1、work v.管理；经营（以获利）work the land 耕种土地lifelong adj.终身的pursuit n.追求in of 追求；寻求in hot 穷追不舍pursue v.追赶 after 追赶；从事；继续keep sb away from 让某人远离。Min Nong By Li ShenFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.weed v.除草除草 n.杂草；野草杂草；野草sweat n.汗水汗水 v.流汗；出汗流汗
2、；出汗tray n.托盘托盘 toil v.辛苦工作辛苦工作seeding播种播种fertilizing施肥施肥ploughing/plau/(犁田犁田)What do you know about farming?irrigating 灌溉灌溉transplanting 插插秧秧harvesting 收割收割winnowing 扬谷扬谷Who is the man in the photo?What do you know about him?Yuan Longpingfather of hybrid ricen.杂交植杂交植(动动)物物;合成物合成物;混合动力车混合动力车He is fat
3、her of hybrid rice,who received the honor for his great contributions to hybrid rice research and the work he did to improve rice production in developing countries.He is called a pioneer for all people.pioneer n.先驱；开拓者先驱；开拓者 v.开辟；倡导；提倡开辟；倡导；提倡 pioneering adj.开创性的；先驱的开创性的；先驱的1.1930 A.Yuan developed
4、the first hybrid rice that could be used for farming.2.1953 B.Yuan Longping was born.3.1974 C.Yuan Longping graduated from college.Read the text and match the time with the events.TimeEventsSkim the text and match the main idea with each paragraph.A Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice.
5、B Yuan is old but still working hard to fulfil his dreams.C Yuan considers himself a farmer.D Yuan decided to study agriculture.E Yuans innovation has helped to feed more people.F Yuan cares little for fame or wealth.1.Why does Yuan Longping consider himself a farmer?Because he continually works the
6、 land in his research.2.Why did Yuan Longping decide to study agriculture?He concerned that farmers often had poor harvests and even had a serious shortage of food to eat,he wanted to tackle the crisis.Read the text again and answer the questions.n.不不足足;短缺短缺vt.解解决决;应付应付;处理处理n.危机危机过去分词作后置定语continue v
7、.持续；继续；continuous adj.连续的；继续的continuable adj.可持续的continuity n.持续性；连续性continuously adv.持续地；强调连续地，不一定次数多continually adv.强调频繁地，次数多“介词+关系代词”引导的定语从句主语从句表语从句concern v.涉及；关系到；使担心 concerning prep.关于 concerned adj.有关的；关心的choose v.选择；决定；挑选(chose-chosen)choose to do 选择去做 choose from 从。中选择as you choose 随你便 cann
8、ot choose but do 不得不做choice n.选择；选择权；精选品have no choice/alternative but to do别无选择只能做某事work as 从事。职业；做。工作solve v.解决；解答；溶解 solution n.解决方案；溶液；need to do 需要去做某事 need doing=need to be done 某事需要被做cross n.十字架；交叉；杂交 v.横过；杂交 adj.交叉的varieties of=a variety of=various 多种各样的宾语从句定语从句主语从句宾语从句表语从句主语从句表语从句定语从句debate
9、 v./n.辩论；争论；讨论 debater n.讨论者；辩论家matter n.物质；事件；vi.要紧；有关系 It doesnt matter.过去分词作后置定语as well“也”:常放在句尾；不用于否定句；too:多用于口语；用于肯定句；常位于句末，有逗号also：比too正式；语气重；只用于肯定句；一般紧靠动词either：用于否定句；放在句末，有逗号。because of+名词 because+句子valuable adj.贵重的；有价值的 invaluable adj.非常宝贵的numerous adj.很多的；许多的make+o+oc(adj.)宾语从句far from the
10、 case 远非如此 far from sth 远远不；绝非His work is far from satisfactory.他的工作一点也不令人满意as far as I know 据我所知 so far到目前为止as far as I am concerned 就我而言 donation n.捐赠物 donator n.捐赠者 donate v.捐赠impress v.给.留下深刻印象；使铭记；使意识到（重要性）impress sb 感动某人；给某人留下印象 be impressed by 被。感动 be impressed with 对。印象深刻impress sth on sb=im
11、press on sb sth 使某人牢记eg:My parents impress on me the importance of health.what impresses sb most is sth/that.使某人印象最深刻的是。impression n.印象 impressive adj.令人印象深刻的leave/make an impression on sb 给某人留下深刻印象主语从句定语从句宾语从句ongoing adj.不间断的；持续存在的fulfill v.履行；执行；贯彻；完成；达到；实现despite+n=in spite of+n.while/though/alth
12、ough+句子dream up 设计；创造Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.create,estimation,education,generation,graduateUsewordformationtoguessthemeaningOften,new words are not really“new”they are just different forms of words that you may already know.For instance,a word ending wi
13、th ateis often a verb,while a word ending in tionis often a noun.Thus,we have communicate(verb)and communication(noun).English has many word patterns like this.1.This school has _ thousands of bright young students over years.2.Most students look for jobs after university _ _.3.Because of the _ of n
14、ew strains of hybrid crops,people in many parts of the world now have more food to eat.4.Last year,this new electric power plant _ enough energy to power the whole city.5.It was difficult to calculate exactly how many trees had been cut down.However,a general _ was possible.educatedgraduationcreatio
15、n create,estimation,education,generation,graduategeneratedestimation If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world,what would you do?Howtosolvehunger?making good use of the waste landdeveloping the technologyinventing new kinds of foodimproving the quality of soil preventing
16、the pests from eating our cropsProblemOne possible solutionAnother possible solution Difficulty:Through intense effortin 1974,AdvantagesIn China:outside China:Summary：fill in the chart.poor harvest,short of foodimpossiblelarger fields hybrid rice whether to develop hybrid of self-pollinating plantsYuan overcame technical difficulties and developed hybrid rice60%,200 millionfeed other coutriesv.授粉授粉;传粉传粉adj.热切的热切的;激烈的激烈的vt.克服克服;解决解决;战胜战胜What qualities of Yuan Longping impress you most?Write a short passage in 80 words and give your reasons.
