1、Unit 5WORKING THE LANDWhat does the FAO suggest countries do? Every country needs to focus on making new achievements in agriculture too, which can often benefit the whole world.Like China, for example, whose development of hybrid rice has greatly increased rice production in many other countries. W
2、ho invented it?What do you know about this great man?a great agricultural scientist “father of hybrid rice”Born in 1930 Developed the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970sSaved billions of people at home and abroad from hunger Died in 2021Yuan Longping(1930-2021)My lifelong pursuit is to keep all
3、 the people away from hunger. -Yuan LongpingWhat is his aim?我毕生的梦想是让所有人远离饥饿。Get to know an agricultural scientist A Pioneer For All PeopleA person who is the first to a new field.people around the worldl personality?l appearance？l quality?l achievement?lcontribution?l dream? What is the type of the
4、text? A biographyRead the text. Match the main idea with each paragraph.Yuan considers himself a farmer.Yuan decided to study agriculture.Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice.Yuans innovation has helped to feed more people.Yuan cares little for fame or wealth.Yuan is old but still worki
5、ng hard to fufill his dreams.identity & statuseducationresearch & achievements Activity 3 Match the main idea of each paragraph and use key words to summarize it. Yuan considers himself a farmer.Yuan decided to study agriculture.Yuan conducted research anddeveloped hybrid rice.contributions& influen
6、cequalitiesdreams & visionsYuans innovation has helped to feed more people.Yuan cares little for fame or wealth.Yuan is old but still working hard to fufill his dreams.Activity 4 Read the text again and answer the questions.(P51 Exercise 3)1. Why does Yuan consider himself a farmer?2. Why did he cho
7、ose to study agriculture?3. What is the main advantage of hybrid crops?4. How has Yuans work helped China and other countries?5. What is Yuans latest vision?1. Why does Yuan Longping consider himself a farmer?Because he continually works the land in his research. 2. Why did Yuan Longping decide to s
8、tudy agriculture?He was concerned that farmers had poor harvests and sometimes even had a shortage of food to eat. 3. What is the main advantage of hybrid crops?One characteristic of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than conventional crops. 4. How has Yuans work helped China and ot
9、her countries?Yuans innovation has helped feed not just China, but many other countries that depend on rice as well, such as India and Vietnam.5. What is Yuans latest vision?Yuans latest vision is “seawater rice”.Yuans vision of hybrid riceas tall as sorghumeach ear of rice as big as a broomeach gra
10、in as huge as peanut He is a _ scientist who continually works the land in his research. He is a _ man who has devoted all his life to Chinese farmers. He was an _ man who wanted to solve the crisis of food shortage. He is a _ scientist who successfully developed the first hybrid rice and seawater r
11、ice. He is a _ man who makes large donations to support agricultural research.hardworkingcommittedambitiouscreativeselflessYuan is a studious man who can speak fluent English and play the violin well.As students, we should be ambitious. We shoud be hardworking.What can we learn from Yuan Longping?As
12、 a teacher, I think it is important to be committed to teaching. It is necessary to be a teacher who is creative in teaching. I should work hard to do my job well. What can we learn from Yuan Longping?Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.create estimation education g
13、eneration graduateOften, new words are not really “new” they are just different forms 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 wor
14、d patterns like this. creation estimate educate generate graduation1.This school has _ thousands of bright young students over the years. 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.4.
15、Last year, this new electric power plant _ enough 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.estimationcreationgeneratededucatedgraduation设计人员realizedlarger fields boost yields worked a challenging questi
16、on) convincedthe creation of hybrid rice a great debate/it could not be done) overcameas a researchin 1953 technical difficulties developedhybrid rice in 1974 Part 3 Language points1. Key words1. vt. 把献(给); 把专用于; 专心于 2. n. 不足; 缺少; 短缺 3. vt. 解决(难题); 应付(局面); 处理 4. n. 危机; 危急关头 5. vt. 使增长; 使兴旺n. 增长; 提高;
17、 激励 6. vt. 使相信; 使确信; 说服 7. n. 特征; 特点; 品质adj. 典型的;独特的 8. vt. (通常经过努力)获得; 得到 9. adj. 传统的;习惯的 devoteshortagetacklecrisisboostconvincecharacteristicattainconventional10. n. 假定; 设定; (责任的)承担; (权利的)获得 11. adj. 热切的; 十分强烈的; 激烈的 12. vt. 克服; 解决; 战胜 13. vt.& vi. 扩大; 增加vt. 扩展;发展(业务) 14. n. 产量; 输出; 输出量vt. 输出 15.
