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人教版新教材(选择性必修第一册)unit1 reading and thinking课文填空和中英文翻译(原创)
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TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE
This year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Tu Youyou (co-winner), 1._________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 2________ malaria, and is thought to save 100, 000 lives a year in Africa alone.
Tu Youyou, a 3________(commit) 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 4. ________ the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria, and Tu Youyou was among the first researchers 5________(choose). 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 6________(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 7________ showed promise in the fight against malaria.
One medical text from the fourth century suggested 8________(use) the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. Tu’s team tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves 9________ found no effect. They then tried boiling fresh wormwood, and using the liquid obtained from this to treat malaria, but this did not work either. Their project got 10. ________(stick). However, Tu You