A poem Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day. Warming up

1.Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them? If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? How will you grow it?

What do you know about “ farming ”? wheat sorghum rice corn Potatoes Staple food

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

plow the field

grow some young plants

insert the young plants into the field

harvest

rice

Pre-reading ( 4ms ) Answer the following questions: 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 there was no rice one day, what would happen?

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.

Father of Hybrid Rice

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

袁隆平被誉为中国的 “ 杂交水稻之父 ”. 中国农民说， 吃饭靠 “ 两平 ” ，一靠邓小平 ---- 制定了生产承包责任制 的政策，二靠袁隆平 ---- 发明了杂交稻。 袁隆平，男，１９３０年９月出生于北京，１９ ５３年毕业于西南农学院农学系。毕业后，一直从事 农业教育及杂交水稻研究。 在中国人民正闹饥荒的 20 世纪 60 年代，袁隆平提 出了杂交水稻的概念，这种新型水稻具有高产量的特 点。 10 年后，他研制成功了一种产量比一般水稻高出 20% 的新型水稻。 袁隆平一生献身于农业研究，先后受到联合国教 科文组织、粮农组织的称誉。袁隆平虽已年届７０岁， 仍然一如既往地从事农业研究。 袁隆平人物简历 hybrid rice; System of Production Responsibility; institute; suffer the famine; yield; UNESCO, FAO.

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.

Para. 1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement Task 3 Careful reading Q1: What does Dr Yuan look like? He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. He is more like a farmer than a scientist. Q2: What is his achievement? He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. True or False: 1.Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. 2.Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland. F T

Para 2 His biography Timeinformation As a young man Last year now Born in Beijing Southwest Agriculture College Hunger was a great problem Saw the great need for increasing the rice output 200 million tons produced Circulating his knowledge

a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family. b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c. In 1950,Chinese farmers produced 5.5 billion tons of rice. d. 20 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched for 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: ac b e df Put Dr Yuan’s biography in right order. Dr Yuan’s biography

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

His dreams Para4 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

Revision.(personal information) Name: Nationality: Born: Occupation: Education: Dream: Achievements: Hobbies:

Personal information (Resume) Name: Nationality: Birth: Age: Occupation: Education: Personality: Dreams: Yuan Longping Chinese in 1930; in a poor family 77 Scientist of farming Southwest Agriculture College,in 1953 His first dream His second dream care little about money and fame

Personal information Achievements: Hobbies: grow rice that has a high output circulate his knowledge abroad give money to equip others for their research playing his violin listening to violin music playing mah-jong swimming riding his motorcycle to his rice fields

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.

The following sentences are taken from the reading passage. Explain what the underlined words mean. 1.He wants everyone to call him a farmer, for that’s how he regards himself. Key: It means he thinks of himself as a farmer but other people may think of him as a famous scientist or a rich man. Post reading

2. In many ways, he is one of them, and he has struggled for the past five decades to help them. Key: It means he does not only look like a farmer but also he works in the fields with farmers. In fact, he does scientific research for them. 3. At that time, hunger was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside. Key: It means that many people were very hungry and they even became ill and died because there was not enough food.

4. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. Key: It means that farmers growing his rice species are producing rice twice as much as they did in the past. 5. Wishing for thongs, however, cost nothing. Key: It means that dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be.

Discussion What is happening to these people?

Hunger

If you had the chance to do something 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 sort of fertilizer( 肥料 )to give rice enough nutrition. Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field. … etc.