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 2Task 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 Task1 Resume Yuan Longping

85

Agricultural scientistGraduated from Southwest

Agricultural College in 1953

Hybrid rice

Hobbies:

1.

2.

3.

4.

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 dreamsHis 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

Time information

1930

1953

since 1953

1973

now

Born in Beijing

Graduated from college

Finding ways to grow more rice.

He became the first agriculturalpioneer in the world

Circulating his knowledgeUN rid the world of hunger

Task 3 Answer the following questions1 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? ___________________________________________________

ComprehensioComprehensionnComprehensioComprehensionn

Task1 Choose the best answer.1.Why does Yuan Longping work the land? Because ______A.he was born in a farmer’s familyB.he needs to do his research on farming.C.he is interested in farmingD.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. 5003. 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 VietnamC 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 1953. 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

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Yuan Longping is one of China’s most famous______________. Born in 1930, Dr Yuan _____________ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. 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

scientists graduated

hunger

goalsuper hybrid rice

pioneerThanks to

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Discussion

What have you learnt from the great scientist YuanLongping?

Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.

One dream is not always enough, especially forA person who loves and cares for his people.

Bear them in Bear them in mindmind

You can not be You can not be YuanLongping, but you YuanLongping, but you can be another can be another YuanLongping in YuanLongping in another field if you work another field if you work hard.hard.

You can not be You can not be YuanLongping, but you YuanLongping, but you can be another can be another YuanLongping in YuanLongping in another field if you work another field if you work hard.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).