Unit 8 Role Models of the Times Reading and Writing & Cultural Understanding 课件-2023-2024学年高二上学期中职英语高教版（2021）基础模块3

Unit8 Role Models of the Times Part02 Reading and Writing & Cultural Understanding Who is she/he? He is a scientist. He is called the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. He won the Medal of the Republic in 2019. /ˈhaɪbrɪd/ adj.杂种的 共和国勋章 袁隆平 pre-reading Who is she/he? She is a scientist. She won the Nobel Prize of Medicine. She discovered artemisinin to treat malaria. 诺贝尔医学奖 /ˌɑːtɪˈmiːsɪnɪn/青蒿素 屠呦呦 / məˈleriə /疟疾 pre-reading Discuss and match. 与同伴讨论，并试着将下列人物与其事迹相匹配。 F. Worked in the fields. Yuan Longping Tu Youyou A. Discovered a kind of medicine to treat malaria. B. Developed a type of rice with a high yield. C. Provided a solution to worldwide hunger. D. Saved millions of lives in Africa. E. Studied ancient Chinese medicine books. Two excellent Chinese scientists, who were awarded the Medals of the Republic in 2019, are undoubtedly the role models of the times. One of them is Yuan Longping, known as the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. In 1974, he successfully developed a special type of rice which can produce a 20% higher yield, putting China in the global lead in rice production. For the achievement, he won the State Supreme Science and Technology Award. The crop is now grown in more than 30 countries and regions. By 2003, half of China’s rice production area was planted with hybrid rice. Yuan set world records in hybrid rice yields in 1999, 2005, 2011 and 2017, providing a solution to worldwide hunger. Role Models of the Times（1/2） Read and choose. 阅读两位共和国勋章获得者的介绍，回答问题。 The other is Tu Youyou. She is the first Chinese scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of artemisinin (青蒿素), a group of drugs used to treat malaria. She and her workmates studied ancient Chinese medicine books and different traditional treatments. Having done nearly 200 experiments, they finally succeeded in getting artemisinin. This drug became the standard treatment for malaria on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicine List. Thanks to Tu’s contribution, more than 240 mill