师:Class begins.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
生:Good morning, teacher.
师:Sit down, please. Today, we feel greatly honored to hold such a grand meeting with English experts from all over the country. Let's warmly welcome them with our applause. I believe that you will make everyone feel their trip here is worthwhile. So, are you ready to show yourselves?
生:Yes.
师:Good. To begin with, let's watch a video clip. I have two questions for you. What happened in the video? Any volunteer? Okay, you please. Please use your microphone.
生:Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015.
师:Yes, good. Thank you. And what do you know about the lady? What do you know? Okay, the girl, you please.
生:She is a lady with great achievements. She discovered artemisinin.
师:Yes, she discovered artemisinin. Very good. Thank you for your information. And in the last class, we figured out her recipe for greatness. Let's have a review. What do we need to “cook up” greatness? Who'd like to have a try? What do we need to “cook up” greatness? Okay, you please.
生:We need grit, resolve, enthusiasm, ambition and toughness.
师:Okay, very good. Thank you. We need grit, resolve, enthusiasm, ambition, and also toughness. And you also need to find enough evidence in Passage 1 based on these five aspects. Here are some sentence patterns for your reference. You have 3 minutes. Let's do it.
(3分钟后)
师:Thank you. Okay, let's see your findings. Any volunteer? Okay, the boy, please. Ding Ziyue, please use the mic to make yourself heard by everyone.
生:Tu Youyou's ambition can be approved in Paragraph 2. She decided to review ancient Chinese medical texts to find traditional botanical treatments for the disease.
师:Okay, very good. For the disease, right? Okay, thank you so much. Anyone else? Okay, that gentleman, you please.
生:Tu Youyou's toughness can be seen from the sentence in Paragraph 3. That is, their project got stuck. However, Tu Youyou would not acknowledge defeat.
师:Okay, very good. Thank you so much. Any other volunteer? We have got ambition and toughness, right? How about other aspects? Okay, the boy, you please.
生:Tu Youyou's resolve can be best represented in Paragraph 3, in which it said that after failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971.
师:Okay, very good. Represented, right? Yes. Okay, anyone else? Okay, you please.
生:Tu Youyou's enthusiasm can be shown in Paragraph 2. The sentence “In the beginning, Tu Youyou went to Hainan, where malaria was more common, to study malaria patients” shows her enthusiasm.
师:Okay, very good. Thank you so much. How about the last one, grit? How about the last one, grit? Okay, Xu Haoning, you please. Liu Siying, please give him the mic.
生:Tu Youyou's grit could be best represented in Paragraph 3, which says Tu Youyou and her team members even insisted on testing the medicine on themselves to make sure that it was safe.
师:Okay, very good. Thank you for your detailed information. And I have one question for you. Does Tu Youyou's recipe apply to others?
生:Yes. Maybe.
师:Well, we will see. Let's read two more passages to have a deeper understanding. So, please skim Passage 2 and 3 and fill in the chart on your handout. And for this part, I'll give you three minutes. Okay, let's begin our work. Find some information.
(3分钟后)
师:Well, time is up. Who can help me with Passage 2? Okay, Li Hongjie, you please.
生:The main character is Mr Sakamoto. He is a musician.
师:Yes, Mr Sakamoto. And he is a musician. Good. How about his deeds?
生:He committed himself to modern electronic music and social issues.
师:Yes, very good. Pay attention to the phrase “commit oneself to”, right? Okay, thank you so much. How about Passage 3? Wei Lishuhui, you please.
生:The main character is Lucy. She's a student talented in art. She spent most of her free time drawing and won respect.
师:Yes. Uh, she spent most of her free time drawing and won respect. Very good. And we can notice that you found the sentence in the passage, right? Good for you. And ladies and gentlemen, you may notice there is a piece of paper in your group demonstrating the division of work among the group members. So now, first, focus on the keyword, select it from the recipe of greatness, and try to underline the text-based evidence in Passage 2 and 3. And after that, have a discussion with your group members. Altogether, you have 12 minutes to do that. Now, let's do it.
(12分钟后)
师:I noticed you have finished your job. And let's start our presentation one by one. And student E in each group is supposed to share your group's findings. So, let's start from Group 1. Your keyword is “grit”. Okay, Zhang Dingyan, you please.
生:For Mr Sakamoto in Paragraph 2, the sentence “Arrows or noises absorb me, and I wonder if new cultural currents could appear from this weakness” shows grit in him. And there is also a sentence in Paragraph 5. In 2014, Mr Sakamoto received the news that he had cancer, which shocked his life, but he insisted on more creation. This is the sentence I found to show grit in Mr Sakamoto. And for Lucy, the sentence appears in Paragraph 2. “To their disappointment, Lucy just turned a blind eye to their behavior. Lucy spared most of her free time for her drawing, aiming to produce remarkable artworks. Her artwork finally paid off when she took part in a city-wide art competition and she won first prize.”
