Unit2《Fitforlife》课件-Reading（牛津译林版选修7）.pptVIP

Unit 2 Fit for life Reading Two life-saving medicines ; Aspirin has saved many people’s lives by reducing fever and helping stop p____. Lawrence Craven introduced the idea that aspirin could reduce the r____ of heart attacks by thinning blood. In 1971, Smith and Willis p____ that aspirin was a blood-thinning medicine and a study showed that a chemical in aspirin could prevent a s____. In 2003, a Chinese doctor found that this chemical could reduce blood s____ levels and help people with diabetes. ; Penicillin, discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, is c________ to be