(共15张PPT)
Unit 2 Working on land (reading)
Learning objectives
After the class, you will be able to:
1. read and know about Dr.Yuan and his achievements.
2. obtain and grasp the structure of the passage.
3. analyze why Yuan Longping is called a pioneer for all people.
Personal information
Name:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:
Education:
Yuan Longping
Chinese
91 (as of 2021)
scientist/farmer
Graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953
A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams.
Para2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality.
Para3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography(传记).
Para4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance
and his achievement.
Fast reading :Scanning
Task 1 Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.
Para.1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement
Task 2 Reading and thinking
Q1: What does Dr. Yuan look like
He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim、strong body.
Q2: What is his achievement
He grows what is called super hybrid rice.
Para 2
His biography
Time information
1930
1953
As a young man
Recent
now
Born into a poor farmer’s family
Graduated from Southwest Agriculture College
Saw the great need for increasing the rice output
Hunger was a disturbing problem
nearly200 million tons was produced
Circulating his knowledge
Paragraph 3 Personality
Topic sentence
Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life.
He doesn’t care about ______ and _____. He likes freedom for his search and hobbies.
fame
money
playing mah-jong
listening to violin music
swimming
reading
Para 4: his dreams
His first dream
His second dream
▲(rice plants) As tall as sorghum
▲( each ear) As big as an ear of corn
▲(each grain) As huge as a peanut
To export his rice
so that it can be
grown all over
the world
Discuss with your partners What kind of person do you think Dr.Yuan Adj:selfless, intelligent, perseverant, unselfish, determined, energetic,hardworking…)
Stage I
Stage II
share with us.
summary
News 1.
The hunger problem is expanding in the world.
Therefore, some poor people have to eat the mud cakes as their main food now.
the mud cakes
News 2.
To rid the India of hunger, the Indian government
decided to cut down the export of rice.
Facing the problem, people in India only have two meals
one day.
5 million children die of hunger every year.
Discussion
What can we do to solve world hunger
★ Control the population
★ Open more areas for growing
★ Increase the output of crops
★ Developing the technology to…
★ Preventing the pests from eating our crops
★ Improving the quality of the soil
★ Improve the development of agriculture/farming
Homework
As a student, What can we do to solve world hunger
2. Search the internet for more information about more pioneers in and out of China, especially what they have done for all people and take notes down .