人教版高中英语必修四 Unit2 Working the land warming up and reading课件（共24张PPT）

课件24张PPT。3. works the land
work vi./ vt. 经营,管理
work the land=grow crops on it 耕耘土地　
He works a big farm. 他经营着一个大的农场。Unit 2 Working the landwork
vt. 耕种，耕耘, 耕作(土地)
work the land=grow crops on it 耕耘土地　
They are working the land together.WORDS AND PHRASES REVIEW 1._____________ n.&v. 饥饿，渴望
2._____________ adj.晒黑的
3._____________ v.斗争，拼搏，努力
4._____________ adj.令人不安的
5._____________ v.使变大，伸展
6._____________ n.自由，自主7._____________ adv.thushungersunburntstruggledisturbingexpandfreedom therefore8.statistic n. ________________
9.circulate v. ________________
10.battle n.
11.equip v. ________________
12.occupation n. _______________
13.幸亏，由于 ________________
14.摆脱，除去 ________________
15.宁愿，宁可 ________________
战争，战役统计，数据循环, 流传________________配备，装备工作，职业thanks toget rid of/rid... ofwould rather1.Have you ever been to the countryside? Have you ever seen farmers work in the filed? What do you think of it? 2. Are you from a farmer’s family? Did you once help your parents with the work? Do you like it?Do you know these grains(谷物)?wheat 小麦 sorghum 高粱 rice 水稻 Do you like rice?
2. Do you think rice is important to people’s life?1.In all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries,
rice is the main food.2.It is said that there are
2.4 billion people to eat rice
every day throughout the
world. Some facts about rice2.He first grows what is called super hybrid rice in the world.
He is called the Father of Super Hybrid Rice
Who is he？1. He won State Supreme Science and Technology Award(国家最高科学技术奖） with the prize of 5 million yuan in 2001.5 million RMB Yuan Longping
--Father of Super Hybrid RiceA Pioneer For All PeopleWhat’s the meaning of “pioneer”?Pioneer n. person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge. 先驱者，先锋Task 1
fast readingRead the text quickly, and then do the Exercise 1 and Exercise 2.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
1.Which of the following statements tells the main idea of the text? It ’s about____2.Match the following main ideas to each paragraph. A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
Para1 A. Yuan Longping’s dreams.
Para2 B. Yuan’s personality.
Para3 C. Yuan’s birth,education and research.
Para4 D. Yuan’s appearance
and his achievement.Task 2
Careful readingRead the text carefully, and understand the text better by doing following exercises.Para 1:Yuan’s appearance and his achievementQ1: What does Yuan Longping look like?He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. He is more like a farmer than a scientist.Q2: What is his achievement?He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce 20% more of the crop in the same fields.a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family . b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c. Chinese farmers produced fifty million tons of rice. d. Two hundred million tons or rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields. f. He is now circulating his knowledge in less develped countries.
Proper order: acbedfPara.2 Put the following sentences in the order of time. 193019531950 in a recent harvestas a young mannowWhich of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true?
A. 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.Para. 3 Yuan Longping’s personalitylistening to violin musicreadingHis dreamsPara 41) The first dream2) The second dreamTo produce a kind of rice that could_______ ________ ________. The first dream plants: as tall as_________
ear: as big as ear of_________
grain: as huge as a_________
feed more peoplesorghumcornpeanutTo______ his rice ___ ____ it can be grown around
the globe.The second dreamexportso thatWho is Yuan Longping?Name:_______ Nationality:___________
Age:_________ Occupation(job):_______
Education: ___________________
Dream:______________________________
Achievement:____________________

Hobbies:_______________________Yuan LongpingChinese87Southwest Agricultural CollegeTo export his rice so that it can be grown
around the globe.Developed super hybrid rice which produces 20% more of the crop in the same fieldFarmer/ ScientistListening to violin music, playing
mah-jong, swimming and reading.Task 4 Listening and summarizingPost Reading: fill in the following blanks according to the text.Famous scientist as he is, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer. As a young man, Yuan Longping saw the great need for ①_____(increase) the rice output. At the time, hunger was ②_____ disturbing problem in China. He wanted to increase rice harvests without ③___________(expand) the area of the field. In 1973, a special strain of rice made ④___________ possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. Thanks to ⑤___________ research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of ⑥___________(hungry). He is now circulating his rice knowledge in less developed countries to increase their rice harvest ⑦____________ he wants to export his rice so ⑧__________ it can be grown around the globe. Though he has ⑨___________ (struggle) for the past five decades, Yuan Longping is quite satisfied with his life. He gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in ⑩_____________(agricultural).increasingaexpandingithishungerthatstruggledagricultureforHomework 1.Retell the text according to time line after class.
2. Write a short story about Yuan Longping.