Unit 1 Reading and thinking课件-高中英语人教版选择性必修第一册

Unit1

PeopleofachievementReadingandThinkingTuYouyouAwardedNobelPrizeamodernscientistwhousesartemisininasanewtreatmentformalaria.DoyoukownTuYouyou?Whoisshe?WhatdoyouknowaboutTuYouyou?Whycanshemakethegreatdiscoveries?whatkindofpersonmakesgreatdiscoveries？perseverantcuriouscreativeimaginative

diligentintelligenthardworkingReadPara.1andcompletethemindmap.TheNobelPrizewhenOctober5th,2015whoTuYouyouwhattheNobelPrizeforPhysiologyorMedicinewhythediscoveryofartemisinin

Thisyear'sNobelPrizeforphysiologyormedicinehasbeenawardedtoTuYouyou(co-winner),whoseresearchledtothediscoveryofartemisinin,acrucialnewtreatmentformalaria.今年的诺贝尔生理奖或医学奖颁给了屠呦呦(共同获奖者),屠呦呦的研究，促使了青蒿素的发现，这是一种治疗疟疾的至关重要的新疗法Artemisininhassavedhundredsof

thousandsoflives,andhasledtoimprovedhealthformillionsofpeople.Over200millionpeoplearoundtheworldgetmalariaeachyear,andabout600,000diefromit.Artemisininhasbecomeavitalpartofthetreatmentformalaria,andisthoughttosave100,000livesayearinAfricaalone.青蒿素拯救了数十万人的生命，并促使改善了数百万人的健康状况，全世界每年有2亿多人感染疟疾，并且约60万人死于疟疾。青蒿素已成为治疗疟疾的关键成分，每年仅在非洲，它就被认为能拯救十万人的生命。TuYouyou,acommittedandpatientscientist,wasborninNingbo,China,on30December1930,andgraduatedfromPekingUniversityMedical

Schoolin1955.屠呦呦一位敬业耐心的科学家，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。Aftershegraduated,sheworkedattheChinaAcademyofTraditionalChineseMedicineinBeijing.In1967,theChinesegovernmentformedateamofscientistswiththeobjective

ofdiscoveringanewtreatmentformalaria,andTuYouyouwasamongthefirstresearchers

chosen.

毕业后，她在北京的中国中医学院工作，1967年，中国政府组建了一支科学家队伍，目的是发现治疗疟疾的新疗法，屠呦呦入选首批研究人员。Inthebeginning,TuYouyouwenttoHainan,wheremalariawasmore

common,tostudymalariapatients.In1969,shebecametheheadoftheprojectinBeijing,anddecidedtoreviewancientChinesemedicaltextsto

findtraditionalbotanicaltreatmentsforthedisease.起初，屠呦呦奔富疟疾更为常见的海南，研究疟疾患者。1969年，她成为该项目在北京的负责人，她决定查阅中国古代医学文献，寻找治疗这种疾病的传统植物疗法。Herteamexamineoover2,000oldmedicaltexts,andevaluated280,000plantsfortheimedical

properties.Fromtheirresearch,theydiscoveredandtested380

ancientChinesemedicaltreatmentsthatshowedpromiseinthefightagainstmalaria.她的团队查阅了2000多份古老的医学文献，并评估了28万种植物的药学属性，从他们的研究中，他们发现并测试了380种不同的有望战胜疟疾的中国古代医学疗法。Onemedicaltextfromthefourthcenturysuggestedusingtheextractfromsweetwormwoodtotreatafever.Tu'steamtestedacollectionofdriedwormwoodleavesbutfoundnoeffect.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叶，但没有发现任何效果。Theythentriedboilingfreshwormwood,andusingtheliquidobtainedfromthistotreatmalaria,butthisdidnotworkeither.Theirprojectgotstuck.然后他们尝试煮沸新鲜的青蒿，并使用从中获得的液体治疗疟疾，但也不起作用。她们的项目陷入了僵局。However,TuYouyouwouldnotacknowledgedefeat.Sheanalysedthemedicaltextsagain,andbychance,shefoundonesentencesuggestingadifferentwaytootreatthewormwood.但是屠呦呦不服输，她再次分析了医学文献，偶然发现了有一句话建议采用不同的方法处理青蒿。

Sheconcludedthatboilingthesweetwormwoodapparentlydestroyeditsmedicalproperties.Usingalowertemperaturetodrawouttheextract,shefoundasubstancethatworked.Afterfailingmorethan190times,theteamfinallysucceededin1971.

在用较低的温度取出提取物后，她发现了一种有效的物质。在经历了190多次失败之后，这个团队终于在1971年获得成功。TuYouyouandherteammemberseveninsistedontesingthemedicineonthemselvestomakesurethatitwassafe.Later,themedicinewastestedonmalariapatients,mostofwhomrecovered.屠呦呦和她的团队成员甚至坚持以身试药，以确保它是安全的。后来，这种药被用于疟疾患者，大多数疟疾患者都康复了。Thismedicine,whichwascalledartemisinin,soonbecameastandardtreatmentformalaria.这种被称为青蒿素的药物很快成为治疗疟疾的标准疗法。AccordingtoTuYouyou,thediscoveryofartemisininwasateameffort.UponhearingthatshehadbeenawardedtheNobelPrize,shesaid“Thehonourisnotjustmine.Thereisateambehindme,andallthepeopleofmycountry.据屠呦呦讲，青蒿素的发现是一个团队的努力。在她得知自己获得了诺贝尔奖时，她说:“这份荣誉不仅仅属于我。我身后有一支队伍，还有我的国家的所有人民。ThissuccessprovesthegreatvalueoftraditionalChinesemedicine.ItisindeedanhonourforChina’sscientificresearchandChinesemedicinetobespreadaroundtheworld."这一成功证明了传统中医药的巨大价值。中国的科学研究和中医药能够在全世界传播，确实是一种荣誉。”Readforstructure&mainideaPara4:Theresearchprocessofdiscovering

.Para2&3:commentStructurePara1:

The______aboutTuYouyouwinningtheawardandthe_____________ofdiscoveringartemisinin.artemisininTu’s

whenhearingthenews.newssignificanceFillinthetablewiththenumberstounderstanditssignificance.

ThesignificanceofartemisininArtemisininIthassavedIthasledtomprovedhealthforIthasbecomeItisthoughttosaveMalariaThenumberofpeoplearoundtheworldwhogetiteveryyearThenumberofpeoplewhodiefromiteveryyearHundredsofthousandsoflives.Millionsofpeople.Avitalpartofthetreatmentformalaria.100,000livesayearinAfricaalone.Over200millioneachyear.About600,000.Read