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A Pioneer for All People Father of Hybrid Rice Yuan Longping

Find out the main idea of each paragraph. Task 1 Skimming Find out the main idea of each paragraph.

A Pioneer for ALL People Match the following main ideas with the right paragraphs. 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.

A pioneer for all people His appearance and his achievement. His biography. His personality. His dreams.

Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement Q1: What does Dr Yuan look like? He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. He is more like a farmer than a scientist. Q2: What is his achievement? He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.

He wants to help other Chinese farmers.

Yuan Longping works on the land to do his research.

He struggled to help them. He’s struggled for the past five decades.

He considers himself as . a farmer He works on the land. Sunburnt face and arms, slim ,strong body. Grow hybrid rice. The first agricultural pioneer.

A pioneer for all people His appearance and his achievement. His biography. His personality. His dreams.

Search for a way to increase rice havests without expanding the Para 2 Time information 1930 1953 As a young man A recent year now Born in a poor farmer’s family Southwest Agricultural College Hunger was a great problem Saw the great need for increasing the rice output Search for a way to increase rice havests without expanding the area of the fields. 200 million tons of rice are produced Circulating his knowledge

A pioneer for all people His appearance and his achievement. His biography. His personality. His dreams.

listening to violin music playing the violin playing mah-jong swimming Hobbies: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. listening to violin music reading

He doesn’t like money and fame. Para. 3 Dr Yuan’s personality 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. He doesn’t like money and fame.

A pioneer for all people His appearance and his achievement. His biography. His personality. His dreams.

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

Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people The first dream Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people As tall as sorghum As big as a corn As huge as a peanut

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To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe The second dream To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe

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

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F True or False T 1. Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland. 2.Dr Yuan would rather relax than work. F

choose the right meaning ___ 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.

1930 1953 1950 1974 now Put the following sentences in right order. 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: 1930 1953 1950 1974 as a young man now a c b e d f

Dreaming for things costs nothing 愿望是不花本钱的 Homework: Write a short essay about what you would like your future life to be.