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Section Ⅰ Welcome to the unit & Reading
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①female adj. 女性的,妇女的
②republic n.共和国,共和政体
③contribution n. 贡献,促成作用;捐款
④malaria n.疟疾
⑤deadly adj致命的;十足的,彻底的
⑥have a chance of 有机会
⑦survival n.生存,存活;残存物,幸存事物
⑧province n.省,省份
⑨academy n. 专科院校;研究院,学会
⑩further adj. 更多的,更进一步的
vt.促进,增进
adv.较远,更远,进一步
acquire v. 获得,得到;学到,习得
broad adj.广泛的;宽阔的,广阔的;概括的;开阔的
intend vt. & vi.想要,计划;意指
recipe n.食谱;方法,秘诀
treatment n.对待;治疗
extract n.提取物;选录 vt.提取;选录;取出;设法得到
herb n.药草,香草;草本
promising adj. 有希望的,有前途的
refer to 查阅,参考;提到,谈及
inspire v. 激励,鼓舞;赋予灵感
experiment n. 实验,试验;尝试,实践
vi. 做试验,进行实验;尝试
effective adj.有效的
succeed in成功做某事
trial n.试用,试验;审讯,审判;考验
vi.&vt.测试,试验
resource n. 自然资源;资源(指钱、物、人等)
limited adj.有限的
solution n. (问题、困难等的)解决办法
household adj.家庭的,家用的,家务的
n.一家人,家庭
container n.容器;集装箱,货柜
day and night夜以继日
give up放弃
be likely to 可能
postpone vt.延迟,延期
sufficient adj.足够的,充足的
data n.数据,资料,材料
speed up (使)加速
process n.过程;进程步骤,流程vt.加工,处理
ensure vt.确保
pay off 成功,奏效,达到目的
error n.错误,差错
eventually adv. 最终,结果
explore v.探索,探究
draw on利用;吸收;戴上;临近
wisdom n.智慧,知识,学问;才智;明智
beneficial adj.有益的,有用的
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Chinese scientist wins 2015 Nobel Prize
By Dina Conner
11 December 2015
Tu Youyou has become the first female①scientist of the People’s Republic② of China to receive a Nobel Prize, awarded for her contribution③ to the fight against malaria④, one of the deadliest⑤ diseases in human history.【1】 Thanks to her discovery of qinghaosu, malaria patients all over the world now have had a greatly increased chance of⑥ survival⑦.
【1】one of the deadliest diseases... 作malaria的同位语,对malaria进行解释说明。
Born in 1930, in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province⑧, Tu studied medicine at university in Beijing between 1951 and 1955. After graduation, she worked at the Academy⑨ of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She completed further⑩ training courses in traditional Chinese medicine, acquiringa broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.【2】
Tu’s education was soon to prove very useful. In