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高一年级—人教版—英语—选择性必修一第一单元
Unit 1 Reading and Thinking
Build up your vocabulary
Teaching aims
1. Preview the reading passage and identify the qualities of Tu Youyou to make her a person of great achievement;
2. Learn to retell the discovery of artemisinin with the
words in this unit;
3. Understand derivations;
4. Understand the meanings and usage of some important
words in this unit.
Tu Youyou
Awarded
Nobel
Prize
Preview the lesson with the map
excellent/extraordinary /
outstanding/professional
/exceptional / hardworking / talented
Discussion.
From the sentences below, can you tell what kind of person Tu Youyou is
4. Her team examined over 2,000 old medical texts, and evaluated 280, 000 plants for their medical properties.
committed and patient
hardworking/patient
1. Tu Youyou, a committed and patient scientist.
3. Tu Youyou was among the first researchers chosen. In 1969, she became the head of the project in Beijing.
2. After she graduated, she worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing.
A person of value
Discussion.
From the sentences below, can you tell what kind of person Tu Youyou is
persistent/ the spirit of never-give-up
devoted/committed
5. However, Tu Youyou would not acknowledge defeat.
6. After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971.
7. Tu Youyou and her team members even insisted on testing the medicine on themselves to make sure that it was safe.
A person of value
Persistent efforts of
Tu and her team
and their personal
characteristics
Inspiration from
Chinese traditional
medicine
The support
from the
government
Professional
knowledge of Tu
and other excellent
scientists
2. What do you think contributes to the discovery of artemisinin
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.
3 Which is more important for making a great discovery, talent or effort
talent
effort
Build up your vocabulary
Activity 1: Review Tu Youyou’s road to discovering
artemisinin.
Activity 2: Practise using derivatives.
Activity 3: Talk about Lu Xun’s early life.
1 cook something in very hot water.
2 relating to plants.
3 qualities or characteristics of something.
4 a kind of substance that flows freely, such as water or milk.
5 physical material that exists.
Activity 1: Review Tu Youyou’s road to
discovering artemisinin.
1. Finish Activity 1 on page 4 and check the answers.
boil
botanical
properties
liquid
substance
2. Find the sentences containing the words in the text.
(1) boil: “They then tried fresh wormwood … but this did not work either.” (para. 3)
(2) botanical: “In 1969, she … to find traditional treatments for the disease.” (para. 2)
(3) properties: “Her team examined … for their medical .” (para. 2)
boiling
botanical
properties
2. Find the sentences containing the words in the text.
(4) liquid: “They then tried … using the obtained from this to treat malaria, …” (para. 3)
(5) substance: “Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract, she found a that worked.” (para. 3)
liquid
substance
One possible version：
Tu Youyou and her team first tried sweet wormwood and used
the obtained, only to find it didn’t work since its medical
were destroyed. It was not until she used a lower temperature that the named artemisinin, a treatment for malaria, was successfully
extracted.
boiling
properties
liquid
botanical
substance
3. Retell how artemisinin was discovered, using the words
from Activity 1.
boil liquid botanical properties substance
boil: v.
When a liquid boils or when you boil it, it is heated to the point
where it forms bubbles and turns to steam or vapour. （使）沸腾；煮沸；烧开
The water was bubbling and boiling away.
property n.
1. [uncountable] a thing or things that are owned by somebody; a possession or possessions. 所有物；财产
Be careful not to damage other people's property.
2. [uncountable] land and buildings. 不动产；房地产
property prices/taxes
property n.
3. [countable] (formal) a building or buildings and the surrounding land. 房屋及院落；庄园
There are a lot of empty properties in the area.
4. [countable, usually plural] (formal) a quality or characteristic that something has. 性质；特性
a plant with medicinal properties
Activity 2: Practise using derivatives.
1. Finish Activity 2 on page 4 and check the answers.
1 The two flowers are quite distinct from one another,so it is easy to make a __ between them.
2 Scientists need to_ how the new material stands up to wear and tear to prove how valuable it is.
3 A talented scientist well known for his_ _____ to his country,Huang Danian committed himself to his research in geophysics.
4 A:Did you come to any conclusions
B:Yes,we_____ that by drawing out the extract at a low temperature,we could find the substance that we needed to complete the experiment.
