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Reading and Thinking
Describe people of achievement
Unit 1
PEOPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT
Warm-up
Discussion
What is his / her name
What did he /she invent or discover
When did he / she invent / discover it
Warm-up
Personal profile
Name: ____________________
Nationality: _______________
Major: ___________________
Inventions /discovers: __________________________
When did they invent/discover:
__________________________
Qian Xuesen
Chinese
Physics
Chinese atom bomb
In 1964
Name: ____________________
Nationality: _______________
Major: ___________________
Inventions /discovers: __________________________
When did they invent/discover:
__________________________
Warm-up
Personal profile
Yuan Longping
Chinese
Agriculture
hybrid rice
In 1970
Name: ____________________
Nationality: _______________
Major: ___________________
Inventions /discovers: __________________________
When did they invent/discover:
__________________________
Warm-up
Personal profile
Marie Curie
Polish
Physics
radioactivity
In 1898
Name: ____________________
Nationality: _______________
Major: ___________________
Inventions /discovers: __________________________
When did they invent/discover:
__________________________
Warm-up
Personal profile
Albert Einstein
German / American
Mathematical Physics
relativity
In 1905
Pre-reading
To know a great medical scientist
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
She is Tu Youyou.
She is being awarded the Nobel Prize.
Every present is standing up to show respect and admiration to her.
Pre-reading
A brief introduction of Tu Youyou
She discovered artemisinin (青蒿素)
She is the first Chinese Nobel winner in Physiology or Medicine and the first female citizen of China to receive a Nobel Prize in any category. Tu discovered artemisinin, which was inspired by traditional Chinese medicine. The drug she developed has lowered malaria (疟疾) deaths and has become a leader in fighting the mosquito-borne (蚊传播的) disease.
Pre-reading
Evaluation about Tu Youyou
How can we describe Tu Youyou
Is Tu Youyou a person of success or a person of value Why
She is a person of value. Because she made a great discovery of the artemisinin which saves millions of lives worldwide.
Pre-reading
Group discussion
1. What kind of person makes great discoveries
Most great discoverers are talented and hard-working. Many are perfectionists who are unwilling to accept anything but the best.
Pre-reading
Group discussion
2. Which is more important for making a great discovery, talent or effort
I think both talent and effort are important for making discoveries. If a person doesn’t have some talent, it is possible that even though he or she works hard, it will be difficult to succeed. On the other hand, people—even those with great talent—rarely achieve anything without putting in efforts.
While-reading
Look at the title and the pictures on page 2. Predict what this passage is mainly talk about.
Predication
It mainly talks about ____________ achievement and her way to ______________________ which saves lots of people worldwide.
Tu Youyou's
find out the artemisinin
Skills: try to find out who, when, why, where and what.
While-reading
Scan the text and complete the exercise
Match the main ideas with each paragraph.
Tu Youyou was awarded Nobel Prize because of discovering artemisinin.
Tu Youyou's personal experiences.
The process of discovering artemisinin.
Tu Youyou owes her success to her team and traditional Chinese medicine.
While-reading
Read for features
The title
The date
The lead
The illustrations
1. Where would you most
likely find this passage
In a newspaper
News story
While-reading
Read for features
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
content: more objective, accurate and convincing
While-reading
Further thinking
1. Why is passive voice often used in a news report
To be more objective.
2. Why does it contain more facts than personal opinions
To be more objective and more convincing.
While-reading
Read for details
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.
While-reading
Read for structure & main idea
The news story mainly talks about _______________________ and her way to _____________________ which saves lots of people worldwide.
Structure
Para 4:
The ______ about Tu Youyou winning the award and the _____________ of discovering artemisinin.
Tu’s life ____________ and the _________ process of discovering artemisinin.
The ____________ of the event
news
significance
experience
research
Tu Youyou's achievements
discover the artemisinin
Para 1:
Para 2&3:
significance
While-reading
Read the text again and answer the questions
1. Why is the discovery of artemisinin important
2. What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood
Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives and has improved the health for millions of people.
Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract.
While-reading
Read the text again and answer the questions
3. What numbers are mentioned in the text What do they suggest
4. Why is Tu Youyou considered a great person
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.
She is considered a great person because through her efforts many lives have been saved.
While-reading
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
________ the head of the project in Beijing
___________ in discovering artemisinin
was ________ the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
born
graduated
chosen
became
succeeded
awarded
While-reading
Complete the following exercises
Tu Youyou's team examined ________________________ and evaluated ______________________________________.
They found a medical text suggesting _____________________
_____________________________________________________
They tested___________________________________________.
They tried ___________________________________________, but ______________________.
over 2,000 old medical texts
280,000 plants for their medical properties
using the extract from
sweet wormwood to treat a fever
a collection of dried wormwood leaves
boiling fresh wormwood and using the liquid
this did not work either
While-reading
Complete the following exercises
They used a ___________________________ sweet wormwood extract.
