1、Unit 2 A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEStep II.Please scan the passage in 5 minutes and get the main idea of this passage.This passage is mainly about _.A.a farmer named Yuan Longping B.how Yuan Longping became rich and famous C.an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new st
2、rain of rice D.a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice Para1 A.Dr Yuans dreams.Para2 B.Dr Yuans personality.Para3 C.Dr Yuans life experience.Para4 D.Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.Step III.Please read the passage again in 8 minutes and find the main idea of each paragraph.Ste
3、p IV.Read the passage carefully and finish the following activities.Para.1 Yuan Longpings appearance and his achievement:Q1:What does Yuan Longping look like?Q2:What is his achievement?Para.2 Yuan Longpings life experience:TimeInformation1930_ in Beijing1953_ from collegeas a young man _ was a distu
4、rbing problem.He saw the great _for increasing the rice _.in a recent harvest Nearly 200 million tons of rice was _.nowHe is _ his knowledge in many less developed countries.borngraduatedHungerneedoutputproducedcirculatingPara.3 Yuan Longpings personality:Which of the following description about Yua
5、n Longpings personality 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.C.He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.D.He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.His hobbies:listening to violin musicplaying ma
6、h-jongswimmingreadingPara 4 Yuan Longpings dreams:The first dream:To produce a kind of rice that could _ _ _.plants:as tall as _ear:as big as an ear of _grain:as huge as a _The second dream:To _ his rice _ _ it canbe grown around the globe.feedmorepeoplesorghumcornpeanutexportsothat Yuan Longping,wh
7、o grows what is called _ hybrid rice,was born into a poor farmers family in 1930.When he was young,he found hunger was a _ problem in many parts of the countryside.So he searched for a way to increase rice harvests without _the area of the fields.Retellingsuperdisturbingexpanding In 1973,he became t
8、he first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high _.This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce 20%more of the crop in the same fields._ _his research,the UN has more tools in the _to rid the world of hunger.outputThankstobattle Yuan Longping is quite _ with his li
9、fe.He feels that being famous gives him less _ to do his research,and he also cares little about money.He _ gives millions of yuan to _ others for their research in agriculture.satisfiedfreedomthereforeequipHomework Read the passage again and find out the useful new words and expressions.Try to learn them by heart.