5 She spends a lot of time her patients'dreams.This analysis is very helpful,explaining their daily behaviour very well.
distinction
evaluate
commitment
concluded
analysing
2. Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words from
the text.
Huang Danian
China's Thousand Talents Program is an i___________program,which providesV___ chances for overseas great talents to pursue their v___ of life inChina.Huang Danian was one of them.
He was a well-known professor in Jilin University,who would make d__ between students,a___ __ their d___ ___features and meet their d____ _needs.He was a c__ ______scientist who c_ himselfto his research in geophysics.Because of his c_ ,we had a giant leap in many technologies needed for deep-Earth exploration,which needed lots of calculation and a________to make every single c__________.
So we can c_________that Huang Danian was a scientist and educator worth oursincere respect and admiration.
nvaluable
aluable
alue
istinctions
nalyse
istinctive
istinct
ommitted
ommitted
ommitment
nalysis
onclusion
onclude
distinct (adj. 不同的； 明显的；确切的)
distinction (n. 差别)
distinctive (adj. 独特
的；特别的)
indistinct (adj. 不清
楚的)
distinguish (v. 区分；辨别出；使出名)
commit (v. 承诺)
committed (adj. 忠诚
的)
commitment (n. 忠诚；
承诺)
commission (n. 委员会 v. 正式委托)
3. Summarise how to form new words with method of
derivation.
commit v.
1. [transitive, often passive] to promise sincerely that you will definitely do something, keep to an agreement or arrangement, etc. 承诺；保证
The president is committed to reforming health care.
commit oneself to (sth/doing sth/do sth) 承诺；保证（做某事、遵守协议或
安排等）
2. [intransitive] to stay with and completely support one person, organization, etc. or give all your time and effort to your work, an activity, etc. 忠于；全心全意投入（工作、活动等）
Why are so many people scared to commit
analyse (v. 分析)
analysis (n. 分析)
analytical (adj. 分析的)
analyser (n. 分析者)
conclude (v. 总结)
conclusion (n. 结论)
conclusive (adj. 确
定的)
concluding (adj. 结
束的)
3. Summarise how to form new words with method of
derivation.
value (n. 价值 v. 重视)
evaluate (v. 估计)
evaluation (n. 评估)
valuable (adj. 宝贵的)
invaluable (adj. 无价的)
valueless (adj. 不值钱的)
3. Summarise how to form new words with method of
derivation.
3. Summarise how to form new words with method of
derivation.
构词法中的派生法（derivation），又名缀合法（affixation），是指在词根上加前缀（prefix）或后缀（suffix）构成新词的方法。多数情况下，加前缀改变原词词义（如indistinct），加后缀改变原词词性（如commitment）或词义（如valueless）。
Activity 3: Talk about Lu Xun’s early life.
1. Finish Activity 3 on page 4 with the right forms of the
words and then check the answers.
Lu Xun, as one of the greatest modern writers in China,was born in ShaoxingZhejiang Province in 1881.In 1904,he went to Japan and became a medical student,with the of improving people's health and saving lives.However,he changed hismind when he saw in a photo a Chinese man about to be kiled by a Japanese soldier.Itstruck him that the other Chinese men in the photo did not care about whatwas happening to their fellow countrymen.From this,he concluded that the problem in China was not physical illness,but the spiritual illness of people at that time.Following this,he quit medical school.When he returned to China in 1908,he a teaching job.In 1917,a friend that he help write for a magazine called NewYouth.That was how his first famous short story A Madman's Diary got published.
insist obtain objective acknowledge apparently crucial
acknowledged
objective
apparently
crucial
insisted
obtained
acknowledge v.
1. to accept that something is true. 承认（属实）
It's a generally acknowledged fact.
2. to accept that somebody/something has a particular authority or status. 承认（权威）-recognise
He is widely acknowledged as/to be the best player in the world.
3. (formal) to publicly express thanks for help you have been given. （公开）感谢
I should like to acknowledge all the help I have received from my
family.
4. (formal) to tell somebody that you have received something that they sent to you. 告知收悉
5. (formal) to show that you have noticed somebody/something by smiling, waving, etc. （微笑、挥手等）致意
insist v.
