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1、M7U2 Fit for lifeWelcome to the unit & Reading编写：阳冬娇 审稿：张凤鸣/刘铁汉Step1 Fast reading1. What are the two medicines mentioned in the article?(no more than three words)2. When was penicillin first discovered?(no more than two words)3. What award did Fleming, Florey and Chain share? (no more than five word
2、s)Step2 Careful reading -Read the text and fill in the formTwo life-saving medicinesNameInvention & DiscoveryMedical 1_Aspirin Nearly 3,500 years ago, people 2_on leaves or drank a kind of tea made from leaves of a particular plant. Hippocrates made a 3_ from a tree bark. In 1897 Hoffmann produced a
3、spirin. Two years later, the company he worked for began distributing the medicine in 4_ form to physicians to use with patients. In 1900, aspirin was sold in shops in the form of 5_.Reducing fever and helping stop pain.Reducing the risk of 6_ attacks and preventing a stroke.Reducing the risk of som
4、e cancers by 40 percent.Reducing7_ sugar levels.PenicillinIt was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 8_.Fleming found the mould had 9_ the bacteria surrounding it.Two other scientists succeeded in purifying it and it was produced in large 10_.Treating illnesses caused by bacteria and wounds.Step 3 Fi
5、lling in the blanks according to the text.If you open 1_any medicine cupboard or go to any medicine counter in the world, it is likely 2_ you will find Aspirin and Penicillin.Aspirin was invented in 1897. The first 3_ of this medicine took place in 1899. In 1900 aspirin was sold in shops in the form
6、 of 4_. Not only has aspirin proved 5_ for reducing fever and helping stop pain, 6_ there are also other things that aspirin can help with. In 1977 a study carried 7_ in the USA showed that aspirin could prevent strokes.Another drug that has helped increase the 8_ of peoples health ispenicillin. It
7、was discovered by a Scottish scientist named Fleming in 1928. In 1940, two other scientists managed to make and test the new drug 9_ large quantities. Due to the 10_ use of penicillin became the greatest drug of the 20th century, saving millions of lives. Step 4 Key phrases1. focus _ 集中于 2. open _打开
8、；开拓；开业 3. be beneficial _有益于 4. _ nature 在世界上；究竟5. chew _ 咀嚼 ，细想，考虑 6. heart attacks 心脏病7. due _ the widespread use _因为的广泛应用 8. _ the form of/ inform以形式 9. carry _执行，实施 10. try _ 测试，试验 11._ sugar 血糖12.increase the_ of peoples lives延长人们的寿命 13.increase the_ of peoples health 提高人们的健康水平14. have an appli
9、cation _ 应用于 15. work_ 担任，用作16. _ large quantities大量地 17. be related _ 与有关 18. figure _ 弄清， 解决，算出 19. pick _ 挑选 20. _ accident意外地 21.do research_在进行研究 22 _wrong 出故障 23.cure sb _ sth 治疗某人某病Step 5 Filling the blank with the above phrases1. Jamie could hardly wait to _his new bike.2. The new shop is to
10、 _at 8:00 tomorrow morning.3. Wheat is grown _ in North China.4. This year our meeting _ the question of childrens rights.5. Once a plan is made, it should be _ no matter how difficult it is.Step 6 .Key sentences1. Have you ever seen a doctor?_ _, what happened?你曾经看过医生吗？如要看过的话，发生了什么事？2. If you _ _an
11、y medicine cupboard or go to any medicine counter in the world, _ _ _ _ you will find aspirin and penicillin. 倘若你打开世界上任何一个药柜或去任何一个药品柜台，都很可能找都阿司匹林和青霉素。3. _ _ has aspirin proved vital for reducing fever and helping stop pain, _there are _ other things that aspirin can help with.阿司匹林不仅被证明对于退烧，止痛必不可少，而且
12、还有其他用途。4If penicillin _ _ _ available, many people would have died from sickness or even small wounds.如果没有青霉素。，很多人会死于疾病，甚至很小的伤口。Step7. Language points1. If so是一个省略句。复合句省略的现象中，当省略一个从句或从句的一部分时，常用so或not等代替省略部分.1). Are you planning to return to work, and if so, who is going to look after the baby?2). I
13、think there is a train around 3 oclock. If not, youll have to wait till 5:30.翻译_ 3) 类似的省略句有：if any_ if ever _if possible _ if necessary _4). Few people, _, can survive such an air crash.如果有的话，只有很少的人能经历这个空难而幸存。2 表示“可能”的常用句型有：1）It is possible (for sb.) to do sth2）It is possible/probable/likely +that3）Sb/Sth. is likely to do sth.(1) It is likely that he will agree to the plan.（同义句）_(2). John _
