Worldwide defense (P24)

江苏省宜兴中学   张 旻

Lead-in 
What happened in China ? 
What are changes to our life after the outbreak of the novel coronavirus? 
What measures have been taken to fight against the epidemic? 

Fast reading 
1. Divide the text into several parts and work out the main idea of each segment.
Part 1 (Para.1)      Introducing the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
Part 2 (Para. 2-4)     Joint efforts are taken to fight against the epidemic. 
Part 3 (Para.5-7)      The openness in science helps it adapt for the better.

Detailed reading 
Para.1 
1. What are the main things the epidemic has caused? 
Cities are locked down and borders are closed.
Science is becoming more open to fight against it.

Para. 2-4 
2. What are mentioned as the examples of “open science” in this part? 
(1)A research team from Fudan University placed the sequences of the virus onto an open access data platform.
(2) Major drug companies share their study results. 

3. Why did Chinse scientists share their study results? 
Because researchers around the world could download them for free and work simultaneously to develop the vaccine. 

4. What if they kept the information to themselves? 
The research process could be delayed and the chance of defeating the virus would be lessened. 

Para.5-7 
4. Why is openness going to be more crucial in the future? 
With __________, _________________ and____________,__________ will not go away.
climate change，increasing globalization，population shifts，epidemics 
 
5. What is essential to fight against epidemics according to Dan Barouch?  
Coordination.

6.  What is the benefit of the openness in science according to the text?   
It gives the world a greater sense of readiness to develop knowledge, drugs, and therapeutics very rapidly.

Post-reading
Are you worried about the epidemics now? 

Discussion
Work in groups and share your ideas about how to win the war against the novel coronavirus. 

Mini-composition 
Write a summary on “worldwide defense” according to your group discussion.
Despite the fact that people’s normal lives are being threatened by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, more and more researchers are sharing their study results on open platform sites, which helps science to adapt for the better. 

Language focus
1. The bigger menu we have of vaccines, the more resilient we’ll be against coronavirus outbreaks in the future.
  比较状语从句。 
  翻译：延误治疗的时间越长，效果越差。 
The longer the treatment is delayed, the worse the effect will be.
释义：我们拥有的疫苗样本越大，我们在未来抵御冠状病毒爆发的能力就越强。 

2. Currently, two trials of the drug are already underway in China, and the results might be available as soon as April, according to The Verge.
be underway :   正在进行中 
under way: 在路上 ( on the way ) 
释义：目前，该药在中国已经进行了两次试验，据Verge称，最快4月份可能会有结果。

3. No one group can do everything. 
  = One group can not do everything.
 语气上，用No one 开头起到强调作用，表达的意思更加坚定。 
释义 ：单靠一个团队是难以有所作为的。
翻译：他的音乐才能使无人能匹敌的。
No one can equal him in music. 

4. But I do think that the world has a greater sense of readiness this time to develop knowledge, drugs, and therapeutics (疗法) very rapidly.
Do +动词原形，语气上起到强调作用。 
Have a sense of readiness:做好了准备
释义：但我确实认为，这一次，世界对迅速发展知识、药物和治疗学有了更好的准备。