ノーベル医学生理学賞を受賞した大村智教授。その研究の内容もさることながら、彼の一風変わった経歴も話題になっています。英語塾の講師を務めている由紀さんのメルマガ『世界の人と話そう！ やさしい英語ニュース』では、大村教授のことを英語の勉強も交えて、紹介しています。
大村智教授 ノーベル医学生理学賞を受賞
やさしいニュース英語QUIZ
Q1 大村さんの大学卒業後の最初の職業は何でしたか。
a.大学の助教授
b. 夜間病院の医者
c. 夜間学校の教師
Q2 エバメクチンの元となるバクテリアを発見したのは、静岡県のどこですか。
a.ゴルフ場
b. サッカー場
c. 富士山
Q3 大村さんは、故郷の韮崎市に寄付をし、何を作りましたか。
a.学校
b. 美術館
c. 病院
TODAY’S NEWS
Satoshi Omura has a unique academic career.
He initially worked as a science teacher at an industrial night high school after graduating from university.
Inspired and motivated by his students, who worked in the daytime and came to school to study earnestly at night,
Omura himself made up his mind to go back to school to study again.
He earned doctoral degrees in pharmacy from the University of Tokyo, and in chemistry from the Tokyo University of Science.
Having worked as a researcher for the Kitasato Institute since 1965, he has devoted his career to biochemical research.
One day when he was collecting soil samples and extracting microbes from a golf course in Shizuoka, he succeeded in finding a type of bacteria, which later became the source of “avermectin”.
He is also known as an art lover. He donated over 200 million yen for construction cost to establish a museum in his hometown Nirasaki in Yamanashi prefecture.
He says in the website of the museum: “I believe good art is not for someone to enjoy individually, but something that should be shared by all people.”
QUIZの答え
Q1 c. 夜間学校の教師
Q2 a. ゴルフ場
Q3 b. 美術館