高中英语人教（新课标）新课标 必修四 Unit 2 Working the land Warming up and Reading课件（24张ppt）

Unit 2
working the land
The first period
Warming up and Reading
Warming up

plow the field
grow some young plants
insert the young plants into the field
Spray(喷 ）agricultural chemicals
harvest
rice
hybrid rice
Father of Hybrid Rice
Match the main idea 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.
Para1 his appearance and achievement
Q1: 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 20% more of the crop in the same fields.
Para2
a. 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.
a
c
b
e
d
f
Para3 His personality
Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality（个性） 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（名声）.
C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.
D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.
The first dream:
The second dream:
Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people
Para.4: What are Yuan's dreams?
To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.
Fill in the blanks according to the text
Although he is one of China's most famous (science),YuanLongping considers himself a farmer, he works the land to do his research.Yuan grows is called super hybrid rice .In 1973,he became the first (agriculture)pioneer to grow rice that has a high output.This special strain of rice makes possible to produce 20% more of the crop in the same fields.Now more than 60% of the rice in China each year (be) from this hybrid strain.
scientists
for
what
agricultural
it
is
Suppose you or your partner is YuanLongping.Either you or your partner has a chance to make a interview with YuanLongping.
The following questions are for reference:
Why do you consider yourself a farmer?
Why don't you want to be famous?
What are your hobbies?
What areyour dreams？
Interview
what can you do to help them?
Thinking
The measures taken to deal with hunger
Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food.
Find a sort of fertilizer （肥料）to give rice enough nutrition(营养).
Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field.
Farmers weeding at noon,
Sweat down the field soon.
Who knows food on a tray,
Due to their toiling day.
A poem
by Li shen
Suppose you were Dr Yuan’s daughter or son. Introduce your “father” to your classmates. You may use the following expressions:
more… than… sunburnt face & arms
slim, strong body invent super hybrid rice
be famous as in 1930
in 1953 at present
be satisfied with lead a…life
prefer freedom to fame
would rather hobbies
dream of doing sth.
Homework
Thank You!