Unit 1 Section 1 Reading and Thinking—Prereading 微讲小本-【赢在微点】轻松课堂2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第一册（人教版2019）

 Section 1　Reading and Thinking—Prereading 原|文|诵|读 TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE 6 October 2015 This year's Nobel Prize for ① or Medicine has been awarded to Tu Youyou(co­winner), whose research led to the discovery of ②， a ③ new treatment for ④. 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 ⑤ it. Artemisinin has become a ⑥ part of the treatment for malaria, and is thought to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone. 微|点|清|障 ①physiology /ˌfɪziˈɒlədʒi/ n. 生理学；生理机能 ②artemisinin /ˌɑːtɪˈmiːsnin/ n. [药]青蒿素 whose引导非限制性定语从句 ③crucial /ˈkruːʃl/ adj. 至关重要的；关键性的 ④malaria /məˈleəriə/ n. 疟疾 ⑤die from死于…… ⑥vital /ˈvaɪtl/ adj. 必不可少的；极其重要的；充满生机的 屠呦呦获得诺贝尔奖 2015年10月6日 今年的诺贝尔生理学或医学奖授予了屠呦呦(共同获奖者)，她的研究发现了青蒿素，这是一种治疗疟疾的关键性药物。青蒿素挽救了数十万人的生命，改善了数百万人的健康。全世界每年有两亿多人感染疟疾，约60万人死于疟疾。青蒿素已经成为治疗疟疾的一个重要组成部分，它被认为每年仅在非洲就能拯救10万人的生命。　 Tu Youyou, a ⑦ and patient scientist, was born in Ningbo, China, on 30 December 1930, and ⑧Peking University Medical School in 1955. After she graduated, she worked at the China ⑨ of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing. In 1967, the Chinese government formed a team of scientists with the ⑩ of discovering a new treatment for malaria, and Tu Youyou was among the first researchers chosen. ⑪， Tu Youyou went to Hainan, where malaria was more common⑫， 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 ⑬treatments for the disease. Her team examined over 2,000 old medical texts, and ⑭ 280,000 plants for their medical ⑮. From their research, they discovered and tested 380 ⑯ ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the ⑰ malaria. ⑦committed /kəˈmɪtɪd/ adj. 尽心尽力的；坚定的；坚信的 commit /kəˈmɪt/ vt. 承诺；保证(某个人、机构等)　vi. 忠于；全心全意投入(工作、活动等) commit oneself to (doing) sth 承诺；保证(做某事、遵守协议或安排等) ⑧graduate from毕业于…… ⑨academy /əˈkædəmi/ n