Unit 2 Working the land

Warm up : 1. Have you ever grown any plants ? 2 Have you ever been to the countryside? What did you do there ? 3. Are you from a farmer’s family ? What do you know about farming ?

A basic food that everyone eats everyday --- staple food England, Canada and USA ---- potatoes and bread South America and central America --- corn China, Italy, India and Japan --- rice and pasta

Pre- reading 1.Rice is a main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat? 2.If you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?

Reading Reading A Pioneer For All People

Fast Reading Fast Reading

Personal information Name Nationality Age Occupation Education Dream Achievement Hobbies Yuan Longping China 74 A famous Scientist From Southwest Agriculture college Rice plants as tall as sorghum. Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people. Export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world. He grows super hybrid rice. Play violin, listen to violin music, play mah-jong, swimming and reading, ride his motorbike

Comprehending Comprehending

Ex.1 T & F 1 Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. 2 Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland. 3 Dr Yuan would rather work than relax. 4 Dr Yuan has dreams when he is asleep and also when he is awake. 5 Dr Yuan enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people. F T T T T

Answer the following questions Ex.3 on P11

1.Dr Yuan wanted to increase the rice output because he saw many people go hungry when he was young. 2. He helps the world get rid of hunger by producing a hybrid strain of rice which increases the harvest. 3. Dr Yuan is leading a simple, doing his research, listening to his music and riding his motor-bike.

4.Dr Yuan is a simple, academic man who is more interested in helping others than being famous.

Find the following sentences from the reading passage and explain what the underlined words mean Ex.2 on P11

Ex.2Ex.2 1.It means that he thinks of himself as a farmer but other people may think of him as a famous scientist or a rich man. 2.It means he does not only look like a farmer but also he works in the fields with farmers. In fact, he does scientific research for them.

4.It means that farmers growing his rice species are producing rice twice as much as they did in the past. 5. It means that dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be. 3.It means that many people were very hungry and they even became ill and died because there was not enough food.

The important sentences 1 This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. 1 This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. 2 You might guess that Dr Yuan, who is now rich and famous, is satisfied with his life. 2 You might guess that Dr Yuan, who is now rich and famous, is satisfied with his life. 3 Thanks to his research, the UN is trying to rid the world of hunger 3 Thanks to his research, the UN is trying to rid the world of hunger

Retell the text according to time line Last year Now Yuan Longping was born into a poor farmer’s family. Chinese farmers produced five and a half billion tons of rice. Yuan longping graduated from Southwest Agriculture College. He became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. Nearly twenty billion tons of rice was produced. More than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain

Homework 1 Read the text aloud after class. 1 Read the text aloud after class. 2 Retell the text according to time line after class. 2 Retell the text according to time line after class. 3 Find the difficult sentences. 3 Find the difficult sentences. 4 Finish Learning about Language 4 Finish Learning about Language