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Chinese scientist wins 2015 Nobel Prize

By Dina Conner

11 December 2015

[1]Tu Youyou has become the first female scientist of the People's Republic① of China to receive a Nobel Prize, awarded for her contribution to the fight against malaria②， one of the deadliest③ diseases in human history. Thanks to her discovery of qinghaosu, malaria patients all over the world now have had a greatly increased chance of survival④.

[1]本句为简单句。其中to receive a Nobel Prize为动词不定式短语作定语；awarded for her contribution to the fight against malaria为动词­ed形式短语作定语；one of the deadliest diseases in human history 为名词短语作同位语，解释说明malaria。

Born in 1930, in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province⑤， Tu studied medicine at university in Beijing between 1951 and 1955. After graduation, she worked at the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine⑥. She completed further training courses in traditional Chinese medicine, [2] acquiring a broad⑦ knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.

[2]句中acquiring a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine为动词­ing形式短语作结果状语，动词acquire与其逻辑主语she之间为主谓关系。

Tu's education was soon to prove very useful. In the 1960s, many people were dying of malaria, and in 1969 Tu became head of a team that intended⑧ to find a cure for the disease. She collected over 2，000 traditional Chinese medical recipes⑨ for malaria treatment and made hundreds of extracts⑩ from different herbs⑪. When they failed to produce any promising results, Tu referred to⑫ the ancient books of traditional Chinese medicine again. [3]Inspired by an over 1，600­year­old text about preparing qinghao extract with cold water, Tu redesigned the experiments⑬ and tried extracting the herb at a low temperature in order not to damage its

effective part. On 4 October 1971, after 190 failures⑭， she succeeded in⑮ making qinghao extract that could treat malaria in mice.

[3]句中Inspired by an over 1, 600­year­old text about preparing qinghao extract with cold water为动词­ed形式短语作原因状语。

[4]However, it was hard to produce enough qinghao extract for large trials⑯ because research resources were limited⑰. Tu and her team managed to find solutions to the problem. When there was no research equipment, they had to extract herbs using household water containers⑱. They worked day and night and their health began to suffer because of the poor conditions, but they never gave up.

[4]本句为复合句。it是形式主语，动词不定式短语to produce...trials是真正的主语；because引导原因状语从句。

[5]Even with large amounts of qinghao extract produced, however, they still faced another problem.The trials on patients were likely to be postponed⑲ because they did not have sufficient⑳ safety dataB21.[6]To speed upB22 the process and ensure its safety, Tu and her team volunteered to test qinghao extract on themselves first.

[5]句中with复合结构(with＋名词＋动词­ed形式)作状语。

[6]句中动词不定式短语To speed up the process and ensure its safety作目的状语。

The efforts of Tu and her team finally paid offB23. In November 1972, through trial and error, they successfully discovered qinghaosu—the most effective part of the qinghao extract. As a key part of many malaria medicines, qinghaosu has since benefited about 200 million malaria patients. More than 40 years after its discovery, Tu was eventually awarded a Nobel Prize for her work.In her Nobel Lecture, she encouraged scientists to further explore the treasure house of traditional Chinese medicine and raise it to a higher level. Perhaps the next generation of scientists, [7]drawing on the wisdomB24of traditional Chinese medicine，will indeed discover more medicines beneficialB25 to global health care.

[7]句中drawing on the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine为动词­ing形式短语作定语，修饰名词scientists，相当于定语从句which drew on the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine。

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①republic /rɪ'pʌblɪk/ n.共和国，共和政体

the People's Republic of China 中华人民共和国

②malaria /mə'leəriə/ n.疟疾

③deadly /'dedli/ adj.致命的；十足的，彻底的

④survival /sə'vaɪv(ə)l/ n.生存，存活；残存物，幸存事物

survive vi.& vt.生存；挺过(难关)

survivor n.幸存者

⑤province /'prɒvɪns/n.省，省份

⑥Traditional Chinese Medicine 传统中医

Western medicine西医

⑦broad /brɔːd/ adj.广泛的；宽阔的，广阔的；概括的；开阔的

broadly adv.大体上；基本上

⑧intend /ɪn'tend/ vt.& vi.想要，计划；意指

intention n.打算；计划；目的；意图

intend doing/to do sth打算做某事

⑨traditional Chinese medical recipes 中药配方

⑩extract /'ekstrækt; ɪk'strækt/ n.提取物；选录

vt.提取；选录；取出；设法得到

⑪herb /hɜːb/ n.药草，香草；草本

⑫refer to 查阅，参考；提到，谈及

“查词典”的表达法：

refer to the dictionary

look up a word in the dictionary

consult the dictionary

⑬experiment /ɪk'sperɪmənt/

n.实验，试验；尝试，实践