初中基础 (2282 期 20151016) 1 版First Chinese to win Nobel Prize for medicine

Pre-reading

1. Can you recognize the winners of

the Nobel Prize in the pictures? Marie Curie

Ernest Hemingway

Martin Luther King, Jr

Yang Zhenning

Pre-reading

2. Who is the woman in the picture?

How much do you know about her?

Tu Youyou ( 屠呦呦 )

She is a medical

scientist who

studies Traditional

Chinese Medicine.

While reading

Complete the summary with information from

the article. The first letter has been given.

Because of her reading (1)h_________ and hard

work, Tu Youyou was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize. It

is the first time that a Chinese (2)s_________ has won

the prize.

abits

cientist

While reading

Complete the summary with information from

the article. The first letter has been given.

After Tu found a cure for malaria in 1971,

millions of (3)p_______________ survived from the

terrible disease. However, it was not (4)e________ to

find the right drug as Tu had (5)f________ nearly 200

times.

atients/eople

asyailed

Language study1. invent v. 发明

invention n. 发明inventor n. 发明者

2. act v. 表演active adj. 积极的action n. 行动actor/actress n. 男 /女演员activity n. 活动

Language study

Complete each sentence with “invent” or “act” in

its correct form.

1. The __________ of the telephone has greatly changed the world.

2. Who __________ the first washing machine? 3. We must take __________ to stop water pollution in this

area. 4. Cycling and jogging are my favorite outdoor __________. 5. For his age, he is ______________ than any other child.

invention

inventedaction

activitiesmore active

After reading

Mo Yan is the first Chinese to win the

Nobel Literature Prize. Do you know

anything about his life story? Collect

information and introduce him to your

classmates.