XB1 Unit5 Working the Land
Reading and Thinking A pioneer for all people
Teaching procedures
Read for the structure
Read for details
Read paragraph 1 & 2 and fill in the blanks.
Why did Yuan study agriculture (para 2)
Read paragraph 3 and find the information.
What difficulties did he meet
What are the advantages of hybrid rice
How did he develop the hybrid rice
What were Yuan's contributions (para 4)
Yuan’s hybrid strains contributed to ______of domestic rice consumption, and allowed China’s farmers to produce ______tons of rice per year. And his work has helped__________both China and other countries depending on rice.
Read paragraph 5 and find the information.
(1). What did Yuan Longping do with his large amounts of money
(2). What did other people think Yuan might do with money
What were Yuan’s dreams (para 6)
Group work — presentation
What kind of person is Yuan
Read for the structure
What kind of text do you think it is
A. an argumentation B. an exposition C. a biography