unit 2 reading working the land

(共30张PPT)
Farmers weeding
at noon,
Sweat down
the field soon.
Who knows
food on a tray,
Due to their
toiling day.
A farmer
A famous agricultural scientist
Has the same family name as me

Invented Super hybrid rice
Pioneer n. person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge.
What do you think we will learn
about Yuan Longping in the text
Predict
Personal information
Production achievement
Pursuit (dream)
Personality
Personal information
Name:_____________
Nationality:_________
Date of birth:________
Occupation(job):_____________
Apperance:____________________________
_______________________________________
Invention:_______________________
Education: ___________________________
Hobbies:_____________________________
_____________________________________
Yuan Longping
China
1930
farmer/scientist
Southwest Agricultural College
listening to violin music, playing
mah-jong, swimming and reading.
Super hybrid rice
Personal information
sunburnt face and arms, slim strong
body
Personal information
What is he busy with now
Dr Yuan is now circulating his
knowledge in India, Vietnam and many
other less developed countries to
increase their rice harvest.
Pursuit (dream)
1. How many dreams does
he have
2.What are they
Producing a kind of ____ that could _____more people.
rice
feed
rice plants ear grain
as big as an ear of corn
as huge as a
peanut
as tall as sorghum
ear
grain
To ______his rice so that it can be grown around the ______.
export
globe
Production achievement
the root---his personality
his achievement
one-third
60%
the first
twice as large as
two hundred million
22%
7%
What do these figures refer to
Figures speak louder!
Personality
considerate low-key
creative brave
honest warm-hearted
loyal simple
optimistic hobbies extensive
generous reliable
sincere ambitious
select the right words that can be used to describe his personality.(not all words are needed.)
Find sentences that can match the words in the text.
Each group chose a reporter to write down your group’s chosen words and the related sentences and then stand up to read them aloud.
Although he is one of China’s most
famous scientists, Yuan Longping
considers himself a farmer, for he
works the land to do his research.
In 1974, he became the first
agricultural pioneer in the world to
grow rice that has a high output.
Dr Yuan is now circulating his
knowledge in India, Vietnam and many
other less developed countries to
increase their rice harvest.
He doesn’t care about being famous.
Spending money on himself or
leading a comfortable life also means
very little to him.
He enjoys listening to violin music,
playing mah-jong, swimming and reading.
He gives millions of yuan to equip
others for their research in agriculture.
Since then, finding ways to grow
more rice has been his life goal.
One dream is not always enough,
especially for a person who loves and
cares for his people.
his personality
hobbies extensive
creative
generous
low-key
simple
ambitious
warm-hearted
Personal information
Production achievement
Pursuit (dream)
Personality
Summary
Yuan Longping, one of China’s most famous
scientists, was born into a poor family in 1930.
In 1953, he__________from Southwest Agricultur-
al College. Since then, he set a goal to find ways to
produce more rice without___________the area of
the fields because hunger was a __________
problem in many parts of the countryside. In 1974,
he became the first agricultural pioneer in the
world to grow rice that has a high_________ .
____________his research, farmers are_________
harvests twice as large as before.
graduated
expanding
disturbing
output
Thanks to
producing
Summary
Now he is ___________his knowledge in many
less developed countries to increase their rice
harvests, and therefore the UN has more tools in
the battle to ____ the world of hunger.
Dr. Yuan is _________with his life and _____
a simple life. He doesn’t __________being famous.
Instead, he considers himself a ______. Spending
money on himself or leading a comfortable life
________very little to him. He is dreaming about
_________his rice so that it can be grown around
the globe.
circulating
rid
satisfied
leads
care about
farmer
exporting
means