【課件】Unit 5 Reading and thinking 課件-高中英語(yǔ)人教版（2019）選擇性必修第一冊(cè)

1、Reading and Thinking新人教版選修一 Unit 5Get to know an agricultural scientistIn this class, you will1. read about agricultural scientist Yuan Longping;2. analyse why Yuan Longping is called a pioneer for all people.Learning objectives:CONTENTLead-inReadingLanguage points123Part 1Lead-in1.Who is the man in

2、 the photo? 2. What crop is he holding in his hands?Look at the photo and the title of the text. Discuss these questions in groups.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEYuan LongpingHe is holding sheaves of his hybrid rice.What do you know about the man?a great scientist “father of hybrid rice”Born in 1930, Yuan

3、Longping is a Chinese agricultural scientist and educator. He is known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s, and is called The Father of Hybrid Rice. The hybrid rice has saved several billion people at home and abroad from starving. His contribution to mankind is enormous. In

4、2021, he died in Changsha at the age of 91.Yuan Longping(1930-2021)My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger.-Yuan LongpingVideo Time: Yuan Longping and his Hybrid Rice Part 2Reading1. Skim the text and finish the following tasks in創(chuàng)新設(shè)計(jì) p77 1.Why does Yuan Longping choose to wor

5、k the land?A.Because he was born into a farmers family.B.Because he needs to do his research on farming.C.Because he takes a great interest in farming.D.Because he cares little for money or celebrity.a. Choose the best answer. 2.What can we know from the text? A.Yuan Longping found a way to attain h

6、igher yields by expanding the area of fields.B.Yuan Longping leads a life of leisure after his retirement.C.In the 1950s or so，many parts of the countryside were short of food to eat.D.His way of increasing rice harvests only works in China.3.What is Yuan Longpings attitude towards money?A.He is not

7、 interested in money.B.Money is of no use to a scientist.C.Money isnt important at all.D.All his money should be spent on his own research.4.What does the passage mainly talk about?A.How to solve the worlds hunger problem.B.How to increase rice yields.C.Yuan Longpings achievements in farming.D.Yuan

8、Longpings farming life.b. Match the main idea with each paragraph. A. Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice.B. Yuam is old but still woking 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

9、.F. Yuan cares little for fame or wealth.Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 1. Father of the hybrid rice2. One of Chinas most famous scientists3. A farmera pioneerHis status(身份，地位身份，地位) Why does Yuan consider himself a farmer?（p51 Ex3 -1) Because he continually works the land in his res

10、earch.He has devoted all his life to Chinese farmers.for all peopleHe is a _ scientist who in his research.He is a _ man who has Chinese farmers.hardworkingcommittedWhat concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious shortage of food to eat. He wanted to

11、 tackle the crisis of food shortage. Why did he choose to study agriculture?p51 Ex3-2His decision all peopleHe is an _ man who wanted to solve the crisis of food shortage.ambitiousHe successfully developed _ and his innovation has helped _ .(para. 3-4)the first hybrid ricefeed not just China, but ma

12、ny other countries He _ to support _. (para. 5) makes large donationsagricultural researchHis latest vision for _ has become a reality. (para. 6)seawater ricea pioneerfor all peopleHis contributionsHe is a _ scientist who successfully developed the first hybrid rice and seawater rice.He is a _ man w

13、ho makes large donations to support agricultural research.creativeselfless -Yuan Longpinga pioneer for all people He is a hardworking scientist who continually works the land in his research. He is a committed man who has devoted all his life to Chinese farmers. He was an ambitious man who wanted to

14、 solve the crisis of food shortage. He is a creative scientist who successfully developed the first hybrid rice and seawater rice. He is a selfless man who makes large donations to support agricultural research.As a teacher, I think it is important to be committed to teaching. It is necessary to be

15、a teacher who is creative in teaching. Im supposed to work hard to do my job well. What can we learn from Yuan Longping?As students, we should be ambitious. When deciding on the future majors or jobs, choose the areas where the country needs us most.What can we learn from Yuan Longping?Complete the

16、sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box.create estimation education generation graduateOften, new words are not really “new” they are just different forms of words that you may already know. For instance, a word ending with ate is often a verb, while a word ending in tion is often a

17、 noun. Thus, we have communicate (verb) and communication (noun). English has many word patterns like this. creation estimate educate generate graduation1.This school has _ thousands of bright young students over the years. 2.Most students look for jobs after university _.3.Because of the _ of new s

18、trains 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.estimationcreationgenerat

19、ededucatedgraduationPart 3 Language points1. Key words1. vt. 把獻(xiàn)(給); 把專(zhuān)用于; 專(zhuān)心于 2. n. 不足; 缺少; 短缺 3. vt. 解決(難題); 應(yīng)付(局面); 處理 4. n. 危機(jī); 危急關(guān)頭 5. vt. 使增長(zhǎng); 使興旺n. 增長(zhǎng); 提高; 激勵(lì) 6. vt. 使相信; 使確信; 說(shuō)服 7. n. 特征; 特點(diǎn); 品質(zhì)adj. 典型的;獨(dú)特的 8. vt. (通常經(jīng)過(guò)努力)獲得; 得到 9. adj. 傳統(tǒng)的;習(xí)慣的 devoteshortagetacklecrisisboostconvincecharacter

