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?

select the weeds plough the soil turn over the soil

sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize

3. What do you know about farming?Tips: importance farming pioneers farming methods ……. etc.

Jia Sixie Yuan Longping

2. Have you ever been to the countryside? What did you do there?

Do you know these grains( 谷物 )?

wheat sorghum

rice

高粱

BrainstormingWhat will you think of when you see the word “farming”?

farming

farmers

field

rice

fertilizer

wheat

cotton

some farming methods

If there were no rice one day, what would happen?

• What is happening to these people?

• What can we do to solve this problem?

HungeHungerr

Do something to help end hunger in the world!!!

Look at the pictures and compare traditional （传统的） and modern farming.

In the past, farmers grow crops in the traditional way. Using cattle to plough the field. farmers work most of the day all year around, but they could not produce enough food for the whole population.

At present, they use modern techniques in their fields to improve agricultural production such as chemical fertilizers, greenhouses and so on. Great changes have taken place in agriculture.

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粮食 2三维柱形图 3三维柱形图

What makes the rice growing year by year?

Yuan Longping

Father of Hybrid RiceFather of Hybrid Rice

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月出生于北京，１９５３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

Listen to the tape carefully then answer these questions.

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

Yes or No?

1.Read the passage once again,then find out these sentences true or false.

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T or F 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.

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.

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Para.3:He cares little about spending the money on himself and would rather keep time for his hobbies.

Para.4:Dr Yuan ‘s dreams.

2.Find out the topic sentences of each paragraph

Para. 1: He became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.

Para.2:He has devoted his life to finding ways to grow more and more rice..

Write down Yuan Longping’s personal

information

Personal information

nameNationality

born

age

occupationeducation

dream

hobbies

achievement

Personal information

• Name:

• Nationality:

• Born:

• Age:

• Occupation:

• Education:

• Dream:

Yuan Longping

Chinese

in 1931; in a poor family

74

Scientist of farming

Southwest Agriculture College,in 1953With the hope of producing a kind of

rice that could feed more peopleTo export his rice so that it can be

grown all over the world

Personal information

Achievements:

Hobbies:

grow rice that has a high output

find ways to grow more rice

circulate his knowledge abroad

give money to equip others for their research

playing his violin

listening to violin musicplaying mah-jong

swimming

reading

riding his motorcycle to his rice fields

19311931

19501950

19741974

Last Last yearyear

NowNow

Time & EventsYuan Longping was born into ____________________

Chinese farmers produced _______billion tons of rice.

Yuan graduated from Southwest Agriculture Institute.

Yuan became _________________________in the world to grow rice that has a high output.

Nearly ____billion tons of rice was produced.

Yuan is ________________________in India, Vietnam and other less developed countries.

________19531953

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the first agricultural pioneer

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circulating his knowledge

a poor farmer’s family.

Find out the main idea of each paragraph

The main idea of each paragraph:

• Yuan’s great achievement:super hybrid rice.

• His devotion to the research of finding a way to grow more rice.

• Yuan leads a ordinary life.

• Yuan’s dreams.

Thank you!