Unit6TheAdmirableLesson1Amedicalpioneer课件高中英语北师大版

AMedicalPioneerWhatdoyouknowaboutTuYouyou?Lead-inWhatdoyouknowaboutTuYouyou?Lead-inamedicalresearcheraNobelPrizewinnerafemalescientisttofindacureformalariatodiscoveralife-savingdrugcalledartemisininawinneroftheMedaloftheRepublicAsa

,TuYouyou

throughyearsofefforts.Forthatreason,shebecamethefirst

tobea

inChinain2015anda

in2019.medicalresearcherfoundacureformalaria

femalescientistNobelPrizewinnerwinneroftheMedaloftheRepublicMakeaGuessPeoplesufferfromhighfever,seriousvomitingandterribleheadacheswhenhavingthedisease.It’samosquito-borneandinfectiousdisease.Itkillsachildundertheageof5every2minutes,andkillsover1millionpeopleeveryyear,onlysecondtoAIDS.There’scurrentlynoeffectivevaccineagainstit.Trytoguesswhatkindofinfectiousdiseasethefollowingfactsarementioning.Malaria（疟疾）

Who’sthescientistormedicalpioneerbehindMalaria?Thelife-savingdrug,artemisinin（青蒿素）TrytopredictwhatisgoingtobetalkedaboutorwhatdoyouexpecttoknowaboutTuYouyouinthetext?TuYouyou……Howmanypartscanthearticlebedivided?AMedicalPioneerStructureAchievements&HonourPersonalinformationHerscientificresearchAttitudestowardsfameandresearchPara.1Para.2Para.3&4Para.5Part1Part2Part3Part4AMedicalPioneer（医学先锋）Para.1AttheNobelPrizeLectureon7December,2015,an84-year-oldChinesewomanwalkedslowlyontothestage.Shebegantotalkaboutthelife-savingdrug,artemisinin,whichshehaddiscoveredwiththehelpofherteaminthe1970s.ThewomanwasTuYouyou,thefirstChinesefemalescientisttobeawardedaNobelPrizeforherwork.

AscientistwhowasontheNobelPrizeCommitteecalledHansForssbergexplainedthat“thediscoveryofartemisininhasledtothedevelopmentofnewdrugswhichhavesavedthelivesofmillions”.WhenthankingtheCommitteeforthehonour,TuYouyousaid,“Thisisnotonlyanhonourformyself,butalsorecognitionandencouragementforallscientistsinChina.”

Para.2

TuYouyouwasborninZhejiangProvince,China,on30December,1930.ShestudiedmedicineatPekingUniversityHealthScienceCentre.Aftergraduation,shebecameamemberofChinaAcademyofChineseMedicalSciences.Later,shestudiedChinesemedicinefortwoandahalfyearswithexpertsinthefieldfromwhom

shegainedadeepknowledgeabouttraditionalpractices.Para.3.

In1969,TuYouyouwaschosentoestablishateamtofindacureformalaria—adiseasethatkilledmillionsofpeopleeveryyear.Acrosstheworld,scientistshadbeentryingtofindacure.Theytestedmorethan240,000chemicalswithnosuccess.However,TuYouyouhadanideathatChineseherbsmightholdthesecret.ShestudiedancientChinesemedicalliteratureandvisitedexpertsintraditionalChinesemedicine.Sheresearchedhundredsoftraditionalrecipesconnectedtoanti-malarialcures.ThenTuYouyouandherteambeganusingmodernresearchmethodstostudytheseChineseherbsonebyone.Para.4.Thiswasnotaneasytask.Thereasonwhythiswasdifficultwasthattheteamhadlimitedresources.Theydidnothaveenoughstaff,andthelaboratoryinwhich

theyworkedhadpoorairquality.However,afterhundredsoffailedexperiments,theyeventuallycameacrossapromisingchemical.Itworkedwellinexperimentsonanimals,buttheyhadtoknowifitwassafeforhumans.TuYouyoubravelyvolunteeredtobethefirsthumansubjectwhentheywerereadytostarttestingandtherestofherteamfollowedher.Thetestwasasuccess.Themedicinetheydiscovered,artemisinin,hasnowbecometheworld’smosteffectivedrugforfightingmalaria.Para.5.

EventhoughTuYouyouisnotinterestedinfame,shehasbecomeascientistwhoseworkisinternationallyrenowned.In2019,shewasselectedbytheBBCasoneofthemostinfluentialfiguresofscienceinthe20thCenturyalongwithAlbertEinsteinandAlanMathisonTuring.TuYouyouwasnotedforherbraveryinbeingascientistduringadifficulttimeforscienceinChina,herabilitytouseoldwisdomandnewmethodstoachievehergoalsandthefactthat

herworkbridgedtheEasternandWesternworlds,savingmillionsoflives.TodayTuYouyoucontinuestoconductresearchdespiteherage.Readandcompletethefollowinginformation.ThenintroduceTuYouyoutoyourpartnerbasedonwhatyouhavewritten.BasicinformationScientificworkAttitudesDateofbirth:______________________Birthplace:______________________Education:______________________Taskanddifficulties:______________________Research:______________________Discovery:______________________Towardsthehonour:____________________________________________Towardsfutureresearch:____________________________________________BasicinformationScientificworkAttitudesDateofbirth:______________________Birthplace:______________________Education:____________________________________________Towardsthehonour:______________________Towardsfutureresearch:__________________________________________________________________Taskanddifficulties:________________________________________________________________________________________________Research:________________________________________________________________________________________________Discovery:________________________________30December,1930

Taskistofindacureformalaria.Difficultiesarelimitedresources,notenoughstaffandpoorworkingconditions.1.Testedmorethan240，000chemicals2.Researchedhundredsoftraditionalrecipes

3.Testedherself

ArtemisininZhejiangProvince

StudyingmedicineatPekingUniversity

Notinterestedinfame.

AgreatpotentialifChineseandWesternmedicinecanbefullyintegrated.Apersonorgroupthatoriginatesorhelpsopenupanewlineofthoughtoractivityoranewmethodortechnicaldevelopment.——fromMerriam-websterWhile-readingPioneerPost-readingReadthearticleaboutYuMin.1234567Readandcompletethefollowinginformation.ThenintroduceYuMintoyourpartnerbasedonwhatyouhavewritten.BasicinformationScientificworkAttitudesDateofbirth:______________________Birthplace:______________________Education:______________________Task:______________________Research:______________________Achievements:______________________Towardsthehonour:________________________________________________________________________________________BasicinformationScientificworkAttitudesDateofbirth:________________________Birthplace:________________________________________________Education:________________________________________________Task:________________________________________________________________________Research:________________________Achievements:________________________________________________________________________________________________Towardsthehonour:__________________________________________________________________1926NorthChina'sHebeiProvinceGoingtoPekingUniversitytostudyphysics.Toswitchtothetheoreticalresearchofthehydrogenbomb1.Acompletedesignofhydrogenbomb2.ThefirsthydrogenbombwassuccessfullyexplodedThreemont