Unit 1 People of Achievement 课件（共22张）-2025-2026学年人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

(共22张PPT)
Unit 1 People of achievement
Opening Page & Reading and Thinking
Who comes into your mind first when you see the theme of this unit
The person that comes into my mind is + ______, who + __________________.
People of achievement vary from ordinary people to scientists, politicians and medical workers.
In this unit, you will
1. read about people of achievement and their contributions.
2. hear and talk about great people.
3. write an introduction about someone you admire.
4. explore what greatness means and how it is achieved.
有成就的
贡献
钦佩；赞美
1. Who is the woman in the photo
2. What is happening in the photo
Tu Youyou, a scientist from China.
She is receiving her award from King of Sweden.
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine （诺贝尔生理学或医学奖）
for discovering artemisinin（青蒿素）
Sweet wormwood 青蒿
artemisinin
a substance extracted from
【symptoms症状】
have a fever; feel cold and sweat
a crucial treatment for
mosquito
malaria
Tu Youyou Awarded Nobel Prize
Step 1: Read for Structure
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
Title
Lead paragraph
Body
Ending
Can you recall the structure of a newspaper article
Text Type
concise
Title
Lead paragraph
Body
Ending
when
where
who
what
why
how
Tu Youyou
This year (6 October 2015)
was awarded the Nobel Prize
for the discovery of artemisinin
does she contribute to mankind
Tu’s ______ and how _______________________.
Tu's _______ to the award
Stockholm Concert Hall
Structure of a newspaper passage
attitudes /
reaction / response
… is a vital part of the treatment for malaria and is thought to save many lives.
Factors included
experience
artemisinin was discovered
Step 2: Read for Information
Which two pieces of information were not included in the passage
A.
B.
C. Tu Youyou's important contributions other than the
discovery of artemisinin.
D. Tu Youyou's personal life.
E.
F.
G.
A quote from Tu Youyou
The details of how artemisinin was discovered
Tu Youyou's road to discovering artemisinin
What Tu Youyou was awarded.
Why artemisinin is an important discovery.
A. A quote from Tu Youyou
F.What Tu Youyou was awarded
G.Why artemisinin is an important discovery.
B.The details of how artemisinin was discovered
E.Tu Youyou's road to discovering artemisinin
Main idea of each paragraph
Locate the following information in the specific paragraph.
TIP 1: Newspaper articles are narrowly focused on the topic.
This article is centered on Tu Youyou’s discovery of artemisinin.
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Scan Para.2 & 3 for details and complete the flow chart（流程图）,showing how artemisinin was discovered
Pre-experiment
Tu Youyou’s team examined _____________and evaluated________
They found a medical text suggesting _______________________.
medical texts 医学资料
evaluate plants评估植物
sweet wormwood extract 青蒿提取物
medical texts
plants
using the sweet wormwood extract
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During experiment
They tested_____________________.
They used a ___________________________
sweet wormwood extract.
They tested the medicine on .
dried wormwood leaves
They tried__________, but ______________.
dried wormwood leaves
boiling
it didn’t work
boil
lower temperature to draw out
draw out the extract 提取浓缩物
themselves
They tested the medicine on .
malaria patients
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Post-experiment
The medicine became a ______________ for malaria.
standard treatment
Which of the following research techniques（研究方法） are mentioned in their study
A.fieldwork B.literature research C.scientific test D.clinical test
实地考察 文献研究 科学检验 临床检验
Step 3: Read for Language Features
Passages like this are most often
written in_____and ____
A. the active voice/ offer many opinions
B. the person/ talk about feelings
C. both active and passive voices /
mostly contain facts
third
first
Language Features
1
2
3
Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria, and is thought to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.
TIP 2: Newspaper articles mostly contain facts.
TIP 3: Passive voices are used to give an objective or official idea on something, especially in news, documents and science and technology writings.
Numbers
200 million; 600,000; 100,000
how big a health problem malaria is / what a great achievement the discovery of artemisinin is
2000; 280,000;
380;
more than 190…
the great efforts put into the discovery of artemisinin
TIP 4: Using numbers can make your description convincing and powerful.
What numbers are mentioned in the text and what do they suggest
Step 4: Read for Thinking
Which two descriptive words does the writer use to describe Tu
How does the writer prove it
Her team examined over ______ old medical texts, and evaluated ________plants for their medical properties.
However, Tu Youyou would not ________________.
After failing more than _____ times, the team finally succeeded in 1971.
2,000
280,000
acknowledge defeat
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Explore the Tu Youyou’s qualities
evidence1
evidence2
evidence3
perseverant, persistent, determined
knowledgeable, professional,talented
modest, grateful, patriotic
fearless; responsible; selfless; willing to make sacrifice
Construct a mind map to describe Tu’s qualities
You may answer the question following the sentence pattern like:
I think Tu Youyou is a ... person, because she...
In my opinion, Tu Youyou is a person with..., based on the description “...” in Paragraph ...
Tu’s qualities
Evidence in the passage
They insisted on testing the medicine on themselves to see if safe.
Further Discussion
How does Tu Youyou’s example inspire you in your school life
When you encounter difficulties in your study, ...
When dealing with your relationship with your classmates, ...
...
Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.
--Albert Einstein