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Aziz Sancar

Nobel ödüllü bilim insanı · 1946–

Mardin'in Savur ilçesinde, okuma yazma bilmeyen bir çiftçi ailesinin çocuğu olarak doğan Aziz Sancar, DNA onarımı üzerine çalışmalarıyla 2015'te Nobel Kimya Ödülü'nü kazandı.

Aziz Sancar: biyografi kapak çizimi
270 kelime · 9 yeni kelimeGramer: present perfect ve past simple farkı

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Aziz Sancar was born in 1946 in Savur, a small town in Mardin. He was one of eight children. His parents were farmers, and they couldn't read or write. However, they believed that was the most important thing for their children.

Aziz was a hardworking student. He studied medicine at Istanbul University and in 1969. Then he went back to Savur and worked as a doctor for two years. He loved helping people, but he was curious about something bigger: what happens inside our ?

He decided to become a scientist and moved to the United States. He completed his PhD at the University of Texas in Dallas. It wasn't easy. He had little money, and his first for jobs were rejected. But he didn't give up.

Since 1982, Sancar has worked at the University of North Carolina. His is about DNA. Every day, sunlight and other things the DNA in our cells. Our bodies have ways to this damage. Sancar has shown how one of these repair systems works.

In 2015, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with two other scientists. He became the second Turkish citizen to win a Nobel Prize, after the writer Orhan Pamuk. When he heard the news, he said he thought of his family in Savur.

Aziz Sancar and his wife Gwen, also a scientist, have Turkish students for many years. They opened a house for Turkish students near their university. His story has many young people in Turkey: a child from a small town can reach the top of the world of science.

Kelimeler

Hikayedeki 9 yeni kelime, hikayeden örnek cümleleriyle.

educationisimeğitim

Education was the most important thing.

graduatefiilmezun olmak

He graduated in 1969.

cellisimhücre

What happens inside our cells?

applicationisimbaşvuru

His first applications were rejected.

researchisimaraştırma

His research is about DNA.

damagefiil / isimzarar vermek; hasar

Sunlight damages the DNA in our cells.

repairfiil / isimonarmak; onarım

Our bodies have ways to repair this damage.

supportfiildesteklemek

They have supported Turkish students.

inspirefiililham vermek, etkilemek

His story has inspired many young people.

Gramer notu

Present perfect ve past simple farkı

Past simple geçmişte bitmiş ve zamanı belli olan olayları anlatır. Present perfect ise geçmişte başlayıp hâlâ süren ya da sonucu bugünü etkileyen durumları anlatır.

  • He won the Nobel Prize in 2015. (Zaman belli, olay bitti: past simple.)
  • He has worked at the university since 1982. (1982'de başladı, hâlâ orada: present perfect.)
  • His story has inspired many young people. (Etkisi bugün de sürüyor.)

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5 kısa soru. Cevabını seç, hemen doğrusunu gör.

1.What did Aziz Sancar's parents do?

2.What did he do after he graduated?

3.His research is about DNA repair.

4.Who was the first Turkish citizen to win a Nobel Prize?

5.He ___ at the University of North Carolina since 1982.