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PEOPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT
TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE
Reading and Thinking
People who have
made great discoveries.
Can you use some descriptive描述性的 words to describe them?
diligent
勤勉的
talented
有天赋的
selfless无私的
persistent
坚持不懈的
devoted
献身的
courageous 勇敢的
creative有创造性的
considerate体贴的
patriotic
爱国的
Tu Youyou
The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine诺贝尔生理学或医学奖
King of Sweden
Stockholm Concert Hall
斯德哥尔摩音乐厅
10 December 2015
What do you know about Tu Youyou?
Look at the layout布局 and predict.
1. Where would you most likely find this
passage? A. In a blog B. In a book C. In a letter D. In a newspaper
2. What is the text type?
√
The title
The date
The lead
导语
The illustrations 插图
A news story.
Skim the passage and match the main idea to each paragraph.
The process of discovering artemisinin by Tu Youyou and her team.
The news about Tu Youyou winning the Nobel Prize and the significance重要性 of discovering artemisinin.
Tu Youyou’s attitude态度 to honour.
Paragraph 1
(The news)
Paragraphs 2 and 3
(The story)
Paragraph 4
(The news)
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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.
_______________被授予给某人 research 研究
__________导致
______________……的发现 discover v.发现
____________一种对于……的治疗法 save 拯救 hundreds of 数以百计的thousands of数以千计的 millions of 数百万的 around the world 在全世界
_________死于(外因) death n.死亡 dead adj.死的
_____________重要组成部分
be awarded to
lead to
the discovery of
a treatment for
die from
a vital part of
whose引导非限定语从句
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.
今年的诺贝尔生理学或医学奖授予了屠呦呦(共同获奖者),她的研究促使了青蒿素的发现。这是一种至关重要的治疗疟疾的新疗法。青蒿素挽救了数十万人的生命,并改善了数百万人的健康状况。
Tu Youyou Awarded Nobel Prize
6 October 2015
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.
全世界每年有超过2亿人罹患疟疾,约60万人死于疟疾。青蒿素已成为治疗疟疾的重要组成部分,据认为仅在非洲一年就能挽救10万人的生命。
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. In 1967, the Chinese government formed a team of scientists with the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria, and Tu Youyou was among the first researchers chosen. In the beginning起初,首先, Tu Youyou went to Hainan, where malaria was more common, to study malaria patients. In 1969, she became the head负责人 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. From their research, they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria.
__________________ adj.耐心的 n.病人 scientist 科学家
_______________毕业于…… be born in 出生于 government 政府
_______________________带着……的目的 discover 发现
_____________更普遍 in the beginning 开始
_________choose的过去分词,意为选择 the head of……的负责人
__________________________中国古代医药文献 review 复习
________________________传统植物疗法 disease 疾病
___________v 检查
______________医学属性
__________________________________特别的中国古代疗法
_________n.希望 v.承诺 fight against 反对…
patient
graduated from
with the objective of ……
more common
chosen
ancient Chinese medical texts
traditional botanical treatments
examine
medical properties
distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments
promise
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. In 1967, the Chinese government formed a team of scientists with the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria, and Tu Youyou was among the first researchers chosen.
屠呦呦是一位坚定而耐心的科学家,1930年12月30日出生于中国宁波,1955年毕业于北京大学医学院。毕业后,她在北京的中国中医研究院工作。1967年,中国政府组建了一支以探索治疗疟疾新方法为目的的科学家队伍,屠呦呦是其中首批入选的研究人员。
In the beginning, Tu Youyou 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. From their research, they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria.
