(共27张PPT)
People of Achievement
Unit 1
Reading and Thinking
At the end of this class, you will be able to:
1. tell the structure and features of a news report.
2. retell the process of how arteminsinin was discovered.
3. summarize the qualities of Tu Youyou and desribe her and her contributions.
Learning Objectives
Who is the woman in the photo
What is happening in the photo
What’s the reaction of people present when this is happening why
Everyone present is standing up to show respect and admiration to her.
She is Tu Youyou.
She is being awarded the Nobel Prize.
Lead in
Pre-reading: How much do you know about Tu Youyou
malaria 疟疾
artemisinin
青蒿素
Malaria
【reason】:mosquito
【symptoms】chill(着凉), fever(发热), sweat(出汗)
extract 提取物
sweet wormwood 青蒿
cure
Pre-reading
Skimming: Read the title and answer the questions.
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. 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
To be more objective and more convincing.
3. Which two pieces of information were
not included in the passage
A. A quote from Tu Youyou
B. The details of how artmisinin was discovered.
C. Tu Youyou’s important contributions other than the discovery of artmisinin.
D. Tu Youyou’s personal life.
E. Tu Youyou’s road to discovering artmisninin.
F. What Tu Youyou was awarded
G. Why artmisinin is an important discovery.
Para.4
Para.3
Para.2&3
Para.1
Para.1
Skimming: skim the passage and answer the question.
Scanning:Match the main idea with each paragraph
Tu’s response to the award
The introduction of Tu Youyou and her team
The discovery of the artemmisinin
Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize
Read for text structure
Divide the text into three parts
part1
part2
part3
The news
the research process
The significance
Read the text again and answer the questions.
1. Why is the discovery of artemisinin important
Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives and has improved the health for millions of people.
2. What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood
Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract.
3. What numbers are mentioned in the text What do they suggest
200 million; 600,000; 100,000; 2,000; 280,000; 380; 190
These numbers suggest three things: how big a health problem malaria is, how much time Tu Youyou spent in looking for a possible new treatment for malaria, and how patient and persistent Tu Youyou and her team were to tackle the disease.
4. Why is Tu Youyou considered a great person
She is considered a great person because through her efforts many lives have been saved.
Careful Reading
Para 2 & 3
Tu Youyou's life experience
1930
1955
1967
1969
1971
2015
_______ on 30 Dec. 1930. Ningbo, China
_________ from Peking University
_________ to be the first researchers to...
became the ______ of the project in Beijing
___________ in discovering artemisinin
was ________ the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
was born
graduated
was chosen
head
succeeded
awarded
the leading researcher
44 years
tried ____________________________
________________________________
but_____________________________
Tu’s team examined _______________
_____________, and evaluated _____ ________________________________
over 2,000 old
280,000
medical texts
plants for their medical properties.
They discovered and tested __________ ________________________________
380 distinct
ancient Chinese medical treatments
found one medical text suggesting
________________________________
______________________________
using the extract from sweet
wormwood to treat a fever.
tested ___________________________
________________________________
a collection of dried wormwood
leaves but found no effect
and using the liquid obtained from it
this didn’t work either.
boiling fresh wormwood
used a ______________
_________________ the sweet wormwood extract.
lower temperature
to draw out
tested the medicine _____________ to see if safe.
on themselves
tested the medicine on_____________.
malaria patients
The medicine became __________________ for malaria.
a standard treatmet
Para 2 & 3
How was artemisinin discovered
What contributes to Tu Youyou’s discovery
firm support from the country
professional knowledge
personal qualities (committed; patient;perseverant ...)
team work of her team
inspiration from ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine
Para 4 Tu’s response to the award
Thinking and discussing
Which is more important for making a great discovery,talent or effort
Which is more important
talent or effort
effort
talent
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.
a news report
Title: Tu Youyou awarded the Nobel Prize
Introduction
(Para. 1)
Body
(Para 2-3)
Conclusion
(Para 4)
who, when, what, why
How to find the artemisinin
Tu Youyou’s attitude to honour
Summary
Retelling
Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015 for her research, _____ led to the discovery of artemisinin. Artemisinin __________ (save) a large number of lives since it was discovered. After _________ (graduate) from university, Tu Youyou worked at the China Academy of traditional Chinese Medicine. In 1967, Tu Youyou __________ (choose) as a researcher of a team of scientists with ___ purpose of discovering a new treatment for malaria. They ________ (evaluate) 280,000 plants and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical ________ (treat). One medical text suggested using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. Tu Youyou analyzed the medical texts again, and ___ chance, she found one sentence suggesting a different way. Soon she found a substance that worked by ______ (boil) the sweet wormwood at a lower temperature. The team's hard work eventually paid off in 1971.
Tu Youyou thought the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort and the Nobel Prize was an honor for China’s _________ (science) research and Chinese medicine to be spread around the world.
which
has saved
graduating
was chosen
the
evaluated
treatments
by
boiling
scientific
Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.
