Christopher Reeve was born on September, 1952. He was in his first school play he was eight and he started to act in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many (success) films and TV shows but he is (famous) for his Superman films.

(lucky), disaster came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and broke his neck. The doctors did not expect him to live. However, he made (amaze) progress. At first, he couldn't (breath) without a machine, but he learnt to breathe his own. He would never walk again but he started new life with great courage.

The second year after his accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money (promote) medical research into back injuries. He made speeches all over the USA about his experiences. This not only drew public attention to research into back injuries but also (encourage) a lot of people to live with all kinds of problems.

When it comes to volleyball, we can't help (think) of Lang Ping. Lang Ping used to be a (fame) player. Now she is also known a coach. Led by her, Chinese women volleyball team won the world championship in 2019, made the whole nation excited.

Lang Ping was born in Tianjin in 1960. Lang began playing volleyball as a teenager and (eventual) joined the national team in 1978. Her height made possible for her to play volleyball well. With time going by, Lang Ping played better and better. Lang Ping and her teammates played so well that they won champions several (time) in the 1980s.

After she (retire) in 1986, Lang Ping coached volleyball in Italy and America. In 1995, she returned to China to work as a coach. She was busy with her work to take care of her family. In 2016 Chinese women volleyball team won a gold medal at the Olympics in Brazil. Because of the victory, Lang Ping became the first person in the volleyball (win) an Olympic gold medal as both a player and a coach. And, Lang Ping and her team won another world championship in 2019 for our motherland.

Christopher Reeve was born in 1952 in New York. He experienced both a (wild) successful Hollywood career and the horror of deadly injury. From 1978 to 1987, he (give) the chance to star in four Superman films were very popular and successful.

However, a terrible disaster in 1995 changed the course of his life forever. While horseback riding, he (break) his neck. As a result, he had no movement or feeling in his body and couldn't even breathe the help of a machine. His (injury) were so severe that many doctors did not believe that he would survive. At first, Reeve's being trapped in a broken body made him very depressed but eventually, he decided to recover as best as he could. He undertook an intense exercise programme (design) to help him rebuild muscle. Alongside this, he became a passionate and (energy) advocate for others (suffer) similar injuries and raised millions of dollars for medical research. His positive attitude inspired many people. For that reason, he will always be remembered by many as superhero in real life, as well as in films.

Known "the mother of ten thousand babies", Lin Qiaozhi, a physician in the PUMC Hospital, (deliver) over 50,000 babies in her career.

When she was five, her mother's death affected her (deep). She chose to study medicine instead of getting married like the majority of girls. She became the first woman to be hired as a resident physician in the PUMC Hospital. (work) for a few years, she went abroad for (far) education. Although she had the chance to work abroad, she returned to China. In 1941, she became the first Chinese woman (appoint) director of the PUMC Hospital. A few years later, the war broke out, the department was closed. Thinking of the patients were still in need of help, Dr Lin set up a private clinic where she lowered the fees for poor patients. Sometimes she was even seen (ride) a donkey to provide medical care.

After the founding of the new People's Republic of China, Lin Qiaozhi still devoted herself to caring for patients and doing medical research. After she passed away, Dr Lin left her (save) to a kindergarten and a fun for new doctors.

Chinese scientist Tu Youyou is one of the eight who were awarded the Medal of the People's Republic of China. She is the first Chinese citizen (win) a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Born in 1930, in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, Tu (study) medicine at university in Beijing. She acquired broad knowledge of both Chinese and Western medicine. In 1969, Tu became head of a team to find a cure for malaria. However, to produce enough qinghao extract for large trials was much (difficult) than we thought due to limited research resources. Even with large amounts of qinghao extract (produce), they still faced a lot of problems. To speed up the process and ensure its safety, Tu and her team volunteered to test the qinghao extract on (they) first.

It was not until the 1970s that Tu succeeded in discovering qinghaosu, after many failed (experiment). In November 1972, they (successful) isolated the most effective part of the extract qinghaosu, is now a key part of many malaria medicines. Since the discovery of qinghaosu, the survival rate of malaria patients has increased by around 30%. Tu and her team finally made it, (save) millions of lives worldwide.

When the action movie Wolf Warrior II broke China' s box-office records in 2017, a less prominent (突出的) figure unexpectedly left a strong impression the audience—a military scientist (call) Dr. Chen who developed a vaccine for a deadly virus spreading across Africa.

Two years ago, a real military scientist Dr. Chen Wei (send) from China to Africa to fight against the deadly Ebola. The only difference between the two figures is the real Dr. Chen is "she".

When SARS broke out in China in 2003, Dr. Chen and her team isolated (隔离) the virus and identified (确认) the cause of the disease without delay. (lucky), the efforts devoted by them had prevented about 14,000 front-line medical workers from (get) infected.

After SARS, the forward-looking woman shifted her attention to Ebola which claimed (夺去生命) over 10,000 (life) worldwide. In 2015, she and her team went to Sierra Leone and started their second phase of clinical experiments (临床实验). After countless trials and errors, her vaccine has proven safe and (effect), and been widely administered (供给) to staff assigned to help people in Africa.

From SARS and Ebola to COVID-19, Dr. Chen has spent half of her life fighting against life-threatening viruses." We do not have any other choices but (win)," she said. And she made .

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which is unique to China, has had a profound influence on Japan, Korean and other countries in the(surround) Chinese cultural orbit.

Li Shizhen of the Ming dynasty, an outstanding physician and herbakist,(know) as a "Sage of Medicine". Brought up in a familymedical practitioners had been produced for generations, he had sympathy   the sufferings of ill people and regarded doctors as people who could rescue the dying and heal the(injure).

Li Shizhen applied (he) to the works of the ancient medical authors discovered several mistakes in these old medical works. So he determined to produce a book that was both accurate and comprehensive.

After twenty-seven years of research, Li Shizhen completed his monumental work, which consists of over one million Chinese characters and has (record) of over one thousand eight hundred types of medical herbs. It is  great work of medicine, an essential book of (refer) for practitioners of TCM, and an international classic for the study of TCM.

Eighty-year-old Li Xinsheng clearly remembered the day her husband was diagnosed (诊断) with Alzheimer's (阿尔茨海默病). Since then, she (do) everything she can (slow) the illness's progression (进展). The couple recently attended a dance-therapy program, Time to Dance, which was initiated (发起) by the Scottish Ballet from the UK in 2017 to offer dance classes for people living Alzheimer's and their caregivers. Due to COVID, sessions (hold) both online and in person last year. Both participants and instructors were referred to (simple) as "dancers". The dancers interacted with one another in a relaxing atmosphere and some started singing along with the songs they danced.

The dance-therapy project proved helpful for the patients. Apart from (help) the participants exercise and express (they), it enabled the dancers to learn to communicate with others and be more open to everyday interpersonal interactions. "I feel moved. They've brought (warm) to people with Alzheimer's, who are often left unnoticed and forgotten in corner," Li Xinsheng said.