1、Unit 5 Working the land Do you know who he is? Yuan Longping A Pioneer for All People Father of Super Hybrid Rice Pioneer n. person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge. “ My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger”. Reading and thinking: A pioneer for all people Par
2、agraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Paragraph 6 Skimming: Read the text. Match the main idea with each paragraph. A. Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice. B . Yuan is old but still working hard to fulfil his dreams. C. Yuan considers himself a farmer D. Yuan decided
3、 to study agriculture. E. Yuans innovation has helped to feed more people. F. Yuan cares little for fame or wealth. Scanning : Read the text again and answer the questions. 1. Why does Yuan Longping consider himeself a farmer? Because he continually works the land in his research and his slim but st
4、rong body is just that of millions of Chinese farmers. 2. Why did Yuan Longping decide to study agriculture? What concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a shortage of food to eat. 3. What is the main advantage of hybrid crops? The main advantage lies in th
5、at they usually attain a higher yield than the conventional crops. 4. How has Yuans work helped China and other countries? His innovation has helped feed not just China but many other countries that depend on rice as well, such as India, Vietnam. 5. What is Yuans latest vision? His latest vision for
6、 seawater rice has become a reality and, potentially opened up one million square kilometers of salty land in China for rice production. Scanning : Read the text again and answer the questions. Whats your impression on professor Yuan? Please use some adjectives to describe professor Yuan according t
7、o your understanding of him. Great personGreat person dedicated diligent devoted hard-working outstanding Dr. Yuan ambitious modest selfless 策划：学生双语报 10 Post-reading One child will die from hunger in every six seconds. The number of chronically malnourished(长期营养不良) people in the world is about 795 m
8、illion, which means that about one-ninth of the more than 7 billion people on the planet suffer from frequent hunger. Suppose you are attending the UN conference representing your country. You will give your countrys measures to end starvation. What measures will you give? 策划：学生双语报 14 Measures to en
9、d hunger 1. Use our energy and food wisely. Dont waste. 2. Educate farmers so that they can use high technology in farming. 3. Find some new ways to stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field. 4. Find a new sort of fertilizer to give rice enough nutrition. 5. Control the population in the world. Lets learn from him! “Chance favors the prepared mind！” -Yuan Longping Homework
