Unit 5 Working the Land Reading and Thinking（16张PPT）
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Unit5 Working The Land
My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger.
-Yuan Longping
Learning Aims
通过阅读A Pioneer For All People,理解科学家袁隆平的贡献
了解我国农业的发展状况，表达自己对农
业发展、粮食问题的看法
词汇激活
devote
shortage
tackle
crisis
boost
convince
characteristic
attain
conventional
assumption
intense
overcome
expand
output
estimate
domestic
consumption
comprise
generate
leisure
soil
celebrity
grain
vision
reality
salty
Who is the man in the photo
What crop is he holding in his hands
What else do you know about him
Yuan Longping.
Super hybrid rice.
He is father of hybrid rice, who received the great honor for his great contributions to hybrid rice research and the work he did to improve rice production in developing countries. He is called a pioneer for all people.
Read the text. Match the main idea with each paragraph.
A Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice.
B Yuan is old but still working hard to fulfil his dreams.
C Yuan considers himself a farmer.
D Yuan decided to study agriculture.
E Yuan's innovation has helped to feed more people.
F Yuan cares little for fame or wealth.
1. Why does Yuan Longping consider himself a farmer
Because he continually works the land in his research.
2. Why did Yuan Longping decide to study agriculture
He was concerned that farmers had poor harvests and sometimes even had a shortage of food to eat.
Read the text again and answer the questions.
3. What is main advantage of hybrid crops
One characteristic of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than conventional crops.
4. How has Yuan’s work helped China and other countries
Yuan’s innovation has helped feed not just China, but many other countries that depend on rice as well, such as India and Vietnam.
5. What is Yuan’s latest vision
Seawater rice.
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.
Use word formation to guess the meaning
Often, new words are not really “new”— they are just different forms of words that you may already know. For instance, a word ending with –ate is often a verb, while a word ending in –tion is often a noun. Thus, we have communicate (verb) and communication (noun). English has many word patterns like this.
1. This school has ___________ thousands of bright young students over years.
2. Most students look for jobs after university __________.
3. Because of the ___________ of new strains of hybrid crops, people in many parts of the world now have more food to eat.
educated
graduation
creation
create, estimation, education, generation, graduate
4. Last year, this new electric power plant ____________ enough energy to power the whole city.
5. It was difficult to calculate exactly how many trees had been cut down. However, a general ____________ was possible.
generated
estimation
create, estimation, education, generation, graduate
1.What kind of person is Yuan Longping Why
I think he is modest(谦虚的) because although he is a famous scientist he considers himself a farmer.
Discuss the questions.
devoted (献身的) .selfless.kind-hearted. energetic hardworking.plain (朴素的).determined
2. Apart from rice, what are some other important crops in China What do you know about them
The most important crop besides rice is wheat, which is grown on different parts of China, and is used to make noodles and bread. Corn is also a popular crop in north and north-eastern China. It is used both for food and for animal feed.
3. Other than hybrid rice, what other hybrid products do you know Can you think of new hybrid ideas
Common hybrid crops include corn, rapeseed, sunflowers, and nearly all market vegetables. Some kinds of hybrid animals have been known for a long time, the most famous of which is the mule — which is a hybrid of a horse and a donkey. The concept of a hybrid is not restricted to plants and animals. For example, there are hybrid cars, which are powered by two
different kinds of engines at the same time.
4. What other food problems you know What can be done to solve them
There are still a lot of people have a shortage of food in other parts of the world,especially in African countries.
Spreading super hybrid rice around the whole world may help solve the problem.
In our daily life,we should save food
and stop wasting food.
Food safety problem…..
Unit5 Working The Land
My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger.
-Yuan Longping
Learning Aims
通过阅读A Pioneer For All People,理解科学家袁隆平的贡献
了解我国农业的发展状况，表达自己对农
业发展、粮食问题的看法
词汇激活
devote
shortage
tackle
crisis
boost
convince
characteristic
attain
conventional
assumption
intense
overcome
expand
output
estimate
domestic
consumption
comprise
generate
leisure
soil
celebrity
grain
vision
reality
salty
Who is the man in the photo
What crop is he holding in his hands
What else do you know about him
Yuan Longping.
Super hybrid rice.
He is father of hybrid rice, who received the great honor for his great contributions to hybrid rice research and the work he did to improve rice production in developing countries. He is called a pioneer for all people.
Read the text. Match the main idea with each paragraph.
A Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice.
B Yuan is old but still working hard to fulfil his dreams.
C Yuan considers himself a farmer.
D Yuan decided to study agriculture.
E Yuan's innovation has helped to feed more people.
F Yuan cares little for fame or wealth.
1. Why does Yuan Longping consider himself a farmer
Because he continually works the land in his research.
2. Why did Yuan Longping decide to study agriculture
He was concerned that farmers had poor harvests and sometimes even had a shortage of food to eat.
Read the text again and answer the questions.
3. What is main advantage of hybrid crops
One characteristic of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than conventional crops.
4. How has Yuan’s work helped China and other countries
Yuan’s innovation has helped feed not just China, but many other countries that depend on rice as well, such as India and Vietnam.
5. What is Yuan’s latest vision
Seawater rice.
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.
Use word formation to guess the meaning
Often, new words are not really “new”— they are just different forms of words that you may already know. For instance, a word ending with –ate is often a verb, while a word ending in –tion is often a noun. Thus, we have communicate (verb) and communication (noun). English has many word patterns like this.
1. This school has ___________ thousands of bright young students over years.
2. Most students look for jobs after university __________.
3. Because of the ___________ of new strains of hybrid crops, people in many parts of the world now have more food to eat.
educated
graduation
creation
create, estimation, education, generation, graduate
4. Last year, this new electric power plant ____________ enough energy to power the whole city.
5. It was difficult to calculate exactly how many trees had been cut down. However, a general ____________ was possible.
generated
estimation
create, estimation, education, generation, graduate
1.What kind of person is Yuan Longping Why
I think he is modest(谦虚的) because although he is a famous scientist he considers himself a farmer.
Discuss the questions.
devoted (献身的) .selfless.kind-hearted. energetic hardworking.plain (朴素的).determined
2. Apart from rice, what are some other important crops in China What do you know about them
The most important crop besides rice is wheat, which is grown on different parts of China, and is used to make noodles and bread. Corn is also a popular crop in north and north-eastern China. It is used both for food and for animal feed.
3. Other than hybrid rice, what other hybrid products do you know Can you think of new hybrid ideas
Common hybrid crops include corn, rapeseed, sunflowers, and nearly all market vegetables. Some kinds of hybrid animals have been known for a long time, the most famous of which is the mule — which is a hybrid of a horse and a donkey. The concept of a hybrid is not restricted to plants and animals. For example, there are hybrid cars, which are powered by two
different kinds of engines at the same time.
4. What other food problems you know What can be done to solve them
There are still a lot of people have a shortage of food in other parts of the world,especially in African countries.
Spreading super hybrid rice around the whole world may help solve the problem.
In our daily life,we should save food
and stop wasting food.
Food safety problem…..