NOW SOME EXERCICES

Read Alexander Fleming biography. Are the following statements true or false?

1. Alexander Fleming studied at the University of Liverpool.
2. Fleming was able to isolate penicillin from fungi.
3. In 1945 Fleming received the Nobel Prize.
4. He was born in 1981.
5. He discovered an enzyme with antibiotic properties.
6. Penicillin is suitable in a wide range of applications.
7. He shared the Nobel Prize with Florey and Chain.
8. Penicilline became the first antibiotic with practical applications.
9. He was rector of the University of London.
10. Lysozyme is present in tears.

Find the meaning of this words:

• aim
• cultures
• wounded
• healing
• to isolate
• to improve

Listen the video and fill in the gaps.

• The british _______________ sir Alexander Fleming discovered _________________ in 1928.

• It's partly _____________ discovery led to a revolution in the ______________ of _____________ diseases.

Write your opinion about Alexander Fleming's discovery. It's so important? Do you think he deserved the Nobel Prize?