Unit 1 People of achievement Reading and Thinking ppt课件 -（2019）新人教版高中英语选择性必修第一册.pptx

1、Section A Reading and Thinking 1. vital absolutely vital 至关重要 vital importance/information/interests/organs/role/signs 至关重 要/关键信息/切身利益/重要器官/重要的作用/生命体征 It is vital that./to do sth 很重要 vitally adv. 极其；绝对 练习：隐私和信任极其重要。 Privacy and trust are _. vitally important 2. commit be committed to (doing) sth .对坚

2、定；忠于；致力于 commit a crime/mistake犯罪/错 commit oneself/sb. to (doing) sth. 承诺；保证(做某事、遵守协议或安排等)， 致力于 commit sth. to sth. 把某物（钱、时间、精力等）投入某事（to为介词） commit oneself to do承诺；保证（做某事、遵守协议或安排等） commitment n.承诺；奉献；投入 make a commitment 作出承诺 练习：But more importantly, we made a _ (commit) to grow together as a couple

3、. commitment 3. distinct distinction n.区别；卓越 clear/sharp distinction 明显的不同 make/draw a distinction between A and B 区别A和B distinctive adj. 特别的，独特的 distinctly adv. 清楚地；非常 练习：He _ (distinct) remembered the day his father left. distinctly 4. acknowledge acknowledge (doing) sth. 承认（做了）某事 acknowledge sb./

4、sth. to be/as.承认某人/某事是 It is acknowledged that. 是大家公认的 acknowledgement n.承认；（公开的）感谢 练习：人们公认教育在人的素质中起到的重要作用。 His contribution to the country was never officially acknowledged. 5.conclude conclude (sth) with/by doing. 以（做）结束（某事） conclude.from. 从中推断出 conclude (from.) that. （从）推断出，断定 to conclude 总而言之；最后

5、 It is/was concluded that. 结论是 conclusion n.结论；推论；结束 come to/reach/draw a conclusion 得出结论 in conclusion (= to conclude) 最后；结论是 练习：Those are the facts; what do you conclude _ them. from 6. insist insist意为“坚持说；坚决认为”时，后面的宾语从句不用 虚拟语气。 insist on sth. 坚称某事；坚决要求某事 insist on/upon doing sth. 坚持要做某事 练习：They i

6、nsisted that we _ (send) to the countryside to work as practice teachers. (should) be sent Where would you most likely read this passage? What do you think will be talked about? （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）Passages li

7、ke 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 （3）Which two pieces of information were not included in the passage? A A quote from Tu Youyou. B The details of how artemisin

8、in was discovered C Tu Youyous important contributions other than the discovery of artemisinin. D Tu Youyous personal life. E Tu Youyous road to discovering artemisinin. F What Tu Youyou was awarded. G Why artemisinin is an important discovery Paragraph Main idea 1The event and the significance of t

9、he discovery 2 and 3The research 4The significance of the event 1 and 4The news 2 and 3The story There are three types of numbers. 1) 200 million; 600, 000; 100,000 These numbers suggest that the malaria is a serious disease and artemisinin is very important for curing the disease. 2)1930; 1955; 196

10、7; 1969; 1971 These numbers give a clear track of Tu youyous life and research. 3)2,000; 280,000; 380; 190 These numbers suggest the difficulty of Tu Youyous study. 1. Why is the discovery of artemisinin important? Because malaria is a kind of deadly disease, and artemisinin has become a vital part

11、of the treatment for malaria, and is thought to save 100, 000 lives a year in Africa alone. 2. What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood? The key to getting a good extract from the wormwood is using a lower temperature to draw out the extract. 3. Why is Tu Youyou considered a grea

12、t person? Tu Youyou is considered a great scientist for two reasons. The first is that she has devoted herself to the study of the cure of malaria, and the second is that she has owed the success of artemisinin to the team not herself. Tu Youyous team examined over 2,000 old medical texts and evalua

13、ted 280, 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 wormwood leaves but found no effect They tried boiling fresh wormwood, and using the liquid obtained from this to treat malaria but this did not work They used a lower temperature to draw out the sweet wormwood extract. They tested the medicine on themselves They tested the medicine malaria patients to see if safe. The medicine became a standard treatment for malaria.