1、Unit 2 Working the land,News 1: The world price of rice has risen by over 100 % compared with that of last year, which disturbs many countries now.,Hunger riot (饥饿暴动),worries,News 2. The hunger problem is expanding in the world. Therefore. Some poor people in Hayti have to eat the mud cakes as their
2、 main food now.,the mud cakes,News 3. To rid the India of hunger, the Indian government decided to cut down the export of rice. Facing the problem, people in India only have two meals one day.,Two meals are enough for children?,5 million children die of hunger every year.,In the late 1990s, Brown, a
3、n American scholar, came up with the theory of Chinese Menace(威胁), which said that in the 2030s, Chinese population will add up to 1.6 billion, and had the question who would feed the large population in China as well as in the world.,Just at that time, a Chinese scientist declared to the world that
4、 China can solve the problem by himself and help to solve the same problem in the world.,Yuan Longping “Father of Hybrid Rice”,He is concerned about the hunger problem very much!,A Pioneer for All People,What may be the style of the passage?A. a storyB. a travel journalC. a biography (An introductio
5、n to a person),statisticsunburntstruggledecadesuperhybridoutputcrop,n. 统计；统计数字；统计资料 vi. 晒黑的 vt. & vi. 斗争；努力 n. 十年；十年期 n. 特级的；超级的 adj. & n.混合的，杂交种 n. 产量；输出 n. 庄稼；农作物 ；产量,New words,strainhungerdisturbingexpandcirculateVietnam,n.品种，种类 n. 饥饿；欲望 vt. & vi. (使）饥饿 adj. 引起烦恼的；令人不安的 vt. & vi. 使变大；伸展 vt. & vi.
6、 循环；流传 n. 越南,battleridfreedomthereforeequipsorghumgrainpeanut,n. 战役；战斗；较量；斗争 vt. & vi. 搏斗；奋斗 vt. 摆脱；除去 n. 自由；自主 adj. 因此；所以；因而 vt. & vi. 配备；装备 n. 高粱 n. 谷物；粮食；颗粒 n. 花生,exportnationalityoccupationpersonalityconfuseregret,vt. & vi. 输出；出口 n. 国籍 n. 工作；职业；占领 n. 性格，个性 vt. 使迷惑；使为难 vt. 遗憾；惋惜 n. 遗憾；懊悔,Accordin
7、g to the World Health Organization:The world produces enough food for everyone.More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day.,Read the statistics below. Did you know these facts before? What problem do they show?,Pre-reading,Food is the basic need for man. Rice is the main food in all East
8、 Asian and Southeast Asian countries.,What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?,If that happened, people might die of hunger. The whole world would get into trouble.,The only way to solve the food shortage problem is to increase the yield of the grain crop per lan
9、d area through the advancement of science and technology.,Yuan Longping - Father of Hybrid Rice,A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE,Reading,difficulties,1.Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past five
10、 decades.,2. Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice,3. He became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.,the first one to do sth 第一个做-的人,4. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields
11、.,make it possible to do sth 使得做- 成为可能,5. Now more than 60 percent of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.,graduate fromSouthwest Agricultural College,6. Finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal.,the great need for - A disturbing problem,7. These increased ha
12、rvests mean that 22 percent of the worlds people are fed from just 7 percent of the farmland in China.,circulate his knowledgeless developed countriesthanks torid - of -,8. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.,using 在这里用作状语,twice 倍数用在as- as 的前面表示是-的几倍,be sa
13、tisfied withcare about doing sth,9. He would much rather keep time for his hobbies.,would rather do sthwould rather do sth than do sthwould do sth rather than do sth,10. Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him.,11. He believes that a person with too much
14、 money has more rather than fewer troubles.,12. Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.,each ear of riceeach grain of ricewith the hope of doing sthcare for,Para1-2,Appearance:_ Age:_ Occupation:_ Education:_ Achievement: He found a way to increase rice harvestwithout_ of the fields. His r
15、esearch helps the UN in the battle to _;He is considered to be an agricultural _ .,pioneer,sunburnt, slim, strong,82,Southwest Agricultural College,scientist, farmer,rid the world of hunger,get rid of hunger,expanding the area,A. is among the first to go into an area to liveor work there. B. goes in
16、to unknown regions, such as outer space. C. is the first one to study a new area of knowledge.,A pioneer is a person who,oriental magical rice(东方魔稻),Para1-2,22%,7%,Thanks to Dr.Yuan!,in the hunger battle,circulating,60%,2.Now more than _ of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid st
17、rain.,1._ of the worlds population are fed from _ of the farmland in China.,3. Dr. Yuan is now _ his knowledge in India, Vietnam and some less developed countries.,Para1-2,Para3 Hobbies,interesting music-loving,sunburnt, slim, strong interesting music-loving persistent lovable energetic,Para3 Hobbie
18、s,Name:_ Nationality:_ Appearance:_ Age:_ Occupation:_ Education:_ Achievement:_ Hobbies:_Dream:_,Yuan Longping,Chinese,A biography,sunburnt, slim, strong,82,scientist, farmer,Southwest Agricultural College,rid the world of hunger,Violin music, mah-jong swimming and reading ,invent new rice plants,e
19、xport his rice,Para 3,Para 4,A Date With Luyu,News 4 Hello, everyone, I will interview Dr Yuan in my program. What do you know about Dr.Yuan? Can you write a description of Dr.Yuan in your eyes? Could you send an email to . Waiting for your bright ideas!-Luyu,A description of Dr.Yuan,You may include
20、 the following informationBirth of date / place Education Appearance invent super hybrid rice Achievements: circulate his knowledge Hobbies- give some examples His dreams- two dreams Your ideas about him,Dear Luyu, In my eyes, Dr.Yuan is considered to be a pioneer for all People. -the beginning- Birth of date / place - was born in_ Education -graduated from_ Appearance- adj.(s) invent super hybrid rice Achievements: circulate his knowledge Hobbies- give some examples His dreams- two dreams-the body- Your ideas about him-the ending-,Cherish the food in your daily life！,Thank You!,
