(
课件网) Unit 1 People of Achievement： Reading and Thinking What do you know about Nobel Prize wormwood 蒿 artemisinin 青蒿素 malaria 疟疾 extract 提取物 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 The woman is Tu Youyou. She is being awarded the Nobel Prize. Everyone present is standing up to show respect and admiration to her Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value. ———Albert Einstein 努力不是为了功成名就，而是为了成为有价值的人。 Discussion 1 What kind of person makes great discoveries 2 Which is more important for making a great discovery, talent or effort Most great discoverers are brilliant and hard-working. Many are perfectionists who are unwilling to accept anything but the best. I think both talent and effort are important for making discoveries. If a person doesn‘t have any 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. Read for features The title The date The lead The illustrations Where would you most likely find this passage In a newspaper News story 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 Read for features TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE 6 October 2015 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. 诺贝尔生理学或医学奖 一种关键的新疗法 成千上万 死于 一个至关重要的部分 Tu Youyou, a committed and patient scientist, was born in Ningbo, China, on 30 December 1930, and graduated from Peking University Medical School in 1955. After she graduated, she worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing. 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. 中国中医研究院 以……为目标 毕业于 一个坚定有耐心的科学家 In the beginning, Tu Youyou went to Hainan, where malaria was more common, to study malaria patients. 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. Her team examined over 2, ... ...
