1、 Read about agricultural scientist Yuan Longping. Learn to use word formation to guess the meanings of new words. Analyze why Yuan Longping is called a pioneer for all people. My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger. Yuan Longping The Peasants By Li Shen Farmers weeding at noo
2、n, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day. Enjoy a poem What does the poem tell us? l Farmers are very hard and farming is hard work. l Food is precious. l People should treasure food rather than waste it. seeding 播种播种 fertilizing 施肥施肥ploughing (犁田犁田) What do y
3、ou know about farming? irrigating 灌溉灌溉 transplanting 插秧插秧 harvesting 收割收割winnowing 扬谷扬谷 Who is the man in the photo? What crop is he holding in his hands? What do you know about him? Yuan Longpingfather of hybrid rice n. 杂交植杂交植(动动)物物;合成物合成物; A pioneer for all people 造福人类的先驱者 n. person who is the fir
4、st to study a new area of knowledge Read the title and the first sentence of each paragraph. What kind of writing do you think this is? It is biography. 标题标题“A pioneer for All people”高度提炼了作者对袁隆平高度提炼了作者对袁隆平 的肯定和赞扬。文本的第一段是典型的人物介绍类语篇的的肯定和赞扬。文本的第一段是典型的人物介绍类语篇的 开头，通过开头，通过father of hybrid rice, one of Chi
5、nas most famous scientists, works the land, slim but strong等表达，等表达， 介绍了袁隆平的身份、所从事的研究及巨大成就、外貌特介绍了袁隆平的身份、所从事的研究及巨大成就、外貌特 征等。征等。 Listen to 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
6、 Yuan considers himself a farmer. D Yuan decided to study agriculture. E Yuans innovation has helped to feed more people. F Yuan cares little for fame or wealth. 1. 1930 A. Yuan developed the first hybrid rice that could be used for farming. 2. 1953 B. Yuan Longping was born. 3. 1974 C. Yuan Longpin
7、g graduated from college. Read the text and match the time with the events. Time Events Read the text and complete Yuan Longpings profile. 91 father of hybrid rice 1974 domestic 200 million reality salty awards tons 1. Why does Yuan Longping consider himself a farmer? Because he continually works th
8、e land in his research. 2. Why did Yuan Longping decide to study agriculture? He was concerned that farmers had poor harvests and sometimes even had a shortage of food to eat. Read the text again and answer the questions.(P51 Exercise 3) n. 不足不足;短缺短缺 3. What is the main advantage of hybrid crops? On
9、e characteristic of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than conventional crops. 4. How has Yuans work helped China and other countries? Yuans innovation has helped feed not just China, but many other countries that depend on rice as well, such as India and Vietnam. vt. 得到得到 n.产量产量 ad
10、j.传统的传统的 5. What is Yuans latest vision? Seawater rice. Whats your impression on professor Yuan? Please use some adjectives to describe professor Yuan. Great personGreat person dedicated diligent devoted hard-working outstanding Dr. Yuan ambitious modest selfless Decide which qualities the following
11、 sentences represent. a. devoted=dedicated (献身的献身的) b. selfless c. modest (谦虚的谦虚的) d. kind-hearted e. energetic f. hardworking g. plain (朴素的朴素的) h. determined 1. He considers himself a farmer because he continually works the land in his research. _ 2. His slim but strong body is just like that of mi
12、llions of Chinese farmers, to whom he has devoted his life. _ c a, f 3. What concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious shortage of food to eat. _ 4. Through intense effort, Yuan overcame enormous technical difficulties to develop the first hybrid ri
13、ce. _ 5. Deep down, Yuan is still very much a farmer at heart. _ d f, h c, g a. devoted=dedicated (献身的献身的) b. selfless c. modest (谦虚的谦虚的) d. kind-hearted e. energetic f. hardworking g. plain (朴素的朴素的) h. determined 6. He cares little for celebrity or money. _ 7. Instead, he makes large donations to s
14、upport agricultural research. _ 8. Despite his advanced years, Yuan Longping is still young at heart and full of vision. _ g b e a. devoted=dedicated (献身的献身的) b. selfless c. modest (谦虚的谦虚的) d. kind-hearted e. energetic f. hardworking g. plain (朴素的朴素的) h. determined “我做过一个梦，梦见杂交水稻的茎秆像高粱一样高，穗子像扫我做过一个梦
15、，梦见杂交水稻的茎秆像高粱一样高，穗子像扫 帚一样大，稻粒像玉米一样大，我和我的助手们一块在稻田里散帚一样大，稻粒像玉米一样大，我和我的助手们一块在稻田里散 步，在水稻下面乘凉。步，在水稻下面乘凉。”袁隆平袁隆平“禾下乘凉梦禾下乘凉梦” Ihadadream, I sawmy super hybrid riceplantashighassorghumandthe panicle as large as besom and the grains asbigasthepeanuts. I was very happy, and I with my assistant to rest under t
16、he panicles. Yuan Longping Choose the right content from the box to complete the summary of the text. boosting yields, 60%, science or medicine, salty land, fulfil his dreams, agriculture, farmer Because he works the land, scientist Yuan Longping, the “father of hybrid rice”, considers himself to be
