Unit 2 Working the land

(共16张PPT)
Unit 2
Working the Land
ten years ago
now
More and more farmland has
been used for buildings, but not for
farming.
Title: A Pioneer for All People
What kind of person is Yuan Longping
Reading
Para 1:
His appearance and achievements
His hobbies and personality
His dreams
His birth, education
and research
Para 2 :
Para 3:
Para 4:
Main idea
Name _____________
Age _____
Job _________________
dream _________________
Education __________________________
Achievement ___________________
Hobbies _____________________________
_____________________________
Yuan Longping
81
agriculture scientist
inventing hybrid rice
violin music, mah-jong, swimming,
reading
college graduate
Personal Information
2 dreams
Answer these questions.
Why does he look like a farmer (struggle for/with)
What is special about his rice (make it possible to do )
Why is his way of producing more rice so effective and successful (expand)
What is his attitude to life (be satisfied with … / care about …)
How does he spend the money he gets from his research (equip)
Reading
Use more words to describe Dr Yuan:
Modest,
not care about money
and fame
great , simple
successful
helpful ，generous
hard-working
determined
Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.
Why did the author call Yuan Longping “a pioneer for all people”？
What evidence is there in the text to support this idea
Reading
Reading
He is among the top scientists to do research into improving rice output.
Because of him, …
His super hybrid rice makes it possible to produce one-third more rice in the same fields
More than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.
22% of the world’s people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China
Circulate his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries
The UN has more tools to rid the world of hunger
Personal information
Production (achievement)
Pursuit (dreams)
Personality
Think
Which part of his personality impresses you most
Homework
Write a brief introduction to Yuan Longping.
V. Summary
Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past five decades.
This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.
Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields.
Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger.
Dr Yuan is satisfied with his life. However, he doesn’t care about being famous.
He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.
his personality
his achievement
one-third
60%
two hundred million
twice as large as
Pre-reading
2. What can we do to solve world hunger
Control the population
Open more areas for growing
Increase the output of crops