2015年CRI Tu Youyou Shares Experiences in Helping Fight Malaria

 

Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize for her discovery of the drug Artemisinin. The drug has proved a highly effective treatment for malaria¹, saving millions of lives around the world.

During her Nobel lecture she was happy to share the secrets of her success.

"Set a clear goal and insist on your beliefs as a precondition for success."

Tu Youyou also said that when she received such an important task to find a drug to cure malaria in 1969, she felt enormous trust and great responsibility. She was determined² to fulfill³ the task with all her might.

The scientist said her advantage in fulfilling the task was that she had studied both western and Chinese medicine. This cross discipline provided solid foundations for research into new drugs for malaria.

"Ancient Chinese medical books and documents gave me great enlightenment. I looked through many ancient medical books and that inspired me to use low temperatures to collect Artemisinin."

Tu Youyou also said that in the 1970s, conditions for medical research were very poor, but even so she and her team still worked diligently⁴ with very primitive⁵ tools. They even resorted to trying the new drugs on themselves.

The last secret for her success, she said, was team spirit and selfless cooperation.

The discovery of Artemisinin mobilized many medical researchers across China including those from Shandong, Yunnan, Shanghai, Guangzhou and military research institutes.

However, Tu Youyou said malaria remained a big challenge for public health because about 120 million people still live areas highly vulnerable to the disease.

"Chinese medicine is a treasure chest, people should try to dig it up, and further improve it. Judging from my own experiences, I feel deeply that both Chinese and western medicines have their own advantages. If the two can be combined, it will be mutually complementary. There will be great potential and prospects⁶ for future development."

She said with two thousand years of history of Chinese medicine, she believed the utilization⁷ of natural resources for medicare can benefit mankind.

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 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

3 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

4 diligently   

ad.industriously;carefully

参考例句：

• He applied himself diligently to learning French. 他孜孜不倦地学法语。
• He had studied diligently at college. 他在大学里勤奋学习。

5 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

6 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

7 utilization   

n.利用，效用

参考例句：

• Computer has found an increasingly wide utilization in all fields.电子计算机已越来越广泛地在各个领域得到应用。
• Modern forms of agricultural utilization,have completely refuted this assumption.现代农业利用形式，完全驳倒了这种想象。