20、isticattainconventional10. n. 假定; 設(shè)定; (責(zé)任的)承擔(dān); (權(quán)利的)獲得 11. adj. 熱切的; 十分強(qiáng)烈的; 激烈的 12. vt. 克服; 解決; 戰(zhàn)勝 13. vt.& vi. 擴(kuò)大; 增加vt. 擴(kuò)展;發(fā)展(業(yè)務(wù)) 14. n. 產(chǎn)量; 輸出; 輸出量vt. 輸出 15. vt. 估計(jì); 估價(jià); 估算n. 估計(jì); 估算 16. adj. 本國(guó)的; 國(guó)內(nèi)的; 家用的; 家庭的 17. n. 消耗; 消耗量; 消費(fèi) 18. vt. 包括; 包含; 由組成 assumptionintenseovercomeexpandoutputestimat

21、edomesticconsumptioncomprise19. vt. 產(chǎn)生; 引起 20. n. 閑暇; 休閑; 空閑 21. n. 泥土; 土壤; 國(guó)土; 領(lǐng)土 22. n. 名望; 名譽(yù); 名人; 名流 23. n. 谷物; 谷粒; 顆粒 24. n. 想象; 視力; 視野; 影像 25. n. 現(xiàn)實(shí); 實(shí)際情況; 事實(shí) 26. adj. 含鹽的; 咸的 generateleisuresoilcelebritygrainvisionrealitysalty2. Key phrases devote.to. be comprised of deep down be known as dep

22、end on care little for at home and abroad dream up other than be used for把用于; 獻(xiàn)身; 致力包括; 由組成(或構(gòu)成)在內(nèi)心深處; 本質(zhì)上; 實(shí)際上作為而著名依靠幾乎不關(guān)心 國(guó)內(nèi)外夢(mèng)想出; 虛構(gòu)出除了被用來(lái)做1. Indeed, his slim but strong body is just like that of millions of Chinese farmers, to whom he has devoted his life.3. Key sentences確實(shí), 他瘦削但結(jié)實(shí)的身軀看起來(lái)和他為之奉獻(xiàn)了一生

23、的幾百萬(wàn)的中國(guó)農(nóng)民一樣。本句是一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，先行詞為Chinese farmers（人），又接在介詞to后面，故用whom來(lái)引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句。在定語(yǔ)從句中，一些動(dòng)詞詞組的介詞可以提前，形成介詞+關(guān)系詞的句式，例如：1. Tom was the person with whom you shook hands.2. This is a subject about which we have talked a lot.2. However, what concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes ev

24、en had a serious shortage of food to eat.然而，讓他最擔(dān)心的是農(nóng)民經(jīng)常收成不好，有時(shí)甚至是嚴(yán)重的食物短缺。what concerned him most was that. 這是一個(gè)主語(yǔ)從句+表語(yǔ)從句的組合，這種組合相當(dāng)常見(jiàn)。翻譯：我想要說(shuō)的就是我們應(yīng)該用更認(rèn)真的態(tài)度對(duì)待學(xué)習(xí)。What I want to say is that we should take a more serious attitude towards study.3. However, whether it was possible to develop a hybrid of se

25、lf-polinating plants such as rice was a matter of great debate. 然而，是否可能開(kāi)發(fā)出水稻等自花授粉作物的雜交品種，是一件有巨大爭(zhēng)議的事。whether it was possible to.是由whether引導(dǎo)的主語(yǔ)從句，當(dāng)主語(yǔ)從句充當(dāng)主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞一般用單數(shù)。翻譯：他是否要來(lái)，還沒(méi)有決定。Whether he will come has not been decided.a matter of. 可以翻譯成：.的事a matter of time 時(shí)間早晚的事時(shí)間早晚的事a matter of life and death

26、生死攸關(guān)的事生死攸關(guān)的事 4. Today, it is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is comprised of crops generated from Yuans hybrid strains, and his strains have allowed Chinas farmers to produce around 200 million tons of rice per year. 據(jù)估算，現(xiàn)在中國(guó)國(guó)內(nèi)消費(fèi)的稻米有大約60%來(lái)自袁隆平的雜交水稻品種形成的作物，這些品種（形成的作物）讓中國(guó)農(nóng)民每年能夠生產(chǎn)出大約兩億噸稻米。it is estimated that. 是一個(gè)主語(yǔ)從句，it 充當(dāng)?shù)氖切问街髡Z(yǔ)，真正的主語(yǔ)為that后面的部分。例如：It is reported that this city will host the Olympic