牛津英语模块7unit2Reading.ppt

What are their jobs? Chemist. What are they doing? What can acupuncture do? What are the doctors and nurses doing? What are they doing? Do you have good eyesight? How can you protect your eyes? Have you ever used traditional Chinese medicine? What was it like? What’s this medicine called in English? aspirin And what’s this medicine called in English? penicillin Have you ever taken aspirin and penicillin? 1. What are the two medicines mentioned in the article? 2. When was penicillin first discovered? 3. What award did Fleming, Florey and Chain share? In 1928.（35） The Nobel Prize in Medicine.（54） Aspirin and penicillin. Read quickly and find the answers to the following questions. When did people find that drinking a special tea could reduce fever and pain? 2. When was aspirin first made? In 1897.（12） Read the passage carefully and answer some detailed questions: About 3,500 years ago.（8） 3. What other things can aspirin help with besides reducing fever and pain? It can also help reduce the risk of heart attacks by thinning blood, prevent a strokes, reduce the risk of some cancers, increase the length of people’s lives and help with diabetes. 4. Where did Alexander Fleming find penicillin? In a mould that killed bacteria.（38-39） 5. What illnesses did Fleming think the mould might be used to treat? It might be used to treat illnesses caused by bacteria.（41-42） 6. What difficulties did Fleming have in developing penicillin as a drug? First he was unable to find a procedure to make penicillin pure enough to work as a medicine. Second, it was difficult to produce penicillin in the ample quantities needed to be effective.(43-45) Time Development 1900 1971 sold in shops in the form of tablets (16) proved to reduce the risk of heart attacks(2321) Read the passage again and try to fill in the following form. Time Development 1977 2003 used to prevent a strokes(24) used to reduce blood sugar levels （28） Time Developme