在开始的时候,屠呦呦去了海南研究疟疾患者,在那里疟疾较为普遍。1969年,她成为北京项目的负责人,并决定复阅中国古代医药文献,寻找这种疾病的传统植物疗法。她的团队查阅了2000多本古老的医药文献,并对280 000种植物的药用价值进行了评估。在他们的研究中,他们发现并测试了380种不同的中国古代疗法,这些方法为抗击疟疾带来了希望。
One medical text from the fourth century suggested using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. Tu’s team tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves but found no effect. They then tried boiling fresh wormwood, and using the liquid obtained from this to treat malaria, but this did not work either. Their project got stuck. However, TuYouyou would not acknowledge defeat. She analysed the medical texts again, and by chance, she found one sentence suggesting a different way to treat the wormwood. She concluded that boiling the sweet wormwood青蒿 apparently destroyed its medical properties. Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract. She found a substance that worked. After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971. Tu Youyou and her team members even insisted on testing the medicine on themselves to make sure that it was safe. Later, the medicine was tested on malaria patients, most of whom recovered. This medicine, which was called artemisinin, soon became a standard treatment for malaria.
1._________________治疗发烧 suggest doing 建议做某事
2._______________________________________一批干青蒿
3._________________________对……有影响 effect 影响fresh 新鲜的
4.__________________________从……中获取
5.___________陷入了困境
6.__________________承认失败
7._________________偶然地 conclude 总结
8.___________________________破坏了它的药用价值。
9.___________________较低的温度 draw out 提取
10.__失败 more than 超过;非常;不仅仅 succeed 成功finally 最终
11.____________坚持做某事 make sure 确保 safe 安全的
12.___________________治疗…的标准药物 recover 恢复
treat a fever
a collection of dried wormwood leaves
have an effect on
obtain... from...
be/get stuck
acknowledge defeat
by chance/accident
destroy its medical properties
a lower temperature
fail
insist on doing
a standard treatment for
一本四世纪的医药文献推荐使用青蒿提取物来治疗发烧。屠呦呦的团队测试了一批干青蒿,但没有发现效果。然后,他们试着把新鲜的青蒿煮沸,并用从中提取的液体来治疗疟疾,但这也不起作用。
他们的项目陷入了困境。然而,屠呦呦并不承认失败。她再次分析了一遍医药文献,偶然间,她发现了一句话,建议用另一种方法来处理青蒿。她得出结论,煮青蒿显然破坏了它的药用价值。她用较低的温度提取提取物,发现了一种有效的物质。在失败了190多次之后,这个团队终于在1971年成功了。
屠呦呦和她的团队成员甚至坚持在自己身上测试药物,以确保它是安全的。后来,这种药物在疟疾患者身上进行了测试,大部分受试患者都康复了。这种被称为青蒿素的药物很快成为治疗疟疾的标准药物。
Tu Youyou & her team's experiment
tested dried wormwood leaves
tried boiling fresh wormwood
Used a lower temperature to draw out the extract
failed more than 190 times
finally succeeded
tested the medicine on themselves
______________团队努力 according to 依据
__________________一……就 honour 荣誉 success n.成功
prove 证明 value n.价值 v.重视 scientific research科学研究
_______________________对某人来说是一种荣誉 spread 传播
According to Tu Youyou, the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort. Upon hearing that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize, she said, “The honour is not just mine. There is a team behind me, and all the people of my country. This success proves the great value of traditional Chinese medicine. It is indeed an honour for China’s scientific research and Chinese medicine to be spread around the world
team effort
upon doing……
It is an honour for sb to do
据屠呦呦所说,青蒿素的发现是团队共同努力的结果。获悉自己被授予诺贝尔奖时,她说:“这份荣誉不仅仅属于我。我的身后是一个团队以及全国人民。这项成功印证了传统中医药的巨大价值。中国的科学研究和中医药得以在全世界传播确实是一个荣誉。”
Task 4
Scan the Para 1 and answer the question.
Why is the discovery of artemisinin important?
Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives and has improved the health for millions of people.
P3 4
Scan the Para 3 and answer the question.
What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood?
P3 4
Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract.
What numbers are mentioned in the text? What do they suggest?
These numbers suggest three things:
how big a health problem malaria is
how much time Tu Youyou spent in looking for a possible new treatment for malaria
how patient and persistent Tu Youyou and her team were to tackle解决 the disease.
Why is Tu Youyou considered a great person?
She is considered a great person because through her efforts many lives have been saved.
Possible answers:
Warming-up:
What is happening?What’s the reaction of people present when this is happening? Why?
People stand up to show respect and admiration to Tu Youyou.
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