【学科导学】Unit 4 Scientists who changed the world Period 2: Welcome and Reading 1

来源: 时间:2025-06-27
 

一、导读:

Discuss three questions:

1. What do you know about the Nobel Prize?

2. What important scientific discoveries in history have you heard about?

3. How do you understand the quotation The sicentist is motivated by curiosity and a desire for truth.?

 

一、

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in

1.What is the main idea of the passage? 

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Step 2 What inspired Tu to design her experiments in a different way?

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三、导练:

Pre-reading

Skim the text and match the main idea with each paragraph.

Part 1  (Para.1)                       A. Their efforts paid off and Tu's lecture.

Part 2  (Para.2)                     BTu Youyou was awarded Nobel Prize.

Part 3  (Paras.3--5)                  CTu Youyou's education.

Part 4  (Para.6)                     DThe process of extracting qinghaosu.

 

While-reading

Ⅰ.Read the passage and choose the best answers.

1What do you know about malaria?

AA deadly disease of its day.           BA disease can be cured easily.

CA disease infects animals.            DA disease infects plants.

2How long did it take Tu and her team to isolate qinghaosu?

AFor about two years.   BFor one year.  CFor three years.      DLess than one year.

3What qualities does Tu show as a scientist?

AHard working and persistence.         BPatient and brave.

CEasy­going and selfless.              DGenerous and devoted.

4What can we conclude from the passage?

ATu's achievement benefits Chinese people.      BTu's achievement benefits global health care.

CTu's achievement is due to her team's assistance. DTu's achievement was recognized a long time ago.

 

Post-reading

Fill in the blanks according to the text.

 

Critical reading

Discuss the following question in pairs.

In her Nobel Lecture, Tu Youyou encouraged scientists to further explore the treasure house of traditional Chinese medicine and raise it to a higher level.

What significant role has traditional Chinese medicine played in Tu Youyou's success?

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四、达标导练

I. 课文原句填空 

1. Tu Youyou has become the first female scientist of the Peoples Republic of China__________ (receive) a Nobel Prize.

2. Thanks to her discovery of qinghaosu, malaria patients all over the world now have had a greatly increased chance of __________ (survive).

3. __________ (bear) in 1930, in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, Tu studied medicine at university in Beijing between 1951 and 1955.

4. After __________ (graduate), she worked at the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

5. She completed further training courses in traditional Chinese medicine, __________ (acquire) a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.

6. In the 1960s, many people were dying __________ malaria, and in 1969 Tu became head of a team that intended to find a cure for the disease.

7. When they failed__________ (produce) any promising results, Tu referred to the ancient books of traditional Chinese medicine again

8. __________(inspire) by an over 1,600-year- old text about preparing qinghao extract with cold water, Tu redesigned the experiments and tried extracting the herb at a low temperature in order not to damage its effective part.

9. Even__________large amounts of qinghao extract produced, however, they still faced another problem.

10. The trials on patients were likely __________ (postpone) because they did not have sufficient safety data.

 

II. 课文原句翻译

1. 屠呦呦成为中华人民共和国第一位获得诺贝尔奖的女科学家。她获奖是因为她在抗击疟疾中做出的贡献,疟疾是人类历史上最致命的疾病之一。

Tu Youyou has become the first female scientist of the Peoples Republic of China__________ ___________a Nobel Prize, ____________ ___________ her contribution to the fight against malaria, one of ______________ _____________ _________________ in human history.

2. 她完成了传统中医的进修课程,获得了大量的中医和西医知识

She completed further training courses in traditional Chinese medicine, _________________ ____________ ____________ _________________ _________ both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.

2.20世纪60年代,许多人死于疟疾。1969年屠呦呦担任了一个课题组的组长,这个课题组计划找到该疾病的治疗方法。

In the 1960s, many people were ______________ ____________malaria, and in 1969 Tu became head of a team ______________ ___________ ______________ find a cure for the disease.

3.据一本1600多年前的古籍记载,古人通过冷水制备青蒿提取物,受此启发,屠呦呦重新设计了实验,为了不破坏其(抗疟)有效成分,她尝试在低温下提取青蒿。

______________ by an over 1,600 -year-old text about preparing qinghao extract with cold water, Tu redesigned the experiments and tried extracting the herb at a low temperature ___________ _________ __________ ___________ damage its effective parts.

4.当时没有研究设备,他们只能用家用的盛水容器提取青蒿。

When there was no _______________ ________________, they had to extract herbs ______________ ______________ water containers.

5.当它们未能产生预期效果时,屠呦呦再次查阅历代中医典籍。

When they ______________ _____________ produce any promising results, Tu ____________ _____________ the ancient books of traditional Chinese medicine again.

6.屠呦呦和其团队的努力终于有了回报。

The efforts of Tu and her team finally ____________ __________.

7.197211月,反复试验之后,他们成功发现了青蒿素。

In November 1972, ____________ _______________ _______________ ________________, they successfully discovered qinghaosu.

8.也许下一代的科学家借鉴中医的智慧,确实会发现更多有益于全球医疗的药物。

Perhaps the next generation of scientists, _______________ ______________ the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine, will indeed discover more medicines _____________ ___________ global health care.

9.多次失败实验之后,直到20世纪70年代,屠呦呦才成功发现青蒿素。

It was ____________ ______________ the 1970s _________ Tu secceeded in discovering Qinghaosu.

 

五、课后巩固训练:(40分钟)  

1. 背诵Reading

2. 限时练习

 

六、反思感悟:

1. 从屠呦呦的事迹中,你学到了什么?

2. 青蒿素对医学发展的贡献是什么?

 


 
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