Unit2ReadingTwolife-savingmedicinesWhat’sthismedicinecalledinEnglish?aspirinAndwhat’sthismedicinecalledinEnglish?penicillinHaveyouevertakenaspirinandpenicillin?Whatillnessescanthetwomedicinescure?AlexanderFlemingDoyouknowthismanwithglasses?1.Whatarethetwomedicinesmentionedinthearticle?2.Whenwaspenicillinfirstdiscovered?3.WhatdidFleming,FloreyandChainshare?In1928.(line35)TheNobelPrize.(line55)Aspirinandpenicillin.4.What’sthemainideaofthearticle?Thearticlefocusesontwodrugsthatstartedrevolutionsinmedicine.(line1)ReadingComprehensionITwolife-savingmedicinesaspirinpenicillinthehistoryofaspirintheusesofaspirinthehistoryofpenicillintheusesofpenicillin•In1900:•In1971:•In1977:•In2003:soldinshopsasa________provedtoreducetheriskof_______________usedto_______________usedtoreduce_____________Developmentofaspirintabletheartattackspreventastrokebloodsugarlevels1.Whendidpeoplefindthatdrinkingaspecialkindofteacouldreducebodypainsandfever?2.Whenwasaspirinfirstinvented?In1897.(line6)Readthepassagecarefullyandanswersomedetailedquestions:Nearly3,500yearsago.(line8)Effectsofaspirin:•reducefever•helpstoppain•reducetheriskofheartattacks•preventstrokes•reducetheriskofsomecancersby40%•increasethelengthofpeople’slives•helpwithdiabetesIn1928:In1940:In1944:In1945:___________byAlexanderFlemingmadeandtested____________________Fleming,FloreyandChainshared_______________DevelopmentofPenicillindiscoveredinlargequantities_______________beganmassproductiontheNobelPrize1.WheredidAlexanderFlemingfindpenicillin?2.Whatillnessescanpenicillinbeusedtotreat?3.Whodiscoveredpenicillinandwhendidhediscoverit?ItwasdiscoveredbyaScottishscientistnamedAlexanderFlemingin1928.(lines34-35)Inthemouldthatkilledbacteria.(Line40)Itmightbeusedtotreatillnessescausedbybacteria.(lines41)Effectsofpenicillin•helpintreatingillnessescausedbybacteria.•helptosavemillionsoflives.AnswersofactivityD:1.____2.____3.______4.____5.____6.______7.____cegafdbAnswersofactivityE:1.___________2.____________3.___________4.____________5.___________6.____________7.___________8.____________inventedASAtabletrecommendedpublisheddiscoveredavailablecontemporary