Unit 2 Working the land 长岭中学 王 萍

Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day. Let’s enjoy a poem

select the weeds plough the soil turn over the soil sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize farming steps

Hunger was a disturbing problem in the early twentieth century

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.

Father of Super Hybrid Rice

Task 1 and task 2 Fast Reading Skim the text quickly to find out the main idea of the passage The text is about a famous Chinese______________scientist called____________ who developed___________to increase__________. agricultural YuanLongping hybrid rice the rice output

Match the following headings( 标题 )to 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.

Careful Reading Read the text carefully and the following tasks.

Name Age Job Education Achievement Hobbies Dreams Task1 Resume Yuan Longping 85 Agricultural scientist Graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 Hybrid rice

Hobbies: listening to violin music reading playing mah-jong swimming What have you learnt from the great scientist YuanLongping? _________________________________________________________ What have you learnt from the great scientist YuanLongping? _________________________________________________________ What have you learnt from the great scientist YuanLongping? _________________________________________________________ What have you learnt from the great scientist YuanLongping? _________________________________________________________

His dreams His dreams 1) The first dream 2) The second dream

Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people (each grain) As huge as a peanut The first dream (rice plants) As tall as sorghum ( each ear) As big as a corn

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

Task2 His biography Timeinformation since now Born in Beijing Graduated from college Finding ways to grow more rice. He became the first agricultural pioneer in the world Circulating his knowledge UN rid the world of hunger

Task 3 Answer the following questions 1 Why does YuanLongping consider himself a farmer? And what does he look like? __________________________________________________ 2 Why did YuanLongping want to increase the rice output when he was young? ___________________________________________________ 3 How did he solve the problem of hunger? ___________________________________________________ 4 Do you want to lead a simple life like YongLongping? And why? ___________________________________________________

ComprehensionComprehension Task1 Choose the best answer. 1.Why does Yuan Longping work the land? Because ______ A.he was born in a farmer’s family B.he needs to do his research on farming. C.he is interested in farming D.he has a slim and strong body.

2. According to the text, in 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only _____ million tons of rice. A. 20 B. 200 C. 56 D What does the word “battle” refer to in para.2 ? A. The low rice output. B. Ridding the world of hunger. C. Fighting against farming. D. The freedom to do research. 4. It can be inferred ( 推断 ) from the text that ______. A. Yuan cares about money and being famous. B. Yuan is interested in playing the piano. C. Yuan’s rice is grown in many countries. D. Spending money on himself means very little to Dr Yuan.

5.where is YuanLongping circulating his knowledge now? A in India B in Vietnam C in many other less developed countries D all the above.

A Summary of the Passage

Yuan Longping is one of China’s most famous ______________. Born in 1930, Dr. Yuan _____________ from Southwest Agricultural College in At that time, ________ was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life ________. In 1974, he invented _____________ and became the first agricultural _____________ in the world. ___________ his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to _____ the world of hunger. Dr Yuan is now ___________ his knowledge in many ________ developed countries. Dr Yuan and His Achievements

Yuan Longping is one of China’s most famous ______________. Born in 1930, Dr Yuan _____________ from Southwest Agricultural College in At that time, ________ was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life ________. In 1974, he invented _________________ and became the first agricultural _____________ in the world. ___________ his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to _____ the world of hunger. Dr Yuan is now ___________ his knowledge in many ________ developed countries. Dr Yuan and his Achievements scientistsgraduated hunger goal super hybrid rice pioneer Thanks to rid circulating less

Discussion What have you learnt from the great scientist YuanLongping ?

Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing. One dream is not always enough, especially for A person who loves and cares for his people. Bear them in mind You can not be YuanLongping, but you can be another YuanLongping in another field if you work hard.

Summary and homework Summary: What do you know about Yuan Longping after reading? Homework: Homework Homework: Suppose you were Yuan Longping, please write a short passage to introduce yourself(less than 110 words).