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Unit 2
Making a difference
Writing a biography
Read to know about the life of Tu Youyou and her achievements;
Read and summarize what a biography includes;
Read to know how to write a biography.
Who is Tu Youyou?
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Read Tu Youyou’s CV and fill in the boxes with the corresponding information.
Tu Youyou
Personal information
Date of birth:
30 December 1930
Place of birth:
Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Education
1951-1955: Beijing Medical College (now Peking University Health Science Centre)
Work Experience
1955-present: China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Title: Tenured & Chief Researcher
Major Achievements and Awards
1969: Worked as the leader of a research team aiming to discover a treatment for malaria
1972: Managed to extract qinghaosu from a Chinese herb, which is very effective in fighting malaria
1986: Obtained a New Drug Certificate for qinghaosu, issued by the Ministry of Health of China
2015: Won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a novel therapy against malaria
2019: Nominated for “The Greatest Person of the 20th Century”
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1. Major Achievements and Awards
major adj. very large or important, when compared to other things or people of a similar kind
主要的; 重要的
e.g. The government's major concern is with preventing road accidents.
Smoking is one of the major causes of cancer.
n. the main subject that a student studies at college or university 主修课程
someone studying a particular subject as their main subject at college or university 主修学生
e.g. What is your major, English or French?
She is a history major.
vi. to study something as your main subject at college or university 主修
e.g. Laura is majoring in physics.
to pay particular attention to one subject or thing
专门研究
e.g. The company is planning to major on offering the machines we need.
2. Worked as t