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课件网) Unit 4 Scientists who changed the world Chinese scientist wins 2015 Nobel Prize Activity1:Recall the background knowledge of Tu Youyou. Why was Tu Youyou awarded the Nobel Prize 屠呦呦 discovered artemisinin malaria die from millions of lives cure saved Activity2:Explore the structure and contents. 1. Where would you most likely find this passage A. In a blog. B. In an E-mail. C. In a letter. D. In a newspaper. 2. What is the structure of the passage headline 标题 lead 导语 body 主体 tail 结尾 Read the Headline and Lead (Para 1) Tu Youyou, the first female Chinese scientist receive a Nobel Prize the discovery of qinghaosu Who What Why When 11December 2015 Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3-5 Para. 6 Tu Youyou won a Nobel Prize I 2015 for discovery of qinghaosu. Tu Youyou and her team’s efforts finally paid off. Tu Youyou and her team solved a lot of problems before they successfully discovered qinghaosu. Tu Youyou acquired a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. Understanding the text: skim the news report and match the main idea of each part. Activity3:Explore the road to the discovery. 1. Complete the timeline about Tu’spersonal experiences with the information from the text. born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province 1930 1951-1955 1969 1971 1972 2015 studied medicine at university in Beijing become head of a team that intended to find a cure for malaria succeed in making qinghao extract that could treat malaria in mice successfully discovered qinghaosu won the Nobel Prize Problems Smoothly (一帆风顺) Problem Solution （P46 A2） Result 1 The extracts failed to produce any promising results. In 1971, they succeeded in making qinghao extract 2 Tu and her team could not produce enough qinghao extract because research resources were limited. 3 Tu and her team did not have sufficient safety data to start trials on patients. In 1972, they discovered qinghaosu. 2. Read Para 3-5 and find out how they solved problems . Problem Solution （P46 A2） Result 1 The extracts failed to produce any promising results. In 1971, they succeeded in making qinghao extract Tu Youyou referred to the ancient books of traditional Chinese medicine again, redesigned the experiments and tried extracting the qinghao herb at a low temperature in order not to damage its effective part. Problem Solution （P46 A2） Result 2 Tu and her team could not produce enough qinghao extract because research resources were limited. Tu Youyou and her team managed to find solutions to the problem, e.g. using household water containers instead of research equipment. They produced enough qinghaosu extract. But their health suffered. Problem Solution （P46 A2） Result 3 Tu and her team did not have sufficient safety data to start trials on patients. In 1972, they discovered qinghaosu. Tu Youyou and her team volunteered to test the qinghao extract on themselves. Tu Youyou is the first Chinese female scientist to w ... ...
