Unit 1 People of Achievement Reading and Thinking教学案 人教版高中英语选择性必修第一册.doc

Unit 1 People of AchievementReadingMotto: God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。. Learning aims1.To learn about Tus lives and deeds and analyse Tus characters.2.To express your attitudes towards Tus choices. Self-learning guidance and testLearning guidanceTests1. Lead-in1. Who is the woman in the photo? .2. What is happening in this photo? .3. What more can you find from this photo? .2. SkimmingActivity1: Read the title and answer the questions.1. Where would you most likely find this passage?A. In a blog B. In a book C. In a letter D. In a newspaper2. Passage like 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 fact Activity2: Fill in the blanks and outline the life of Tu Youyou3. ScanningRead and find the best answer:1.How old was Tu Youyou when she was chosen as one of the first researchers?A. 25 B. 37 C. 39 D. 292.Tu Youyou went to Hainan to carry out her research because _.A. malaria was more common in HainanB. she was born thereC. she once worked thereD. she wanted to find traditional botanical treatments for the disease3._ inspired the team to test wormwood?A. A botanical treatmentB. A number of plantsC. The fight against malariaD. An ancient Chinese medical text4. DiscussionWhich is more important for making a great discovery, talent or effort? .2. Consolidation：Level A 单句语法填空1. (apparent), blindly following others advice will affect our own judgment.2. He is a great (novel) for described the characters in the novel as if he had met them face to face.3. He drew the (conclude) by building on his own investigation.4._ (science) management promotes production.5. Have you seen the exhibition at the (botany) garden?6. Our graduation ceremony will be held in July, well say goodbye to our teachers.7. Heres some _ (boil) water. Have a drink whenever youre thirsty.8. Many people make a sharp _ (distinct) between humans and other animals.Level B 课文语法填空Tu Youyou is universally acknowledged as a scientist of great 1._ (achieve). Born in Ningbo, China, on 30 December 1930, Tu Youyou graduated from Peking University Medical School in 1955. In 1967, she was chosen for a research team 2._ was formed by the government with the aim of discovering a new treatment 3._ malaria and two years later she became the head of the project in Beijing. She and her teammates examined over 2,000 old medical texts, 4. (evaluate) 280,000 plants for their medical properties, and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria. As a 5._ (commit) and patient scientist, she never acknowledged defeat whatever difficulty she met. After failing to draw out useful extract by 6._ (boil) the sweet wormwood, she began even 7. (careful) thinking and research work. She drew 8._ conclusion that boiling the sweet wormwood 9. (destroy) its medical properties. So she used a lower temperature 10._ (draw) out the extract and finally she succeeded.