——Albert Einstein
努力不是为了功成名就,而是为了成为有价值的人。
This year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Tu Youyou (co-winner), whose research led to the discovery of artemisinin, a crucial new treatment for malaria. Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to improved health for millions of people.
今年的诺贝尔生理学或医学奖授予了屠呦呦(共同获奖者),她的研究促使了青蒿素的发现。这是一种至关重要的治疗疟疾的新疗法。青蒿素挽救了数十万人的生命,并改善了数百万人的健康状况。
Tu Youyou Awarded Nobel Prize
6 October 2015
Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600, 000 die from it. Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria, and is thought to save 100, 000 lives a year in Africa alone.
全世界每年有超过2亿人罹患疟疾,约60万人死于疟疾。青蒿素已成为治疗疟疾的重要组成部分,据认为仅在非洲一年就能挽救10万人的生命。
Tu Youyou, a committed and patient scientist, was born in Ningbo, China, on 30 December 1930, and graduated from Peking University Medical School in 1955. After she graduated, she worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing. In 1967, the Chinese government formed a team of scientists with the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria, and Tu Youyou was among the first researchers chosen.
屠呦呦是一位坚定而耐心的科学家,1930年12月30日出生于中国宁波,1955年毕业于北京大学医学院。毕业后,她在北京的中国中医研究院工作。1967年,中国政府组建了一支以探索治疗疟疾新方法为目的的科学家队伍,屠呦呦是其中首批入选的研究人员。
In the beginning, Tu Youyou went to Hainan, where malaria was more common, to study malaria patients. In 1969, she became the head of the project in Beijing, and decided to review ancient Chinese medical texts to find traditional botanical treatments for the disease. Her team examined over 2, 000 old medical texts, and evaluated 280, 000 plants for their medical properties. From their research, they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria.
在开始的时候,屠呦呦去了海南研究疟疾患者,在那里疟疾较为普遍。1969年,她成为北京项目的负责人,并决定复阅中国古代医药文献,寻找这种疾病的传统植物疗法。她的团队查阅了2000多本古老的医药文献,并对280 000种植物的药用价值进行了评估。在他们的研究中,他们发现并测试了380种不同的中国古代疗法,这些方法为抗击疟疾带来了希望。
One medical text from the fourth century suggested using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. Tu’s team tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves but found no effect. They then tried boiling fresh wormwood, and using the liquid obtained from this to treat malaria, but this did not work either.Their project got stuck. However, Tu Youyou would not acknowledge defeat. She analysed the medical texts again, and by chance, she found one sentence suggesting a different way to treat the wormwood.
一本四世纪的医药文献推荐使用青蒿提取物来治疗发烧。屠呦呦的团队测试了一批干青蒿,但没有发现效果。然后,他们试着把新鲜的青蒿煮沸,并用从中提取的液体来治疗疟疾,但这也不起作用。他们的项目陷入了困境。然而,屠呦呦并不承认失败。她再次分析了一遍医药文献,偶然间,她发现了一句话,建议用另一种方法来处理青蒿。
She concluded that boiling the sweet wormwood apparently destroyed its medical properties. Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract, she found a substance that worked. After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971.Tu Youyou and her team members even insisted on testing the medicine on themselves to make sure that it was safe. Later, the medicine was tested on malaria patients, most of whom recovered. This medicine,which was called artemisinin, soon became a standard treatment for malaria.
她得出结论,煮青蒿显然破坏了它的药用价值。她用较低的温度提取提取物,发现了一种有效的物质。在失败了190多次之后,这个团队终于在1971年成功了。屠呦呦和她的团队成员甚至坚持在自己身上测试药物,以确保它是安全的。后来,这种药物在疟疾患者身上进行了测试,大部分受试患者都康复了。这种被称为青蒿素的药物很快成为治疗疟疾的标准药物。
According to Tu Youyou, the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort. Upon hearing that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize, 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.”
屠呦呦说,青蒿素的发现是一个团队努力的结果。当听到自己被授予诺贝尔奖时,她说:“这个荣誉不仅仅属于我。在我身后有一个团队,还有我的祖国和人民。这一成功证明了中医的巨大价值。中国的科学研究和中医药走向世界,确实是一种荣誉。”
①. This year's Nobel Prize... has been awarded to Tu Youyou..., whose research led to the discovery of artemisinin...
②. Tu Youyou went to Hainan, where malaria was more common, to study lmalaria patients.
③. ...they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria.
whose 引导非限制性定语从句,用作定语,对Tu Youyou 起补充说明作用
where 引导非限制性定语从句,用作状语对Hainan起补充说明作用
that 引导限制性定语从句,用作主语,对treatments起限定修饰作用
④. Later, the medicine was tested on malaria patients, most of whom recovered.
⑤. This medicine, which was called artemisinin, soom became a standard treatment for malaria.
most of whom 引导非限制性定语从句,对patients起补充说明作用
介词+ 关系代词( 指人 whom, 指物 which)
which 引导非限制性定语从句,用作主语,对medicine起补充说明作用