Step 1: Lead-in rice farmer pioneer China

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

Im a Young P____!!!

A large number of its population still work on the land. We always say 7% of its farmland feeds 22% of the worlds people. Guess which country it is according to the following information

In China, there is a famous farmer who is a pioneer in growing rice.

Step 2: Warming up Rules: You will be provided with 6 or questions. X Each time you give a wrong answer, you have to sit down, which means you are out.

Dr Yuan is called Father of super hybrid rice ( ). Dr Yuan prefers to call himself a scientist rather than a farmer. X a farmer rather than a scientist Dr Yuan is fond of playing the piano. X violin

Dr Yuan learned to swim in his childhood hoping to save those who drown ( ). Dr Yuan runs an agriculture company in Beijing,China. X Changsha, Hunan province Dr Yuan doesnt need an interpreter ( ) when visiting a foreign country because he is quite good at English.

Step 3: Pre-reading Prediction I If you are asked to write an article to introduce Dr Yuan, what aspects can you write about ?

Step 5: Careful reading Information Card Name: ______ Nationality: _ Occupation: __________ Education: ___________ Achievements: _______ Personality: _________ Hobbies: ____________ Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Age: ________

Para 1 Personal Information Card Name: _____________ Nationality: ________ Occupation: ________________ Achievements: Yuan Longping Chinese scientist, farmer He became the ______ agricultural _______ in the world to grow __________________. first super hybrid rice pioneer

Para 2 Years last year now what happened in these years in a loud voice focus on numbers & facts

1930Born in _______ 1950Chinese farmers could only produce about _____ ______ tons of rice. 1953Graduated from ___________ ____________ College Beijing fiftymillion Southwest Agriculture

Last year Nearly ____ ________ _______tons of rice was produced. NowDr Yuan is circulating his knowledge in ______, ________ and other less ___________ countries. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests ______ as large as before. hundredtwo IndiaVietnam developed twice million

Para 3 Personal Information Card Personality: __________________ _______________________________ ______________________ Hobbies: _______________ ____________ ___________ _________________ ________ ________ ________________________ ____________________ Care little about money or a comfortable life Care little about fame Play the violin Listen to violin musicPlay mah-jong Swim ReadWalk to rice fields Ride motorcycle

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Para 4 Personal Information Card Dreams: ____________________ ______________________________ _________________ __________________________________ as tall as sorghum, as big as an ear of corn, as huge as a peanut export his rice all over the world

Step 6: Post-reading 2004 MOVES CHINA TOP 10 Three---MC ( ) ---awarding speech ( ) One---Yuan Longping--- return speech ( ) Work in groups of four

Awarding speech He is a strong man in face of all the difficulties of life. Eager for knowledge, responsible for his family, he is always friendly and brave. We can hardly imagine such a short man is filled with such a strong will.

Why is he called ? important facts numbers new words a pioneer for all people

60% 1.Now more than _____ of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain. 2._____ of the worlds population are fed from __ of the farmland in China. 22% 7%

4. get rid of hunger in the world 3. spread his knowledge in circulate his knowledge in rid the world of hunger

The rice field is his stage for ever!

Great hopes make great man. Hold a dream in your heart and prepare yourself for it.

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