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课件网) Unit4 Scientists who changed the world Reading (I) Learning Objectives At the end of this section, students will be able to: 1. summarize the timeline and key information of the news report; 2. grasp the structure of the news report; 3. master the main idea of each paragraph; 4. appreciate the qualities of Tu Youyou as a scientist and the significance of her achievement. Lead-in Guessing Game: Who is this scientist He graduated from South-west Agricultural College. He was awarded “the Medal of the Republic”. He is known as Father of Hybrid Rice. Yuan Longping Guessing Game: Who is this scientist He was born in Britain. He wrote a book called A Brief History of Time. He suffered from paralysis. He made great contributions to the field of general relativity. Stephen Hawking Guessing Game: Who is this scientist Her name came from The Book of Songs. Excerpt from The Book of Songs How gaily call the deer, While eating southernwood. --Xu Yuanchong “呦呦鹿鸣，食野之蒿。” Guessing Game: Who is this scientist Her name came from The Book of Songs. She won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2015. She discovered the artemisinin to treat malaria. Tu Youyou Pre-reading Pre-reading: Make predictions according to the picture and title. Tips: 5W1H Who When Where What Why How While-reading Fast-reading: Read for the type and structure. 1. Where would you most possibly 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 text Fast-reading: Read for the type and structure. 2. What is the structure of the text Headline Lead Body Body Conlusion A News Report Fast-reading: Read again and match the main idea of each part. 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. Careful-reading: Read Para.1 and get the most important information. Tu Youyou received a Nobel Prize in 2015 for her discovery of qinghaosu. Tu Youyou recieving a Nobel Prize the discovery of qinghaosu 11 December, 2015 When who what Why Careful-reading: Read Para.2-5, and complete the timeline of Tu’s experiences. 1930 1951-55 1969 1971 1972 2015 successfully discovered qinghaosu born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province studied medicine at university in Beijing succeeded in making qinghao extract that could treat malaria in mice became head of a team that intended to find a cure for malaria won the Nobel Prize Careful-reading: Read Para.3-5 and finish the table (P46 A2). Problems Solutions Results 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 resou ... ...