18、vt. 估计; 估价; 估算n. 估计; 估算 16. adj. 本国的; 国内的; 家用的; 家庭的 17. n. 消耗; 消耗量; 消费 18. vt. 包括; 包含; 由组成 assumptionintenseovercomeexpandoutputestimatedomesticconsumptioncomprise19. vt. 产生; 引起 20. n. 闲暇; 休闲; 空闲 21. n. 泥土; 土壤; 国土; 领土 22. n. 名望; 名誉; 名人; 名流 23. n. 谷物; 谷粒; 颗粒 24. n. 想象; 视力; 视野; 影像 25. n. 现实; 实际情况; 事实
19、26. adj. 含盐的; 咸的 generateleisuresoilcelebritygrainvisionrealitysalty2. Key phrases devote.to. be comprised of deep down be known as depend on care little for at home and abroad dream up other than be used for把用于; 献身; 致力包括; 由组成(或构成)在内心深处; 本质上; 实际上作为而著名依靠几乎不关心 国内外梦想出; 虚构出除了被用来做1. Indeed, his slim but
20、strong body is just like that of millions of Chinese farmers, to whom he has devoted his life.3. Key sentences确实, 他瘦削但结实的身躯看起来和他为之奉献了一生的几百万的中国农民一样。本句是一个定语从句，先行词为Chinese farmers（人），又接在介词to后面，故用whom来引导定语从句。在定语从句中，一些动词词组的介词可以提前，形成介词+关系词的句式，例如：1. Tom was the person with whom you shook hands.2. This is a
21、 subject about which we have talked a lot.2. However, what concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious shortage of food to eat.然而，让他最担心的是农民经常收成不好，有时甚至是严重的食物短缺。what concerned him most was that. 这是一个主语从句+表语从句的组合，这种组合相当常见。翻译：我想要说的就是我们应该用更认真的态度对待学习。What I
22、 want to say is that we should take a more serious attitude towards study.3. However, whether it was possible to develop a hybrid of self-polinating plants such as rice was a matter of great debate. 然而，是否可能开发出水稻等自花授粉作物的杂交品种，是一件有巨大争议的事。whether it was possible to.是由whether引导的主语从句，当主语从句充当主语时，谓语动词一般用单数。
23、翻译：他是否要来，还没有决定。Whether he will come has not been decided.a matter of. 可以翻译成：.的事a matter of time 时间早晚的事时间早晚的事a matter of life and death 生死攸关的事生死攸关的事 4. Today, it is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is comprised of crops generated from Yuans hybrid strains, and his
24、 strains have allowed Chinas farmers to produce around 200 million tons of rice per year. 据估算，现在中国国内消费的稻米有大约60%来自袁隆平的杂交水稻品种形成的作物，这些品种（形成的作物）让中国农民每年能够生产出大约两亿吨稻米。it is estimated that. 是一个主语从句，it 充当的是形式主语，真正的主语为that后面的部分。例如：It is reported that this city will host the Olympic Games next year.generated f
25、rom是过去分词作后置定语，修饰crops.5. Given that Yuans hybrids have made him quite wealthy, one might think he would retire to a life of leisure. However, this is far from the case.鉴于袁隆平开发杂交水稻而变得相当富有，有人认为他会退休享受休闲的生活，但是，事实远非如此。given that在句中作连词，意思是“鉴于，考虑到” 。例如：Given that they are inexperienced, theyve done a good
26、job.拓展：given可作介词，表示“只要是；考虑到；假定”等意思。 例如：Given his age，he is very strong and healthy.far from sth表示“远远不；绝非” 。far from the case表示“远非如此”，也可说成：far from being the case。其中case表示“情况；情形”。6. What impresses people most about Yuan Longping is his ongoing ability to fulfil his dreams.袁隆平给人们印象最深的事他不断实现梦想的能力。What impresses people most.是一个主语从句。意思是“令人印象最深刻的是” 。翻译：这座城市令人印象最深刻的就是它的多元文化。What impresses people most about the city is its cultural diversity. fulfil his dreams表示“实现梦想”，类似的表达还有：realize/achieve/act out ones dream; make ones dream come true
