1、Unit 2 Working the landPre-reading Answer the following questions:What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?Rice.It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day throughout the world.If there was no rice one day,what would happen?If that happened,people
2、there would suffer from starvation.People would be panic(惊慌惊慌)and the whole country would get into trouble.Poem By Li ShenFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.What is happening to them?What is happening to them?Yuan Longping works the la
3、nd to do his research.Para.1 Dr Yuans appearance and his achievementCareful readingQ1:What does Dr Yuan look like?He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim,strong body.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
4、in the same fields.Para 2His biographyTimeinformation19301953As a young manRecent nowBorn into a poor farmers family Graduated from Southwest Agriculture College Saw the great need for increasing the rice output Hunger was a disturbing problemnearly200 million tons was produced Circulating his knowl
5、edgea.He was born into a poor farmers family.b.He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college.c.In 1950,Chinese farmers produced 5.5 billion tons of rice.d.20 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice.e.He searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of f
6、ields.f.He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.Proper order:acbedfPut Dr Yuans biography in right order.Which of the following description about Dr Yuans personality is not true?A.He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.B.He
7、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.Para.3 Dr Yuans personalityPara 41)The first dream2)The second dreamProduce a kind of rice that could feed more people As huge as a peanutThe first dream
8、As tall as sorghum As big as a corn To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world Para1 A.Dr Yuans dreams.Para2 B.Dr Yuans personality.Para3 C.Dr Yuans biography.Para4 D.Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.Personal informatio
9、n(Resume)Name:Nationality:Birth:Appearance:Occupation:Education:Personality:Dreams:Yuan LongpingChinese in 1930;in a poor familySunburnt face,arms and slim,strong bodyScientist of farmingSouthwest Agriculture College,in 1953 His first dream His second dreamcare little about money and famePersonal in
10、formationAchievements:Hobbies:grow rice that has a high outputcirculate his knowledge abroadgive money to equip others for their research listening to violin musicplaying mah-jongswimmingreading What have you learned from Yuan Longping after reading this text?As students,we should learn from Yuan lo
11、ngping,and now we must work hard to build up ourselves.Never give up,and try to achieve our dreams.愿望是不花本钱的愿望是不花本钱的Every year 5.6 million children die of hunger.Every day 18000 children die of hunger.If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world,what would you do?The measures
12、 taken to deal with hungerInvent a new kind of plant to produce more food.Find a sort of fertilizer to give rice enough nutrition.Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field.etc.SummaryRead the following mottos together.1.Interest is the best teacher.2.Im not afraid of failure.I will try as hard as I can until I succeed.3.I love my country,and I will study hard to devote all my life to my country.Homework:Thank you
