Unit 6 Miracle in the Rice Field

1.A little boy’s special and mature dream 2. A man’s ambitious but realistic dream 3. An organization’s plan to spread the Chinese hybrid rice 4. The arising and realization of a wonderful idea Skim the text and choose the headings for the paragraphs Paragraph A Paragraph G Paragraph D Paragraph C

5. Further evidence to prove the success of the research 6. A world-famous and highly honored Chinese scientist 7. Family and basic professional background 8. A scientist with a wide range of interests 9. Scientific achievement more essential than material gain Paragraph E Paragraph F Paragraph B Paragraph I Paragraph H

Scan the text and answer the following questions. 1.When did the idea of hybrid rice occur to Yuan Longping for the first time ? 2. Which country is in the leading position in high- yield hybrid rice? 3. What does Mr Yuan usually do in his spare time? 4. What does the FAO intend to do, and why? He came up with the idea of hybrid rice for the first time in the 1960s. China is in the leading position in high-yield hybrid rice. It has decided to spread the coverage of Yuan’s high- yield hybrid rice, because it considers this is the best way to increase the world’s grain output. He likes reading books, listening to music, motor cycling and playing the violin.

Read the text carefully and choose the best answer. 1.Which of the following is Not considered Yuan Longping’s success? A. High-yield hybrid rice B. Hybrid rice as huge as peanuts C. More grain output of hybrid rice 2. Which of the following makes up the long-term goal of Yuan Longping’s research? A. To produce big rice plants. B. To gain more awards and honors. C. To wipe out worldwide food shortage. √ √

3. The word “it” in Paragraph D refers to ______. A. Yuan’s high-yield hybrid rice B. the UN Food and Agricultural Organization C. the world 4. According to the context, “dream” in Paragraph G probably means _______. A. a series of thoughts, image one experiences when he/she is asleep B. a goal C. to think about something that you would like to happen √ √ consider--- (to be/as)--- 他们认为 / 觉得每天锻炼一小时是减压的一个好办法。 They consider exercising for one hour a day (as/to be) a good way to eliminate stress. In his mind there always exists a dream, more practical than that of his youth, that popularizing the new hybrid rice with higher yields around the world can eliminate starvation on Earth.

5. Why do people regard Yuan Longping as a rich person? A. Because he has created tremendous fortunes for Chinese people. B. Because his actual fortune is estimated to be the biggest in China. C. Because his new hybrid rice is now grown in the world’s rice fields. √

Complete the following summary of the text by using the words or phrases in the box. Yuan Longping, who ______a poor family in 1931, was known as the Father of Hybrid Rice. When still a child, he dreamed of improving the lives of farmers. Since graduation in 1953, he has _____ research in agriculture. It was in the 1960s that he ____ the idea A. was born into B. contributions C. succeeded D. breakthrough E. devoted himself to F. possible G. came up with H. considered I. seriously J. nothing more than K. won L. output A E G

of hybrid rice. After a great many experiments, he _____ in developing the world’s first high-yield hybrid rice in the early 1970s. His work, a ____ in rice cultivation, makes significant _____ to China and the rest of the world, making it ____ for China to feed her large population with very limited cultivated land. And high-yield hybrid rice is ____ as the best way to increase the world’s grain ______. His work has ____ him many awards and honors, but he doesn’t take himself ____, caring for ____ his rice field research. His long-term dream is to solve the grain shortage. C D B F H L K I J

Brainstorming To use as many adjectives as possible to describe Mr. Yuan (Para A, B, C, G, H, I) ambitious persistent generous imaginative ---

Homework 1.To underline the words and expressions that you cannot understand in the text. 2. To finish exercises C1 and C2 in the textbook. 3.To finish Exercise Ⅰ : Vocabulary in Unit 6 in the workbook.