Unit 2 Working the land

Have you ever grown any plants?any Do you know the steps of how to grow rice?

select the weeds plough the soil turn over the soil sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize farming steps

The Peasant’s lot Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day. By Li Shen

Father of Hybrid Rice

A Pioneer for all People Pioneer n. person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge. Young Pioneer

Task 2 Skimming Find out the main idea of each paragraph.

Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams. Para2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality. Para3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography. Para4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement. Match the following main ideas with the right paragraphs.

Paragraph 1 Yuan Longping thinks he is a _____ as well as a scientist. He has ______ face and arms and a ___, ____ body. He works hard and grows super ____ rice. In 1974, he became a pioneer to grow rice that has a high____. farmer sunburnt slimstrong hybrid output Appearance Achievement Careful reading

Brown, (1990s) China won’t feed themselves because of its large population! We can solve the problem and we can help world to solve the problem! Super hybrid rice (Special strain of rice) Yuan Longping has struggled for the past five decades.He is circulating his knowledge in many countries. How to rid the world of hunger?

Paragraph 2 Timeinformation As a young man 1950 In a recent harvest now Born in a farmer’s family Southwest Agriculture College Hunger was a disturbing problem. Saw the great need for increasing the rice output 200 million tons produced Circulating his knowledge Only fifty million tons produced Means? 22% 7% UN rid the world of hunger biography

a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family. b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c. Chinese farmers produced fifty million tons of rice. d. He became the first agricultural pioneer e. He searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries. Proper order: ac b e df 2.Put the following sentences in right order as a young man now

Paragraph 3 Topic sentence? Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life. He doesn’t care about ______ and _______. He likes freedom for his search and hobbies. famemoney. Personality

Hobbies: listening to violin music reading playing the violin playing mah-jong swimming

Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true? A. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous. B. He cares little about money and fame. C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people. Paragraph. 3 Dr Yuan’s personality He doesn’t like money and fame.

What is Yuan Longping’s attitude towards money? A. The more, the better B. Too much will cause a lot of troubles C. Money is of no use

Which of the hobbies below is the one that Yuan Longping doesn’t do now? A. swimming, reading B. playing mah-jong C. playing violin and walking to his rice fields

His dreams His dreams Paragragh 4 1) The first dream 2) The second dream

Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people 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 around the globe

A Pioneer for all People Pioneer n. person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge. Young Pioneer

He is the father of super hybrid rice!

Exercises time Understand the text and know the pioneer for all people Dr Yuan now? Do some exercises and test yourselves.

True or False 1. Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland. 2.Dr Yuan would rather relax than work.

___ 1. He wants everyone to call him a farmer,for that’s how he regards himself. A.He thinks of himself as a farmer. B.The other people think of him as a farmer A ___ 2. Dreaming for things, however, costs nothing. A.Dreams are free,you can imagine what your future would like. B.You should spend some money on dreams. A

You are a lucky dog. No queston! Congratulations! And you can do more exercises.

Yuan Longping is a great man, for he has ( 奋斗 ) for human race for a long time. His attention is ( 集中 ) finding ways to grow more green rice, which will not ( 导致 ) illness. (use) his special rice,farmers can produce harvest twice as large before without ( 使 变大 ) the area of the fields. ( 多亏 ) his research, Chinese （使摆脱 ) themselves of ( 饥饿 ). ( 因此 ), he is called “father of hybrid rice”.In addition, he is ( 对 … 满意 )his life. He ( 宁愿 )keep time for swimming, which ( 增强 ) his strength. （ 知识再现与巩固 ） struggled focused on lead toUsing as expanding Thanks to rid/ridded hunger Therefore satisfied with would rather builds up

For example: He is selfless. Because he gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture. He is … Thanks to him, we can feed ourselves now. Discuss in pairs: What can we learn from Dr Yuan? pioneering creative considerate modest plain devoted straight forward open-minded intelligent determined generous strong-willed Personalities selfless

The Peasant’s lot Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day. By Li Shen

Summary and homework Summary: What do you know about Yuan Longping after reading? Homework: Summary and homework 1.Summary: What do you know about Dr Yuan? 2.Homework: Suppose you were Yuan Longping, please write a short passage to introduce yourself (less than 150 words).