第01讲 Unit1 People of Achievement-【寒假自学课】2023年高二英语寒假精品课（人教版2019选择性必修第一册）

第01讲 Unit1 People of Achievement 【学习目标】 1． 复习Unit1重点单词、短语、句型 2． 复习Unit1语法（定语从句） 3． 写作（邀请函） ( 课内知识回馈 ) 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   2  (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   3   malaria, and is thought to save 100, 000 lives a year in Africa alone. Tu Youyou,   4   committed and patient scientist, was born in Ningbo, China, on 30 December 1930, and graduated   5   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   6   (discover) a new treatment for malaria, and Tu Youyou was among the first researchers   7   (choose). In the beginning, Tu Youyou went to Hainan,   8   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   9   (botanist) treatments for the disease. Her team examined over 2, 000 old medical texts, and evaluated 280, 000 plants for their medical   10   (property). From their research, they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria. One medical text from the fourth century suggested   11   (use) the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. Tu’s team tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves but found no effect. They then tried boiling fresh wormwood, and using the liquid   12   (obtain) from this to treat malaria, but this did not work either. Their project got   13   (stick). However, Tu Youyou would not ack