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

- Unit 8 - Role Models of the Times Reading & Writing 1 Contents Part 1 Warming up Part 2 Reading Part 3 Writing Part 4 Homework Part 1 Warming up Warming up Could you tell me what you know about Yuan Longping? 4 Warming up 5 Warming up Who was the first Chinese woman to win the Nobel Prize? Tu Youyou 6 Warming up 7 Warming up 与同伴讨论，并试着将下列人物与其事迹相匹配。 Task 9 Discuss and match. Discovered a kind of medicine to treat malaria. Developed a type of rice with a high yield. Provided a solution to worldwide hunger. Saved millions of lives in Africa. Studied ancient Chinese medicine books. Worked in the fields. Yuan Longping Tu Youyou B, C, E A, D, F 8 Part 2 Reading Reading 阅读两位共和国勋章获得者的介绍，回答问题。 Task 10 Read and choose. This article is mainly about ________. the daily life of two Chinese scientists the contributions of two Chinese scientists the education of two Chinese scientists the families of two Chinese scientists 10 Reading Role Models of the Times 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. 11 Reading Role Models of the Times 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