They tested the ______________ to see if safe.
They tested the medicine on ________________.
The medicine became ____________________ for malaria.
lower temperature to draw out
on themselves
malaria patients
a standard treatment
Post-reading
Retell the whole story
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 __________ (final) 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 scientific research and Chinese medicine to be spread around the world.
which
has saved
graduating
was chosen
the
evaluated
treatments
by
finally
boiling
Post-reading
What qualities do you think a great people should have
intelligent
determined
persistence
open-minded
independent
imagination
self-discipline
active
considerate
Personal qualities of the great people
Language Points
1 a man of value
2 descriptive words
3 form a good impression of ...
4 Nobel Prize for Medicine
5 award sb sth = award sth to sb
6 a crucial treatment for malaria
7 die from
8 a committed and patient scientist
9 the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
10 with the objective of
描述性的词语
对……产生好的印象
诺贝尔医学奖
授予某人某物
至关重要的抗疟疾药物
死于
坚定有耐心的科学家
有价值的人
中国中医科学院
以……为目标
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11 medical properties
12 show promise in the fight against malaria
13 get stuck
14 acknowledge defeat
15 by chance
16 insist on doing sth
17 test the medicine on sb
18 upon hearing that
19 scientific research
20 other than
药用性
有望战胜疟疾
陷入僵局
认输
偶然
坚持做某事
在某人身上测试药物
一听到……
科学研究
除了
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21 be quite distinct from one another
22 stand up to
23 wear and tear
24 commit oneself to sth
25 come to a conclusion
26 It strikes / hits / occurs to sb that ...
27 fellow countrymen
经得起；抵抗
磨损；损耗
全身心投入到某事中
得出结论
某人突然想到……
同胞
彼此完全不同
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Review: What do these sentences have in common
1.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. (Para 1)
2. In the beginning, Tu Youyou went to Hainan, where malaria was more common, to
study malaria patients. (Para 2)
3. Later, the medicine was tested on malaria patients, most of whom recovered. (Para 3) 4. This medicine, which was called artemisinin, soon became a standard treatment for
malaria. (Para 3)
5. From their research, they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical
treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria. (Para 2)
non-restrictive
non-restrictive
non-restrictive
non-restrictive
restrictive
Compare and Find (I)
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Compare and Find (II)
Pay attention to the past participles.
Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to
improved health for millions of people. (Para 1)
2. 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. (Para 2)
3. Tu’s team tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves but found no effect.
(Para 3)
4. They then tried boiling fresh wormwood, and using the liquid obtained from
this to treat malaria, but this did not work either. (Para 3)
the attribute
the attribute
the attribute
the attribute
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Past participle as the attribute
boiled water
a developed country
some painted chairs
a novel written by Mark Twain
The workers injured in the accident have been rescured.
I received a letter written in French.
表示完成
表示被动
单个过去分词作定语，通常放在名词前,表示被动或完成；过去分词短语作定语，放在名词后。
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Past participle as the attribute
即学即练
1. There is a ________ (break) glass on the table.
2. Lucy is a nurse, whose job is to look after the ________
(wound) soldiers.
3. Most of the artists _________ (invite) to the party were from
Germany.
4. _______ (Speak) English is quite distinct from _______ (write)
English in many ways.
5. The woman _________ (dress) in a white dress is our English
teacher.
broken
wounded
invited
Spoken
written
dressed
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Compare and Find (III)
2. 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. (Para. 2, P2)
Pay attention to the infinitives (to do forms).
In the beginning, Tu Youyou went to Hainan, where malaria
was more common, to study malaria patients. (Para. 2, P2)
不定式作目的状语
Language Points
Infinitive as the adverbial
To succeed, we must believe in ourselves first.
The teacher raised his voice so as to make himself heard.
Everyone is supposed to do his best to save the earth.
Tom made a bamboo box to take care of the little sick bird
till it could fly.
不定式作目的状语，意为“为了……”,可位于句首、句中和句末。有时为了突出强调和目的性，可用in order to do, so as to do(不可位于句首)等。
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Infinitive as the adverbial
They hurried to the station only to be told the train had left.
Tom hurried back home only to find his mother had gone.
不定式还可以作结果状语，往往表示出人意料的结果。不定式前常加上only,以加强语气，常位于句末。
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Compare and Find (IV)
She analysed the medical texts again, and by chance, she
found one sentence suggesting a different way to treat the
wormwood. (Para 3)
2. Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract, she
found a substance that worked. (Para 3)
Pay attention to the present participles (doing forms).
作宾语补足语
作状语
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Compare and Find (IV)
1. I looked down into the water and could see Old Tom __________ (swim) by the boat, __________ (show) us the way.
2. Wang Peng sat in his empty restaurant, ________ (feel) very frustrated.
3. _____________ (teach) by the two gentlemen, Eliza made great progress.
