人教版高中英语必修4 unit 2 working the land Reading 课件（共29张）

课件29张PPT。Unit 2Working the land山焦中学 王春芳A poemFarmers weeding at noon,
Sweat down the field soon.
Who knows food on a tray,
Due to their toiling day.
Warming up Can you name these food?wheat sorghumrice corn Potatoes Staple food What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people eating rice every day throughout the world. plow the fieldgrow some young plantsinsert the young plants into the fieldFertilize(施肥)harvestriceIf there was no rice one day, what would happen?Father of Hybrid RiceA Pioneer For All PeopleTask 1 ScanningFind out the main idea of each paragraph.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Dr. Yuan’s dreams.Dr. Yuan’s personality(性格).or hobbiesDr. Yuan’s appearance（外表） and his achievements.Dr. Yuan’s brief life experience.Para. 1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievementTask 2 Careful readingQ1: What does Dr Yuan look like?He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. He is more like a farmer than a scientist.(Line 2)Q2: What is his achievement?He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. (Line 4,7 )Para 2His life experienceBorn in Beijing Graduated from Southwest Agricultural College Saw the great need for increasing the rice output
Hunger was a disturbing problem Nearly 200 million tons of rice produced Circulating his knowledge19531930TimeAs a young
mannowIn a recent
harvestPara2a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family .
b. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural college.
c. In 1950, Chinese farmers produced 50 million tons of rice.
d. 200 millon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice.
e. He searched a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of fields.
f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.
Proper order: Put Dr Yuan’s life experience in right order. acbedfWhich of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true?
He is satisfied with his life because he is
now rich and famous.
B. He cares little about money and fame(名望).
C. He would rather work than lead a
comfortable life.
D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.Para. 3 Dr Yuan’s personalityHis dreamsPara．41) The first dream2) The second dreamProduce a kind of rice that could feed more people（Line 34）As huge as a peanut
The first dream
As tall as sorghum As big as a corn
To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the globe(Line 35)
The second dreamSummary(总结)Personal informationPursuit(追求)：Production achievementsPersonality:Age:Occupation:Nationality:81ChineseScientist/farmer1. More than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from his hybrid rice2. 22% of the world’s people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China.3. Farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.Cares little about money and being famousGrow rice that has a high outputIf you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?DiscussionThe measures taken to deal with hungerInvent a new kind of plant to produce more food.Find a sort of fertilizer(肥料)to give rice enough nutrition(营养).Control(控制) the pollution and protect the soil in the field.… etc.三、课文内容复述 Dr Yuan Longping is a pioneer of agriculture in China.He
(1)__________ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953.Since
then he devoted his life to (2)_________ways to grow more rice
and succeeded.The rice farmers are now producing harvests twice
(3)____________large as before by growing his super hybrid rice.
(4)________ he was not satisfied with his work.(5)_________
now he leads a rich life, he still insists on (6)________ work to
develop his rice.His work is really important to the world.Becauseof his hard work, the production of food has been (7)________．And the problem of (8)________ can be solved.Thanks (9)______
Yuan Longping's great work, millions of people can benefit (10)
________ his extraordinary work.AlthoughgraduatedfindingasButhisimprovedhungertofromcomplete the passage about Dr Yuan Dr Yuan _______ a simple life. He _____ ______ work on the farm than have a rest. He has ________ for five decades to search for a way to increase rice harvest without __________ the area of the fields. _______ to the discovery of super hybrid rice, his dream of ______ China of _______ is realized . Now, he has another dream---to _______his rice so that it can be grown all over the world. leadswouldratherstruggledexpandingThanksriddinghungerexportHe devotes most of his time to the development of
agriculture.Homework 1. reread the passage and underline some long and difficult sentences.
2. recite the bold words and find more usages of them.
3.finish the following exercises.把下列短语填入每个句子的空白处（注意所填短语的形式变化）：
rid..of be satisfied with build up lead to focus on 、would rather keep…free from/of thanks to
1 _________ the doctor’s timely help, the boy was saved.
2 I’m very glad to see that your vocabulary is gradually _________.
3 You have given the correct answer. I __________ it.
4 Every exercise __________ a different grammar point.
5 We must find ways to ________ the house _______ blackbeetles(蟑螂).
6 You should open the window to _________ the room ________ smoke.
7 I _______ not tell him the truth.
8 Eating too much sugar can _________ health problems.
Thank you!