高中英语-人教版选择性-必修第一-册-Unit1-Reading-and-Thinking-课件.pptx--（课件中不含音视频）

1、Unit 1 People of AchievementReading and Thinking1Learning objectivesIn this class,you will1.read about the news and find out the event;2.read and find out the discovery of artemisinin;3.talk about what greatness means and how it is achieved.2Lead-in activity:predict with the pictures 1.Who is she?Wh

2、at do you know about her?3 2.What is the plant?What do you know about it?sweet wormwoodartemisininextractLead-in activity:predict with the pictures4 3.What do you think will be talked about?Lead-in activity:predict with the pictures The passage will be about Tu Youyou and her important scientific di

3、scovery.5TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE6 October 20151.Where would you most likely find this passage?A.In a blog.B.In a book.C.In a letter.D.In a newspaper.Reading activity:read and tick62.Passages like this are mostly written in _ and _.A.the active voice/offer many opinionsB.the first person/talk a

4、bout feelingsC.both active and passive voices/mostly contain factsFind descriptive words Pay attention to the descriptive words in a passage.These will help you form a better impression of the subject described in the passage.Reading activity:read and tick7Whether these pieces of information are all

5、 included in the passage?A quote from Tu Youyou.Tu Youyous road to discovering artemisinin.The discovery of artemisinin.What Tu Youyou was awarded.Why artemisinin is an important discovery.2nd-3rd para.1st para.4th para.2nd-3rd para.1st para.Reading activity:read and tick8How was artemisinin discove

6、red?Found a medical text suggesting the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever.Examined old medical texts and evaluated plants for their medical properties.Reading activity:read and complete the flow chart9Tried dried wormwood leaves.Tried boiling fresh wormwood for its liquid.Used a lower tem

7、perature to draw out the sweet wormwood extract.How was artemisinin discovered?Reading activity:read and complete the flow chart10Tested the medicine on themselves to see if safe.Tested the medicine on malaria patients.Became a standard treatment for malaria.How was artemisinin discovered?Reading ac

8、tivity:read and complete the flow chart111.Why is the discovery of artemisinin important?2.What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood?3.What numbers are mentioned in the text?What do they suggest?4.Why is Tu Youyou considered a great person?Reading activity:read and answer121.Why i

9、s the discovery of artemisinin important?Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives,and has led to improved health for millions of people.Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year,and about 600,000 die from it.Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for ma

10、laria,and is thought to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.1st para.Reading activity:read and answer13 Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives,and has led to improved health for millions of people.1st para.Reading activity:read and answer1.Why is the discovery of artemisinin impo

11、rtant?142.What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood?She concluded that boiling the sweet wormwood apparently destroyed its medical properties.Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract,she found a substance that worked.3rd para.Reading activity:read and answer15 Using a low

12、er temperature to draw out the extract.3rd para.2.What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood?Reading activity:read and answer163.What numbers are mentioned in the text?What do they suggest?200 million;600,000;100,000;over 2,000;280,000;380;190Reading activity:read and answer173.Wha

13、t do the numbers suggest?Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year,and about 600,000 die from it.Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria,and is thought to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.These numbers suggest how big a health problem malaria is

14、.Reading activity:read and answer183.What do the numbers suggest?Her team examined over 2,000 old medical texts,and evaluated 280,000 plants for their medical prosperities.From their research,they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatmentsAfter failing more than 190 times,

15、the team finally succeeded in 1971.These numbers suggest how patient and persistent Tu Youyou and her team were to tackle the disease.Reading activity:read and answer194.Why is Tu Youyou considered a great person?She is considered a great person because through her efforts many lives have been saved

16、.Reading activity:read and answer20 As to the discovery of artemisinin,which do you believe is more important,talent or effort?Or something else?Both talent and effort are important for making discoveries.Post-reading activity:discuss21Tu Youyou Awarded Nobel PrizeThe newsThe event Tu Youyou was awa

17、rded Nobel Prize.Road to discoveryPre-experimentDuring experimentPost-experimentSignificance of the eventfieldwork and literature reviewextracting at a low temperature using dried wormwood leavesboiling fresh wormwood for liquidgreat value of traditional Chinese medicinetestingPost-reading activity:review with the map22Homework:Choose one of the following topics and write a short passage.Support your ideas with the examples from the text.1.How was artemisinin discovered?2.Which contributes more to academic success,talent or effort?Or something else?2324