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Lesson 1 A Medical Pioneer (1)
Reading
Today we are going to do some reading
lesson 1, a medical pioneer
Actually the lesson we are going to deal with today mentions a disease, malaria.
Do you know what it is?
If you don’t, you can guess first.
So, what do you know about malaria?
Read the facts about malaria. Choose the one(s) you find most striking (引人注目的) or interesting.
Now I am going to give you some facts about malaria.
Please read these facts and choose the one or ones you find most striking or interesting.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne (adj. 蚊子携带的) and infectious (adj. 传染的) disease.
The word “malaria” comes from the Latin word for “bad air”.
People suffer from high fever, serious vomiting (v. 呕吐) and terrible headaches when they have the disease.
Facts about malaria
Here are the facts about malaria:
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Malaria kills over 1,000,000 people a year—more people than any disease apart from AIDs.
The drug with artemisinin has proved to be the most effective cure.
There is currently no effective vaccine (n. 疫苗) against malaria.
Facts about malaria
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And now can you tell me the meaning of malaria in Chinese?
Yes,疟疾, malaria, you can repeat after me, malaria
So, think about the 6 facts about malaria and choose the one or ones you find most striking or interesting.
Now, would you like to share with me what you chose among the 6 facts?
Good, one of you chose this one, malaria kills over 1 million people a year, more than any disease apart from AIDs
Apart from means in addition to; as well as 除了…外(还)
Just from this number, one million, you can easily tell how serious malaria is, right?
Here is another striking fact you picked: malaria is a mosquito-borne and infectious disease.
We can see mosquitoes almost everywhere in the summer, so that means malaria can be spread very easily by mosquitoes. Sounds horrible, doesn’t it?
Though malaria is very serious, and can be easily spread, the good news is presented in this fact—the drug with artemisinin