(共18张PPT)
Unit 1
People of achievement
Period 1 Reading and Thinking
---Describe people of
achievement
Learning Objectives
Figure out the main structure of the news report by classifying and organizing the key information;
Learn about Tu Youyou’s life story and the process of discovering artemisinin;
Identify the qualities of Tu Youyou to make her a person of great achievement;
1.artemisinin(青蒿素)
2. malaria(疟疾)
3.the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria目标是找到一种治疗疟疾的新方法
4.botanical treatments植物疗法
5.boil fresh wormwood(艾草)煮新鲜的艾草
6.liquid obtained from wormwood从艾草中提取的液体
7.draw out the extract提取汁液
8.Physiology 生理学
9. a committed and patient scientist 一个敬职敬责,锲而不舍的科学家
10.evaluate v.评价;评估
11.Property n. 性质;特征;财产
12.botanical n. 植物学
13.liquid obtained 获取液体
14.Substance n. 物质;药品
课前新单词预习
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 诺贝尔生理学或医学奖
Who is the woman in the video and what did she do
wormwood(蒿;洋艾) → artemisinin(青蒿素)
What’s the relationship between wormwood and artemisinin
The process of extracting the artemisinin
wormwood
extract
Malaria
【reason】mosquito
【symptoms】chill, fever, sweat
Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract
treat
Read for text type
title / headline
date
illustrations
一、文本体裁: 新闻报道
Q1. Where would you most likely find this passage
A. In a blog B. In a book
C. In a letter D. In a newspaper
Q2. Passages like this are most often written in ____ and ____.
A. the active voice; offer many opinions
B. the passive voice; talk about feelings
C. both active and passive voices;
mostly contain facts
If you were the journalist, what would you write in this text according to the title
1. Who is Tu Youyou
4. Why was she awarded the Nobel Prize
3. What did she do to win the prize
5. What’s the significance of discovering artemisinin
6. How did she discover artemisinin
......
2. When/Where was she awarded the Nobel Prize
Role play
Read for structure and main ideas
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
A. How Tu Youyou’s team discovered artemisinin
B. The significance of the event
C. A basic introduction of Tu Youyou
D. Why was Tu Youyou awarded the Nobel Prize
Carefully reading (para 1)
find theses elements.
who
when
what
why
Why is artemisinin an important discovery
treat malaria
save lives
improve health
_______ on 30 Dec. 1930. Ningbo, China
was born
Timeline
Part 2: Para 2 & 3
_________ from Peking University
graduated
_________ to be the first researchers to...
was chosen
became the ______ of the project in Beijing
head
_________ in discovering artemisinin
succeeded
was ________ the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
awarded
1930
1955
1967
1969
1971
2015
A. Tu’s team examined over 2,000 old medical texts , and evaluated 280,000 plants for their medical properties. 研读了2000多篇旧医学文献,并评估了28万株植物的药学属性。
B. They found a medical text suggesting using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. 医学文章建议使用青蒿提取物治疗发烧。
C. They tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves. 测试了一组干艾蒿叶。
D. They tried boiling fresh wormwood and using the liquid ,but this didn’t work either.
尝试水煎新鲜艾蒿叶并使用这种液体,但无效。
E. They used a lower temperature to draw out the sweet wormwood extract.低温萃取提取物。
F. They tested the medicine on themselves to see if safe. 团队以身试药
G. They tested the medicine on malaria patients.给疟疾患者试药
H. The medicine became a standard treatment for malaria. 成为治疗疟疾的标准方法
A. Tu’s team examined over 2,000 old medical texts , and evaluated 280,000 plants for their medical properties.
B. They found one medical text suggesting using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever.
C. They tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves.
D. They tried boiling fresh wormwood and using the liquid ,but this didn’t work either.
E. They used a lower temperature to draw out the sweet wormwood extract.
F. They tested the medicine on themselves to see if safe.
G. They tested the medicine on malaria patients.
H. The medicine became a standard treatment for malaria.
How was artemisinin discovered (para2-para3
What do you think contributes to the discovery of artemisinin
Read Paragraph 4 and answer the question.
04. summary
2. What qualities can we learn from Tu
numbers
responsible
committed
patient
determined
selfless
persistent
humble
hardworking
cooperative
language points
award sb sth 奖励某人某物 =award sth to sb
sth be awarded to sb 把某物授予某人
lead to 导致=result in=bring about(lead-led-led)
die from…死于…
be born in 出生…
a treatment for….的一种治疗方法
a vital/crucial part of …..的重要部分
graduate from…. 从…毕业
with the aim/objective of doing sth….以…做某事为目标
ancient Chinese medical texts 中国古代医书文献
be/get stuck 陷入困境
acknowledge defeat 承认失败
by chance/accident 偶然
insist on doing sth坚持做某事
team effort 团队力量
upon..doing 一….就..
Post-reading
Tu Youyou,a famous female chemist and 1. (scientific),was born in Ningbo,Zhejiang Province on 30 December 1930.In 1951,she was 2. (admit) into Beijing University,majoring 3. making medicine and graduated in 1955. After 4. (graduate)she worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing.In 1969,she became 5. head of the project and performed numerous tests.In 1971,Tu’s team succeeded in 6. (discover) and developing artemisinin to cure those patients of malaria in different places of the world,for
7. she won many big awards.To our excitement and delight,she
8. (award) the Nobel Prize in Medicine on October 5th,2015,becoming the first Chinese woman 9. (win)the Nobel Prize. We are called on to learn from her and devoted 10. to scientific research.
scientist
admitted
graduation
discovering
which
was awarded
to win
ourselves
the
in
11. Assignment
Visit the website of “People Who Moved China”, and learn about the people whose stories had moved the whole nation. Prepare a news presentation about one of them who you admire the most.
【Requirement】
●1. The time length: about 120 seconds.
●2. The content: his or her qualities and achievemet, and the reason
why you admire him or her.
●3. The content should be arranged in a news story structure: the
lead, the body and the comment.
●4. include photos or video clips.
●5. submitted in the form of a PPT (5-8 slides)
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