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课件网) B3U4 Scientists who changed the world Reading 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. Guessing Game: Who is this scientist Her name came from The Book of Songs. Lead-in 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 in 2015. She discovered qinghaosu to treat malaria (疟疾). Tu Youyou News report 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 receiving a Nobel Prize the discovery of qinghaosu 11 December, 2015 When who what Why As a senior high school student, what can we learn from Tu Youyou’s experience We should study hard and try our best to make a difference to our country or even to the whole world. Read para. 2 and get to know some background information. She studied medicine at university. Education Work Further training She worked at the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She completed further training courses in traditional Chinese medicine. Based on her educational journey, we learn that _____; we must become _____. learning does not end with graduation lifelong learners Problems Solutions Qualities 1 2 3 persistent, determined... creative, hardworking... courageous, selfless, confident... Careful-reading: Read Para.3-5 and evaluate What problems did Tu and her team meet with How did they solve the problems What qualities did Tu Youyou show as a scientist The extracts failed to produce any promising results. Tu got inspiration from an over 1600-year-old text and redesigned the experiments. They couldn’t produce enough qinghao extract. They used household water containers to extract herbs. They didn’t have sufficient safety data to start trials on patients. They volunteered to test qinghao extract on themselves. Is it easy to discover qinghaosu ●..., qinghaosu has since benefited 200 million malaria patients. Find out the number that can indicate the significance of Tu’s discovery in Para. 3 and 6. ●She collected over 2,000 traditional Chinese medical recipes...and made hundreds of extracts from different herbs. ●Inspired by an over 1,600-year-old text about preparing qinghao extract with cold water, Tu redesigned... ●On 4 October 1971, after 190 failures, she succeeded in... What can we learn from these numbers Careful-reading: Read Para.3 and 6 and analyse. Although the process of discovering qinghaosu is _____, it is a _____ journey. difficult/ tough rewarding/ meaningful Political Education Q: In your op ... ...
