1、Reading and Thinking Reading and Thinking 耕耘土地耕耘土地Open pageMy lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger. Yuan Longping我毕生的追求就是让所有人远离饥饿。我毕生的追求就是让所有人远离饥饿。1. How do you understand the quote? Yuan Longpings lifelong dream is to rid the world of hunger.2. How much do you know about the
2、world hunger problem. Hunger is a big problem to overcome in the world.3. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat? Starvation and death Scare/panic Violence/war TroubleFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling
3、 day.Poem -By Li ShenLead-in1. What does the poem tell us?l Farming is hard work.l Food is precious.l People should treasure food rather than waste it. Farming sow(播种播种)plough (犁田犁田)irrigate (灌溉灌溉)cropsseedrice transplant (插秧插秧)2. When it comes to farming, what words can we think of?fertilize(施肥施肥)h
4、arvestproducefield/soil/landagriculture 3. What do you know about farming? Do you know how the rice we eat every day is produced?Traditional steps of growing ricelFarming is a profession of hope.Brian Brett Select rice seeds Plough (犁田犁田) Sow rice seeds and grow young plantsRice transplant(插秧插秧)Fert
5、ilize(施肥施肥) Remove the weeds (除草除草) Kill pestsIrrigate(灌溉灌溉)HarvestDry the rice( 晒晒谷谷)rice A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEReading and ThinkingGet to know an agricultural scientist1 Before you read, look at the photo and the title of the text. Discuss these questions in groups.1. Who is the man in the photo
6、? What crop is he holding in his hands? He is Yuan Longpinga famous and extraordingary agricultural scientist. He is holding bunches/sheaves (捆捆) of hybrid rice (杂交水稻杂交水稻) in his hands.Pre-reading2. What do you know about the man? What else do you want to know about him?He is an academician(院士院士) of
7、 the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). He is honoured as father of hybrid rice.He won numerous awards for his remarkable contributions to hybrid rice research and production in developing countries. The winner for the first State Preeminent (卓越的卓越的; 优秀的优秀的) Science and Technology Award I want to
8、 know more about his great contributions to solving the world hunger problem. 3. What do you think this passage is going to talk about?It is about Yuan Longping, Father of Hybrid Rice.Read the text again and answer the questions. (P51, Ex.3)1. Why does Yuan Longping consider himself a farmer? Becaus
9、e he continually works the land in his research.2. Why did Yuan Longping decide to study agriculture? Because what concerned him most was that farmers had poor harvests and some-times even had a shortage of food to eat.n. 不足不足; 短缺短缺Scanning3. What is main advantage of hybrid crops? One characteristi
10、c 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.5. What is Yuans latest vision? Sea
11、water rice.vt. 得到得到n.产量产量adj.传统传统的的1 Read the text and match the main idea with each paragraph. (P51, E2)A Yuans success in his effort to develop hybrid rice.B Yuans ongoing ability to fulfil his dreams despite his old ageC What kind of person is YuanD Yuans early great ambition E The value of Yuans
12、 innovationF Yuans characterSkimming2 Whats the main idea of this passage? The text is mainly about Yuan Long-ping_. , who has succeeded in developing high quality strains of rice and made remarkable contributions to feeding China and the world3 What kind of writing is the text ? In what order does
13、the passage develop? It is a narration(记叙文记叙文), which is developed chronologically / in chronological order (按时间顺序按时间顺序). krnldkli / krnldkl 1 Decide what qualities of Yuan the following sentences reflect.1. He considers himself a farmer because he continually works the land in his research. 2. His
14、slim but strong body is just like that of millions of Chinese farmers, to whom he has devoted his life. Modest, plain(朴素朴素的的), land and agriculture-loving Detailed readingordinary-looking but noble-minded, dedicated, committed 3. What concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and s
15、ometimes even had a serious short-age of food to eat. 4. Through intense effort, Yuan overcame enormous technical difficulties to develop the first hybrid rice. 5. Deep down, Yuan is still very much a farmer at heart. kind-hearted, concerned about poor people persevering, determined, intelligent, ca
16、pable Modest, plain, farmer-loving, low-key(低调的低调的) 6. He cares little for celebrity or money. 7. Instead, he makes large donations to support agricultural research. 8. Despite his advanced years, Yuan Longping is still young at heart and full of vision. plain, indifferent to fame and wealth selfles
17、s, generous, noble-minded dynamic (富有活力且个性富有活力且个性鲜明鲜明), energetic, visionary (有远见卓识的）有远见卓识的） 2 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box. (P51, E4)1. This school has _ thousands of bright young students over years.2. Most students look for jobs after university .3. Becaus
18、e of the _ of new strains of hybrid crops, people in many parts of the world now have more food to eat.create, estimation, education, generation, graduateeducatedgraduationcreation 4. Last year, this new electric power plant _ enough energy to power the whole city.5. It was difficult to calculate ex
19、actly how many trees had been cut down. However, a general _ was possible.generatedestimation create, estimation, education, generation, graduate1 Apart from rice, what are some other important crops in China? What do you know about them? Apart from rice, China produces many other crops, the most im
20、portant of which are wheat and corn. Both wheat and corn are widely grown in China, almost all over the country. Wheat is used to make noodles and bread, while corn is used both for food and animal feed.Discussion2 What we should learn from great scientists like Yuan Longping? Many good qualities, s
21、uch as being kind-hearted, ambitious, hardworking, devoted, selfless, generous, committed, modest, plain, indifferent to fame and wealth, visionary, etc, which finally led to his success.3 If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ? Improve the quality
22、of the soil; Develop the farming technologies and machines to increase the productivity; Invent new qualilty strains of crops; Protect the farm land and make good use of the waste land; Improve and build irrigation worksHow to solve hunger?What qualities of Yuan Longping impress you most? Write a short passage in 80 words and give your reasons.
