(
课件网) Unit 1 People of achievement What do they have in common Experts in their fields（领域） Devoted / Committed Set a good example Make a huge difference Role models Legend（传奇） People of achievement （in common） Some basic information you need know before reading wormwood 蒿；洋艾 extract 提取 malaria 疟疾 Read for features The title The date The lead The illustrations 插图 A In a blog Where would you most likely find this passage News story A. in a blog. B. in a book. C. in a letter D. in a newspaper. In a newspaper 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 Read for structure & main idea The news story mainly talks about _____ and her way to _____ which saves lots of people worldwide. Structure Para 4: The _____ about Tu Youyou winning the award and the _____ of discovering artemisinin. Tu’s life _____ and the _____ process of discovering artemisinin. The _____ of the event news significance experience research Tu Youyou's achievements discover the artemisinin Para 1: Para 2&3: significance Para 4 Para 3 Para 2&3 Para1 Para1 Read for details Which two pieces of information were not included in the passage A A quote from Tu Youyou B The details of how artemisinin was discovered. C Tu Youyou’s important contributions other than the discovery of artemisinin. D Tu Youyou’s personal life. E Tu Youyou’s road to discovering artemisninin. F What Tu Youyou was awarded G Why artemisinin is an important discovery. 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 Para 1 2015 _____on 30 Dec. 1930. Ningbo, China. 1971 1969 1967 1955 1930 _____from Peking University _____to be the first researchers _____ the head of the project in Beijing _____in discovering artemisinin was _____the Nobel Prize Birth Education Research born graduated was chosen became succeeded awarded Tu Youyou's life experience Para 2 & 3 timeline tried _____ _____ but_____ Tu’s team examined _____ _____, and evaluated _____ _____ over 2,000 old 280,000 medical texts plants for their medical properties. They discovered and tested _____ _____ 3 ... ...
