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课件网) 1.Analyze the long and difficult sentences in the passage. 2.Focus on Language： 介词十关系代词引导的定语从句 同位语从句 Learning Objectives Lead in Malaria is so terrible. Yes, but it is Tu Youyou that found artemisinin which can cure this disease. Lead in Can you introduce Tu Youyou in one sentence Tu Youyou, the first Chinese female scientist to win a Nobel Prize, discovered artemisinin, the world's most effective drug for fighting malaria, saving millions of lives. Malaria 219 million cases of malaria worldwide were estimated in 2017 92% of global cases were in the WHO African region-an estimated 200 million cases. 1. How is malaria treated Artemisinin (青蒿素） 2. Who discovered this cure Tu Youyou 3. What else do you know about her？ The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2015 A Medical Pioneer（医学先锋） Para.1At the Nobel Prize Lecture on 7 December, 2015, an 84-year-old Chinese woman walked slowly on to the stage. She began to talk about the life-saving drug, artemisinin, which she had discovered with the help of her team in the 1970s. The woman was Tu Youyou, the first Chinese female scientist to be awarded a Nobel Prize for her work. A scientist who was on the Nobel Prize Committee called Hans Forssberg explained that “the discovery of artemisinin has led to the development of new drugs which have saved the lives of millions”. When thanking the Committee for the honour, Tu Youyou said, “This is not only an honour for myself, but also recognition and encouragement for all scientists in China.” Para.2 Tu Youyou was born in Zhejiang Province, China, on 30 December, 1930. She studied medicine at Peking University Health Science Centre. After graduation, she became a member of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. Later, she studied Chinese medicine for two and a half years with experts in the field from whom she gained a deep knowledge about traditional practices. Para.3. In 1969, Tu Youyou was chosen to establish a team to find a cure for malaria—a disease that killed millions of people every year. Across the world, scientists had been trying to find a cure. They tested more than 240,000 chemicals with no success. However, Tu Youyou had an idea that Chinese herbs might hold the secret. She studied ancient Chinese medical literature and visited experts in traditional Chinese medicine. She researched hundreds of traditional recipes connected to anti-malarial cures. Then Tu Youyou and her team began using modern research methods to study these Chinese herbs one by one. Para.4.This was not an easy task. The reason why this was difficult was that the team had limited resources. They did not have enough staff, and the laboratory in which they worked had poor air quality. However, after hundreds of failed experiments, they eventually came across a promising chemical. It worked well in experiments on animals, but they had to know if it was safe for humans. Tu Youyou ... ...
