_Unit 2 Working the land Warming and Reading 课件人教新课标高中英语必修四.ppt

人教版高一英语必修四 unit2Working the land Enjoy a PoemBy Li ShenFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.Have you ever grown any plants?If you have a chance,what kind of plant would you like to grow?Vegetables,flowers or crops?Do you know these plants?wheat rice corn potatoes peanuttomatoessorghumcottonWhat 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 riceevery day throughout the world.If that happened,people might die of hunger.The whole world would get into trouble.What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?According to the World Health Organization(WHO):The world produces enough food for everyone.More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day.Read the statistics below Six million children under the age of 5 die every year as a result of hunger.One child dies every five seconds.Seeing this,what can we do?The only way to solve the food shortage problem is to increase the output of the grain crop per land area through the advancement of science and technology.Yuan Longping“Father of Hybrid Rice”A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEReadingSkimming:Find out the main idea of each paragraph.A.Dr Yuans dreams.B.Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.C.Dr Yuans biographyD.Dr Yuans personality.Para1Para2 Para3Para4 Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was young?Because at that time,hunger was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside.He saw many people suffering from hunger when he was young.scanning How would you describe Dr Yuans personality?Dr Yuan is a simple,academic man who is more interested in helping others than being famous.Use three or four adjectivesHardworking kind determined devoted helpful selfless What does“Just dreaming for things,however,costs nothing.”mean?Dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be.Discussingn The happiest thing in the world is no more than struggling for your ideal.Every one should own his/her dream and your commission is to accomplish it.This is the only way to prove that your existence in the world is meaningful.Also,you will feel happy all through your life by doing so.n世界上最快乐的事,莫过于为理想而奋斗.每个人都应该有自己的梦想,你的任务是实现它.因为这是唯一的办法证明你没有在这世界上白活,也只有这样做才能让你终生感到幸福.Teachers word(教师寄语）Dr Yuan was awarded 2004 Moves ChinaTop 10.Work in groups of four to write an a w a r d i n g S p e e c h f o r D r Y u a n.Homework 1.Retell the text in your own words in about 150 words.2.What would you do to help people in hunger?