1、Unit1 People of AchievementReadingWho is she?Is she a great women? As a winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology(生理學(xué)) or Medicine, she discovered an entirely new anti-malarial(抗瘧疾藥)treatment, artemisinin(青蒿素), which made possible the treatment of thousands of patients in China in the 1980s.Para.

2、 1Para. 3Para.2Para.4Task 1: Match the main ideas with each paragraph.Fast readingB. The honor of the discovery. Tus way to the treatment for malaria. C. The significance of Tus discoveryD. The discovery of the artemisinin.Task 2: Choose the correct answers.1. Where would you most likely find this p

3、assage? A. In a blog . B. In a book . C. In a letter . D. In a newspaper2. Passage 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 facts3. Which two pieces of information w

4、ere not included in the passage? A. A quote from Tu Youyou B. The details of how artemisinin was discovered C. Tu Youyous important contributions other than the discovery of artemisinin. D. Tu Youyous personal life. E. Tu Youyous road to discovering artemisinin F. What Tu Youyou was awarded. G. Why

5、artemisinin is an important discovery.1930Tested the medicine on themselves and later on patients. The medicine became a standard treatment for malaria.1955Chosen to be the first researchers to discover a new treatment for malaria.Graduated from Peking University Medical School1969Born in Ningbo, Ch

6、ina1971Became the head of the project in Beijing and decided to find traditional botanical treatments for the disease.Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine.Find out what happened to Tu in the following years.1967Tu and her discovery2015Careful readingCareful readingPara.1Why is the dis

7、covery of artemisinin important? Can you list the exact number?Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600,000 die from it.Artemisinin has saved 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.Because it has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to improved health

8、for millions of people. crucial / vitalCareful reading Her team examined over_ old medical texts, and evaluated _ plants for their medical properties. From their research, they discovered and tested _ distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria. After

9、 failed more than_times, the team finally succeeded in 1971.2.000280.000380190 盡心盡力的;堅(jiān)定的鍥而不舍的堅(jiān)持的determinedpersistent scientific spiritspatientcommittedperseverantqualitiesRead for data: (Paras. 2-3)What qualities do the research team possess according to the data?through trial and errorTus team exam

10、ined _,_and evaluated _ over 2000 old medical texts8,000 plants for properties.They found a medical text suggesting _using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. They tested _dried wormwood leaves but found no effectThey tried _but_ _boiling fresh wormwoodand using the liquid this did not

11、 work either.They used a _ the sweet wormwood contract.lower temperatureto draw outThey tested the medicine_ _ to see if safe.onthemselvesThey tested the medicine on_.malaria patientsThe medicine became _ .a standardtreatment for malariaHow was artemisinin discovered?What was the key to getting a go

12、od extract from the wormwood? What qualities does Tu Youyou possess according to the supporting evidence.1. After she graduated, she worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing. 2. Tu Youyou was among the first researchers chosen.In 1969, she became the head of the project

13、 in Beijing.Her team examined over 2, 000 old medical texts, and evaluated 280, 000 plants for their medical properties. remarkable,knowledgeable, intelligent committed,patient1. However, Tu Youyou would not acknowledge defeat.2. After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971.

14、 persistent,determinedTu Youyou and her team members even insisted on testing the medicine on themselves to make sure that it was safe. Tu Youyou owes the success to the team and the country.selfless,devoted,bravemodest,team work,patriotic Born in Ningbo, in 1930,Tu Youyou 1. (graduate) from Peking

15、University Medical School in 1955 and then worked at the China Academy of traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing. She joined a team of scientists 2._ the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria in 1967 and two years 3. (late),she was appointed the head of the project.She and her team d

16、ecided 4. (review) ancient Chinese medical texts to find traditional botanical treatments for the disease and they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese 5. (medicine) treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria.graduated withlaterto reviewmedical課文語法填空One medical text from the fourth century suggested 6._ (use) the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. They did repeated experiments and 7. (final) found a substance by lowering the temperature to draw out the extract. After many 8._ (fail),the