(共22张PPT)
Unit 4 Scientists who changed the world
Chinese scientist
wins 2015 Nobel Prize
Activity1:Recall the background knowledge of Tu Youyou.
Why was Tu Youyou awarded the Nobel Prize
屠呦呦
discovered
artemisinin
malaria
die from
millions of lives
cure
saved
Activity2:Explore the structure and contents.
1. Where would you most likely find this passage
A. In a blog.
B. In an E-mail.
C. In a letter.
D. In a newspaper.
2. What is the structure of the passage
headline 标题
lead 导语
body 主体
tail 结尾
Read the Headline and Lead (Para 1)
Tu Youyou, the first female Chinese scientist
receive a Nobel Prize
the discovery of qinghaosu
Who
What
Why
When
11December 2015
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.
Understanding the text: skim the news report and match the main idea of each part.
Activity3:Explore the road to the discovery.
1. Complete the timeline about Tu’spersonal experiences with the information from the text.
born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province
1930
1951-1955
1969
1971
1972
2015
studied medicine at university in Beijing
become head of a team that intended to find a cure for malaria
succeed in making qinghao extract that could treat malaria in mice
successfully discovered qinghaosu
won the Nobel Prize
Problems
Smoothly (一帆风顺)
Problem Solution (P46 A2) Result
1 The extracts failed to produce any promising results. In 1971, they succeeded in making qinghao extract
2 Tu and her team could not produce enough qinghao extract because research resources were limited.
3 Tu and her team did not have sufficient safety data to start trials on patients.
In 1972, they discovered qinghaosu.
2. Read Para 3-5 and find out how they solved problems .
Problem Solution (P46 A2) Result
1 The extracts failed to produce any promising results. In 1971, they succeeded in making qinghao extract
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.
Problem Solution (P46 A2) Result
2 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.
They produced enough qinghaosu extract.
But their health suffered.
Problem Solution (P46 A2) Result
3 Tu and her team did not have sufficient safety data to start trials on patients. In 1972, they discovered qinghaosu.
Tu Youyou and her team volunteered to test the qinghao extract on themselves.
Tu Youyou is the first Chinese female scientist to win a Nobel Prize.
Read para 6 and find out the influence
Tu Youyou’s success _______________ the whole world.
influenced
successfully discovered qinghaosu
saved about 200 million malaria patients
encouraged other scientists to explore the traditional Chinese medicine
Selfless
Sentence pattern:
I can infer from Line X the sentence“……” that she is very ________ because…
I can infer from “Tu and her team volunteered to test qinghao extract on themselves first” in Line 31 that she is very selfless because…
Further thinking:What qualities does Tu show as a successful scientist
Further thinking:What qualities does Tu show as a successful scientist
Clever
Persistent
(坚持不懈的)
Innovative/ creative
Determined
Cooperative
Brave
Selfless
Hard-working
Well-educated
Knowledgeable
Homework
1. Finish P47 B1
2. ….
B1
broad sufficient intend pay off
limited experiment wisdom refer to
The passage below is about traditional Chinese 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
Building your language
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
make a difference (to...)
stay on a bestseller list
Phrases
1.(对...)有影响,起作用
2.杂交水稻品种
3.待在畅销榜
4.在历史上
5.听说
6.因...而获奖
7.为...作贡献
8.多亏/由于...
hybrid rice varieties
in history
hear about/of
be awarded for...
make a contribution to
thanks to
9.存活率大大提高
10.毕业后
11.完成深造培训课程
12.获得广泛的...知识
13.被证明是有用的
14.死于...
15.旨在/打算做某事
16. ...的疗法
17.药方
have a greatly increased chance of survival
after graduation
complete further training courses
acquire a broad knowledge of...
die of...
prove useful
intend to do sth/be intended to do sth
a cure for...
medical recipe
18. 未能做成某事
19.取得有希望的效果
20.参考,查阅;提到;涉及
21.受到...的鼓舞/激励
22.尝试做某事
23.在低温下
24.成功做某事
25.设法做成某事
26.找到问题的解决办法
fail to do sth
produce promising results
refer to
be inspired by...
at a low temperature
try doing sth
succeed in doing sth
manage to do sth
find a solution to the problem
large amounts of
27.大量; 许多
28.加快进度
29.自愿做某事
30.成功,奏效,达到目的
31.通过反复实验
32.因...而被授予诺贝尔奖
33.宝库
34.凭借;利用
35. 对...有益
speed up the process
volunteer to do sth
pay off
through trial and error
be awarded a Nobel prize for...
the treasure house
draw on
be beneficial to...