1、,Unit 2 Working the land,Yuan Long Ping High-Tech Agriculture CO., LTD.,1. the star enterprise in Changsha 2. one of the leading enterprises in Hunan province and inside China3. the Top 50 Company of the seed area in 20034. focusing on the new crops variety breeding or innovation; seeds multiplicati
2、on; seeds sales and extension system of hybrid rice, hybrid pepper, hybrid rape, hybrid corn, hybrid cotton, musk melon and vegetables with high quality etc,Discussion1. Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them? How will you grow it?2. Have you ever been to the countryside
3、? What did you do there?3.Are you from a farmers family?What do you know about farming?,4. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat, especially for those southerners in China?5. If you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you
4、do?,-,Father of Hybrid Rice,Yuan Longping,A Pioneer for All People,Chinas most famous farmer,杂交稻,rice,SkimmingThe First Reading,1. What does Mr. Yuan look like? 2. What achievements has he made for the people?,Personal information,Name:Nationality:Born:Occupation:Education:Dream:,Yuan Longping,Chine
5、se,in 1931; in a poor family,a scientist/farmer,Southwest Agriculture College,1. saw rice plants as tall as sorghum 2. to export his rice,Careful Reading,Achievements:,hobbies:,1. playing his violin2. listening to violin music3. playing mah-jong4. swimming5. reading6. riding his motorcycle to his ri
6、ce fields,growing super hybrid rice,Group Work,Please describe Yuan Longpingin your own words.,Tips: appearance, job, birth place, education,hobbies, dream, achievements,Extension,杂交培育的新品种,New hybrid species,辣椒/green pepper,杂交棉/hybrid cotton,杂交梨/pears,red pepper,甜椒/sweet pepper,茄子eggplant,玉米/corn,Li
7、 Denghai,watermelon,.,Further discussion How many big problems do human beings face nowadays? Give some examples. (e.g. pollution),Environment, resources, energy sources, populationfood supplies,Homework,1. Review the reading passage about Yuan Longping.2. Ex.2, 3 (p12) Ex 2 (p49),Wishing for things costs nothing,愿望是不花本钱的,Achieve your goal!,Good Luck!,
