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(共15张PPT)
Unit 4
P2
Reading
What is happening in this photo
Tu Youyou is awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize.
What do you know about the Nobel Prize
A Nobel Prize is one of a set of prizes that are awarded each year to people who have done important work in science, literature, or economics, or for world peace.
What important scientific discoveries
in history have you heard about
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928.
Behind every scientific discovery lies a lot of hard work.
The news report below describes the Chinese scientist Tu Youyou and her discovery of a life-saving medicine.
Now, let's read the news report to learn more.
Task 1
What does the news report mainly talk about
Skill: try to find out who, when, why, where and what.
It mainly talks about ____________ ___________________ and her way to _________________ which saves lots
of patients all over the world.
Tu Youyou
find out qinghaosu
won 2015 Nobel Prize
________________________________________________________________
Task 2
Read the news report and complete the chart below with the main idea of each part.
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Para. 1
Para. 2
Para.
3-5
Para. 6
Tu Youyou won a Nobel Prize in 2015 for her discovery of qinghaosu.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Tu Youyou acquired a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.
Tu Youyou and her team solved a lot of problems before they successfully discovered qinghaosu.
Tu Youyou and her team's efforts finally paid off.
Task 3
Read the news report again carefully and fill in the table below.
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Problems Solutions
The extracts failed to produce any promising results.
Tu and her team could not produce enough qinghao extract because research resources were limited.
Tu and her team did not have sufficient safety data to start trials on patients.
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.
Tu Youyou and her team managed to find solutions to the problem, e.g. using household water containers instead of research equipment.
Tu Youyou and her team volunteered to test the qinghao extract on themselves.
Task 4
Pay attention to the underlined numbers in the following sentences. What do they suggest
1. She collected over 2,000 traditional Chinese medical
recipes for malaria treatment and made hundreds of
extracts from different herbs.
2. After 190 failures, she succeeded in making qinghao
extract that could treat malaria in mice.
3. As a key part of many malaria medicines, qinghaosu
has since benefited about 200 million malaria patients.
Possible answer: how big a health problem malaria is
Possible answer: how patient and persistent Tu and her team were
Possible answer: how much time Tu spent in looking for a possible new treatment for malaria
1. Tu Youyou has become the first female scientist
of the People's Republic of China to receive a
Nobel Prize, awarded for her contribution to the
fight against malaria, one of the deadliest
diseases in human history.
① He is always the first person to come.
② She was the first woman to win the gold medal
in the Olympic Games.
他总是第一个来。
她是第一个在奥运会上获得金牌的女子。
当名词被序数词修饰时，其后用不定式做定语。
V-ed形式作定语，表被动
屠呦呦成为中华人民共和国第一位获得诺贝尔奖的女科学家。她获奖是因为她在抗击疟疾中做出的贡献，疟疾是人类历史上最致命的疾病之一。
Sentence analysing for better understanding.
2. In the 1960s, many people were dying of
malaria, and in 1969 Tu became head of a
team that intended to find a cure for the
disease.
① I intend to stay for a couple of days there.
② They intended to invest hugely in new
technology.
我打算在那里住几天。
他们打算在新技术方面投入大量资金。
intend to do sth. 想要(打算)做某事
限制性定语从句
在20世纪60年代，许多人死于疟疾。1969年屠呦呦担任了一个课题组的组长，计划找到该疾病的治疗方法。
1. What qualities did Tu Youyou show as a scientist Use details from the news report to support your ideas.
2. Tu Youyou is the first female Chinese scientist to win a Nobel Prize. In your opinion, what is the significance of this achievement
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1. What qualities did Tu Youyou show as a scientist Use details from the news report to support your ideas.
hard-working
after 190 failures, she succeeded in
making qinghao extract
collected over 2,000 traditional Chinese
medical recipes, made hundreds of
extracts from different herbs
patient
worked day and night and their health
began to suffer, but they never gave up
committed
volunteered to test qinghao extract on
themselves first
selfless
…
2. Tu Youyou is the first female Chinese scientist to win a Nobel Prize. In your opinion, what is
the significance of this achievement
This has shown the importance of traditional Chinese
medicine Qinghaosu, as the key substance in many
malaria medicines, has saved countless lives.
Tu Youyou's achievement has earned international
recognition of traditional Chinese medicine.
As a female scientist, Tu has
also inspired young female
scientists to work harder to
achieve their dreams.
…
1. thanks to
2. all over the world
3. die of
4. refer to
5. speed up
6. pay off
7. through trial and error
8. draw on
死于
查阅，参考；提到，谈及
多亏
世界各地
（使）加速
成功，奏效，达到目的
反复试验；不断摸索
利用，动用
Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1. He had rich experience to draw on.
2. People came from all over the world to view her
work.
他有丰富的经验可供借鉴。
人们从世界各地涌来欣赏她的作品。
3. Thanks to his efforts, the concert was a huge
success.
多亏他的努力，音乐会获得了巨大的成功。
4. I had already taken steps to speed up a solution
to the problem.
我已经采取措施加快解决该问题。
5. Nobody taught him and he actually learnt by
himself through trial and error.
虽然没有人教，他摸索了一段时间，竟自己学会了。
1. What do you know about the Nobel Prize
2. What do you know about Tu Youyou
3. Can you talk about how Tu Youyou's team discover qinghaosu
4. What kind of person do you think Tu is and what qualities can you learn from
her
Self-evaluation
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