1、Unit 2 fit for life reading,Two life-saving medicines,Part A,Listen to the tape and try to find the answers to the following questions: 1.What are the two medicines mentioned in the article? Aspirin and penicillin.,2. When was penicillin first discovered?,3. What award did Fleming, Florey and Chain
2、share?,In 1928 .,The Nobel Prize in Medicine.,Detail reading (Part C1): Read the passage carefully and answer some detailed questions: When was aspirin first made? In 1897. 2. When did people find that drinking a special kind of tea could reduce body pains and fever?Near 3.500 years ago.,3. What oth
3、er 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 stroke ,reduce the risk of colon cancer , increase the length of peoples lives and help with diabetes.,4. Where did Alexander Fleming find penicillin? In a
4、mould that killed bacteria 5. What illnesses did Fleming think the mould might be used to treat? It might be used to treat illnesses caused by bacteria.,6. What difficulties did Fleming have in developing penicillin as a drug? First he was unbale to find a procedure to make penicillin pure enough to
5、 work as a medicine.Second, it was difficult to produce penicillin in the ample quantities needed to be effective.,Part C2.,Sold in shops in the form of tablets,1900,1928,Discovered by Alexander Fleming,1940,made and tested in large quantities,mass production began,1944,proved to reduce the risk of
6、heart attacks,1971,1977,2003,Part C2.,1900,1928,1940,1944,1971,1977,2003,used to prevent strokes,used to reduce blood sugar levels,Effects of aspirin,Reduce fever Help stop body pains Reduce the risk of heart attacks Prevent a stroke Reduce the risk of colon cancer Increase the length of peoples liv
7、es Help with diabetes,Effects of penicillin,Help in treating wounds and infections Treat other illnesses including pneumonia,Part E,aspirin a medicine that was _in 1897. It has saved and brought relief to millions of peoples lives. It is made from a chemical called _ _ _ and was first sole as a tabl
8、et in 1900. This was the first medicine to be sold as a standardized _. It works by reducing fever and pain. It is now_for reducing potential heart attacks, strokes and cancer. Many reports have been_about how aspirin can improve peoples health.,published; recommended; salicylic acid; tablet ; inven
9、ted,invented,tablet,recommended,published,salicylic acid,contemporary; discovered; available,penicillin a chemical in mould that was first _in 1928, but it was not until World War II that penicillin was purified to be used as a medicine. It was needed as soon as it was _because there were many peopl
10、e injured in the war. It was fundamental （基本的，重要的） to saving many thousands of lives and is one of the most important medicines of _society.,discovered,available,contemporary,Part E,Language points and difficult sentences,Phrases: v+prep/adv:open up make from carry out try out give up die from come
11、true,Phrases: v+n: reduce fever and pain/ the risk of heart attacks/ blood sugar levels stop the pain thin blood prevent a stroke increasethe length of peoples lives/the standard of peoples health,Phrases: prep+n: in powder formin contemporary societyin large quantities,Homework for you.,Page20,Part D.Page 21,PartE.,
