(共31张PPT)
Unit 1 People of achievement
Reading and Thinking
Learning goals:
At the end of the class, you are expected to:
1. Get the entire process of finding artemisinin and understand the context.
2. Recognize the structure and characteristics of a news report.
3. Make a definition for a person of value.
4. Raise pride in China's growing power and our exceptional traditional Chinese medicine.
Lead-in
Do you know these people of achievement
Zhong Nanshan
Albert Einstein
Helen Keller
Jack Ma(Ma Yun)
Jane Goodall
Bill Gates
Florence Nightingale
Tu Youyou
Who is she
Tu Youyou
China
Antemisinin
in 1971
Name:
Nationality:
Discovery:
When did she discover:
Quote:
Read for text features
The title/ headline
The date
The lead
(导语)
The illustrations
(插图)
01
Where would you most likely find this passage
In a newspaper
News report
Read for text features
02
Passages like this are most often
written in _____ and _______
A. the active voice/ offer many opinions
B. the first person/ talk about feelings
C. both active and passive voices / mostly contain facts
more objective, accurate and convincing
Text structure
专题新闻报道
1. 新闻报道的标题中常省略某些词类,以期产生精炼感。包括冠词、连词、语法引导词、连系动词、助动词等。
专题新闻报道news story,报道了屠呦呦获得诺贝尔生理学或医学奖的事迹。新闻报道语篇的语体特点:
TU YOUYOU WAS AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE
Text structure
专题新闻报道
2. 新闻报道的第一段或第一句是导语,是报道最基本内容的概括,往往包含着最重要、精彩、吸引人的新闻事实,这是新闻报道开头的语体特色。 导语通常回答五个问题:who、what、when、where、why/how,这五个方面被称为新闻的五大要素。
when
what
who
why
Read for main idea
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
A. The process of discovering artemisinin.
D. Tu Youyou's personal experiences.
B. Tu Youyou owes her success to her team and traditional Chinese medicine.
C. Tu Youyou was awarded Nobel Prize because of discovering artemisinin.
Match each paragraph with the main idea.
Read for details
Para. 1
6 October 2015
Physiology or Medicine
Artemisinin
hundreds of thousands of
millions of
Read for details
Para. 1
Question 1:
What led to Tu Youyou's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
A) Discovery of malaria vaccine
B) Research on artemisinin
C) Research on traditional Chinese medicine
D) Discovery of a cure for malaria
Read for details
Para. 1
Question 2:
How many lives does artemisinin save annually in Africa according to the text
A) 600,000
B) 100,000
C) 200 million
D) 1 million
Read for details
Para. 1
Question 3:What do the numerous numbers in paragraph 1 indicate
A. 200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and 600 die from it.
B. Artemisinin saves 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.
C. Malaria is one of the deadliest diseases globally.
D. The discovery of Artemisinin has had a significant impact on the treatment of malaria and health improvement.
Read for details
Para. 2
30 December 1930
1955
China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
1967
1969
Hainan
2,000
280,000
380
Read for details
Para. 2
Question 4: What was Tu Youyou's first role in the research team formed in 1967
A) She was the team leader.
B) She was a researcher in Beijing.
C) She studied malaria patients in Hainan.
D) She led the medical review of 280,000 plants.
Read for details
Para. 2
Question 5:
How many ancient medical texts did Tu Youyou’s team review in their research
A) 280,000
B) 2,000
C) 380
D) 600,000
Read for details
Para. 3
sweet wormwood
low-temperature
boiling
1971
themselves
patients
standard
Read for details
Para. 3
Question 6:
What problem did Tu Youyou’s team face when testing sweet wormwood
A) The extract had no effect.
B) The plant was toxic.
C) They could not find the correct method.
D) The plant was difficult to find.
Read for details
Para. 3
Question7:
How many times did Tu Youyou and her team fail before they succeeded in 1971
A) More than 50
B) More than 190
C) More than 100
D) More than 500
Read for details
Para. 3
Question 8: What did Tu Youyou and her team do to ensure the medicine was safe
A) Tested it on animals first.
B) Tested it on malaria patients directly.
C) Tested it on themselves.
D) Conducted a series of laboratory tests.
Read para.2-3 and draw a timeline to introduce Tu Youyou’s road to discovering artemisinin from being born to being awarded the prize. Then retell her story based on your timeline.
2
Part 2: Para 2-3
_________ on 30 Dec. 1930. Ningbo, China
was born
___________ 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
Timeline
Read for details
Para. 4
honour
team
country
traditional Chinese medicine
Chinese
How do you understand what she said
“The honour is not just mine. There is a team behind me, and all the people of my country. This success proves the great value of traditional Chinese medicine. It is indeed an honour for China's scientific research and Chinese medicine to be spread around the world.”
What kind of person is Tu Youyou according to her quote
modest
selfless
cooperative
thinks little of fame and money
What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood
temperature
Para.3 : “Her team examined over 2,000 old medical texts, and evaluated 280,000 plants for their medical properties.”
“After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded ....”
Show the hardness of the mission & the great efforts Tu's team made
What do the numbers suggest
Para 2&3
Read for details
Para. 4
Question 9: How did Tu Youyou respond upon hearing she was awarded the Nobel Prize
A) She claimed the prize was undeserved.
B) She stated that the award was a result of her own efforts.
C) She emphasized that the achievement was a team effort.
D) She thanked the Nobel committee for recognizing her.
Read for details
Para. 4
Question 10:
What did Tu Youyou say about the success of artemisinin
A) It proves the value of traditional Chinese medicine.
B) It was a discovery made by her alone.
C) It will replace other malaria treatments.
D) It was the result of modern medical practices.
Read for details
Para. 4
Question 11:
What is the main idea of the text
A) Tu Youyou's life and career as a scientist
B) The discovery of artemisinin and its significance in treating malaria
C) The development of traditional Chinese medicine in modern times
D) The challenges faced by Tu Youyou's research team in discovering artemisinin
What kind of person is Tu Youyou
Try to use some descriptive words to describe Tu Youyou.
What evidence is there for your answer
Discussing.
Thanks!