2015年CRI Tu Youyou Receives Nobel Prize in Stockholm

 

It was a grand ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

Professor Hans Forssberg explained the work of chief professor Tu Youyou.

"During the 1960s and 70s, Tu Youyou took part in a major Chinese project to develop anti-malarial drugs. When Tu studied ancient literature, she found that the plant Artemisia annua, or sweet wormwood, recurred² in various recipes against fever."

She tested an extract from the plant on infected mice. Some of the malaria¹ parasites⁴ died, but the effect varied⁵. 

So Tu returned to the literature, and in a 1700 year old book she found a method for obtaining the extract without heating up the plant. 

The resulting extract was extremely potent⁶ and killed all the parasites. The active component⁷ was identified and given the name Artemisinin. It turned out that Arteminsinin attacks the malaria parasite³ in a unique way. 

"The discovery of Artemisinin has led to development of a new drug that has saved the lives of millions of people, halving⁸ the mortality rate of malaria during the past 15 years. Your discoveries represent a paradigm⁹ shift in medicine, which has not only provided revolutionary therapies for patients suffering from devastating¹⁰ parasitic¹¹ diseases, but also promoted well-being¹² and prosperity for individuals and society."

When asked about how she felt upon hearing the news she had won the prize, Tu Youyou said what she really cared about is how to prevent resistance to this kind of medicine, not the prize itself. 

"Because now there is a resistance problem, there is still a lot of work needing to be done. I care about this, I don't care about other things. What to do with the prize, how will that affect me, I haven't thought about it yet. Neither am I really interested in it."

Tu Youyou is the first Chinese woman scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

All the other laureates in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and economy also got their diploma during the ceremony. 

And late in the evening Tu Youyou and all the other laureates attended a grand Nobel banquet with the Swedish King and more than 1000 guests.

For CRI, this is Chen Xuefei reporting from Stockholm. 

1 malaria   

n.疟疾

参考例句：

• He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
• Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。

2 recurred   

再发生，复发( recur的过去式和过去分词 )； 治愈

参考例句：

• Old memories constantly recurred to him. 往事经常浮现在他的脑海里。
• She always winced when he recurred to the subject of his poems. 每逢他一提到他的诗作的时候，她总是有点畏缩。

3 parasite   

n.寄生虫；寄生菌；食客

参考例句：

• The lazy man was a parasite on his family.那懒汉是家里的寄生虫。
• I don't want to be a parasite.I must earn my own way in life.我不想做寄生虫，我要自己养活自己。

4 parasites   

寄生物( parasite的名词复数 )； 靠他人为生的人； 诸虫

参考例句：

• These symptoms may be referable to virus infection rather than parasites. 这些症状也许是由病毒感染引起的，而与寄生虫无关。
• Kangaroos harbor a vast range of parasites. 袋鼠身上有各种各样的寄生虫。

5 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

6 potent   

adj.强有力的，有权势的；有效力的

参考例句：

• The medicine had a potent effect on your disease.这药物对你的病疗效很大。
• We must account of his potent influence.我们必须考虑他的强有力的影响。

7 component   

n.组成部分，成分，元件；adj.组成的，合成的

参考例句：

• Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
• Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。

8 halving   

n.对分，二等分，减半[航空、航海]等分v.把…分成两半( halve的现在分词 )；把…减半；对分；平摊

参考例句：

• You searched those halving your salary cut your enthusiasm. 你呈现，薪水减半降低了你的任务热情。 来自互联网
• Halving the repeater spacing made it possible to quadruple the bandwidth. 把增音机间隔缩小一半，就能使带宽增加三倍。 来自互联网

9 paradigm   

n.例子，模范，词形变化表

参考例句：

• He had become the paradigm of the successful man. 他已经成为成功人士的典范。
• Moreover,the results of this research can be the new learning paradigm for digital design studios.除此之外，本研究的研究成果也可以为数位设计课程建立一个新的学习范例。

10 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

11 parasitic   

adj.寄生的

参考例句：

• Will global warming mean the spread of tropical parasitic diseases?全球变暖是否意味着热带寄生虫病会蔓延呢？
• By definition,this way of life is parasitic.从其含义来说，这是种寄生虫的生活方式。

12 well-being   

n.安康，安乐，幸福

参考例句：

• He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
• My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福，却被误解为多管闲事。