(共25张PPT)
Unit 5 Working the land
Reading and thinking
A pioneer for all people
In this class, you will:
Train reading skills such as predicting, guessing,
scanning, skimming;
Express your opinions about the pioneer in mind;
Understand what qualities make a person like Yuan Longping -- “ A Pioneer for All People”.
Cultivate critical thinking on what makes people a pioneer.
Learning objectives
Lead-in
What is mentioned in the video
Rising hunger problem.
Rice is life.
Who will come to your mind
What is mentioned in the video
“ My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger.”
What do you know about Yuan Longping
What do you know about Yuan Longping
He is father of hybrid rice.
He was awarded the Medal of the Republic.
He is a Chinese agricultural scientist.
He passed away in May, 2021.
A pioneer for all people
The to discover artemisinin for malaria
A person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge.
The to discover General Theory ofRelativity
The to develop hybrid rice
first
first
first
Pre-reading
A pioneer for all people
Read the title and picture, predict what the text will talk about.
Who will be the pioneer
What did he do
How did he do it
Why is he called a pioneer for all people
Pre-reading
Make prediction
What is the type of the text
A. A blog B. A biography C. A brochure [ br (r)] D. A guide book
While-reading
Read for text type
Para 1:
Para 2:
Para 3:
Para 4:
Para 5:
Para 6:
Identities
Contributions & influence
Education
Qualities
Dreams & visions
Research & achievements
who
what & how
why
Fast reading
While-reading
Match the key words with each paragraph.
Read paragraph 1 and 2, and find the information.
Birthdate:
Birthplace:
Apperance:
Major:
Occupations:
Title:
In 1930
In Beijing
Slim but strong
Agriculture
A scientist, a researcher
Father of hybrid rice
Why did he choose study agriculture
He was concerned that famers had poor harvests and
food shortage.
Why did Yuan consider himself as a farmer
and a farmer.
He continually works the land in his research.
He has devoted his life to Chinese farmers.
Careful reading
Read paragraph 3 and find out the process of developing hybrid rice.
worked
realized
convinced
overcame
developed
as a research in 1953
large fields ×
boost fields √
the creation of hybrid rice
enormous technical
difficulties
hybrid rice in 1974
a challenging question
a great debate
it could not be done
expand famer’s output greatly
Careful reading
Read paragraph 4 and fill in the blanks.
+
+
=
________
domestic rice
consumption
60 percent
produce
__________
tons of rice
per year
feed___________ countries
200 million
many
other
received
________
awards
numerous
Careful reading
In what way does the writer develop paragraph 4
A. By providing convincing data.
B. By explaining the phenomenon.
C. By giving examples.
D. By analyzing the cause and effect.
Read paragraph 4 and choose the correct answer.
Careful reading
1981年,袁隆平获第一个“国家特等发明奖”。
1987年,联合国向袁隆平颁发科学奖。
1995年,袁隆平被选为中国工程院院士。
2000年,袁隆平获得国家最高科学技术奖。
2004年,获得沃尔夫农业奖。
2006年,当选美国国家科学院外籍院士。
2013年, 获得第四届中国消除贫困奖终生成就奖。
2018年, 当选中国发明协会首届会士。
Read paragraph 5 and answer the questions.
VS
donate his money to agricultural research
a farmer at heart
a man of the soil
retire to a life of leisure
a healthy and famous scientist
What does Yuan Longping do with his large amounts of money
What do other people think Yuan Longping might do with money
Why does the author show Yuan Longping’s qualities
By contrast
Careful reading
Read paragraph 6 and try to complete the chart.
as tall as sorghum
as big as a broom
as huge as a peanut
seawater rice
Mr. Yuan’s ability to fulfill his dreams
His former vision
His latest vision
Careful reading
What qualities can we find in Yuan Longping
Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybridrice”, is one of China’s most famous scientists. Yet, he considers himself a farmer because he continually works the land in his research. Indeed, his slim but strong body is just like that of millions of Chinese farmers, to whom he has devoted his life.
Yuan Longping was born in 1930 in Beijing. His parents wanted him to pursue a career in science or medicine. However, what concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious shortage of food to eat. To tackle this crisis, he chose to study agriculture and received an education at Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing.
Para 1
Para 2
modest
devoted
caring
determined
Thinking and discussion
Para 3
However,... The common assumption then was that it could not be done. Through intense effort, Yuan overcame enormous technical difficulties to develop the first hybrid rice that could be used for farming in 1974.
Para 5
Given that Yuan’s hybrids have made him quite wealthy, one might think he would retire to a life of leisure. However, this is far from the case. Deep down, Yuan is still very much a farmer at heart. As a man of the soil, he cares little for celebrity or money. Instead, he makes large donations to support agricultural research.
simple
generous
confident
hard-working
What qualities can we find in Yuan Longping
Thinking and discussion
Para 6
Long ago, he envisioned rice plants as tall as sorghum, with each ear of rice as big as a broom, and each grain of rice as huge as a peanut. ... His latest vision for “seawater rice” has also become a reality, and potentially opened up nearly one million square kilometres of salty land in China for rice production. Despite his advanced years, Yuan Longping is still young at heart and full of vision, and everyone is waiting to see what he will dream up next.
full of vision
optimistic
What qualities can we find in Yuan Longping
Thinking and discussion
What qualities make a person like Yuan Longping
modest & devoted
full of vision
optimistic
confident
hard-working
caring
determined
simple generous
Interview: You act as the interviewer and your partner as the interviewee on the topic of a pioneer for all people.
Interview
Post-reading
Lin Qiaozhi
mother of ten thousand babies;
chose to study medicine;
rejected American offer;
charged very low fees;
left her savings to a kindergarten.
...
Tu Youyou
Nobel Prize for Physiology
or Medicine;
a committed and patient scientist;
examined over 2,000 old medical text;
“The honor is not just mine.”
...
Elbert Einstein
awarded Nobel Prize
in Physics;
opposed the use of nuclear weapon;
put forward the law of conservation of mass.
...
Tips: some important sentence structures
Search more information about the pioneer in your mind and write a short composition.
Homework