人教新课标必修4课件：Unit2Working the land reading1(共25张PPT)

课件25张PPT。 Unit 2
Working the land If you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?I would invent a new kind of plant to produce more food.I’ll make a kind of fertilizer to give rice enough nutrition and let them grow quickly and have high product. But first without pollution to our environment.A Pioneer for All People He is father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻），who was lately awarded “the Nobel Prize of Asia ”.He received the honor for his great contributions(贡献）to hybrid rice research and work he did to improve rice production in developing countries.Now he is head of the National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center in Hunan Province,China(中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中心).He is called a pioneer for all people.
Dr Yuan Longping(袁隆平博士）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____Para1Q1: 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.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.True or False:
1.Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.
2.Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland.FTPara2a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family .
b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college.
c. In 1950,Chinese farmers produced 5.5 billion tons of rice.
d. 20 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice.
e. He searched 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: Put Dr Yuan’s biography in right order. acbedfParag3 Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality（个性） is not true?
He is satisfied with his life because he is
now rich and famous.
B. He cares little about money and fame（名声）.
C. He would rather work than lead a
comfortable life.
D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.Para41.What does “Wishing for things, however, costs nothing.” mean?
2.What did Dr Yuan’s rice look like in his dream?
3.Dr Yuan has dreams not only when he is _____ but also when he is______.Dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be.The rice plants were as tall as sorghum.Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut.asleepawake Pairwork：
Match the following headings(标题）to each paragraph. A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams.
Para2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality.
Para3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography(传记).
Para4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance
and his achievement.1.Dr Yuan grows what is called super hybrid rice.袁博士种植了被人称作超级杂交水稻的稻谷。e.g. I don’t quite understand what you are explaining. Please watch what I am doing carefully.What =the thing(s) that It is pretty well understood _______controls the flow of carbon dioxide in and out the atmosphere today.
A. that B. when
C. what D. how 2. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.这种特殊的稻种使得同样的田地多收获三分之一的产量。it 在句中作形式宾语，真正的宾语为to produce…, 结构为：动词（make, feel, think, regard…）+it +adj+ to do.e.g. We think it important to learn English well.3.Born in a poor farmer’s family in 1931,Dr. Yuan graduate from Southwest Agriculture College in 1953.
袁博士1931年出身于一个贫苦农民的家庭，1953年毕业于西南农学院。 graduate n. a person who has completed a university degree course. 毕业生
undergraduate 本科毕业生
post-graduate 硕士毕业生，研究生
graduate vi. complete an educational course. 常跟介词from，表示“毕业于”graduation n. 毕业e.g. After his graduation from college, he went to work as an engineer in a company.
=After he graduated from college, he went to work as an engineer in a company.Supplement :
bachelor’s degree 学士学位
master’s degree 硕士学位
doctor’s degree 博士学位4.Since then, he has devoted his life to finding ways to grow more and more rice.
从那以后，他就把毕生精力投入到水稻高产的研究中。devote oneself to+ n/doing 献身于，致力于
注意：to 为介词，后面接v-ing.类似的短语还有look forward to, listen to, get to, reply to, apologize to, belong to, 等等. 5. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvest without expanding the area of fields.袁博士寻求一种在不扩大种植面积的情况下提高水稻产量的方法。注意：search强调搜查，一般表示目标明确范围较小。search sb 搜身；search spl 搜查某地
search for 强调寻找，一般表示范围较大。
search for sb 寻找某人e.g. The police searched the woods for the lost child.警察在树林里寻找失踪的小孩。Scientists are still searching for a cure to the common cold.科学家们仍然在寻找普通感冒的治疗方法。search/search for/in search of1.The officer went up ______________the murder.
2.The thieves are ____________________the hidden treasure in the museum.
3.Birds fly to the south ______________the winter sunshine.to search searching for in search of6.Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.
用他的杂交水稻种子，农民们种出比以前多一倍的粮食。倍数词（twice/half/three times/a quarter etc.）+as + 形容词原级 +as …表示“是…的多少倍e.g. The number of the students in our school is ___________________________ in their school.
我们学校学生的数量是他们学校的两倍。twice as large as that7. However, he cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life.
但是他很少想到要把钱花在自己的身上，或享受舒适的生活。
lead a …life 过……生活。英语中少数动词，包括一些不及物动词的宾语可能是与它同源的名词类似的短语动词有：die a …death, smile a …smile, dream a … dream, live a …life, sigh a …sigh etc.care (little/much) about-------be concerned about 关心，介意，后面跟从句时候，about常省略。care for-----look after 照料；
like or want 想要，喜欢e.g. Albert Einstein didn’t care much about what to wear.
Would you help to care for my pet while I am away?8. Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.
与其说袁博士是一个科学家不如说他是一个农民。be more than=not only 不仅仅，超过
e.g. Learning is more than reading.be more +A +than +B 与其说是B还倒不如说是A
e.g. He is more an ordinary person than a leader.goodbye