4. _______________ (work) for two days, Steve managed to finish his
report on schedule.
现在分词的完成式having done表示其动作发生在谓语动词的动作之前
swimming
showing
feeling
Being taught
Having worked
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1. Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria, …
青蒿素成了抗疟疾药物的关键成分，…
vital adj. extremely important and necessary for something to succeed or exist 必不可少的; 极其重要的;
full of energy in a way that is exciting and attractive充满生机的
e.g. Regular exercise is vital for your health.
经常锻炼对健康非常重要。
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【归纳】
be vital to/for 对……是至关重要的
be of vital importance 至关重要
It’s vital to do sth. 做某事很重要
It’s vital that … (should) do … ……是十分重要的
play a vital role in 在……中起极其重要的作用
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1. Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria, and is thought to save 100, 000 lives a year in Africa alone.
青蒿素成了抗疟疾药物的关键成分，据估计每年仅在非洲每年就挽救了10万人的性命。
sb./ sth. be thought to…某人/某物被认为……
e.g. A healthy life is usually thought to be related to the open countryside and home-grown food.
健康的生活通常被认为与开阔的乡村和土生土长的食物有关。
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【拓展】
be said to… 据说……
be reported to… 据报道……
be believed to… 据信……
be claimed to… 据声称……
be announced to… 据宣布……
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【点拨】
sb. /sth. is thought/said/reported to do/have done…
=It is thought/said/reported that…
动词不定式有时态和语态的变化
They are said to have saved quantities of natural resources in this way.
=It is said that they have saved quantities of natural resources in this way.
据说他们用这种方法节约了大量的自然资源。
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2. Tu Youyou, a committed and patient scientist, was born in Ningbo, China, on 30 December 1930…
屠呦呦，这位尽职尽责、锲而不舍的科学家1930年12月30日出生于中国宁波……
committed adj. willing to work very hard at something
尽心尽力的，坚定的，坚信的
a committed scientist 一位坚定的科学家
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【语境展示】阅读句子，找出与commit相符合的中文释义。
1) If you commit a crime, you can never escape being punished.
2) The government must commit itself to improving health care.
3) Beginning a career means that one should commit to it a hundred percent.
4) If you want to achieve good grades, you should commit more time to your studies.
a. 犯罪 b. 全身心投入
c. 花费（时间或金钱） d. 承诺，答应
a
d
b
c
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commit vt. to say that someone will definitely do something or must do something 承诺，保证(某个人、机构等)
vi. to promise or give your loyalty忠于；全心投入(工作、活动等)
vt. to do something wrong or illegal干(错事，坏事)，犯罪
commit oneself to do 承诺；保证
e.g.
The murder was committed on New Year’s Eve.
The president is committed to improving health care.
Both sides committed themselves to settling the problem peacefully.
Anna wants to get married, but Bob's not sure he wants to commit.
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3. 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.
1967年，中国政府成立了一支科学家团队，旨在发现新型抗疟疾疗法，屠呦呦入选首批研究人员。
with the objective (/ aim / purpose / goal) of…目的是……
在句中作状语
Eg. He tried a second time with the aim of being chosen.
他又试了第二回，希望能被选上。
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4. However, Tu Youyou would not acknowledge defeat.
然而，屠呦呦并不认输。
acknowledge vt. to admit or accept that something is true or that a situation exists
承认（属实、权威等）；（公开）感谢
e.g. I acknowledge that her criticism is just.
我承认她的批评是公正的。
We wish to acknowledge the support of the university.
我们想要感谢那所大学给予的支持。
Language Points
【归纳】
acknowledge that ...　　　承认……
acknowledge (doing) sth. 承认(做了)某事
acknowledge sth./sb. to be/as ... 承认某事/某人是……
It is generally acknowledged that ... ……是大家公认的
acknowledge ... as /to be ... 承认某人为……
【拓展】
acknowledgement n. 承认；致谢；答谢
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5. Upon hearing that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize, she said, “The honour is not just mine...”
获悉自己被授予诺贝尔奖时，她说：“这个荣誉不仅仅属于我……”
【分析】介词upon+动词-ing形式：构成介词短语，在句中作时间状语。upon 一……就……
e.g. Upon receiving a phone call from his wife saying she had a fall, Mr. Green immediately rushed home from his office.
一接到妻子的电话说她摔了一跤，Green先生就立即从办公室赶回家了。
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【点拨】 upon还可换作介词on，表示一件事紧接着另一件事而发生。常见于正式文体，在……的时候；当……时；一……就……。
e.g. On arriving at the stadium, the athletes began to work out.
一到体育场，运动员们就开始训练。
【拓展】用作连词表示“一……就……”的名词词组:
the moment the instant
the minute the second
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