《2025年优化学案高中英语选择性必修第一册人教版》

The Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century
In June, 2019, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) launched a campaign to vote for "the Greatest Scientist of the 20th Century". Tu Youyou, China's first Nobel Prize winner in physiology or medicine, successfully entered the list of four candidates, together with three other outstanding scientists, Mary Curie, who discovered radium and polonium, Albert Einstein, a physicist who helped mankind understand the universe, and Alan Turing, the father of computers!
It is worth noting that Tu is the only living candidate and the only Asian of all the candidates. The campaign created a special introduction page for each candidate. On the page of Tu, the BBC listed three reasons for selecting her: She still holds scientific ideals in difficult times; she keeps moving forward while never forgetting to learn from the past; her achievements influence both the West and East.
In the end, Turing was elected by a high vote. In the final, host Chris Packham delivered a passionate speech on Turing's achievements: His gift to all mankind is our future!
Then, who was Alan Turing?
Alan Turing was a mathematician who broke Adolf Hitler's Enigma code system during World WarⅡ. It is thought that Turing and his fellow code - breakers shortened the war by several years.
During his life, he worked almost entirely in secret, and it wasn't until long after his death that the legacy (遗产) of his life and work came to light. His war - time efforts have a huge effect on the development of computer science and artificial intelligence. Alan Turing's contributions are far - ranging and path - breaking.
Turing died on June 7, 1954. Although Turing was only 42 years old at the time of his death, the achievements of science and technology in his short and strange career have been enjoyed by later generations. Today he is regarded as the most celebrated figure of the 20th century, a war hero and genius. People look up to him and crown him with the titles of "father of computer", "father of artificial intelligence", "father of decipher (破译)", etc.
【思考】
1. Please name a Chinese who has made great achievements and briefly describe his/her achievements.
2. Talk about your dream. What kind of achievements do you want to make for mankind in the future?

答案：

1.
(1) Qian Xuesen (1911 - 2009) was a well - known Chinese physicist and a world leading rocket scientist. As the "father of Chinese missile", "father of China's rockets", "King of the missile", Qian Xuesen put forward an extremely important implementation plan for the development of China's rocket and missile technology. In April, 1958, he took the lead in the development of spacecraft, missile and rocket technology, and made great contributions to their development. In October, 1991, he was honoured in China as a distinguished scientist with outstanding achievements.

(2) Yuan Longping (1930 - 2021) was a Chinese agricultural scientist, known for developing the first hybrid rice in the 1970s. Hybrid rice has since been grown in dozens of countries in Africa, America, and Asia, providing enough food in areas with a high risk of hunger. For his contributions, Yuan was always called the "father of hybrid rice" by the Chinese media. He won the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award of China in 2000, the Wolf Prize in agriculture and the World Food Prize in 2004.

2.
(1) My dream is to be a medical scientist. In the future, I want to contribute to human beings in the field of medicine. I hope to invent drugs to treat the incurable diseases, such as cancers, to relieve the sufferings of patients, cure their diseases and let them live a normal life.

(2) I want to be an economist in the future. I want to use my knowledge and ability to develop the economy, help more people get rich, and let more people live a better life.