Unit2 Working the land Reading课件人教版高中英语必修四 .ppt

Unit 2 Unit 2 Working the Land Working the Land By Li ShenFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.Do you know the Chinese poem?PoemHave you ever worked in the field?Do you know how the food we eat is planted?Use rice as an example.describe the steps with the help of the picture.First,the farmers plough the field.Second,the farmers put seeds in the soil.Third,they grow some young plants.Fourth,they move the young plants into the field.Fifth,they irrigate(灌溉灌溉)the field when it is dry.Sixth,they harvest the grains from the field.riceDo the people in the world have enough food to eat?Read the statistics below.What problem do they show?Many people starve for lack of food even today because of the unbalanced world economy.More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day.The hunger problem is expanding in the world.Therefore.Some poor people in Hayti have to eat the mud cakes as their main food now.the mud cakes 15 million children die of hunger every year.Do something to help end hunger in the world!What can we do to solve the problem?Title:A Pioneer for All Peopleis the first to study a new area of knowledgeWhat does pioneer mean?A pioneer is a person whoWho in the textHe is concerned about the hunger problem very much!And he believes he will make the impossible possible.super hybrid riceFather of Hybrid Ricemain idea of each paragraphDr Yuans_and his_.Dr Yuans_.Dr Yuans _.Dr Yuans _.Para 1Para 2 Para 3Para 4appearanceachievementbiographypersonalitydreamsFind out the main idea of each paragraph.Para1Appearance:_Achievement:His research helps to _sunburnt,slim,strongproduce more rice in the same field and rid the world of hungerDr Yuans appearance and his achievement.Para 2 Dr Yuans BiographyTimeinformation19301953As a young manA recent yearnowBorn in a poor farmers familySouthwest Agricultural College Hunger was a great problem Saw the great need for increasing the rice output 200 million tons of rice are produced Circulating his knowledgeSearch for a way to increase ricehavests without expanding the area of the fields.He is satisfied with his life.Para.3 Para.3 Dr YuanDr Yuan s personalitys personalityHe doesn t like money and fame.Hobbies:1.2.3.4.swimming listening to violin musicreadingplaying mah-jongHis dreamsPara 41)The first dream2)The second dreamProduce a kind of rice that could feedmore peopleAs huge as a peanutThe first dream As tall as sorghum As big as a corn To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globeThe second dreamThe style of the passage may be_.A.a story B.a travel journal C.a biography(An introduction to a person)语语 篇篇理理 解解根根据据课课文文“A Pioneer for All People”，在在下下文文空格中填上恰当的词语，使文章连贯完整。空格中填上恰当的词语，使文章连贯完整。From his sunburnt face and arms，Yuan Longping looks just 1._one of the millions of Chinese farmers.He 2._(struggle)for these farmers for the past five decades.Yuan Longping has become the first agricultural pioneer 3._(grow)rice with high output all over the world.This kind of rice 4._(call)super hybrid rice.likehas struggledto growis called语语 篇篇理理 解解When he was still a young man，hunger used to be 5._very disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside.Thats 6._he decided to increase harvests without 7._(expand)the size of the fields.Thanks to his hard work，22%of the worlds people are fed 8._only 7%of the farmland in China.However，Yuan Longping is not satisfied with the 9._(achieve)he has made.He dreams of contributing even more 10._the people of the whole world.awhyexpandingfromachievementto Paraphrase these sentences.1.As a young man,he saw the great need for increasing the rice output.Even when he was a young man,he knew how important it was to produce bigger rice crops.ComprehendingL122.At that time,hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside.During his early years,much of thecountryside was troubled by hunger.3.Using his hybrid rice,farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.As they use his hybrid rice,farmers areproducing twice as much rice as before.L14L234.Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him.5.Just dreaming for things,however,costs nothing.It does not cost anything to dream for something.He is not interested in buying things forhimself or in having a comfortable life.L28L31How to describe his personality according to the text?Use some adjectives.(形容词形容词)personalitycreative 富创造力的富创造力的 frugal 俭朴的俭朴的learned 精通学问的精通学问的aggressive 进取的进取的devoted 有献身精神的有献身精神的plain朴素的淡泊的朴素的淡泊的determined/strong-willed意志坚定的意志坚定的selfless无私的无私的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 cropsAnswer these questions.1.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 suffer from hunger when he was young.careful readingI think he is more of a scientist,althoughhe works in the fields like a farmer.His main purpose is not to make a profit for himself but to study agriculture and use that knowledge to improve farming forfarmers everywhere.I do not think he is a businessman,because his goal is not to make money.2.Is Dr Yuan more of a scientist or more of a farmer?Do you think he is a businessman?Give your reasons.3.How would you describe Dr Yuans personality?Use three or four adjectives.Dr Yuan is a simple,academic man who is more interested in helping others than being famous.4.Dr Yuan was able to develop a successful agricultural products while thousands of other farmers couldnt.What do you think is the main reason for Dr Yuans success?I think Dr Yuan was successful because he kept working and did not give up.He was also very motivated to succeed and help other farmers around China.5.Dr Yuan thinks that a person with too much 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.