《Making a difference》PPT下载(第2课时)

外研版高中英语必修三《Making a difference》PPT下载(第2课时)，共26页。

Learning objectives

Read to know about the life of Tu Youyou and her achievements;

Read and summarize what a biography includes;

Read to know how to write a biography.

Education

1951-1955: Beijing Medical College (now Peking University Health Science Centre)

Work Experience

1955-present: China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Title: Tenured & Chief Researcher

Major Achievements and Awards

1969: Worked as the leader of a research team aiming to discover a treatment for malaria

1972: Managed to extract qinghaosu from a Chinese herb, which is very effective in fighting malaria

1986: Obtained a New Drug Certificate for qinghaosu, issued by the Ministry of Health of China

2015: Won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a novel therapy against malaria

2019: Nominated for “The Greatest Person of the 20th Century”

Language points

1. Major Achievements and Awards

major adj. very large or important, when compared to other things or people of a similar kind

主要的; 重要的

e.g. The government's major concern is with preventing road accidents.

Smoking is one of the major causes of cancer.

n. the main subject that a student studies at college or university 主修课程

someone studying a particular subject as their main subject at college or university 主修学生

e.g. What is your major, English or French?

She is a history major.

vi. to study something as your main subject at college or university 主修

e.g. Laura is majoring in physics.

to pay particular attention to one subject or thing

专门研究

e.g. The company is planning to major on offering the machines we need.

2. Worked as the leader of a research team aiming to discover a treatment for malaria

treatment n. something that is done to cure someone who is injured or ill 治疗；疗法

eg The best treatment for a cold is to rest and drink lots of water.

a particular way of behaving towards someone or of dealing with them 对待（方式），待遇

eg The two young princes were not singled out for special treatment at school.

Homework

Think of a person that you are familiar with. Then write a biography of him/her.

Collect information of him/her from your memory or from materials you find in the library. You can choose either a real person or a character in a book.

Make a mind map to classify the information you have collected.

Organize your article in three paragraphs:

1. Introduction.

2. His/her major events, especially those that give you deep impression.

3. Write down your opinion on the person.