Unit 2 Working the land阅读

(共69张PPT)
Enjoy a Poem
By Li Shen
Farmers weeding at noon,
Sweat down the field soon.
Who knows food on a tray,
Due to their toiling day.
What do you know about “farming”
wheat
rice
corn
potatoes
peanut
tomatoes
broomcorn
cotton
Have you ever been to the countryside Are you from a farmer’s family What do you know about farming
Farming
sowing
ploughing
irrigating (灌溉)
crops
weather &climate
rice transplanting (插秧)
When we speak of farming, what words
can we think of
select the weeds
plough the soil
turn over the soil
sow the seeds
remove the weeds
fertilize
farming steps
Ploughing (犁田)
seeding
fertilizing
(施肥)
irrigating (灌溉)
transplanting 插秧
harvesting
winnowing (扬 谷)
rice
rice
What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries
Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day throughout the world.
Answer the following questions:
Pre-reading
What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat
suffer from starvation and starve to death.
feel scared / be panic(惊慌).
fight for food, even kill each other
and the whole country would get into trouble.
In the late 1990s, Brown, an
American scholar, came up
with the theory of Chinese
Menace(威胁), which said that
in the 2030s, Chinese population
will add up to 1.6 billion, and
had the question who would
feed the large population in
China as well as in the world.
Do something
to help end
hunger in the
world!!!
The only way to solve the food shortage problem is to increase the yield of the grain crop per land area through the advancement of science and technology.
Just at that time, a Chinese scientist
declared to the world that China can
solve the problem by himself and help
to solve the same problem in the world.
Yuan Longping
“Father of
Hybrid Rice”
Father of Hybrid Rice
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）
Poor rice
Super hybrid rice
杂交稻
这稻穗, 够分量！
我国杂交稻高产新组合创世界一流亩产 达1195.2kg
Find out the main idea of each
paragraph.
Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams.
Para2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality.
Para3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography.
Para4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance
and his achievement.
A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.
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____ .
1. What dose Dr. Yuan look like Why
2. What is his achievement
Para 1
He looks like a farmer (his sunburnt face and
arms and his slim, strong body) because he
always works under the sun for a long time.
He produces super hybrid rice.
Careful reading
He is more a farmer than a scientist.
Personal information
Name:
Nationality:
Born:
Age:
Occupation:
Education:
Dream:
Yuan Longping
Chinese
in 1930; in a poor family
79
scientist/farmer
Southwest Agriculture College, in 1953
To export his hybrid rice so that it
can be grown around the globe
Para 2
a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family .
b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college.
c. In 1950,Chinese farmers produced fifty million
tons of rice.
d. 200 million 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.
Put the events in right order.
a
c
b
e
d
f
Which 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 Dr Yuan’s personality
A
Achievements:
Hobbies:
grow rice that has a high output
circulate his knowledge abroad
give money to equip others for
their research
listening to violin music
playing mah-jong
swimming
reading
Para 4
What does “Wishing for things,
however, costs nothing.” mean
Dreams are free and everybody can
have ideas about what they would
like their future life to be.
Describe the rice in Dr. Yuan
Longping’s first dream
As tall as sorghum
As big as a broom
As huge as a peanut
To export his rice so that it
can be grown all over the world.
1. Yuan Longping works the land because
______.
A. he is a farmer
B. he is interested in farming
C. he wants to do his research by
farming
D. he has a slim and strong body
Choose the best answer.
C
B
2. According to the text, nearly ______
million tons of rice was produced by
Chinese farmers in a recent harvest.
A. 20 B. 200 C. 50 D. 500
3. Dr Yuan’s hobbies include the following
EXCEPT _____.
A. playing the violin
B. playing mah-jong
C. swimming and reading
D. singing
D
4. How does Yuan Longping feel about
money
A. Money is not important at all.
B. One has to own a large sum of money.
C. Too much money can only bring
more troubles rather than happiness.
D. One has to spend all his money on
his own research.
C
How to solve hunger
making good use of the waste land
developing the technology to…
inventing a new kind of food…
improving the quality of the soil
preventing the pests from eating our crops
1. Dr Yuan wanted to increase the rice output because he saw many people go hungry when he was young.
Suggested answers to Exercise 3 (P11)
2. I think he is more of a scientist. His main purpose is not to make a profit for himself but to study agriculture and use that knowledge to improve farming for farmers everywhere. I do not think he is a businessman, because his goal is not to make money.
3. Because of his work with developing hybrid rice, it seems that Dr Yuan must be a very patient and careful man. He didn’t give up but kept working on his project. He Also seems to be a very kind man, who cares for others. He wants to use his invention to help hungry people around the world.
4. I think Dr Yuan was successful because he kept working and did not give up. He also grew up in a poor family, so he was very motivated to succeed and help other farmers around China.
5. I mostly agree. I think being rich can cause a lot of problems, but it really depends on the life and attitude of the person who is rich. People who are rich certainly have different problems from people who are not.
6. I think developing other hybrid grains would make a great difference in the problem of world hunger. Hybrid grains that can survive in very dry or very hot areas would be very useful in Africa and other areas. Hybrid grains that cannot easily be killed by insects and diseases would be useful around the world.
Homework
1. Finish the exercises in “Learning about
Language”.
2. Retell the text in about 150 words. Notes:
a. Use the first person to retell the story.
b. Try to use the proper conjunctions.
c. Refer to the chart while retelling.