Unit 2 Working the land reading课件（23张）

Unit 2 Working the land
（ Reading）
Discuss about how did the rice seed become staple food?
Watching a video, and answer this question: What problems do they have?
According to the WHO: The world produces enough
food for everyone, but, more than 800 million people
go to bed hungry every day.
What can we do to help them?
Which is the most effective way to solve this problem?

A pioneer for all people
Q1: What do you think of the tittle A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE ?

Q2: Which aspects did the author introduced with Dr. Yuan?

Q3: What's the main idea of the passage?
Listening to the record and glancing the
passage, and then think about the following questions.
Prar. 4
What's the main idea of the passage?
It tells an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice.
Careful reading
Para. 1
He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which
makes it possible to produce one-third more of the
crop in the same fields.
Para. 2
Time Information





Time Information
1930 born
1953 graduated from Southwest Agriculture college.
As a young
man Saw the greast need for increasing the rice
output; searched a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields.
A recent
harvest produced nearly two hundred million tons of rice
Now circulating his knowledge in less developed
countries.
Para. 3
Para. 3
Q1 Can you list some
hobbies about Dr. Yuan?
Para. 3
Q2 What's his attitude towards life?
Para. 4
Para. 4
Q1 Describe the rice in Dr. Yuan's dream
Para. 4
Q2 What's Dr. Yuan's second dream?
To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.
1. Is Yuan Longping more of a scientist or more of a farmer or a businessman? Give your reasons.
2. What factors lead to his great achievements?
3. Yuan Longping thinks that a person with too much money has more troubles. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Discussion
Why is he called a pioneer for all people?
Numbers
Important facts
Dreams
A farming scientist
A new strain of rice
A simple life
A dream
Summary
Dr.Yuan Longping was 1.________ pioneer of
agriculture in China. He 2.________ (graduate)
from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953.
3._______ then he devoted his life to 4.________
(find) ways to grow more rice. The rice farmers
are now producing harvest twice as large as before by growing his kind of rice. 5.________ he was
not satisfied with his work.
a
graduated
Since
finding
But
Summary
6.________ now he leads a rich life, he still goes on with his work to develop his rice. I think his
work is 7.________(real) important to the world.
8.________ of his hard work, the production of
food has been improved. And the problem of
9.________(hungry) can be solved. Thanks to
Yuan Longping's great work, millions of people
can benefit 10.________ his extraordinary work.
Although
really
Because
hunger
from
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