17、 a(n) 1. _. Born in Beijing in 1930, his parents wanted him to study 2. _, but concerned about farmers poor harvests, he chose to study 3. _ at Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing instead. After graduating in 1953, he realised that the solution lay in 4. _ with hybrid rice, a cross of two or
18、 more rice species. Overcoming great difficulties, he produced his first in 1974 and today some 5. _ of Chinas rice consumption comes from Yuans hybrid strains. Whats more, they have helped to feed other countries as well. Continuing to 6. _, his latest vision for “seawater rice” has also become a r
19、eality, potentially allowing rice production in Chinas 7. _. Despite his age, everyone is waiting to see what Yuan will achieve next. Choose the right content from the box to complete the summary of the text. boosting yields, 60%, science or medicine, salty land, fulfil his dreams, agriculture, farm
20、er Because he works the land, scientist Yuan Longping, the “father of hybrid rice”, considers himself to be a(n) 1. _. Born in Beijing in 1930, his parents wanted him to study 2. _, but concerned about farmers poor harvests, he chose to study 3. _ at Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing inste
21、ad. farmer science or medicine agriculture After graduating in 1953, he realised that the solution lay in 4. _ with hybrid rice, a cross of two or more rice species. Overcoming great difficulties, he produced his first in 1974 and today some 5. _ of Chinas rice consumption comes from Yuans hybrid st
22、rains. Whats more, they have helped to feed other countries as well. Continuing to 6. _, his latest vision for “seawater rice” has also become a reality, potentially allowing rice production in Chinas 7. _. Despite his age, everyone is waiting to see what Yuan will achieve next. boosting yields, 60%
23、, science or medicine, salty land, fulfil his dreams, agriculture, farmer boosting yields 60% fulfil his dreams salty land Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box. Use word formation to guess the meaning Often, new words are not really “new” they are just different form
24、s of words that you may already know. For instance, a word ending with ate is often a verb, while a word ending in tion is often a noun. Thus, we have communicate (verb) and communication (noun). English has many word patterns like this. 1. This school has _ thousands of bright young students over y
25、ears. 2. Most students look for jobs after university _. 3. Because of the _ of new strains of hybrid crops, people in many parts of the world now have more food to eat. educated graduation creation create, estimation, education, generation, graduate 4. Last year, this new electric power plant _ eno
26、ugh energy to power the whole city. 5. It was difficult to calculate exactly how many trees had been cut down. However, a general _ was possible. generated estimation create, estimation, education, generation, graduate How to solve hunger? making good use of the waste land developing the technology
27、inventing new kinds of food improving the quality of soil preventing the pests from eating our crops Apart from rice, what are some other important crops in China? What do you know about them? The most important crop besides rice is wheat, which is grown on different parts of China, and is used to m
28、ake noodles and bread. Corn is also a popular crop in north and north-eastern China. It is used both for food and for animal feed. Para. 1： 1. 作为作为.出名出名 be famous as 2. 杂交水稻之父杂交水稻之父 father of hybrid rice 3. 最最.的的.之一之一 one of +最高级最高级+名词复数名词复数 4. 耕种土地耕种土地 work the land 5. 数以百万级数以百万级 millions of 6. 献身于
29、献身于.； 致力于致力于. devote .to. Para. 2： 1. 让让.最关心最关心 concern sb. most 2. 歉收歉收 have poor harvest 3. 严重缺乏严重缺乏 have a serious shortage of 4. 解决这个危机解决这个危机 tackle this crisis 5. 选择做某事选择做某事 choose to do sth. Para. 3： 1. 增加产量增加产量 boost yield 2. .的一个特征的一个特征 one characteistic of 3. 例如例如 such as 4. 通过不懈的努力通过不懈的努力
30、through intense effort 5. 使某人能做某事使某人能做某事 enable sb. to do sth. Para. 4： 1. 据估计据估计 It is estimated that. 2. 由由.组成组成 be comprised of 3. 允许某人做某事允许某人做某事 allow sb. to do sth. 4. 依靠，依赖依靠，依赖 depend on 5. 在国内外在国内外 both in China and abroad at home and abroad Para. 5： 1. 闲适的生活闲适的生活 a life of leisure 2. 在内心深处在内心深处 deep down 3. 不在乎不在乎 care little for 4. 捐了大量款捐了大量款 makes large donations Para. 6： 1. 实现他的梦想实现他的梦想 fullfil his dreams 2. 在某方面成功在某方面成功 succeed in doing 3. 富有远见富有远见 full of vision 4. 构思构思,创造创造 dream up
