Unit 1 People of achievement Reading and Thinking 重点短语翻译课件-高中英语人教版选择性必修第一册

1、 Unit 1 PEOPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT Reading and Thinking: Describe people of achievementTU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE6 October 2015This years 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 ma

2、laria. 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

3、 100, 000 lives a year in Africa alone.诺贝尔生理学或医学奖一种关键的新疗法成千上万死于一个至关重要的部分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 Chine

4、se 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. 中国中医研究院以为目标毕业于一个坚定有耐心的科学家In the beginning, Tu Youyou went to Hainan, where malaria was more common,

5、 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 propertie

6、s. From their research, they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria.一开始项目负责人医学文献药用价值One medical text from the fourth century suggested using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. Tus team tested a collection

7、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, Tu Youyou would not acknowledge defeat. She analysed the medical texts again, and by chance,

8、 she found one sentence suggesting a different way to treat the wormwood. She concluded that boiling the sweet wormwood apparently destroyed its medical properties. 陷入僵局认输偶然；意外地一批；一组Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract, she found a substance that worked. After failing more than 190 time

9、s, 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 trea

10、tment for malaria.坚持要求确保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 traditio

11、nal Chinese medicine. It is indeed an honour for Chinas scientific research and Chinese medicine to be spread around the world.”根据一听到THE MAN WHO CHANGED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSEAlbert Einstein, who is perhaps the greatest scientist in modern physics, is often considered one of the smartest

12、men who ever lived. He made numerous contributions to the world, the most well-known being the general theory of relativity and the famous formulaE=mc2.Einstein was not only a genius; he was a courageous and kind figure loved by many people.被认为是为作出无数贡献广义相对论一个勇敢善良的人物This gentle genius was born in Ger

13、many on 14 March 1879. When he was 16, he tried to enter university in Switzerland, but failed due to his low scores in the general part of the entrance exam, despite obtaining exceptional scores in maths and physics. After studying for another year, he managed to pass the exam, entering university

14、in 1896 and graduating in 1900.由于入学考试杰出成绩设法做After two years of looking for work as a teacher, Einstein took a job as a clerk in the Swiss patent office. While working there, out of a strong passion for knowledge, he continued to study, earning a doctorate in physics in 1905. That same year, which wa

15、s later recorded as a miracle year in science, he published four extraordinary physics papers. Following this, he gradually became famous throughout the world as the new Isaac Newton. After four years, he was able to quit his job at the patent office and enter research full-time at a university. In

16、1922,he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.出于对知识的强烈热情获得物理博士学位杰出的物理学论文离职全职光电效应Circumstances changed in 1933, when Hitler came to power in Germany. Einstein, who was Jewish, found the doors of academic institutions closed to him. As a consequen

17、ce he had toflee Germany. After spendingtime in Europe, he finally took up a position as a researcher at the Institute forAdvanced Study in Princeton, USA. Following that, he continued to make great achievements in physics and mathematics.上台；掌权因此担任职位取得巨大成就To the public, he was seen as a slightly odd

18、-looking but kind and funny man. He had a thick moustache and long white hair, which sometimes stood on end as though he had just received an electric shock. Although he was a genius, he sometimes forgot things, like his friends birthdays. But despite his peculiarities, he was loved by his friends and neighbours.被认为是竖起来仿佛；好像触电 There is even a story about how he helped a little girl who knocked on his door and asked for help with her homework. In fact, Einstein often encountered people on the street who would stop him and ask