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Unit 1 People of Achievement
Reading & Thinking
Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.
---Albert Einstein
Learning Aims
1. Identify key information and textual features in a news-style passage to
demonstrate comprehension of Tu Youyou's achievement and its significance.
2. Analyze and describe the process of scientific discovery and the personal
qualities it requires, using evidence from the text.
3. Summarize Tu Youyou's attitude towards her achievement and explain the role
of traditional Chinese medicine and team effort in her success.
4. Reflect on and discuss the concept of being a "person of value" versus a "person
of success," connecting the lesson's themes to their own perspectives.
Do you know these people of achievement
Zhong Nanshan
Tu Youyou
Yuan Longping
Albert Einstein
Lin Qiaozhi
What are the qualities of these great people
Can you use some descriptive words to describe them
Descriptive word, a kind of adjective, adverb, v-ing etc., is used to describe the colors, states and modalities of people or objects vividly and specifically.
diligent
talented
selfless
persistent
devoted
courageous
kind-hearted
considerate
Video appreciation：BBC names Tu Youyou as icon of 20th Century
Where would you most likely find this passage
The title
The date
ending
body
Lead-in
Where would you most likely find
this passage
A. In a blog . B. In a book .
C. In a letter . D. In a newspaper
when
where
who
what
why
Tu Youyou
was awarded the Nobel Prize
for the discovery of artemisinin
Stockholm Concert Hall
This year (6 October 2015)
How was artemisini
discovered
how
Tu's attitudes
Q: Which two pieces of information were not included in the passage Match the choices with each para.
A.
B.
C. Tu Youyou's important contributions other than the discovery of artemisinin.
D. Tu Youyou's personal life.
E.
F.
G.
Quote from Tu Youyou.
The details of how artemisinin was discovered.
Tu Youyou's road to discovering artemisinin
What Tu Youyou was awarded.
Why artemisinin is an important discovery.
News facts should be relevant to the topic:“Tu Youyou (was) awarded (the) Nobel Prize”
What was Tu Youyou awarded
A quote from Tu Youyou
Why is artemisinin an important discovery.
The details of how artemisinin was discovered
Tu Youyou's road to discovering artemisinin
1
2
3
4
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
News reports should be objective and factual
Para 1: What was Tu Youyou awarded
Why is artemisinin an important discovery.
Scanning
Why is the discovery of artemisinin so important that Tu
Youyou was awarded Nobel Prize
Over 200 million people get malaria each year worldwide;
About 600,000 die from malaria each year.
Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives100,000 lives in Africa alone
Artemisinin has improved health for millions of lives;
What does these number suggest
The impact of malaria on people
The___________ effect of artemisinin on people
harmful
healing
What kind of effect does these numbers create in a news report
making the writing convincing and accurate
making the writing reader-friendly
Thinking
1930
succeeded in discovering artemisinin
1955
Chosen to be the first researchers to discover a new treatment for malaria.
Graduated from Peking University Medical School
1969
Born in Ningbo, China
1971
Became the head of the project in Beijing and decided to find traditional botanical treatments for the disease.
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
1967
Tu and her discovery
2015
Find out what happened to Tu Youyou in the following years.
Scanning
Para 2-3: Tu Youyou's road to discovering artemisinin
3. Complete the flow chart.Then tell the story of how artemisinin was discovered.
Tu's team examined _____________________,and evaluated ____________
from 1969
to 1971
They found a medical text suggesting______________________
They tested_______________
They tried _________________________________________ but_______________.
They used a __________________________ the sweet wormwood extract.
They tested the medicine___________________ to see if safe.
They tested the medicine on ________________
The medicine became _________________ for malaria
over 2000 old medical texts
280,000 plants
using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever.
dried wormwood leaves
boiling fresh wormwood and using the liquid
this didn't work either
lower temperature to draw out
on themselves
malaria patients
a standard treatment
Artemisinin has saved of lives, and has led to improved health for of people.
now
hundreds of thousands
millions
Scanning
Para 2-3: Tu Youyou's road to discovering artemisinin
What does the verbs in red imply
The process of discovering artemisinin was a repetition of , which tells us the road to scientific
discovery is yet in the end.
trial and error
challenging
worthwhile
By time and process
How are paragraph 2 and 3 developed
Thinking
Explore the great qualities of Tu Youyou
What qualities do Tu and her team show in the process of discovering artemisinin
perseverant
committed
Team spirit
patient
committed
perseverant
cautious
Please underline the sentences about Tu Youyou's achievements in para.1
The present perfect tense highlights the positive effects of Tu's achievements and contributions
Thinking
Explore the language features of a news story
How does the writer prove Tu Youyou is committed and patient
Thinking
Explore the language features of a news story
P4: What's Tu Youyou's attitude towards the Nobel Prize
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.
Thinking
Explore the meaning of achievement
Reflecting
Dear young friends,
Acquire as much basic knowledge as you can from now on. Continue deepening your understanding even after mastery. When facing difficulties, persevere without fear. Reject all doubts and believe in your ability to succeed.
Devote yourself wholeheartedly to your goals. Embrace every opportunity to pursue knowledge, even when it requires sacrifice. Through your dedication, may you help the world better understand and respect the power of science.
Appreciate the message from Tu Youyou
C
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A
Thinking
Explore the meaning of achievement
cquire as much as basic knowledge from now on.
ontinue working at it after you fully understand it.
ug any difficulty you may come across on your way to explore it.
gnore such an opinion that you will fail.
mploy yourself in it.
alue any chance to get close to it even if you have to give up something else.
ncourage the rest of the world to fully understand and respect it.
A person of great value
tested dried wormwood leaves
tried boiling fresh wormwood
Used a lower temperature to draw out the extract
failed more than 190 times
finally succeeded
tested the medicine on themselves
Scanning
Para 2-3: Tu Youyou's road to discovering artemisinin
How was the research led by Tu Youyou different from the previous one
How was
artemisinin
discovered
Para 2-3: Tu Youyou's road to discovering artemisinin
Scanning
Thinking
What role did Tu played in the discovery of artemisinin
She is a great leader who ...
pointed out the research direction.
never lost heart when facing difficulties.
stuck to her course.
... ...
Tu deserved the honor.
Homework
Suppose you were a reporter and your deskmate were Tu Youyou. Please make an interview with her after she was awarded the Nobel Prize.
(Make sure to take notes of how artemisinin was discovered.)
Thank you!

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