必修4 Unit 2 Working the land Reading 课件（27张PPT）

(共27张PPT)
1. Only 1/4 of our earth is covered with land!
2. 1/2 of this piece is too hot, cold, or wet for farming!
3. 3/4 of this part is used for roads, houses,
schools!!
Only 1/4 of our earth
is covered with land!
1/2 of this piece is
too hot, cold, or wet for
farming!
3/4 of this part is used for roads, houses, schools!!
How much of the land is left for farming
Only 1/32 of the earth is used for
farming!!!
_______farmland
Limited
large population
limited farmland
In the past China’s No 1 problem was ____________________
How to feed _______ of the world’s people with
only ________of the world’s farmland in China.
22%
7%
hunger problem
Doctor Yuan
Long ping
solved the problem
What do you expect to learn
about Ping in the text
Skim and sum up the main idea of each paragraph
within 3 words.
Paragraph
Main Idea
1 Ping’s
_______________________
2 Ping’s
_______________________
3 Ping’s
_______________________
4 Ping’s
_______________________
success (achievement: ---- )…
education and research(his efforts to--)…
way of life (hobbies、personality) …
dreams…
What is the writing style of the passage
A. Narrative B. Argumentative C. Expositive D. Biography
D. Biography
Appearance
Birth information
College education
Ping’s hobbies
Find ABC information about Ping!
Sunburnt face&arms, slim and
strong body
He was born in 1930.
He graduated from Southwest
Agricultural College in 1953.
Listening to violin, playing
mah-jong, swimming and reading.
Do you think he lives a relaxing and pleasant life
What about his dream
Struggle for his dream for decades
…circulating his knowledge in
India, Vietnam and many
other less developed countries
…gives millions of money to
equip others for their
research in agriculture.
rice plants;
each ear of rice;
each grain of rice;
export his rice…
great achievement
60%
20%
50 million; 200 million
twice as large as
Super hybrid rice
his quality
22; 7%
Thanks to his super hybrid rice, YLP helped
rid the world of hunger;
increase the rice harvest(output)
Roots are to leaves
as one’s qualities are to one’s success.
Task1:
What qualities does YLP have Work in pairs and find out sentences to support your opinion.
For example:
Line11: Since then, finding ways to grow more has been his life goal. From this sentence, I know he is ambitious.
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
his quality
his achievement
60%
20%
50 million two hundred million
twice as large as
Super hybrid rice
educated
responsible
hardworking
modest
unselfish
energetic
intelligent
determined
generous
knowledgeable
In a way, qualities make what you are
or what you will be!
interesting
22; 7%
What can we learn form Yuan Longping
Attitude to fame:
______________________________________________.
Attitude to work: ______________________________________________.
Attitude to world problem: ______________________________________________.
Simple for explicating one’s ambition, quiet to go far！ (淡泊以明志，宁静而致远)
not care about money and fame; ----
devoted; selfless; ----
caring; concerning; global awareness
for All People
!
A Pioneer for
A Pioneer
A. The most famous farmer in China.
B. The father of hybrid rice.
C. “泥腿子“科学家
The bumpkin scientist.
D. “全人类的福音”
The mascot of human beings
FAO awarded Yuan Longping “World Food Prize”of 2004.
Awarding speech (his work, his achievements…)
Ladies and gentlemen, now allow me to announce the winner of “World Food Prize” ,Yuan Longping. He… struggle for decades super hybrid rice
circulating his knowledge in …
gives …. money to equip …
…, rid the world of hunger …
Ping’s return speech (thanks, future dreams,…)
Thank you. It’s a great honor…
First, I’d like to thank ….
Second, …
Anyway, I will still pursue my dreams.
One is … , while the other is ….
Team1/2 finish the awarding speech while Team3/4 finish the return speech.
Work in group of four. Choose one student in each group to act as the host or YLP
How to present the awarding speech and the thank-you speech.
Know more mout YLP (YLP’s education, research, success, hobbies and dreams).
YLP’s great qualities (personalities)
1. Prepare the awarding speech and Ping’s thank-you speech and present it in class.
2. Retell the passage according to YLP’s education, research, success, hobbies and dreams.
Think
For example, line11: Since then, finding ways to grow more has been his life goal. From this sentence, I know he is ambitious.
L4:He has struggled for the past five decades.
L9:Dr Yuan graduated form Southwest Agricultural College.
L21:Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, ----
L25:He doesn’t care about being famous.
L26:He enjoys listening to --, playing mah-jong, swimming,---
L27:He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for---
L36:One dream is not always enough, especially for a person
who loves and cares for his people.
……
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3
4
1
Reread the passage fluently and learn to retell it based
on the biography on P11.
2. According to your theme, design some activities that you
would like to do on World Food Day to end hunger!