1、Working the Land,吉林省东丰县第二中学 任辉,人教版新课标一年级下学期第二单元,What is happening to these people in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries? What can we do to solve this problem?,A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE,Yuan Longping is known as Chinas “father of hybrid rice”.,Are you from a farmers family? What do you know abou
2、t farming?,Yuan Longping is working the land.,Yuan Longping works the land to do his research.,Yuan Longping is doing his research.,In 1974,Yuanlongping became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.,Pair work： Match the following headings(标题）to each paragrap
3、h.,Yuan Longping,Chinese,74 (1931-present),Scientist/expert on agriculture,Graduated from Southwest Agriculture College,Grow super hybrid rice, helping to solve the world problem of hunger,Violin, mah-jong, swimming and reading,Para. 1,Q1: What does Dr. Yuan look like?,He has a sunburnt face and arm
4、s 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.,Para2,Put Dr. Yuans biography in right order.,a. He was born into a poor farm
5、ers 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 wo
6、rld of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries. Proper order:,a,c,b,e,d,f,Para.3,Which of the following description about Dr. Yuans personality（个性） is not true?He is satisfied with his life because he isnow rich and famous. B. He cares little about money and fame（名声）. C. He w
7、ould rather work than lead a comfortable life. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.,Para. 4,1.What does “Wishing for things, however, costs nothing.” mean?2.What did Dr. Yuans rice look like in his dream?3.Dr. Yuan has dreams not only when he is _ but also when he is_.,Dream
8、s 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.,awake,asleep,comprehending,Read the text quickly and think about which sta
9、tement is true.,Dr. Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. Dr. Yuans kind of rice is the most suitable for Chinas farmland. Dr. Yuan would rather work than relax. Dr. Yuan has dreams when he is asleep and also when he is awake. Dr. Yuan enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.,He wan
10、ts everyone to call him a farmer, for thats how he regards himself.,Key: It means he thinks of himself as a farmer but other people may think of him as a famous scientist or a rich man.,2. In many ways, he is one of them, and he has struggled for the past five decades to help them.,Key: It means he
11、does not only look like a farmer but also he works in the fields with farmers. In fact, he does scientific research for them.,2. The following sentences are taken from the reading passage. Explain what the underlined words mean.,3. At that time, hunger was a serious problem in many parts of the coun
12、tryside.,Key: It means that many people were very hungry and they even became ill and died because there was not enough food.,4. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.,Key: It means that farmers growing his rice species are producing rice twice as much as they
13、 did in the past.,5. Wishing for thongs, however, cost nothing.,Key: It means that dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be.,3. Answer the following questions.,Why did Dr. Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young?,Dr Yuan wanted t
14、o increase the rice output because he saw many people go hungry when he was young.,2. How does he help rid the world of hunger?,He helps the world get rid of hunger by producing a hybrid strain of rice which increases the harvest.,3. What kind of life is Dr. Yuan leading?,Dr Yuan is leading a simple
15、 life, doing his research, listening to his music and riding his motor-bike.,4. Use a few words to describe Dr. Yuans personality.,Dr Yuan is a simple, academic man who is more interested in helping others than being famous.,Poem By Li Shen,Farmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.,Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.,Thank you,
