Unit 2 Working the land

What are doing? They are planting the rice.

Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them? They are ploughing the soil. First we ploughed the soil deep. Second we put the seeds into the tunnel. Finally we covered the seeds by ploughing again.

Warming up International Facts on Hunger and Poverty(2002) every eight seconds, a child somewhere in the world dies from starvation. More than 6 million children under the age of 5 die from starvation every year. More than 800 million people in the world suffer from chronic(长期的) malnutrition–-- 799 million of them are from the developing world. More than 153 million of them are under the age of 5. Q1. 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? Some 700,000 central Americans are suffering from hunger today, including 6,000 children at risk of starving to death. The African countries suffering most severely from food shortage are Malawi, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. If that happened, people there would suffer from starvation. And the whole country would get into trouble.

A Pioneer for All People

Dr Yuan Longping(袁隆平博士） He is father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻），who was lately awarded “the Nobel Prize of Asia ”.He received the honor for his great contributions(贡献）to hybrid rice research and work he did to improve rice production in developing countries.Now he is head of the National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center in Hunan Province,China(中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中心).He is called a pioneer for all people. Dr Yuan Longping(袁隆平博士）

Which of the following statements tells the main idea of the text Which of the following statements tells the main idea of the text? It ’s about____ a farmer named Yuan Longping how Yuan Longping became rich and famous C. an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice D. a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice

Pairwork： Match the following headings(标题）to each paragraph. A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams. Para2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality. Para3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography(传记). Para4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement.

F T Para1 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. True or False: 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. F T

Para2 a c e d f b Put Dr Yuan’s biography in right order. a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family . b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c. In 1950,Chinese farmers produced 5.5 billion tons of rice. d. 20 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched 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: a c e d f b

Parag3 Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality（个性） is not true? He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous. B. He cares little about money and fame（名声）. C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.

Para4 1.What did Dr Yuan’s rice look like in his dream? 2.Dr Yuan has dreams not only when he is _____ but also when he is______. The rice plants were as tall as sorghum.Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut. awake asleep

Careful Reading Read the text and fill in the blanks. Yuan Longping Appearance His________ face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like Chinese farmers. sunburnt

Achievements ★ In 1974, he became the first _________________ in the world to grow high output rice. ★ Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the _____ to rid the world of hunger. agricultural pioneer battle

graduated life goal circulating Main events ★ In 1930, he was born into a poor farmer’s family. ★ He _________ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. ★ Since 1953, finding ways to grow more rice has been his ________. ★ He is now __________ his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries. graduated life goal circulating

satisfied care about rather than Personalities ★ He is quite _______ with his life but doesn’t__________ being famous. ★ He has many hobbies such as listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. ★ He believes that a person with too much money has more __________ fewer troubles. satisfied care about rather than

Resume Name: Nationality: Date of birth: appearance: Education: personality: Achievements: Dreams: Hobbies: Yuan Longping Chinese 1930 Sunburnt, slim, strong Southwest Agriculture College Care little about money and fame Super hybrid rice Produce export Violin, mah-jong, swimming, Writing a poster(海报) for the text.

Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day.