课件22张PPT。Working the LandUnit 2Warming Up and ReadingFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.Poem — By Li Shen
What can you infer from the poem? What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly not enough food to eat in the world?
Every year 15 million children die of hunger.
About 183 million children weigh less than they should for their age.
If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?
How to deal with the hunger?Make good use of the waste land. Develop the farming technology.Invent some new kinds of food.Improve the quality of the soil. Prevent the pests from eating our crops.Yuan Longping
“Father of Hybrid RiceA Pioneer
for All People
a farmer named Yuan Longping
how Yuan Longping became rich and famous
C. an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice
D. a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice Which of the following statements tells the main idea of the text?
It ’s about____ .Fast ReadingMatch the following main ideas with the right paragraphs.Fast Reading Para1 A. Dr.Yuan’s dreams.
Para2 B. Dr.Yuan’s personality and hobbies.
Para3 C. Dr.Yuan’s birth, education and research.
Para4 D. Dr.Yuan’s appearance and his achievements. Yuan Longping thinks he is a ______ as well as a scientist. He has ________ face and arms and a ____, ______ body.
He works hard and grows super ______ rice. In 1973, he became a pioneer to grow rice that has a high ______ .farmersunburntslimstronghybridoutputAppearanceAchievementCareful ReadingPara.1Para.2Careful ReadingWhy did Dr. Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young?
Because at that time, hunger was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside. He saw many people were suffering from hunger when he was young.
a. He was born in a poor farmer’s family .
b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture College .
c. Chinese farmers could produce about fifty-six
million tons of rice.
d. Yuan Longping is now circulating his knowledge in less
developed countries to increase their harvests.
e. Nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced
by growing his hybrid rice.
Proper order: acbedPara.2Put the sentences into right order.
Para. 32.Which one is not true about Dr Yuan?
He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.
B. He cares little about money and fame.
C. He would rather work than lead a
comfortable life.
D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.1.What is Dr. Yuan’s attitude to his life?
Dr. Yuan is quite satisfied with his life.He doesn’t care about money and fame.Yuan’s ________ & _______ personalityhobbiesListening to violin musicReadingPlaying mah-jongSwimmingWhat were his dreams?1.A real dream:To produce a kind of rice to feed more peopleRice plants as ____as sorghum.Each ear of rice was as _____ as ear of corn.Each grain of rice was as _______ as a peanut.2.Another dream:To _______ his rice so that it can be grown around the _______.Para.4tallbighugeexportglobe What does”Dreaming for things,
however, costs nothing” mean?
Dreams are free and everybody can have dreams and struggle for it.Para.4Be a dreamer Follow the example of Dr. Yuan and fight for dreamsDiscussion Yuan Longping developed super hybrid rice to help Chinese farmers and hungry people around the world. Can you think of any other major inventions that would make a difference to world hunger? Write down your ideas and you can also draw a picture of your inventions.Assignment
Write a short passage to describe Dr. Yuan Longping with the given title and your opinions about him.“Dr.Yuan in My Eye”SummaryFill in the blanks
From his sunburnt face and arms,Yuan Longping looks just 1.______one of the millions of Chinese farmers. He 2.___________(struggle) for these farmers for the past five decades. Yuan Longping has become the first agricultural pioneer 3.________(grow) rice with high output all over the world. This kind of rice 4.________(call) super hybrid rice. When he was still a young man, likehas struggledto growis calledPost readinghunger used to be 5.___very disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. That's 6.________he decided to increase harvests without 7.________(expand) the size of the fields. Thanks to his hard work,22% of the world's people are fed 8._____only 7% of the farmland in China. However, Yuan Longping is not satisfied with the 9.____________(achieve) he has made. He dreams of devoting even more 10.____the people of the whole world.awhyexpandingfromachievementto