Unit 1 Reading and Thinking 课件- 高一下学期英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

1、Unit 1 People of achievementWho is the woman in the photo?What is happening in this photo?Tu Youyou.Tu Youyou is being presented with the Nobel Prize at the award ceromony.Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value. Albert Einstein Tu YouyouReading and ThinkingDescri

2、be people of achievementTu Youyou Awarded Nobel Prize6 October 20151. Before you read, discuss these questions in groups.1. What kind of person makes great discoveries?A person who is _, _, _and .is very likey to make great discoveries.Pre-readinghard-workingdeterminedintelligentconfidentcuriousbrav

3、e/courageouspatientambitiousdevoted/committedpersistent/persevering（坚持不懈的）.2. Which is more important for making a great discovery, talent or effort?I think both talent and effort are important for making discoveries, because without either of them it is impossible or difficult to achieve success.be

4、cause without either of them success is an impossible dream.2. Scan the text and find descriptive words about Tu Youyou.Scanninga committed and patient scientistPay attention to the descriptive words in a passage. These will help you form a better impression of the subject described in the passage.C

5、lose-reading3. Circle the answers to the questions below. 1 Where would you most likely find this passage? A In a blog. B In a book. C In a letter. D In a newspaper.2 Passagers like this are most often written in _ and _. A the active voice/offer many opinions B the first person/talk about feelings

6、C both active and passive voices/mostly contain facts 3 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 Youyous important contributions other than the discovery of artemisinin. D Tu Youyous personal lif

7、e. E Tu Youyous road to discovering artemisinin. F What Tu Youyou was awarded. G Why artemisinin is an important discovery.4. Read the text again and answer the questions.1 Why is the discovery of artemisinin important?Because artemisinin is a crucial new treatment for malaria. Artemisinin has saved

8、 hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to improved health for millions of people. And it is thought to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.wormwood artemisinin2 What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood?Using a lower temperature.3 What numbers are mentioned in the text

9、? What do they suggest?These numbers suggest four things:how big a health problem malaria is;how much time and efforts Tu Youyou spent in searching for a possible new treatment for malaria;（显示，表明） Finding Artemisimin was a long and tough process.what good qualities Tu Youyou and her team had: hard w

10、ork, determination, persistence, patience, commitment and scientific spirit.4. Why is Tu Youyou considered a great person? because countless lives have been saved thanks to her discovery.Because she is the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in science. 5. Complete the flow chart. Then tell t

11、he story of how artemisinin was discovered.Tu Youyous team examined _, and evaluated _ _over 2,000 old medical texts280, 000 plants for their medical properties. They found a medical text suggesting _ _using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. They tested _ _a collection of dried worm-

12、 wood leaves, but failed.They tried _ _boiling fresh wormwood, and using the liquid obtained from this to treat malaria, but without success. They used a _ _ lower temperature to draw out the extract and found a substuance that worked.They tested the medicine _ to see if is safe.on themselvesThey te

13、sted the medicine _ _on malaria patients, most of them recovered.The medicine bcame _ for malaria.an standard treatment Tu Youyou was awarded the Noble Prize for her great achievement in discovering artemisinin.Tu Youyou awarded Nobel PrizeParagraph 1Paragraph 2-4Paragraph 5 _ _WhatTu Youyou thought

14、 about discovery and the honorIntroductionHow Tu Youyou and her teamdiscovered artemisinin Skimming _ BodyConclusion1. What is the passage mainly about?Tu Youyou was awarded the Noble Prize for her great achievement in medicine and how she and her team discovered artemisinin.2. What is the writing style of the passage?News.What qualities