famous medical scientist in Ming Dynasty. He wrote a famous book Compendium of Materia Medica (本草纲目), which is a collection of Chinese herbs. It included 2000 Chinese herbs with millions of characters. He visited mountains, tasted different kinds of herbs and even did experiments on himself.
It took him 37 years to finish the book, which is considered to be a great contribution to the development of Chinese medicine.
Example
Tu Youyou, born in 1930 in Ningbo, has been a pharmacologist at the China Academy of Chinese Medicine Science since 1965, engaging in research of the combination of TCM and WM.
TCM: traditional Chinese medicine
WM: western medicine
Can you name a modern scientist who uses artemisinin as a new treatment for malaria
Example
呦呦鹿鸣,食野之蒿。
—《诗经.小雅.鹿鸣》
Her name is taken from the Book Of Songs(诗经)
Tu Youyou won Nobel Prize for the discovery of Artemisinin(青蒿素).
Example
The discovery of artemisinin and its treatment of malaria is regarded as a breakthrough of tropical medicine in the 20th century.
For her work, Tu received the 2011 Lasker Award in clinical medicine and the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Example
Tu Youyou received her 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Sweden.
Reading
Tu Youyou Awarded
Nobel Prize
Fast – reading
Para. 1
Para. 3
Para.2
Para.4
Task 1: Match the main ideas with each paragraph.
B.The honor of the discovery.
Tu’s way to the treatment for malaria.
C.The significance of Tu’s discovery
D.The discovery of the artemisinin.
Fast – reading
1. Where would you most likely find this passage
A. in a blog . B. In a book . C. in a letter . D. In a newspaper
2. Which two pieces of information were not included in the passage
A. A quote from Tu Youyou
B. The details of how artemisinin was discovered
C. Tu Youyou's important contributions other than the discovery of artemisinin.
D. Tu Youyou's personal life.
E. Tu Youyou's road to discovering artemisinin
F. What Tu Youyou was awarded.
G. Why artemisinin is an important discovery.
Task 2: Choose the correct answers.
1930
Tested the medicine on themselves and later on patients. The medicine became a standard treatment for malaria.
1955
Chosen to be the first researchers to discover a new treatment for malaria.
Graduated from Peking University Medical School
1969
Born in Ningbo, China
1971
Became the head of the project in Beijing and decided to find traditional botanical treatments for the disease.
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine.
Find out what happened to Tu in the following years.
1967
Tu and her discovery
2015
Careful – reading
Careful – reading
Para.1
Why is the discovery of artemisinin important
Can you list the exact number
Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600,000 die from it.
Artemisinin has saved 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.
Because it has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to improved health for millions of people.
crucial / vital
Careful – reading
Her team examined over_____ old medical texts, and evaluated _______ plants for their medical properties. From their research, they discovered and tested _____ distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria.
After failed more than_____times, the team finally succeeded in 1971.
2.000
280.000
380
190
尽心尽力的;坚定的
锲而不舍的
坚持的
determined
persistent
scientific spirits
patient
committed
perseverant
qualities
Read for data: (Paras. 2-3)
What qualities do the research team possess according to the data
through trial and error
How was artemisinin discovered
Tu’s team examined _________,
_______________and evaluated ________________________
over 2000
old medical texts
8,000 plants for properties.
They found a medical text suggesting ____________________________________________
using the extract from sweet wormwood
to treat a fever.
They tested ________________
__________________________
dried wormwood
leaves but found no effect
They tried _________________
_________________but______
________________
boiling fresh wormwood
and using the liquid
this did
not work either.
They used a ________________
__________ the sweet wormwood
contract.
lower temperature
to draw out
They tested the medicine____ _________ to see if safe.
on
themselves
They tested the medicine on
_______________.
malaria patients
The medicine became _________
___________________ .
a standard
treatment for malaria
What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood
Thinking and discussing
1. Why could Tu Youyou achieve great success
2. Which is more important for making a great discovery, talent or effort
3. Which is more important, Chinese medicine or western medicine
intelligent
confident
generous
modest
unselfish
hard-working
knowledgeable
responsible
perseverant
determined
careful
patient
energetic
Tu’s quality
team work
scientific spirirs
committed
1. Why could Tu Youyou achieve great success
brave
Summary
Which is more important
talenor effort
effort
talent
Which is more important,
Chinese medicine or western medicine
Chinese medicine
western
medicine
Combining the two can promote the health in the world. The discovery of artemisinin is an example. Tu’s success shows that TCM needs to embrace modern technologies and laboratory tools.
We need talent to learn quickly and to think sharply.
We should spare no effort to experiment through trial and error.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Thank you!