Unit 2 Working the land A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE

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A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
HINTS
1. He is a PIONEER.
2. He was born in 1930.
3. He likes playing mah-jong, swimming,reading,listening to violin music.
4. He is a famous scientist, but thinks of himself as a farmer.
5. He had a dream about rice plants.
as tall as sorghum
as big as a corn
as huge as a peanut
What may be the style of the passage
A. a story
B. a travel journal
C. a biography
(an introduction to a person)
Yuan Longping is a(n) _________
Pioneer.
BY growing _____________,Yuan helps the farmers produce harvest ____ as large as before.
Reading on the lines
1 fast-reading
agricultural
super hybrid rice
twice
2 jigsaw reading
Yuan’s appearance:
& his achievements:
Yuan’s biography:
in 1930:
in 1953:
in 1974:
now:
Yuan’s personality:
and his hobbies:
satisfied with_____
cares little about______;
also does’t care about____or____.
would rather______.
Likes____,_____,_____and_____.
Yuan’s dreams:
one dream:
another dream:
______face & arms; _____&_____body;
__________
in 1950:
recently:
Output of rice:
Yuan's appearance:
Yuan's achievements:
sunburnt faces & arms; slim & strong body
He grows what is called super hybrid rice;
He was the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.
Yuan's biography:
output of rice:
in 1930: born into a poor farmer's family
in 1953: gratuated from Southwest Agricultural College
in 1974: became the first agricultural pioneer
Now: circulating his knowledge
in 1950: only fifty million tons of rice
recently:nearly two hundred million tons of rice
Yuan's personality:
Yuans' hobbies:
satisfied with his life;
cares little about being famous;
also doesn't care about spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life
would rather keep time for his hobbies.
likes listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading
Yuan's dreams:
one dream: super rice plants;
Another dream: to export his rice
Reading between the lines
Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was young
Reading beyond the lines
1.Is Dr. Yuan more of a scientist or more of a farmer Why
2. Is Dr. Yuan an ordinary person or not Why or why not
3. How would you describe Dr. Yuan's personality
4. Why is Dr. Yuan called a pioneer for all people
Man eats by nature.
“民以食为天.”
Discuss:
1)What else can we do to help end hunger
2)Why is Yuan suitable to go to help Wenchuan
Teaching fishing is better than
giving fish!
Let's save every grain of food. Let's start from ourselves.
Homework
Suppose you were one of the representatives in the previous photo, prepare a presentation listing your reasons why you choose Yuan Longping to help rebuild Wenchuan.
(at least 3 reasons within 80 words)