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课件网) 06 2015年10月 星期一 Reading & Thinking Unit 1 People of Achievement 选择性必修一 Lead in What’s this kind of plant called sweet wormwood 青蒿 Who comes to your mind What can be extracted (提取) from the plant artemisinin 青蒿素 What do you know about Tu Youyou She was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015 for discovering artemisinin. This year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Tu Youyou (co-winner), whose research led to the discovery of artemisinin, a crucial new treatment for malaria. 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 malaria, and is thought to save 100, 000 lives a year in Africa alone. award sb. sth. = award sth. to sb. 据认为每年仅在非洲就挽救了10万人的生命。 共同获奖者 同位语 extremely important 极其重要的 Para. 1 诺贝尔生理学或医学奖 This year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Tu Youyou (co-winner), whose research led to the discovery of artemisinin, a crucial new treatment for malaria. award sb. sth. = award sth. to sb. 常见接双宾语动词： give、pass、hand、provide、offer、bring、lend、mail、owe、pay、return、send、sell、serve、show、take 传递 提供 Tu Youyou, a committed and patient scientist, was born in Ningbo, China, on 30 December 1930, and graduated from Peking University Medical School in 1955. After she graduated, she worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing. In 1967, the Chinese government formed a team of scientists with the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria, and Tu Youyou was among the first researchers chosen. 是其中第一批入选的研究员。 （作定语） 坚定的 同位语 中国中医研究院 组建 目的是... Para. 2 = aim / purpose / goal In the beginning, Tu Youyou went to Hainan, where malaria was more common, to study malaria patients. In 1969, she became the head of the project in Beijing, and decided to review ancient Chinese medical texts to find traditional botanical treatments for the disease. Her team examined over 2, 000 old medical texts, and evaluated 280, 000 plants for their medical properties. From their research, they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria. 这些疗法为抗击疟疾带来了希望。 研究 起初 负责人 决定... 中国古代 医药文献 查阅 寻找这种疾病的传统植物疗法。 查阅 评估 药用价值 不同的 =different Para. 2 Para. 1 The news about Tu Youyou winning the Nobel Prize and the significance of discovering artemisinin. Why is the discovery of artemisinin so important？ Please locate the numbers and the related verbs in this paragraph. Numbers 1. over 200 million people around the world each year get malaria 2. about 600,000 die from malaria 3. hundreds of thousands of lives ... ...
