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国际交流英语视听说听力原文 电子版B3U7
国际交流英语视听说国际交流英语视听说
Book 3 Unit 7
Traditional and
Modern Medicine
Listening 1
Student: Hi, Professor Sullivan?
Professor: Hi, Patrick. Come on in.
Student: Thanks. I wanted to ... to talk to you about this morning’s
lecture.
Professor: Good. Have a seat. What would you like to know?
Student: Well, in the lecture, you talked about some really promising
medicinal plants, like chicory, and ... and some others, I
think. And, um, ... also about those two anti-cancer drugs
that are made from rosy periwinkle.
Professor: Well, actually, they’re made from a synthetic chemical, ...
but it’s the same chemical that’s in rosy periwinkle.
To be continued
Listening 1
Student: OK, so ... basically, what I’d like to know is ... why they’re
not studying hundreds of plant species looking for the next
great medications.
Professor: That’s a good question, and the answer’s pretty
complicated. First of all, it costs a lot of money to develop
any new drug, and then to do empirical studies on it and get
government approval. It’s just a long, expensive process.
Student: Sure, but isn’t it worth it if the new drug can save lives?
Professor: Yes, but there’s more to it ... With traditional remedies,
there are a lot of variables. Imagine that a drug company
learns about a plant that’s supposed to inhibit the action of
a virus—like the chicory plant, for example.
To be continued
Listening 1
Professor: They do experiments with the plant, and
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