workingtheland（1）

1、Working the land,Unit 2,Reading,A poem,Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day,Brainstorming,Can you name these food,wheat,sorghum,rice,corn,Potatoes,main food,Do you know which one is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian

2、countries,rice,If there was no rice one day, what would happen,starvation st:ven=hunger or even death,who changed the world,Do you know? 22% of the worlds people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in the world. (Line20.,Father of Hybrid Rice,A Pioneer For All People,Task 1. Fast-reading,Find out t

3、he main idea of each paragraph,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 strain

4、 of rice D. a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice,A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE,Match the following headings with the right paragraphs,Para.1,Para.2,Para.3,Para.4,Dr. Yuans dreams,Dr. Yuans personality(性格). psnlti,Dr. Yuans appearance（外表） prns and his achievements,Dr. Yuans brief life ex

5、perience,Task 2. careful reading,Lets read the passage one by one,para.1 Although he is one of Chinas most famous scientists, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of million

6、s of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past five decades Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice In 1973, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce 20% more of the c

7、rop in the same fields Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain,盡管是中國最著名的科學(xué)家之一，袁隆平仍然認(rèn)為自己是個(gè)農(nóng)民，因?yàn)樗谔镩g耕作，進(jìn)行科學(xué)研究。的確，他那被太陽曬得黝黑的臉龐和手臂，以及他那瘦削而又結(jié)實(shí)的身軀，就跟其他千百萬中國農(nóng)民一樣，過去50年來，他一直在努力幫助他們。袁隆平種植的是被稱為“超級雜交水稻”的稻種。1973年，他成為世界上第一位種植高產(chǎn)水稻的農(nóng)業(yè)先鋒。這種特殊的稻種使得同樣的田地多收獲20%的產(chǎn)量。如今中國每年出產(chǎn)的

8、稻米有60%以上出自這種雜交稻種,Para. 1 Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement,Q1: What does Dr Yuan look like,a sunburnt face and arms , a slim, strong body. more like a farmer than a scientist.(Line2,Q2: What is his achievement,He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce 20%mor

9、e of the crop in the same fields. (Line 4,7,Para.2 Born in 1930, Yuan Longping graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output At that time, hunger was a distu

10、rbing problem in many parts of the countryside Yuan Longping searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce about fiftysix million tons of rice In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was prod

11、uced These increased harvests mean that 22% of the worlds people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in the worldYuan Longping is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in

12、the battle to rid the world of hunger Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before,袁隆平出生在1930年，1953年畢業(yè)于西南農(nóng)學(xué)院。從那時(shí)起，找到水稻高產(chǎn)的方法就成為他一生的目標(biāo)。年輕時(shí)，他就看到了水稻增產(chǎn)的巨大需求。那時(shí)，饑餓是許多農(nóng)村地區(qū)面臨的嚴(yán)重問題。袁隆平要在不增加土地面積的基礎(chǔ)上尋求達(dá)到增收稻谷的途徑。1950年，中國的農(nóng)民生產(chǎn)大約5,600萬噸稻谷，而近來卻生產(chǎn)了將近兩億噸稻谷。這一糧食產(chǎn)量的增加意味著僅占世界7%的耕地養(yǎng)活了世界

13、上22%的人口。袁隆平現(xiàn)在在印度、越南和很多其他欠發(fā)達(dá)國家傳播提高水稻產(chǎn)量的知識。由于他的研究，聯(lián)合國在消除世界饑餓的戰(zhàn)斗中有了更多的方法。用他的雜交水稻種子，農(nóng)民們種出的糧食比以前多了一倍,Para2,a. He was born in 1930 . b. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural college. c. In 1950, Chinese farmers produced 50 million tons of rice. d. 200 millon tons of rice was produced by growing his hyb

14、rid rice. e. He searched a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries. Proper order,Put Dr Yuans life experience in right order,a,c,b,e,d,f,Para3 Yuan Longping is quite satisfied wit

15、h his life However, he doesnt care about being famous He feels it gives him less freedom to do his research He would much rather keep time for his hobbies He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mahjong, swimming and reading Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means ver

16、y little to him Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture,袁隆平對生活非常滿足。但是，他對成名并不在意，并且覺得成名后搞科研就沒那么自由了。他寧愿把時(shí)間花在自己的愛好上。他喜歡聽小提琴演奏曲、搓麻將、游泳和看書。在自己身上花錢或享受舒適的生活對袁隆平來說意義也不大。事實(shí)上，

17、他認(rèn)為一個(gè)人有了太多的錢，他的麻煩事只會更多，而不是更少。于是，他拿出好幾百萬元幫助其他人進(jìn)行農(nóng)業(yè)科學(xué)研究,Which of the following description dskrpn (描述）about Dr Yuans personality is not true? He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous. B. He cares little about money and fame(名望). C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable li

18、fe. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people,Para. 3 Dr Yuans personality,His hobbies,listening to violin music playing mah-jong swimming reading,Para.4 Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing Long ago Yuan Longping had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum Each e

19、ar of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut He awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people Now, many years later, Yuan Longping has another dream: to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe One

20、 dream is not always enough, especially for a person who loves and cares for his people,夢想是不花本錢的。很久以前，袁隆平曾在夢里看到水稻長得像高粱一樣高，稻穗跟玉米穗一樣大，而每粒稻米像花生一般大。袁隆平從夢中醒來，希望能種植一種能養(yǎng)活更多人的水稻。如今袁隆平還有另外一個(gè)夢想，那就是他的稻谷可以出口并長遍全球。一個(gè)夢想總是不夠的，尤其是對一個(gè)熱愛和關(guān)心人民的人來說更是如此,His dreams,Para4,1) The first dream,2) The second dream,Produce a k

21、ind of rice that could feed more people（Line 34,As huge as a peanut,The first dream,As tall as sorghum,As big as a corn,To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the globe(Line 35,The second dream,Can you find Dr. Yuan s personal quality in this passage,Task 3.Discussion,Write down your an

22、swer,line1.)Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer,line21.)Yuan Longping is now.to increase their rice harvests,line28.)Spending .means very little to him.(微不足道).he give millions of yuan in agriculture,He is not a vain(虛榮) person,He is unselfish/selfless(無私,He is full of love (博愛,Yuan Longping, who grows what is called _ hybrid rice, was born into a poor farmers family in 1930. Whe