1、 Unit5 A Pioneer for All People1.How do you understand this units title”Working the Land”?2.How do youfeel about thepicture?3.Have you had some experienceliving in the countryside or helping with farm work?work(vt.)to manage or operate sth.to gain benefit from it to work the land(=grow crops on it,e
2、tc.)耕耘Peaceful,full of vigour(生机勃勃）4.How do you understand the quote?It expresses his desire to prevent hunger and starvation around the world.Learning objectivesafter the class,you willknow the information about Yu Longping,including his appearance,learning experience,and his devotion to the whole
3、wold.Analyze the passage to clarify the organisation and language features.Raise the awareness of the world hunger around the world and envision what we can do for the human.Lead in:There is a video about YuLongping,explore the following questions.Q1:Who is the man in the video?what crop is he holdi
4、ng?Q2:What do you know about him?what do you want to know?What have I learnt before?What do I still want to know?Q1:Who is the man in the video?what crop is he holding?Q2:What do you know about him?what do you want to know?What have you learnt before?What do you still want to know?The man in the vid
5、eo is Yuan Longping.What he held in his hands was hybrid rice developed byhis team.Activity1:Skim the passage and make your choice.Whats the genre of the text?A.narration(记叙文)B.expository(说明文)C.biography(自传)D.novelWhats the characteristic of?time persons cause result process result place concise acc
6、uracy scientificalnesslogic authenticity literariness plot environment Activity2:Analyze the passage.Match the main idea with each paragraph.Paragraph1 A.Yuan conducted and developed hybrid rice.Paragraph2 B.Yuan worked hard to fulfill his dreams.Paragraph3 C.Yuan considered himself a farmer.Paragra
7、ph4 D.Yuan decided to study agriculture.Paragraph5 E.Yuans innovation has helped to feed more people.Paragraph6 F.Yuan cared little for fame or wealth.Clarify the organisation and writing technics.（GW）dreams/visionsPara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Para.6retire to a life of leisure VS continue to work t
8、he land as a man of the soilIdentityEducation/experienceResearch/achievementscontributions/influenceattitudes/qualitiesfather of hybrid rice VS farmerthe general assumption about hybrid rice VS his beliefhis parents wish VS his own decisionTip1:contrastActivity3:Read the text carefully to get detail
9、 information about Yuan,including his personal information and experience.Person:Focus on para.2&5 and given material to make a flow chart about Yuans life.What does Yuan look like?What is the function about the usage of“adjectives”?Why did Yuan devote himself to developing hybrid rice?What does aut
10、hor mean by saying”a man of soil”?Focus on para.2 and 5 to make a flow chart about Yuans life.1930Born into a poor farmers family in Beijing1953graduated from Southwest Agricultural College1974developed the first hybrid rice that could be used for farmingWhat is the founction about the usage of“adje
11、ctives”?What does Yuan look like?Sunburnt face and arms and his slim,strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers to whom he had devoted his life.It indicates that his being exposed to the sun for long time.Sunburnt face and armsSlim but strong body What we can infer is that he emp
12、loyed himself in hard labor work.Tip2:We can infer much more information when we read some adjectives,by contrast,if we want to show something more appealing,we can use proper adjectives.Why did Yuan devote himself to developing hybrid rice?What does author mean by saying“a man of soil”?What concern
13、ed him most was that farmers often had poor harvests andsometimes even had a serious shortage of food to eat.To tackle the crisis,he choose to study agriculture.After graduating,he worked at hybride riceto promote the output of rice.He continually worked the land in his research.He devoted all his l
14、ife to Chinese farmers.Experience:Read para.3 to clarify how did Yuan succeed in developing hybrid rice?Work as a researcherLager fieldBoost yieldsThe creation Of hybrid riceA cross between two or more varieties of a speciesAttain a higher yield thanconventional cropsDevelop a hybrid of self-pollina
15、ting plantsDevelop the first hybrid rice used for farmingwhydefinationcharacteristicdifficultiesIntense effortProblem/solutionActivity4:Listen to para.4 to konw how Yuans innovation effect the hole world,and gvie your comment freely.ContributionsYour commentChinaOther countriesAbout 60percent of dom
16、estic rice consumption is comprised of crops generated from Yuans hybrid strains.Allow chinas famers to prodece around 200 million tons of rice per year.India and VietnamRecieve numerous awards both China and abroadActivity 5:Read para.6,write down what Yuans vision of rice was.Has it become a reali
17、ty?Long ago visionrice plants as tall as sogromeach ear of rice as big as a broomeach grain of rice as huge as peanut He succeededLatest visionseawater rice(reality)open up nearly one million square kilometers of salty land in China for rice produtionhe was still full of vision,but he passed away in
18、 2022,so what we can do to go on?Activity 6:What should we pay attention to?(brainstorm)In 2019,the United Nations reported that:Nearly 690 million people go hungry.About 750 million experience food insecurity.Approximately 2 billion people do not have regular access to safe,nutritious food.Its shoc
19、king that this state of affairs still exists.Despite all the scientific advances in food production,not much has changed.StarvationVertical(垂直）faming can reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically.In Hong Kong,which depends to a large extent on imported produce,growing crops in vertically stacked l
20、ayers is gaining traction among those keen to see the city becom e m ore self-sustaining.AgricultureAmid recent shocks to the global supply of grain from Eastern Europe and the ongoing threat of climate change,increased investment in research and development and other proven solutions are being enco
21、uraged to boost agricultural productivity.Food supplyActivity 7:what we can do by ourselves?Yuan LongpingThe characteristic of the great peopleWhat we should devote toMy lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger.-Yuan Longpingambitiouspersistentcomimitedpassionateagriculturefood su
22、pplyExperts/farmershigh-techonology Self-assessmentaspectitemscheckliststructure1Is it a biography,narrative,or novel?content2Can you retell why is Yuan considered as“a pioneer for all people”?language3How does the author demonstrate Yuans experience of developing hybrid rice?Assignment:1.Review wha
23、t we have learnt in this class,try to write a short introduction about Yuan Longping.2.Search more information about“hunger problem”“agriculture”“food supply”for an presentation.Optional task:1.Retell what you have learnt in this class to your friends.2.Write a poster to raise the awareness of agriculture and hunger problem.Thank You!
