Unit1 Reading and Thinking 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

What is happening in this photo? Who and where are they? Look at the body language of the man, what can we see from it? Look at the people in the hall, why are they standing? How do they feel? 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 Awarded Nobel Prize What does this number suggest? 1. the harmful effect of malaria on people 2. the great healing effect of malaria on people What effect does numbers create? make the writing convincing, accurate and reader-friendly 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. 1967, the Chinese government formed a teamof scientists with the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria, and Tu Youyou was among the first researchers chosen. Why did Tu Youyou begin to study the treatment of malaria? 1. Scientists should work for the country’s needs and interest; 2. The national interest is above all else. 1967, the Chinese government formed a teamof scientists ... chosen. In the beginning, TuYouyou 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