Enjoy a Enjoy a Poem By Li Shen Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day.

 How do you think to grow our main food----rice?

seeding

fertilizing ( 施肥 )

irrigating ( 灌溉 )

transplanting 插秧

harvesting

winnowing ( 扬 谷 )

rice

Read the statistics below. Did you know these facts before? What problem do they show?

Discussion ( group work ) 1. What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries? 2. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat? 3. If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?

What 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.

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?

Hunger

Do something to help end hunger in the world!!!

In the late 1990s, Brown, an American scholar, came up with the theory of Chinese Menace ( 威胁 ), which said that in the 2030s, Chinese population will add up to 1.6 billion, and had the question who would feed the large population in China as well as in the world.

Just at that time, a Chinese scientist declared to the world that China can solve the problem by himself and help to solve the same problem in the world.

Yuan Longping “Father of Hybrid Rice”

A Pioneer *For All People * Reading:

Look at the title of the passage and the picture. What do you predict this passage is going to talk about? Then skim the passage to check if you were fight.

1.When and who did become the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output? 2. What did Yuan Longping invent? In 1974,Yuan Longping Hybrid rice Task 1 Skimming

Scanning Name ____________ Age ____________ Nationality _____________ Occupation _________________________ Education _________ Dream ___________________ Achievement _______ Hobbies ___________ Yuan Longping 79 (as of 2009) scientist to export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown around the globe. In 1974, developed hybrid rice which produces 1/3 more than normal rice graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in Scan the passage first to find more information. Chinese listening to violin music,playing mah-jong,swimming and reading.

Task 2 Scanning Find out the main idea of each paragraph.

Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams. Para2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality. Para3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography. Para4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement. A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.

Careful reading: Read the passage carefully and finish the following activities.

1.What dose Dr. Yuan look like? Why? 2. What is his achievement? Para 1: He looks like a farmer （ his sunburnt face and arms and his slim,strong body ） because he always works under the sun for a long time. He produces super hybrid rice.

Para 2 His biography Timeinformation As a young man Last year now Born into a poor farmer’s family Southwest Agriculture College Hunger was a great problem Saw the great need for increasing the rice output 200 million tons of rice was produced Circulating his knowledge

Para2 a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family. b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c. In 1950,Chinese farmers produced fifty 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 outputs without expanding the area of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries. Proper order:  Put Dr Yuan ’ s biography in right order. a c b edf

Para 2: 1.Why did Dr. Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young? 2. How dose he help rid the world of hunger? Because at that time, hunger was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside. He saw many people were suffered from hunger when he was young. He searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields. （ super hybrid rice ）

Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s 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. Para. 3 Dr Yuan’s personality

Achievements: Hobbies: grow rice that has a high output circulate his knowledge abroad give money to equip others for their research listening to violin music playing mah-jong swimming reading Para. 3 Dr Yuan’s personality

Para4 1.What does “Wishing for things, however, costs nothing.” mean? Dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be.

Yuan’s dreams 1) The first dream 2) The second dream

Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people As huge as a peanut The first dream As tall as sorghum As big as a corn

To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world

T or F 1 Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. 2 Dr Yuan’s rice is one of the most suitable ways for China’s farmland. 3 Dr Yuan would rather work than relax. 4 Dr Yuan has dreams when he is asleep and also when he is awake. 5 Dr Yuan enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people. Exercises:

Answer the questions based on your understanding of the passage. 1.Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was young? 2. Is Dr Yuan more of a scientist or more of a farmer? Do you think he is a businessman? Give your reasons. Dr Yuan wanted to increase the rice output because he saw many people go hungry when he was young. I think he is more of a scientist, although he 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 for farmers everywhere. I do not think he is a businessman, because his goal is not to make money.

3. How would you describe Dr Yuan’s personality? Use three or four adjectives? Because of his work with developing hybrid rice. It seems that Dr Yuan must be a very patient and careful man. He didn’t 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 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 problem, 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.

Even if Dr. Yuan’s dreams come true, can this really solve starvation?

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 land developing the technology to… inventing a new kind of food… improving the quality of the soil preventing the pests from eating our crops

Discuss in groups of four. What advantages and disadvantages do you see in Yuan Longping's life? Would you like to have a life like his? Why or why not?

So much for today!