Unit1 Part1 Reading and Thinking（课前预习）-高中英语新教材导学案（人教版选择性必修第一册）

Unit1 Part1 课前预习 UNIT1 PEOPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT Part1 Reading and Thinking TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE 6 October 2015 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. 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