1、Unit 2 Working the landReadingfarmingfind the words that match the pictures or explanationsoybean peanut fertilizersorghumcrop pest a substance that is put on the soil to make plants growa plant such as wheat,rice,or fruit that is grown by farmers and used as foodan insect or animal that destroys pl
2、ants,food,etcHave you ever been to the countryside?Have you ever seen farmers plant rice?What do you know about working the land?ploughing(犁田犁田)seeding(播种播种)transplanting（移栽）（移栽）fertilizing(施肥施肥)irrigating(灌溉灌溉)Though most Chinese peasants work hard,at least they have enough to feed the family.But n
3、ot everyone is so lucky.News 1.The hunger problem is expanding in the world.Therefore.Some poor people in Hayti have to eat the mud cakes astheir main food now.the mud cakes News 2.To rid the India of hunger,the Indian government decided to cut down the export of rice.Facing the problem,people in In
4、dia only have two meals one day.Two meals are enough for children?About 5 million children die of hunger every year.HungerIn the late 1990s,Brown,an American scholar,wrote an article named Who will Feed China,which says that in the 2030s,Chinese population will go up to 1.6 billion,and we will face
5、the problem who willfeed the large population in China as well as in the world.Yuan Longping annouced to the worldthat China could solve the problem and and help to solve the problem for the world.Yuan Longping put an end to hungerFather of hybrid riceAlthough he is one of Chinas most famous scienti
6、sts,Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer,for he works the land to do his research.Indeed,his sunburnt face and arms and his slim,strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers,for whom he has struggled for the past five decades.Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid r
7、ice.In 1974,he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.Now more than 60%of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.Paragraph 1
8、 Read paragraph 1 and use two words to describe two aspects of Yuan Long Ping.occupation and achievement Yuan Longping is one of the most famous scientists whose job is to work the land to do research to increase the out put of rice.Paragraph 1Born in a poor farmers family in 1930,Dr Yuan graduated
9、from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953.Since then,finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal.As a young man,he saw the great need for increasing the rice output.At that time,hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside.Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice h
10、arvests without expanding the area of the fields.In 1950,Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice.In a recent harvest,however,nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced.These increased harvests mean that 22%of the worlds people are fed from just 7%of the farmland in Ch
11、ina.Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India,Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests.Thanks to his research,the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger.Using his hybrid rice,farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.Pa
12、ragraph 2 What was his ambition?why?His ambition was to produce enough rice to feed people because hunger was a global issue.Paragraph 2Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life.However,he doesnt care about being famous.He feels it gives him less freedom to do his research.He would much rather keep t
13、ime for his hobbies.He enjoys listening to violin music,playing mah-jong,swimming and reading.Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him.Indeed,he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles.He therefore gives millions of
14、yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.Paragraph 3 What are mainly talked about Yuan Longping?his hobbies and view of liveParagraph 3Just dreaming for things,however,costs nothing.Long ago Dr yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum.Each ear of rice was as big as an ear
15、of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut.Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people.Now,many years later,Dr Yuan has another dream:to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.One dream is not always enough,especial
16、ly for a person who loves and cares for his people.Paragraph 4 What are Yuan longpings dreams?One of his dreams is to produce a kind of rice that could feed more people.Another one is to export his rice so that it can be grown around the world.Paragraph 4 Para.4 His dreams(rice plants)As tall as sor
17、ghum(each ear)As big as an ear of corn(each grain)As huge as a peanutHis original dream to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.His another dreamwhatwhat major?major?1 What What situation?situation?2what what goal?goal?3What What wayway？4What What result?result?5Agricultureto find ways to grow more riceThe harvest is increasing.Hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside.a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields.