1. [intransitive, transitive] to demand that something happen or that somebody agree to do something. 坚持要求；坚持
I didn’t really want to go but he insisted.
2. [intransitive, transitive] to state clearly that something is true, especially when other people do not believe you. 坚持说；固执己见
He insisted on his innocence.
He insists that she come.
= He insists that she should come.
He insisted that he was innocent.
insist on …
insist (that) …(should) do
2. Answer the following questions about the passage.
(1) How does the writer organize the passage
Chronological order (time order): 1881, 1904, 1908, 1917
Major events: went to Japan; change his mind; returned to China …
(2) What caused Lu Xun to change his course of life
However, he changed his mind when … but the spiritual illness of people at that time.
Summary
1. Identify the qualities of Tu Youyou to make her a
person of great achievement;
2. Use the words in this unit to retell how artemisinin was discovered;
3. Understand derivations and practise using derivatives;
4. Understand the meanings and usage of the words.
1. Write a short passage to discuss how people can achieve
success, using words and expressions you have learnt in
this unit.
2. Finish Workbook, P61.
Assignment
1. Choose words from the box to make phrases. Some
words can be used more than once.
(1) a wind (2) a supporter
(3) a research institute
(4) a southern accent
(5) an successful career
(6) facts (7) achievements
(8) accepted the change
(9) their contributions
课堂练习
gentle
committed
scientific
distinct
apparently
objective
remarkable
gradually
acknowledge
2. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the
words in the box.
(1) Apparently, the two plants have quite similar physical
(2) Professor Stephen Hawking used a special vocal .
(3) Afterwards, the company filed a patent for a new chemical
________
(4) Everyone was amazed at his grandfather’s youthful .
(5) The researchers the questionnaires back from the
patients.
课堂练习
properties
device
substance
appearance
collected
(6) I will try my best and work hard to achieve my of
studying economics at a top university.
(7) If you on doing so, you’ll have to suffer the !
(8) Banks have acknowledged that they need to pay more attention to customers ’ financial when evaluating loan
applications.
课堂练习
objective
insist
circumstances
consequences
circumstance n.
1. [countable, usually plural] the conditions and facts that are
connected with and affect a situation, an event or an action. 条件；环境；状况
2. [plural] the conditions of a person’s life, especially the money they have. 境况；境遇；（尤指）经济状况
3. [uncountable] (formal) situations and events that affect and
influence your life and that are not in your control. 命运；客观环境
1. in/under … circumstances 在……情况下
Under the circumstances, it seems better not to tell him about
the accident.
It’s an experimental model, so don’t touch it under any
circumstances.
2. in/under no circumstances 决不；无论如何不
Under no circumstances should we do terrible things to other
people.
注： in / under no circumstances 置于句首时，句子要用部分倒装语序。
3. Translate the sentences into English using the words and
phrases in brackets.
（1） 在递交申请书六个月之后，他终于获得了发明专利。
(obtain, patent)
After six months since the submission of the application, he
finally obtained the patent.
（2）当评估这个研究项目的时候，他们遇到了许多数据上的困难。(evaluate, encounter)
When evaluating the project, they encountered many difficulties
with the data.
（3）她被新上任的总统邀请出任大使。(take up a position,
come to power)
She was invited by the president, who had just come to power, to
take up a position as ambassador.
（4）他在科学研究方面不但有天赋而且很努力，21岁时就已经在学术领域非常有名了。(genius, academic field)
He was not only a genius but also hard working in scientific
research, someone who had already been very famous in the academic field when he was 21 years old.
academic: / k dem k/ adj. 学业的；学术的
academy: / k d mi/ n. （艺术、文学、科学等的）研究院；学会；专科院校
（5）考虑到非常危险，他坚持认为他们不应该在台风天冒生命危险外出。(extraordinary, insist)
Considering the extraordinarily dangerous circumstance, he
insisted that they should not risk their lives by going out during
the typhoon.
4. Find words and phrases from the unit to put into the
following groups.
To describe the appearance of a person:
pretty, odd-looking, thick moustache and long white hair
To describe the character of a person:
gentle, genius, a strong passion, committed, courageous, kind, patient, funny
Related to the process of doing scientific research:
analyse, objective, evaluate, obtain, substance, conclusion
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