(共19张PPT)
Unit2 Working the land
Reading part
Knowledge goal
To build new vocabulary: sunburnt, struggle, decide,
output, crop…
thanks to…
ride of
1
Ability goal
Reading for gist 、specific information and details
Talking about his own dreams in English
2
Moral goal
To realize how important agriculture is in our life and learn noble character from Dr.Yuan
3
Teaching Object
rice
What’s he eating now?
Can you name the following grains?
Which one feeds the largest population in the world ?
sorghum
wheat
corn
rice
0%
50%
100%
70%
0%
50%
100%
80%
0%
50%
100%
90%
%
50%
100%
100%
common rice
super hybrid rice
Which one has higher output is much?
contrast
1
Did you hear of Yuan Longping before?
Yuan Longping——The father of hybrid rice
How much do you know about him?
2
Talk to your partner
Pair work
A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
START
disturbing
Satisfied with
freedom
Struggled for
expanding
therefore
sunburnt
Vocabulary
brown from spending too much time in the sun
freedom
to make something or somebody free of
struggled for
to try extremely hard to achieve something
expand
to become larger in size, number or amount
satisfied with
pleased by having what one wants or needs
therefore
because of
Matching in your group
sunburnt
Reading for gist
passage
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Read the passage as fast as you can !
Main idea
appearance
achievement
graduated from
born in
sa
satisfied with
dreams
Reading for the following information
his hobby
face and body
1930, Beijing
his character
The hybrid strain
Southwest Agricultural
College
occupation
his dreams
Group work——A brief introduction
Question 1
Why did Yuan Longping want to increase output when he was young?
Reading for details
Question 2
Question 3
How would you describe Yuan Longping’s personality?
Yuan Longping thinks a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. What do you think about it ?
Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true ?
He is satisfied with his life because he is
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.
Dr. Yuan’s personality
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But what’s modern agriculture ?
Think More !
mechanization
watering
fertilizer
breeding
We are trying our best to increase the output.
2014
2015
2016
2017
More grains means less hunger.
Don’t forget …
pollution
decrease of the arable land
desertization
natural disaster
Homework
Do it after class
Please make a survey on how to improve the output of healthy grain ?
Maybe you can
talk to farmers
surf on the internet
read newspapers
See you