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Unit 2 Working the land

Are you from the countryside? Can you tell me what they are? wheat rice cornpotatoespeanut tomatoes sorghum cotton

What do you know they are doing according to the following pictures?

ploughing( 犁田 )

seeding ( 播种 )

fertilizing ( 施肥 )

irrigating( 灌溉 )

harvesting ( 收获 )

Pre-reading 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.

Guessing What is happening to these people?

Hunger They have a common problem. That is ——

More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day. - the World Health Organization (WHO) About 24,000 people die of hunger or hunger-related causes every day. Three- fourths of the deaths are children under the age of five.

What can we do to solve the problem?

The best way to solve the food shortage problem is to increase the output through the advancement of science and technology.

A Chinese scientist has done this. He declared to the world that China can solve the feeding problem by himself and help to solve the same problem in the world.

Father of Hybrid Rice

Fast reading: Find out the main idea of each paragraph with 2 or 3 words. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Dr Yuan’s biography Dr Yuan’s personality and his hobbies Dr Yuan’s dreams

Careful reading T or F 1 Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. 2 Dr Yuan’s rice is one of the most suitable strains 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.

1. Yuan Longping works the land because ______. A. he is a farmer B. he is interested in farming C. he wants to do his research by farming D. he has a slim and strong body Choose the best answer. C

B 2. According to the text, nearly ______ million tons of rice was produced by Chinese farmers in a recent harvest. A. 20 B. 200 C. 50 D Dr Yuan’s hobbies include the following EXCEPT _____. A. listening to the violin music B. playing mah-jong C. swimming and reading D. singing D

4. How does Yuan Longping feel about money? A. Money is not important at all. B. One has to own a large sum of money. C. Too much money can only bring more troubles rather than happiness. D. One has to spend all his money on his own research. C

A. A farmer named Yuan Longping B. How Yuan Longping became rich and famous. C. An agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice D. A new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice 5. Which of the following statements tells the main idea of the text? C

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

a. He was born in b. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural 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 in a recent harvest. 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. Para. 2 Put the events in right order. a cbedf

Which of the following statements 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 A

Para 4 Dr. Yuan’s two dreams are mentioned. What are they?

To produce a kind of rice whose  grain is as huge as a peanut The first dream plant is as tall as sorghum ear is as big as a corn

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

Name Born Graduated Appearance He has a _______ face and arms. His body is _______ but ______. All this makes him look as a real ______. AchievementsHe succeeded in___________________. He became the first agricultural ________ in the world to grow _________ whose output is high. He helped the government highly increase the ____________ of grain. personality care little about _______________ would like to live __________________life Yuan Longping In 1930 Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 sunburnt slim strong growing super hybrid rice pioneer rice output /harvest money and being famous a comfortable farmer

Group Discussion 1.Do you want to end the hunger in the world? If you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?

The measures taken to deal with hunger: Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food. Find a new sort of fertilizer to give rice enough nutrition. Find some new ways to stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field. ……

Summary Today we talked about agriculture. And we also read about Dr. Yuan Longping. We have known much about the great scientist. Of course we have learned some words and expressions about farming. Please try to grasp these words and expressions after class.

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

1.Write a short biography about Dr.Yuan (130 words) 2. Learn the new words and expressions by heart. 3. Finish Ex. 2 and 3 on Page 11.