Old new medicines

What should you do if you have a headache? In modern times, people often take aspirin(阿司匹林). But is aspirin 51._____(actual) a modern medicine?

More than 4,000 years ago, ancient Egyptians used dried leaves to treat pain. And in the fourth century B.C. a medicine made from tree bark(树皮) 52. _____ （use） to treat fevers. In the nineteenth century, European scientists discovered that both medicines have the same chemical (化学物质)。They used the chemical to make a modern medicine—aspirin. Today, it’s one of the world’s 53. _____(cheap) and most helpful medicines.

Some of the medicines we have today come 54. _____ traditional Chinese medicine. In the third century B.C., some people 55. _____(begin) studying the human body. They tried many different ways to treat the patients and recorded 56. _____(they) results. For more than 2,000 years, doctors recorded 57. _____ they found in books. These ancient books are still useful today. Tu Youyou, a Chinese medical researcher, found that in 58. _____ past, people used a herb with yellow flowers to treat fevers. After studying it, she developed a medicine that saved millions of people from dying.

For 59. _____(century), Western medicine paid little attention to traditional Chinese medicine. But today, scientists are studying traditional treatments 60. _____(develop) new medicines.

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  It was the summer holidays and our family rented an apartment for a week near the beach. We all went to the beach on ___51___ first day and it was fantastic! I did lots of surfing. The sea was really warm! While Mum and Dad were reading ____52____ (they) books, my brother Paul was building a big sandcastle (沙堡). He was happy for ___53___ (hour)!

    On the evening we arrived, my parents were cooking supper when suddenly the computer stopped working. There was no electricity in the apartment! We had to eat our supper in the dark! The electricity didn’t come on again ___54___ late at night.

    The next day, we went to the market. We ___55___ (shop) when suddenly dark clouds came over and it started to rain hard. Dad ___56___ (drive) us back to the apartment.

    When we got back, the rain was coming into Paul’s bedroom and his bed was very wet. So for the rest of the holiday he had to share my bedroom.

    ___57___ the end of the holiday, Mum and Dad were cleaning the apartment when suddenly Dad shouted, “Oh, no!” Paul and I ran into the kitchen. ___58___ strange it was! Paul’s milk was drunk and my apples ___59___ (eat) by a family of mice!

    We packed up our things and left the apartment very ___60___ (quick)! We were all really glad to get home.

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