unit-2-working-the-land-Reading.ppt
Do you know these grains (谷物谷物)?wheat rice sorghum高高粱粱corncottonbroomcornpeanutsoybeanHave you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them?If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow?How will you grow it?select the weeds plough the soil turn over the soil sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize farming stepsDo you still remember the advices that Jia Sixie gave on farming?Farming sowingploughing irrigating (灌溉灌溉)cropsweather &climaterice transplanting (插秧插秧)When we speak of farming, what words can we think of?Ploughing (犁田犁田) some more expressionsseedingfertilizing(施肥施肥)irrigating (灌溉灌溉)transplanting 插秧插秧harvestingwinnowing (扬谷扬谷)riceWhat is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day throughout the world. Answer the following questions:What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat? suffer from starvation and starve to death. feel scared / be panic (惊慌惊慌). fight for food, even kill each other and the whole country would get into trouble.If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?How to solve hunger?making good use of the waste landdeveloping the technology to inventing a new kind of foodimproving the quality of the soil preventing the pests from eating our cropsWhat do you predict this What do you predict this passage is going to talk passage is going to talk about? about? Father of Hybrid Rice He is father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻杂交水稻), who was lately awarded “the Nobel Prize of Asia ”. He received the honor for his great contributions (贡献贡献) to hybrid rice research and work he did to improve rice production in developing countries. Now he is head of the National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center in Hunan Province, China (中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中心中心). He is called a pioneer for all people. Dr Yuan Longping (袁隆平博士袁隆平博士) 他是一位真正的耕耘者。当他还是一他是一位真正的耕耘者。当他还是一个乡村教师的时候，已经具有颠覆世界个乡村教师的时候，已经具有颠覆世界权威的胆识；当他名满天下的时候，却权威的胆识；当他名满天下的时候，却仍然只是专注于田畴。淡薄名利，一介仍然只是专注于田畴。淡薄名利，一介农夫，播撒智慧，收获富足。他毕生的农夫，播撒智慧，收获富足。他毕生的梦想，就是让所有人远离饥饿。喜看稻梦想，就是让所有人远离饥饿。喜看稻菽千重浪，最是风流袁隆平！菽千重浪，最是风流袁隆平！ - 袁隆平在袁隆平在2004感动中国中的颁奖词感动中国中的颁奖词 他在接受他在接受“感动中国感动中国”栏目组采访栏目组采访时说：时说：“这不是我个人的荣誉，而是国这不是我个人的荣誉，而是国家的荣誉，全国人民的荣誉家的荣誉，全国人民的荣誉”。 袁隆平：袁隆平：“我感到最愉快的是一个我感到最愉快的是一个出新成果，能够在名分上得到安慰的，出新成果，能够在名分上得到安慰的，有所寄托的要出新成果，我不停留在原有所寄托的要出新成果，我不停留在原有的这个成绩的基础上有的这个成绩的基础上，我相信我们古，我相信我们古人讲的话，人讲的话，“谋事在人，成事在天谋事在人，成事在天”。 今天中国水稻种植面积中，约有一半今天中国水稻种植面积中，约有一半是采用袁隆平培育的杂交产品，每年生产是采用袁隆平培育的杂交产品，每年生产的稻谷可以多养活的稻谷可以多养活6000多万人。多万人。2004年，年，袁隆平领导的超级杂交稻项目不断取得重袁隆平领导的超级杂交稻项目不断取得重大突破，在育种方面提前一年实现了大面大突破，在育种方面提前一年实现了大面积亩产超过积亩产超过800公斤的目标，这意味着每公斤的目标，这意味着每年又可以多养活年又可以多养活7500万人。万人。 What kind of person do you think Dr Yuan Longping is?happy sad nervous shy prouddreaminghomework checking task 2 task 3Find out the main idea of each paragraph.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEMatch the following headings with the right paragraphs.The text is about _ who made a great contribution to producing better _.Yuan Longpingrice Para.1: Appearance & AchievementQ1: What does Dr Yuan look like? He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. He is more like a farmer than a scientist.What is his achievement?He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.Para.2: Put Dr Yuans life experience in right order.Keys: a c b e d fa. He was born into a poor farmers family .b. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural college.c. In 1950, Chinese farmers produced 50 million tons of rice.d. 200 million tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of fields.f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.Para.3: Personality & HobbiesWhich of the following description about Dr Yuans personality is not true?A. