Tu You you, 84 year-old scientist, became the first female Chinese (win) a Nobel Prize in science on Oct, 5. She was born 30 December, 1930 in Zhejiang Province. In 1969, she (choose) to establish a team to find a cure for malaria, but the lab. they worked in had poor air quality.
She first tried the medicine on herself, because she (want) to make sure that it was safe. " As the head of the group, I had the responsibility. " The scientist spoke to CCTV about her work. Artemisinin is a gift for the world people. It has saved many people' s (life). It comes from Chinese traditional medicine and now is a good way to treat malaria. Tu Youyou (expect) Chinese medicine to help more people all over the world.
We can learn a lot from Tu Youyou. We should do something useful for people. If we want to be (success), we should keep on (work) hard with our group and never give up.