1、TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZEThis years Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine( ) has been awarded to Tu Youyou (co-winner), _(她的研究) led to the discovery of artemisinin, _(一个对的新疗法) malaria. Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to improved health for millions of people. O
2、ver 200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600, 000 _(死于) it. Artemisinin _(已经成为的重要部分)the treatment for malaria, and _(被认为) save 100, 000 lives a year in Africa alone.Tu Youyou, a _(commit) and patient scientist, was born in Ningbo, China, on 30 December 1930, and gradu
3、ated 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 _(组成一个团队) scientists _(有着的目标)discovering a new treatment for malaria, and Tu Youyou was among the first researche
4、rs _(choose). In the beginning, Tu Youyou went to Hainan, _ malaria was more common, _(study) malaria patients. In 1969, she became the head of the project in Beijing, and decided to review ancient Chinese medical (_)texts to find traditionalbotanicaltreatments (_) for the disease. Her team examined
5、 over 2, 000 old medical texts, andevaluated280, 000 plants for their medical properties(_). From their research, they discovered and tested 380distinctancient Chinese medical treatments(_) that _(展现出的希望) the fight against malaria.One medical text from the fourth century _(表明) using the extract from
6、 sweet wormwood（_） to treat a fever. Tus team tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves but found no effect. They then triedboilingfresh wormwood, and using theliquid _(obtain)from this to treat malaria, but this did not work either. Their project _(陷入困境). However, Tu Youyou would not _(承认失败). Sh
7、eanalysedthe 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_(apparent)destroyed its medical properties. Using a lower temperature to _(提取物质), she found a _(物质)that worked. After failing more t
8、han 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971. Tu Youyou and her team members even_(坚持) testing the medicine on themselves to make sure that it was safe. Later, the medicine was tested on malaria patients, (_) recovered. This medicine，which was called artemisinin, soon became a standard treatmen
9、t (_)for malaria.According to Tu Youyou, the _(discover) of artemisinin was a team effort. _(一听到) that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize, she said, “The honour is not just _(I). There is a team behind me, and all the people of my country. This success proves the great value of traditional Chinese
10、 medicine(_). It is indeed an honour for Chinas_(科学研究) and Chinese medicine to_(spread) around the world.TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZEThis years Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine( 诺贝尔心理学和医学奖 ) has been awarded to Tu Youyou (co-winner), _whose research (她的研究) led to the discovery of artemisinin,
11、 _a crucial new treatment for_(一个对的新疗法) 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_(死于) it. Artemisinin _has become a vital part of
12、_(已经成为的重要部分)the treatment for malaria, and _is thought to _(被认为) save 100, 000 lives a year in Africa alone.Tu Youyou, a _committed_(commit) and patient scientist, was born in Ningbo, China, on 30 December 1930, and graduated from Peking University Medical School(_北京大学医学院_) in 1955. After she gradua
13、ted, she worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine(_中国中医科学院_) in Beijing. In 1967, the Chinese government _formed a team of _(组成一个团队) scientists _with the objective of_(有着的目标)discovering a new treatment for malaria, and Tu Youyou was among the first researchers _chosen_(choose). In
14、 the beginning, Tu Youyou went to Hainan, _where_ malaria was more common, _to study_(study) malaria patients. In 1969, she became the head of the project in Beijing, and decided to review ancient Chinese medical texts (_查阅古代医学典籍_) to find traditionalbotanicaltreatments (_传统草药疗法_) for the disease. H
15、er team examined over 2, 000 old medical texts, andevaluated280, 000 plants for their medical properties(_药性_). From their research, they discovered and tested 380distinctancient Chinese medical treatments(_不同的中医疗法_) that _showed promise in_(展现出的希望) the fight against malaria.One medical text from th
16、e fourth century _suggested_(表明) using the extract from sweet wormwood（_青蒿_） to treat a fever. Tus team tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves but found no effect. They then triedboilingfresh wormwood, and using theliquid _obtained_(obtain)from this to treat malaria, but this did not work eith
17、er. Their project _got stuck_(陷入困境). However, Tu Youyou would not _acknowledge defeat_(承认失败). Sheanalysedthe 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_apparently_(apparent)destroyed its m
18、edical properties. Using a lower temperature to _draw out the extract_(提取物质), she found a _substance_(物质)that worked. After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971. Tu Youyou and her team members even_insisted on_(坚持) testing the medicine on themselves to make sure that it wa
19、s safe. Later, the medicine was tested on malaria patients, (_most of whom_) recovered. This medicine，which was called artemisinin, soon became a standard treatment (_标准疗法_)for malaria.According to Tu Youyou, the _discovery_(discover) of artemisinin was a team effort. _Upon hearing_(一听到) that she ha
20、d been awarded the Nobel Prize, she said, “The honour is not just _mine (I). There is a team behind me, and all the people of my country. This success proves the great value of traditional Chinese medicine(_中药_). It is indeed an honour for Chinas_scientific research_(科学研究) and Chinese medicine to_be spread (spread) around the world.2
