1、TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZEUnit 1 Can you name a modern scientist who uses artemisinin as a new treatment for malaria?Tu Youyou,born in 1930 in Ningbo,has been a pharmacologist at the China Academy of Chinese Medicine Science since 1965,engaging in research of the combination of TCM and WM.TCM:tra
2、ditional Chinese medicine WM:western medicineTu Youyou received her 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Sweden.（瑞典）Pre-readingPart 2.1TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE6 October 2015What do you think will be talked about?while-readingPart 2.1Fast Reading1.Where would you most likely find this p
3、assage?A.In a blog.B.In a book.C.In a letter.D.In a newspaper.Careful Reading2.Match the main ideas with each paragraph.para.1para.2para.3para.4A.way to the treatment for malaria.B.The honor of the discovery.C.The significance of Tus discoveryC.The significance of Tus discoveryD.The discovery of the
4、 artemisinin.Q:Why is the discovery of artemisinin important?Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year,and about 600,000 die from it.Artemisinin has saved 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.Para.1Because it has saved hundreds of thousands of lives,and has led to improved healt
5、h for millions of people.Why is the discovery of artemisinin important?3.Find out what happened to Tu in the following years.1930Tested the medicine on themselves and later on patients.The medicine became a standard treatment for malaria.1955Chosen to be the first researchers to discover a new treat
6、ment for malaria.Graduated from Peking University Medical SchoolBorn in Ningbo,ChinaBecame the head of the project in Beijing and decided to find traditional botanical treatments for the disease.Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine.1967Tu and her discoverypost-readingPart 2.1Post-Read
7、ingChinese female scientist Tu Youyou won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the 1._ (discover)of artemisinin,which has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria.It is believed that it saves 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.discoveryPost-ReadingBorn in Ningbo,China in 1930
8、,Tu Youyou is a 2._ (commit)and patient scientist.In 1967,some scientists were chosen to form a team 3._ the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria,one of 4._ was Tu Youyou.To find a new treatment,Tu and her team looked through many ancient Chinese medical texts and evaluated 280,000 p
9、lants before 5._ (obtain)the pure substance mittedwithwhomobtainingPost-ReadingInspired by a text from the fourth century,Tus team tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves and used the liquid by boiling fresh wormwood,but they didnt work.Tu Youyou realised that the high temperature might have de
10、stroyed its medical 6._ (property).She tried using a lower temperature to draw out the extract.propertiesPost-ReadingAfter failing more than 190 times,the team 7._ (final)succeeded in finding a substance that worked.After the drug showed promising results,Tu and her team members insisted that the drug 8._ (test)on themselves to make sure that it was safe.finallybe testedPost-ReadingAwarded the Nobel Prize,Tu said,the honour was not just 9._ (she)but the teams and all the people of her countrys.This success is indeed 10._ honour for Chinas scientific research and Chinese medicine.hersanThanks!
