As we all know, health is very important to everyone. Do you know how to keep healthy?

Lead-in

right food

regular exercise

enough sleep

quit smoking/drinking

When people fall ill, what will they do ?

take medicine

have an injection

People may take medicines when they are ill. However, if they dont take the right medicine in the right way, they may not get better and even get worse.

Do you know what they are? Aspirin/penicillin

How much do you know about the two medicines? Who invented the two medicines?

What illnesses can the two medicines be used to treat ?

When was one of the medicines first sold as a tablet?

What did Fleming, Florey and Chain share?In 1900.The Nobel Prize.

Read the first paragraph carefully and answer some detailed questions:1.When did people find that drinking a special tea could reduce fever and pain?2. When was ASA first made from other chemicals?

Aspirin

1.When did people find that drinking a special tea could reduce fever and pain? About 2,500 years ago

2. When was ASA first made from other chemicals? In 1897

Read the second paragraph and try to fill in the form below.reduce feverhelp stop body painsreduce the risk of heart attacksprevent a stroke and help with diabetesreduce the risk of colon cancerincrease the length of peoples lives

Effects of aspirin

In 1900:In 1950:

In 1971:In 1977:In 2003:sold in shops as a tabletas the best-selling painkiller recorded in the Guinness Bookproved to be a blood-thinning medicineused to prevent a strokeused to reduce blood sugar levelsDevelopment of aspirin:

Difficult sentences:1. If you open up any medicine cupboard in the world, there is a high probability that you will find aspirin and penicillin.(L2)

This is one of the first medicines in the world ever to be sold as a standardized tablet.

Penicillin

1.Penicillin,this pain-killing medicine is considered by many to be one of the most important medicines in contemporary society

2.Alexander Fleming managed to make the medical pure to be a medicine.

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3.Due to the widespread use of penicillin ,many lives were saved during World War Two.

4.Penicillin is also used to treat other illness including Pneumonia ,an illness that effect kidneys.FTlungs

1. Where did Alexander Fleming find penicillin? In the mould that killed bacteria.

2. Why were Fleming ,Florey and Chain given the Nobel Prize in physiology or Medicine in 1945? Because Fleming discovered penicillin and the others turned it into the great drug which saved millions of lives.

help in treating wounds and infectionstreat other illnesses including pneumoniaFurther reading: Read the passage again and try to fill in the form below

Effects of penicillin

Difficult sentences:He saw that the cell of the bacteria were clear, which meant that they were dead and that the mould had killed them.

How can we understand medical terms? When reading this medical article, you may have found many words that are very similar to the words that you have learnt before, but they are different in some ways.

Words coming form the same stem :Words that are compound words:Words with irregular plural forms:

Words coming form the same stem:Medicine, medical, medicinal;Pure, purifyChemical, chemist;Bacterium, bacterial

Words that are compound words:painkillerblood-thinningheart attackacetylsalicylic

Words with irregular plural forms:bacteriabacterium

medium - media analysis - analyses basis - bases crisis - crises phenomenon - phenomena

Answers to task reading:1.medicines 6.Preventing/Stopping2.use/plactice 7.levels3.contained 8.bacteria4.chemicals 9.painkiller5.pain 10.contemporary

Phrases1.L12. L2 3.L24.L35. L7

6.L97.L148.L15focus onopen upThere is a high probability thatrecommend doing /recommend sb. to do save ones lifebe made from take placein powder form

9.L1610.L1811.L1912.L2313.L2614.L3115.L36

be sold as a tabletstandardized tabletbest-selling painkillerreduce the risk of heart attackcarry out a studyincrease the length of peoples livesbe considered to be

16.L3717. L4118.L4519.L4720.L4821.L4922. L5023.L5124L59

in contemporary societytry sth. out on make it puremanage to do sth.chemical techniques in large quantities due to the widespread use ofa dream come truewonder drug

Structures:1.Not only has aspirin saved many peoples lives by reducing fever and helping stop pain, but there are also other things that aspirin can help.

2. It was not until World War II that two other scientists, Howard Florey (Australian) and Ernst Chain (German-born English), managed to use new chemical techniques to purify it.

not until 2.) not until World War II did two other scientists manage to use new chemical techniques to purify it.notuntil1) Two other scientists did not manage to use new chemical techniques to purify it until World War II.

3.It was over a decade before someone else turned penicillin into the great drug of the 20th century.

It is + a period of time + before clause...

1.It will be half a year before I come back.2. It was long before the missing child was found.

1.It was not until midnight _____they reached the camp site. (2008.22 A. that B. when C. while D. as

2. Not only_______ interested in football but ______beginning to show an interest in it. (02)A.the teacher himself is; all his students areB. the teacher himself is; are all his studentsC.is the teacher himself; are all his studentsD. is the teacher himself; all his students are

2.He was told that it would be at least three more months _____ he could recover and return to work.(2007.29 A. when B. before C. since D. that

3. It _____ we had stayed together for a couple of weeks _____ I found we had a lot in common. 2007A. was until; when B. was until; that C. wasnt until; when D. wasnt until; that

4.He got his first book published. It turned out to be a bestseller.When was _____?_____ was in 2000 that he was still in college. 2007A. that; This B. this; It C. it; This D. that; It[] Dthat; it is ... that ...

5.It is not who is right but what is right _____ is of importance. 2007A. which B. it C. that D. this[] CIt is ... that ...It is ... that ...

HomeworkWrite a brief introduction to the two medicines.Finish the exercises in the workbook.

Thank You for your attention!