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1、Farmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.Sympathy for the peasants -By Li ShenGUESS a POEM :Plough the fieldInsert the young plantsHarvest ricericeOld saying: FOOD IS THE FIRST NECESSITY OF MAN. HOWEVERAccording to the World Health Organizat

2、ion, more than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day.In the late 1990s, an American scholar came up with the Theory of Chinese Menace(中国威胁论），中国威胁论），which said that in the 2030s,chinese population will add up to 1.6 billion and the question who would feed the large population in china as well

3、 as in the world.Who would feed the large population in china as well as in the world ? Father Super hybrid rice Unit 2 ( Module 4) Working the land Period one : READING Lecturer : Luoguozhen Date : Apr.13.2011 Skimming (5 minutes) TASK 1 This text is about_.A.a modern farmer named Yuan longpingB.ho

4、w Yuan longping bacame rich and famousC. a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid riceD. an agricultural pioneer working hard to produce a super hybrid rice TASK 2 Choose the smaller heading for each paragragh. Para. 1 : Dr Yuans_and_. Para. 2 : Dr Yuans_. Para. 3 : Dr Yuans_. Para. 4 : Dr

5、Yuans_.Reference words: dreams/appearance/achievement/hobbies/ personality/biograghy/experiencesappearance achievementbiographypersonalilydreamsScanning ( 10 minutes) Activity 1: Find out enough supporting ideas to prove the theme topic in each paragraph.Rule: one group one paragraghPara 1 Why does

6、he want everyone to call him a farmer ? What happened to him in 1974 ?Para 2 Why did Dr Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young ? How did he help rid the world of hunger ?Para 3 What does he think of money and fame ? What are his hobbies?Para 4 What were his two dreams?Further unders

7、tanding ( 2 minutes)Question: what purposes does the writer writes the passage for? Praising Dr Yuan for his making great contributions to help end hunger in the world.Closing down by discussing (10 minutes)Activity 2 : choose one topic to discuss among groups Topic 1: If you had the chance to do so

8、mething to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?Topic 2: What can we learn from Yuan longping ?Homework : Keep Dr Yuans words in mind 1.“发展杂交水稻，造福世界人民发展杂交水稻，造福世界人民”2.“科学要敢于探索，用于创新科学要敢于探索，用于创新”3.“我成功的秘诀：知识我成功的秘诀：知识,汗水汗水,灵灵感感,机遇机遇”4.“人要有一颗平常心人要有一颗平常心”5.“我的心态永远年轻我的心态永远年轻”And then translate i

9、t into English!愿望是不花本钱的愿望是不花本钱的THANK YOU for attending.Yuan LongpingIn Beijing in 1930Southwest Agriculture Collegesunburntslimstrongfarmergrowing super hybrid ricepioneerrice output money and being famousa comfortable Para1: Why does he want everyone to call him a farmer?1. What happened to him in

10、1974?He has sunburnt face and arms, slim and strong bodyHe is a scientist who works the land.He is more a farmer than a scientist.He became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. Para2: Why did Dr Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young?1. Ho

11、w did he help rid the world of hunger?He saw the great need for increasing the rice output and hunger was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside.Thanks to his hybrid rice, the UN is trying to rid the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as

12、before.Para3:What does he think of money and fame?1. He cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life.2. He also doesnt care about being famous and feels it gives him less freedom to do his research.He would rather keep time for his hobbies.What were his dreams?1. To produce a kind of rice to feed more peopleRice plant as tall as sorghumEar of rice as big as ear of cornGrain of rice as huge as a peanut2. To export his rice so that it can be groe around the globepara4