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Unit 1
People of Achievement
Reading and Thinking
Master related vocabulary, and understand the discourse features of news reports to express ideas about people of achievement.
Use various reading strategies to extract key information from the text about Tu Youyou and apply learned content for further study.
Recognize the contributions of traditional Chinese medicine to the world, and foster cultural confidence and a sense of national pride.
analyze Tu Youyou's qualities from a multi - perspective, and develop critical thinking to reflect on their own life and career choices.
Language Competence
Learning Ability
Cultural Awareness
Thinking Quality
Learning Objectives
Teaching Focus
Help students master the vocabulary and grammar related to scientific achievements, and grasp the reading strategies for extracting key information from news reports.
Teaching Challenges
Enable students to deeply understand the cultural connotations behind traditional Chinese medicine achievements, and use critical thinking to comprehensively analyze and reflect on the qualities and success factors of outstanding figures.
Teaching Focus and Teaching Challenges
Part 1
Lead-in
1. Who is the woman in the photo
2. What is happening in this photo
3. What more can you find from this photo
This is Tu Youyou. She is a scientist from China.
In this photo, Tu Youyou is receiving the award from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
The Nobel Prize award ceremony was held in a magnificent hall. Everyone was standing up when Tu Youyou received her award.
Look and discuss
Lead-in
Watch the video and answer the following questions
Come up with a list of descriptive adjectives for her.
hardworking
adventurous
relentless
selfless
selfless
selfless
courageous
Lead-in
Skimming for the structure
the lead 导语
The title The date
Body主体
Ending 结尾
illustrations插图
illustrations插图
Where would you most likely find this passage
What is the text type
A In a blog B In a book
C In a letter D In a newspaper
News report
Skimming for the structure
3. Which two pieces of information were not included in the passage
A. A quote from Tu Youyou.
B. The details of how artemisinin was discovered.
C. Tu Youyou's important contributions other than the discovery of artemisinin.
D. Tu Youyou's personal life.
E. Tu Youyou's road to discovering artemisinin.
F. What Tu Youyou was awarded.
G. Why artemisinin is an important discovery.
Activity 1
Skimming for the main idea of each part
Tu Youyou’s response to her winning of the Nobel
The details of how artemisinin was discovered
Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize and the importance of artemisinin
A brief introduction of Tu Youyou and her road to discovering artemisinin
Read Para 1 and find out the following elements.
Tu Youyou
the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
this year---6 October 2015
the discovery of artemisinin
Who
When
What
Why
Read Para 2 and fill in the blanks.
Tu Youyou's personal profile Birthplace
Birthdate
Education
Occupation
Personality
Her Mission
Ningbo, China
30 December 1930
graduated from Peking University Medical School in 1955
researcher. worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing
committed and patient
To discover a new treatment for malaria
Read Para 2 again and and divide Tu’s work into stages. Find out Tu’s good qualities that were reflected in each stage.
stage 1 2 3
work
quality
committed
brave, selfless
patient, careful, hardworking
patient
hardworking
went; study
review;examined; evaluated
discovered; tested
Read Para 2 and find out how many attempts did Tu and her team make to draw out the extract. Fill in the form.
numbers
Attempt method result Tu’s reaction
1
2
3
dried wormwood leaves
found no effect
then tried...
boiled fresh wormwood and used the liquid
did not work, got stuck
wouldn’t acknowledge defeat
used a lower temperature to draw out the extract
found a substance that worked
insisted on testing the medicine on themselves
Read Para 3. What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood
When they tried many times and their project got stuck, she didn't acknowledge defeat and analysed the medical texts again, and by chance she found using a lower temperature to get the extract from the wormwood.
Read Para 4. How did Tu Youyou summarise her success
★She thought the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort.
★And 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.
Read Para. 2-3 again and complete the flow chart.
Tu Youyou's team examined___________________, and evaluated
_____________.
280,000 plants
over 2000
medical texts
They found a medical text suggesting
_____________
using the extract
from the sweet wormwood.
They tested
a collection of dried sweet wood leaves
They tried
But_______
boiling fresh
sweet wormwood
this did
not work
The medicine became
________________for Malaria
a standard treatment
They tested the medicine on
.
the
Malaria patients
They tested the medicine_____
to see if safe.
on themselves
They used a ________
___________________ the sweet wormwood extract.
lower temperature to draw out
Summary
What are the features of a news story
title
date
photo
lead(导语)
data(数据)
quote(引语)
News Storymbers
Numbers in this article
The numbers of the people
The numbers of the years
The numbers during the scientific research
So many people were killed by malaria.
the significance of the discovery of artemisinin
the long and hard scientific study committed & patient
the spirits of the scientists
the road to scientific study
devotion to the scientific research
Part 3
Language Points
insist vi. & vt. 坚持；坚决要求
insist on sth. 坚称某事；坚决要求某事
insist on/upon doing sth. 坚持要做某事
insist意为“坚持说；坚决认为”时，后面的宾语从句不用虚拟语气。
练习：My mother insists on my _________ up early.
getting
vital adj. 必不可少的；极其重要的； 充满生机的
be of vital significance 具有至关重要的意义
absolutely vital 至关重要
It is vital that.../to do sth ……很重要
vitally adv. 极其；绝对
练习：This matter is of ______ importance.
vital
distinct adj. 清晰的；清楚的；有区别的
distinctive adj.特别的，独特的
distinctly adv.清楚地；非常
distinction n.区别；卓越
clear/sharp distinction 明显的不同
make/draw a distinction between A and B 区别A和B
练习：The ability to fly is a ________ feature of birds.
distinct
commit vt. 承诺；保证
vi. 忠于；全心全意投入（工作、活动等）
be committed to(doing) sth ... 对……坚定；忠于……；致力于……
commit a crime/mistake 犯罪/错
commit oneself/sb. to (doing) sth. 致力于
commit sth. to sth. 把某物（钱、时间、精力等）投入某事（to为介词）
commit oneself to do承诺；保证（做某事、遵守协议或安排等）
练习：Sadly, she ____________ suicide last year.
committed
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.
过去分词作定语
过去分词作定语有前置和后置两种情况。
（1）单个的过去分词作定语，通常放在被修饰词之前，表示被动。
①表示被动意义
an honoured guest 一位受尊敬的客人
The injured workers are now being taken good care of in the hospital.
受伤的工人正在医院被悉心照料。
②表示完成意义
a retired teacher 一位退休的教师
They are cleaning the fallen leaves in the yard.他们正在打扫院子里的落叶。
（2）过去分词短语作定语时，通常放在被修饰词之后，它的作用相当于一个定语从句。
This will be the best novel of its kind ever written (= that has ever been written).
这将是同类小说中写得最好的一本。
Part 4
Exercise
Further information can be __________(获得) from our head office.
The scientists have found six ___________(有区别的) colors of this kind of cat, which is a new breakthrough.
Previously, few ____________ (学术的) programs, which focused on the link between cognition and body perception, had ever received such public attention.
The doctor___________(分析) the food and found that it contained poison.
A man can be destroyed but not ___________(打败).
obtained
distinct
academic
analysed
defeated
Homework
1. Summarise what we have learnt in this lesson;
2. Prepare for the next lesson
See you next time!

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