unit2workingtheland阅读课件.ppt

unit2-working-the-landunit2-working-the-land阅读课件阅读课件A poemFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.Warming up Can you name these food?wheat sorghumrice corn Potatoes Staple food What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people eating rice every day throughout the world. plow the fieldgrow some young plantsinsert the young plants into the fieldFertilize(施肥)harvestriceIf there was no rice one day, what would happen?Father of Hybrid RiceTask 1 ScanningFind out the main idea of each paragraph.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Dr. Yuan’s dreams.Dr. Yuan’s personality(性格).Dr. Yuan’s appearance（外表） and his achievements.Dr. Yuan’s brief life experience.Para. 1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievementTask 2 Careful readingQ1: 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.(Line 2)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. (Line 4,6 )Para 2His life experienceinformationBorn (in Beijing)Graduated from Southwest Agricultural College Saw the great need for increasing the rice outputHunger was a disturbing problem Nearly 200 million tons of rice produced Circulating his knowledge19531930TimeAs a young mannowIn a recent harvestPara2a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family .b. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural college.c. In 1950, Chinese farmers produced 50 million tons of rice.d. 200 millon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched a way to increase rice harvests 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 life experience in right order. acbedfWhich of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true?A. He is satisfied with his life because he isB. now rich and famous.B. He cares little about money and fame(名望名望).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His dreamsPara．．41) The first dream2) The second dreamProduce a kind of rice that could feed more people（（Line 34））•As huge as a peanut•The first dream• As tall as sorghum• As big as a corn To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the globe(Line 35)Summary(总结)Personal informationPursuit(追求)：Production achievementsPersonality:Age:Occupation:Nationality:82ChineseScientist/farmer1. More than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from his hybrid rice2. 22% of the world’s people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China.3. Farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.Cares little about money and being famousGrow rice that has a high outputIf you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?DiscussionThe measures taken to deal with hungerInvent a new kind of plant to produce more food.Find a sort of fertilizer(肥料肥料)to give rice enough nutrition(营养营养).Control(控制控制) the pollution and protect the soil in the field.… etc. Homework 1. Review what you have learned in the class and improve reading skills.2. Reread the passage and think about what can we learn from Yuan Longping.Thank you!结束结束。