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(共33張PPT)
Unit 1 People of achievement
Reading and Thinking
Learning goals:
At the end of the class, you are expected to:
1. Get the entire process of finding artemisinin and understand the context.
2. Recognize the structure and characteristics of a news report.
3. Make a definition for a person of value.
4. Raise pride in China's growing power and our exceptional traditional Chinese medicine.
Lead-in
Do you know these people of achievement
Zhong Nanshan
Albert Einstein
Alexander Fleming
Wu Mengchao
Florence Nightingale
Tu Youyou
Who is she
Tu Youyou
China
Antemisinin
in 1971
Name:
Nationality:
Discovery:
When did she discover:
Quote:
What is happening in the photo
What’s the reaction of people present when this is happening why
Everyone present is standing up to show respect and admiration to her.
She is being awarded the Nobel Prize.
Tu Youyou Awarded Nobel Prize
6 October 2015
Ⅰ
Pre-reading
Sweet wormwood
artemisinin
extract
Malaria
【reason】mosquito
【symptoms】chill, fever, sweat
treatment
Basic Information before reading
Let’s read the passage (P2-3) to know more about Tu Youyou.
Ⅱ
While-reading
Read for text features
The title/ headline
The date
The lead
(導(dǎo)語)
The illustrations
（插圖）
01
Where would you most likely find this passage
In a newspaper
News report
Read for text features
02
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
more objective, accurate and convincing
Text structure
專題新聞報(bào)道
1. 新聞報(bào)道的標(biāo)題中常省略某些詞類，以期產(chǎn)生精煉感。包括冠詞、連詞、語法引導(dǎo)詞、連系動(dòng)詞、助動(dòng)詞等。
專題新聞報(bào)道news story，報(bào)道了屠呦呦獲得諾貝爾生理學(xué)或醫(yī)學(xué)獎(jiǎng)的事跡。新聞報(bào)道語篇的語體特點(diǎn)：
TU YOUYOU WAS AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE
Text structure
專題新聞報(bào)道
2. 新聞報(bào)道的第一段或第一句是導(dǎo)語，是報(bào)道最基本內(nèi)容的概括，往往包含著最重要、精彩、吸引人的新聞事實(shí)，這是新聞報(bào)道開頭的語體特色。 導(dǎo)語通常回答五個(gè)問題：who、what、when、where、why/how，這五個(gè)方面被稱為新聞的五大要素。
when
what
who
why
Read for main idea
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
A. The process of discovering artemisinin.
D. Tu Youyou's personal experiences.
B. Tu Youyou owes her success to her team and traditional Chinese medicine.
C. Tu Youyou was awarded Nobel Prize because of discovering artemisinin.
Match each paragraph with the main idea.
The news story mainly talks about _____________________ and her way to ___________________ which saves lots of people worldwide.
Tu Youyou's achievements
discover the artemisinin
Read for details
Para. 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. Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to improved health for millions of people. Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600,000 die from it. Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria, and is thought to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.
1. Circle all the numbers;
2. Find two adjectives describing the discovery of artemisinin.
What do the numbers suggest
good effects of artemisinin;
severe situation because of malaria
when
what
who
why
Read para.2-3 and draw a timeline to introduce Tu Youyou’s road to discovering artemisinin from being born to being awarded the prize. Then retell her story based on your timeline.
2
Part 2: Para 2-3
_________ on 30 Dec. 1930. Ningbo, China
was born
___________ from Peking University
graduated
____________ to be the first researchers to...
was chosen
became the _____ of the project in Beijing
head
__________ in discovering artemisinin
succeeded
was ________ the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
awarded
1930
1955
1967
1969
1971
2015
Timeline
Read for details
Para. 2&3
Complete the flow chart of discovering artemisinin.
Tu’s team examined ___________, and evaluated ______________________________
over 2,000 old
380 distinct
medical texts
280,000 plants for their medical properties.
ancient Chinese medical treatments
Tu’s team examined ________________
_____________, and evaluated _______ _________________________________
They discovered and tested __________ ______________________________
They tested _______________________
_________________________________
They tried _____________________
_______________________________
but_____________________________
They used a _____________________
_______the sweet wormwood extract.
They found one medical text
suggesting _____________________
______________________________
They tested the medicine ___________to see if safe.
They tested the medicine on___________.
The medicine became _______________ ___________ for malaria.
over 2,000 old
380 distinct
using the extract from
sweet wormwood to treat a fever.
a collection of dried
boiling fresh wormwood and
using the liquid obtained from it
this didn’t work either.
lower temperature to draw
on themselves
malaria patients
a standard
medical texts
280,000 plants for their medical properties.
ancient Chinese medical treatments
wormwood leaves but found no effect
treatment
out
Para. 2&3
Complete the flow chart of discovering artemisinin.
What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood
temperature
Para.3 : “Her team examined over 2,000 old medical texts, and evaluated 280,000 plants for their medical properties.”
“After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded ....”
Show the hardness of the mission & the great efforts Tu's team made
What do the numbers suggest
Para 2&3
get inspiration from TCM;
gain support from the country
professional knowledge
personal characteristics (committed; patient ...)
Read for details
Para. 4
According to Tu Youyou, the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort. Upon hearing that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize, she said, “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.”
1. What contributes to Tu Youyou’s discovery
team up with other excellent scientists
How do you understand what she said
“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.”
What kind of person is Tu Youyou according to her quote
modest
selfless
cooperative
thinks little of fame and money
Read for details
Para. 4
How did Tu Youyou respond upon hearing she was awarded the Nobel Prize
A) She claimed the prize was undeserved.
B) She stated that the award was a result of her own efforts.
C) She emphasized that the achievement was a team effort.
D) She thanked the Nobel committee for recognizing her.
Read for details
Para. 4
What did Tu Youyou say about the success of artemisinin
A) It proves the value of traditional Chinese medicine.
B) It was a discovery made by her alone.
C) It will replace other malaria treatments.
D) It was the result of modern medical practices.
Ⅲ
Post-reading
Q: What words will you use to describe Tu Youyou Why
Try to use some descriptive words to describe Tu Youyou.
What evidence is there for your answer
Discussing.
Post-reading
Q: What words will you use to describe Tu Youyou Why
Word Evidence
committed devoted all her life to medical research
.....
Thinking
Word Evidence
committed devoted all her life to medical research
patient tried different ways
perseverant didn’t acknowledge defeat after failure
fearless tested medicine on herself
selfless not care about success or fame
inspiring
.......
Is Tu Youyou a person of success or a person of value Why
How to be a person like Tu
Discussion
Post-reading
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
which
has saved
graduating
was chosen
the
evaluated
treatments
by
Retelling
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 ___________(event) 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.
eventually
boiling
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