1、Reading and vocabularyLearning goals1.Learn the biography of Professor Yuan Longping.2.Learn the spirits of Professor Yuan Longpings hard work,perseverance and devotion.3.Learn the reading skills such as skimming and scanning.Read the definitions and guess the words:1principal;main2a person,especial
2、ly a well-known one3raising or feeding plants or animals4a kind,variety,or type of plants or animals5an amount produced6not producing or unable to produce7an act of overcoming8a crop,such as tobacco,grown for direct sale 9 to changestaplefigurebreedingspeciesyieldbreakthroughcash cropconvertsterileR
3、eading and vocabularyThe student who asked questionsFather of Hybrid RiceYuan Longping 吃不饱肚子，怎吃不饱肚子，怎么搞现代化？这么搞现代化？这是驱使我下决心是驱使我下决心加速研究超级稻加速研究超级稻的主要原因。的主要原因。”-袁隆平袁隆平Yuan Longping and his rice plantsharvest n.收获收获;vt.收割收割;vi.收割庄稼收割庄稼2004年袁隆平荣获世界粮食奖年袁隆平荣获世界粮食奖World Food Prize他是一位真正的耕耘者。当他还是一个他是一位真正的耕耘者。
4、当他还是一个乡村教师乡村教师的时候，已经的时候，已经具有颠覆世界权威的具有颠覆世界权威的胆识胆识；当他名满天下的时候，却仍然只是；当他名满天下的时候，却仍然只是专注专注于田于田畴畴。淡薄名利，一介农夫，播撒智慧，收获富足。淡薄名利，一介农夫，播撒智慧，收获富足。他毕生的梦想，就是让所有人远离饥饿。喜看稻菽千重浪，他毕生的梦想，就是让所有人远离饥饿。喜看稻菽千重浪，最是风流最是风流袁隆平袁隆平！People who touched China in 2004More information aboutYuan LongpingPre-reading(1min)What may be the st
5、yle of the passage?A.a story B.a travel journal C.a biography (An introduction to a person)Task 1:Tick the topics mentioned in the passage Education Birthplace Childhood Habit Experiments Achievements Marriage Hobbies SkimmingFind out the main idea of each paragraph.Para 1 A.His discoveries have bro
6、ught in great profit.Para 2 B.As a boy,he was called“the student who asked questions.Para 3 C.Yuan Longping is a leading figure in the rice growing world.Para 4 D.The yield of the new hybrid rice is much greater than that of other types of rice grown in Pakistan.Para 5 E.As a young teacher,he began
7、experiments in crop breeding.Para 6 F.He discovered a new type of rice.In his childhoodHe _ in many schools and was given a nickname._ He was interested in plants.In college He studied _._ _He began experiments in crop breeding.In 1966 The results of his experiments _ in China.was educatedFrom an ea
8、rly ageagriculture As a young teacherwere published3.Read the text carefully and complete the following chart.In 1970A naturally sterile male rice plant _.In the 1990s Chinese rice production _ 47.5 percent._ of the rice fields were converted to growing vegetables and _Later Yuan Longpings rice _ ot
9、her countries.was discoveredrose by 50 thousand square kilometres other cash cropswas exported toYour Mind Map?Yours?Name and nick-nameNationalityEducationExperiment and discoveriesResults of his discoveriesYuan LongpingThe student who asked questionsCross to produce a new plant a higher yield;first
10、thenfinallyA special plant male and sterileRice production;50,000 Square Kilometers;ExportChineseCollegeScanning:Choose the best answer according to the text 1.Yuan Longping_.A.is a leading scientist in industry.B.was born and brought up in China.C.was educated in a famous school for many year.D.was
11、 given a nickname because he was very naughty.2.The only way that Yuan Longping thought to produce more rice quickly was_.A.to be interested in plants.B.to study agriculture in college.C.to begin experiments in crop breeding.D.to cross different species of rice plant.3As a result of Yuan Longpings d
12、iscoveries,_.AChinese rice production doubledBmore cash crops and more vegetables are plantedCfew foreign countries like to plant the rice any moreDrice becomes the most important crop in Pakistan4What is the main idea of this passage?AYuan Longping is a leading figure.BA new plant has been produced
13、.CYuan Longpings contributions to the ricegrowing world.DThe advantages of Yuan Longpings discoveries.SummaryMake a summary according to the passage in 30 words or so.Summary for The Student Who Asked Questions?Yuan Lonping who is a _ figure in the _ world.When he was young,he used to ask _ and then
14、 he began _ in crop breeding and later _ the new hybrid rice,whose _ is much higher.(40 words)leadingrice-growingquestionsexperimentsdiscoveredyieldIn your opinion,what has made Yuan Longping a great scientist?Discussion Nothing is impossible if you put your heart into it.What have you learned from
15、him?Success belongs to the persevering.成功属于坚持不懈的人。成功属于坚持不懈的人。Famous sayingThe Chinese scientist,Yuan Longping,is He was in China.As a boy he was As a college student.And as a young teacher.He thought that the key In 1966,In 1970,His research was by the government.As a result of by 47.5 percent in the 1990s.Yuan Longpings rice was to Write a brief introduction to Yuan Longping
