人教版高中英语必修四-Unit2 Working the land Reading课件（共34张PPT）

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Unit 2 Working the Land
Note：
1. countryside 农村
1. Have you ever been to the countryside?
2. Have you ever grown any plants?
Pre-reading

Game Time
Let's grow plants together!
First, buy or select the seeds in the store.


Game Time


种子
Second, we need to plough or turn over the soil.


Game Time



耕地
Third , we sow the seeds in the soil.


Game Time



播种
Fourth , we need to
a.water the plants, b.get rid of the weeds,
c.kill the pest,
d.fertilize the soil.



Game Time





v.摆脱；除去


v. 使肥沃
Finally, we can harvest our crop .


Game Time



v.收割


n.庄稼
Discussion
If you had the chance to do something to rid the world of hunger, what would you do ?
hunger
Who is the father of super hybrid rice?

超级杂交水稻

A Pioneer for All People




n. person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge.


Yuan Longping
Task 1 Fast-reading

Read the passage as fast as possible and find out the main idea of each paragraph.
It's time to earn your points.

Match the following main ideas with the right paragraphs.
Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams.
Para2 B. Dr Yuan’s life style and ideas.
Para3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography(自传).
Para4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance(外貌)
and his achievements.




Para 1
a. Dr Yuan's
He has a________ face and arms and a slim, _______body. He is more like a farmer than a scientist.

Task 2 Careful-reading
sunburnt
strong
b. Dr Yuan's
He grows what is called super__________ , which makes it possible to produce 20% more of the ____ in the same fields.

hybrid rice
crop


adj.晒黑的


n.庄稼；农作物
Appearance

Achievements


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. He became the first agricultural pioneer e. He searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.
Proper order:











a

c

b

e

d

f
2.Put the following sentences in right order.
1930
1953
1950
1974
as a young man
now
Para 2
Paragraph 2
Time information
1930
1953
As a young man
1950
In a recent harvest
now
Born in a farmer’s family
Southwest Agriculture College
Hunger was a disturbing problem. Saw the great need for increasing the rice output
200 million tons produced
Circulating his knowledge
Only fifty million tons produced

Means?
22%
7%

UN
rid the world of hunger
biography
How many hobbies does Dr Yuan have?

Para 3
1.listening to violin music
2.playing mah-jong
4.reading
3.swimming
Four hobbies


n.爱好
Topic sentence?
Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life.
He doesn’t care about ______ and _______. He likes freedom for his search and hobbies.
fame
money
Personality
His dreams
Paragragh 4
1) The first dream
2) The second dream
Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people

As huge as a peanut
The first dream
As tall as sorghum
As big as a corn

The second dream
To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe
Group Work
Complete the notes about Yuan Longping
on page 11(exercise 1).
Name:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:
Education:

Dreams:

Achievements:

Hobbies:
Yuan Longping
China
86(1930---present)
a scientist/expert on agriculture
Graduated from Southwest Agriculture College(1953)
Violin, mah-jong, swimming and reading
Grow super hybrid rice, helping to solve the world problem of hunger
2. to export his rice so that it can be...
1. producing a kind of rice that has high
output.
Yuan Longping is a great man, for he has
(奋斗) for human race for a long time.
His attention is (集中) finding
ways to grow more green rice, which will
not (导致) illness. (use)
his special rice ,farmers can produce harvest
twice as large before without (使
变大) the area of the fields. (多亏)
his research, Chinese （使摆脱)
themselves of (饥饿). (因此),
he is called “father of hybrid rice”.In addition,
he is (对…满意)his life.
He (宁愿)keep time for swimming,
which (增强) his strength.

struggled
focused on
lead to
Using
as
expanding
Thanks to
rid/ridded
hunger
Therefore
satisfied with
would rather
builds up
短文填空

b. Choice Question 2 points
1.What is Yuan Longping’s attitude
towards money?
A. The more, the better
B. Too much will cause a lot of troubles
C. Money is of no use
Quiz 4 points
a.True or false
1.Dr. Yuan considers himself as a scientist.
2.In 1959, chinese famers could produce about sixty-six million tons of rice.


fifty-six

farmer
Quiz 4 points
a.True or false
3.Yuan Longpin is quite satisfied with his life and he cares about being famous and rich very much.
4.Dr Yuan would rather relax than work.


doesn't care about being famous

Question(2 points)
I enjoy ......
I like......
My favourite .... is/are .....
I prefer......
I am fond of ......
I am keen on.......
What are your hobbies?
___ 1. He wants everyone to call him a farmer,for that’s how he regards himself.
A.He thinks of himself as a farmer.
B.The other people think of him as a farmer
A
choose the right meaning 4ponits
___ 2. Dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.
A.Dreams are free,you can imagine what your future would like.
B.You should spend some money on dreams.
A
Discuss in pairs:
What can we learn from Dr Yuan?
pioneering
creative
considerate
modest
plain
devoted
straight forward
open-minded
intelligent

determined
generous
strong-willed
Personalities







selfless

Summary
What have you learned from this class?
A Hard-working Farmer
Farmers weeding at noon,
Sweat down the field soon.
Who knows food on a tray,
Due to their toiling day.

Note：
weed 除草
sweat 汗珠（n）；流汗（v ）
tray 盘子
toil 辛苦



Sharing Time

You are a lucky dog.

No Question.

All group read the poem together
(1ponit).

Homework
1.练习册核心考点1-10整理笔记，完成对应的练习题。

Thank you
Speaking(3 points)
Now you are a farmer,YOU are persuading me to buy your food. What do you want to say?
1. The advantages are....
2.This is good value because.....
3.You will taste the difference when....
4.......