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.B. He cares little about money and fame.C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.AThe first dream: The second dream: Produce a kind of rice that could feed more peoplePara.4: DreamsTo export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.1. Yuan Longping became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow super hybrid rice at the age of 40.2. More than 60% of the rice in the world is from the hybrid strain.3. According to the text, farmers in China are producing rice harvests nearly 4 times as large as that in 1950.True (T) or False (F):FFTRead the text carefully and choose the best answers.1. What does the word “battle” refer to in the second paragraph?A. The low rice output.B. Ridding the world of hunger.C. Fighting against farming.D. The freedom to do research.2. From the passage, we can know _.A. Yuan Longping is not a pioneer but a scientist in the research of the hybrid riceB. Yuans parents are both agricultural scientistsC. more than 60% of the rice produced in the world is from the hybrid strainD. using the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before 3. It can be inferred from the text that _.A. Yuan knew the importance of rice importB. Yuan is interested in playing the violin C. Yuan is proud of his achievementsD. Yuans rice are grown in many countries Even if Dr.Yuans dreams come true, can this really solve starvation? Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was young? Dr Yuan wanted to increase the rice output because he saw many people go hungry when he was young.Answer these questions based on your understanding of the passage.2. Is Yuan Longping more of a scientist or more of a farmer? Do you think he is a businessman? Give your reasons. I think he is more of a scientist. His main purpose is not to make a profit for himself but to study agriculture and use that knowledge to improve farming for farmers everywhere. I do not think he is a businessman, because his goal is not to make money.3. How would you describe Yuan Longpings personality? Because of his work with developing hybrid rice, it seems that Dr Yuan must be a very patient and careful man. He didnt give up but kept working on his project. He Also seems to be a very kind man, who cares for others. He wants to use his invention to help hungry people around the world.4. Yuan Longping was able to develop a successful agricultural product when thousands of other farmers could not. What do you think is the main reason for his success? I think Dr Yuan was successful because he kept working and did not give up. He also grew up in a poor family, so he was very motivated to succeed and help other farmers around China. 5. Yuan Longping thinks that a person with too musch money has more rather than fewer troubles. Do you agree or disagree? Why? I mostly agree. I think being rich can cause a lot of problems, but it really depends on the life and attitude of the person who is rich. People who are rich certainly have different problems from people who are not.6. Yuan Longping developed super hybrid rice to help Chinese farmers and hungry people around the world. Can you think of any other major development that would make a great difference to world hunger? Write out your idea and then compare it with your partner.I think developing other hybrid grains would make a great difference in the problem of world hunger. Hybrid grains that can survive in very dry or very hot areas would be very useful in Africa and other areas. Hybrid grains that cannot easily be killed by insects and diseases would be useful around the world.1. Choose one of these questions and discuss in groups. 1) What advantages do you see in YuanLongpings life? 2) What disadvantages do you see in Yuan Longpings life? 2. Discuss in groups. Would you like to have a life like his? Why or why not? Summary Born into a _ _ family in 1930, Dr. Yuan _ _ Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. From _ _ finding ways to grow more rice has been his _ _. Because at that time _ was a _ problems in China. In 1974, he became the _ _ _ in the world to grow rice that has a high _. This special strain of rice makes it _ to produce one-third _ of the crop in the _ _. Now he _ his knowledge in many other less _ countries to increase their harvests. Thanks to his research, _ around the world are now producing harvests twice _ _ _ before.poor farmersgraduated fromthen on,possibleoutputmoresame fieldscirculatingdevelopedfarmersas, large, aslife goalhungerdisturbingfirst agricultural pioneer1. Read the passage 2. Finish Task4&跟踪练习跟踪练习on P17-18 ；长难句分析；长难句分析on P21-22Resume Name:Nationality:Date of birth:appearance:Education:personality:Achievements:Dreams:Hobbies: Yuan Longping Chinese 1930 Sunburnt, slim, strong Southwest Agriculture College Care little about money and fame Super hybrid rice Produce export Violin, mah-jong, swimming,
