1、 Unit 2Working the land Are you from a farmers family?Have you ever worked on the farm?Do you know how to grow rice?plough the fieldUseful expressionsgrow some young plantsinsert the young plants into the fieldFertilize(施肥)harvestIf there was no rice one day,what would happen?854 million people acro
2、ss the world are suffering from hunger,up from 852 million a year ago.A Chinese scientist is helping the hungry people.Who is he?Father of super hybrid riceA Pioneer for All People?!ReadingTask 1 ScanningFind out the main idea of each paragraph.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Match the following headings w
3、ith the right paragraphs.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Dr.Yuans dreams.Dr.Yuans personality(性格).Dr.Yuans appearance（外表）and his achievements.Dr.Yuans brief life experience.Para.1 Dr Yuans appearance and his achievementTask 2 Careful readingQ1:What does Dr Yuan look like?He has a sunburnt face and arms and
4、a slim,strong body.He is more like a farmer than a scientist.(Line 2)Q2:What is his achievement?He grows what is called super hybrid rice,which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.(Line 4,7)Para2a.He was born into a poor farmers family.b.He graduated from South
5、west Agricultural college.c.In 1950,Chinese farmers produced 56 million tons of rice.d.200 million tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice.e.He searched a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of fields.f.He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge i
6、n less developed countries.a.Proper order:Put Dr Yuans life experience in right order.acbed fPara 2His life experienceBorn in Beijing Southwest Agriculture College Hunger was a great problem Saw the great need for increasing the rice output 200 million tons produced Circulating his knowledge1950Prod
7、uce fifty-six million tons of riceParag3 Which of the following description about Dr Yuans personality（个性）is not true?A.He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.B.He cares little about money and fame（名声）.C.He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.D.He enjoys a simpler
8、 life than most rich and famous people.His personality.What does he do with his money?Questions:Give money to equip others for their research in agriculture?Para 4His dreams.1.What did Dr Yuans rice look like in his first dream?The rice plants were Each ear of rice was and each grain of rice was as
9、tall as sorghum.as big as an ear ofcornas huge asa peanut2.what is his second dream?To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the worldPersonal informationSummary(总结)Age:83Nationality:ChineseOccupation:Scientist/farmerPursuit(追求)：Grow rice that has a high outputProduction achievements More
10、 than of the rice produced in China each year is from his hybrid rice of the worlds people are fed from just of the farmland in China.Farmers are producing harvestsPersonality:Cares little about money and being famous 1.60%2.22%3.twice as large as before.7%If you had the chance to do something to ri
11、d the world of hunger,what would you do?DiscussionThe measures taken to deal with hungerInvent a new kind of plant to produce more food.Find a sort of fertilizer(肥料肥料)to give rice enough nutrition(营养营养).Control(控制控制)the pollution and protect the soil in the field.etc.Homework 1.Write down other measures which can be taken to deal with hunger.2.Finish exercise1,3 on P11
