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Warming up 1. Have you ever been to the countryside? what did you do there? 2. Are you from a farmer’s family? what do you know about farming?
First, buy or select the seeds from the store.
Second, we need to or turn over the soil.
Third , we sow the seeds in the soil.
grow some young plants
insert the young plants into the field
Fertilize(施肥) the soil kill off the pest害虫() to improve the output(产量) of the crop water the crop rid the soil of the weed(杂草
harvest
rice
Poem By Li Shen Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day.
If there was no rice one day, what would happen?
What is happening to them ?
What is happening to them ?
What is happening to them ? Hunger
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 Yuan Longping
Task 1 Scanning Find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Reading and listening Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE A. Dr Yuan’s dreams. B. Dr Yuan’s personality. C. Dr Yuan’s biography(传记). D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement.
Task 2 Careful reading Para. 1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement Q 1: 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. (Line 2) Q 2: 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. (Line 4, 7 )
Para 2 Time His life experience information 1930 Born in Beijing 1953 Graduated from Southwest Agricultural College Saw the great need for increasing As a young the rice output man Hunger was a disturbing problem In a recent Nearly 200 million tons of rice harvest produced now Circulating his knowledge
Para 2. Put Dr Yuan’s life experience in right order. a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family. b. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural college. c. In 1950, Chinese farmers produced 50 million tons of rice. d. 200 million tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries. Proper order: a c b e d f
Para. 3 Dr Yuan’s personality 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(名望). C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.
Para.4 His dreams 1) The first dream 2) The second dream
• The first dream Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people(Line 34) • As tall as sorghum • As big as a corn • As huge as a peanut
To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the globe (Line 35)
Discussion If you had the chance to do something to rid the world of hunger, 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(营养). Control(控制) the pollution and protect the soil in the field. … etc.
Homework Suppose you were Dr Yuan’s daughter or son. Introduce your “father” to your classmates. You may use the following expressions: more… than… sunburnt face & arms slim, strong body invent super hybrid rice be famous as in 1930 in 1953 at present be satisfied with lead a…life prefer freedom to fame would rather hobbies dream of doing sth.
The passage gives us a brief introduction to Yuan Longping _____.
• Born: 1930 • Graduate: Southwest Agriculture College He _____ face and arms. His body slim • Appearance: hassunburnt is ____ but _______. strong farmer All this makes him look as a real _______. • Achievements: succeeded growing super hybrid rice He in • • ____________. pioneer rice He became the first agricultural _______ in the world to grow ___ output whose output is high. He helped the government highly 1. Cares little for _______. Personality: increasing themoney _______ of grain. simple 2. Would like to lead a _____ life. Listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, Hobbies: swimming, reading, walking to his rice fields, riding his motorcycle.
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