Unit 2 Working the land

Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day. Warming up 1.Do you know a Chinese poem which is about farming? （ Enjoy a poem by Li Shen ）

2.What are they doing ?

plow the field 犁田 plow: v. 犁；耕 n. 犁；似犁的工 具 field: n. 田地 They are plowing the field.

grow some young plants 育秧 He is growing some young plants. grow: v. 生长；栽培 young plants : 幼苗

Insert the young plants 插秧 They are inserting the young plants into the field. Insert: v. 嵌入 young plants : 幼 苗

plow: v. 犁；耕 n. 犁；似犁的工具 soil:n. 土；土壤 sow: v. 播（种）；播种 seed: n. 种子 Plow the soil 犁地 Sow the seeds 播种 He is plowing the soil. She is sowing the seeds.

Remove the weeds 除草 remove: v. 移动；清 除；脱掉 weed: n. 野草 v. 除 杂草 They are removing the weeds in the field.

Fertilize 施肥 fertilize:v. 使肥沃； 使多产 fertilizer: n. 肥料，化 肥 chemical fertilizer 化工肥料 organic fertilizer 有 机肥 He is fertilizing in the field.

harvest n. 收获；成果 vt& vi 收割；收获 harvest crops 收割庄稼 They are harvesting crops.

Read these sentences They are plowing the field. He is growing some young plants. They are inserting the young plants into the field. She is sowing the seeds. Read these sentences They are plowing the field. He is growing some young plants. She is sowing the seeds. They are inserting the young plants into the field.

Read these sentences They are plowing the field. He is growing some young plants. They are inserting the young plants into the field. She is sowing the seeds. Read these sentences They are removing the weeds in the field. He is fertilizing in the field. He is plowing the soil. They are harvesting crops.

3.Do you know these grains( 谷物 )? wheat sorghum rice 高粱

corn rice cotton broomcorn peanut soybean wheat

Pre-reading Answer the following questions: 1.What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries? Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day throughout the world.

2.If there was no rice one day, what would happen? If that happened, people would suffer from starvation. And the whole country would get into trouble. Because food is a basic need for man.

In the late 1990s, Brown, an American scholar, came up with the theory of Chinese Menace ( 威胁 ), which said that in the 2030s, Chinese population will add up to 1.6 billion, and had the question who would feed the large population in China as well as in the world.

Just at that time, a Chinese scientist declared to the world that China can solve the problem by himself and help to solve the same problem in the world.

Father of Hybrid Rice

A.a farmer named Yuan Longping B.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  Which of the following statements tells the main idea of the text? It ’s about____ While reading Task 1 Fast reading

Task 2 Scanning 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.

Para1: 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 crops 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 very suitable for China’s farmland. F T Task 3 Detailed reading

Para2 a. He was born into a poor farmer ’ s family. b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c. In 1950,Chinese farmers produced 50 million tons of rice. d. 200 million tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched a way to increase rice output s without expand ing the area of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries. Proper order: Dr Yuan ’ s biography a c b edf

Para3: Dr Yuan ’ s personality Which of the following description about Dr Yuan ’ s personality （个性） 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 （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 Dreams 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 sorghum. Each ear of rice was an ear of corn and each grain of rice was a peanut. asleep awake as tall as as big as as huge as One will dream what he thinks during the day. 日有所思, 夜有所梦

His dreams: (1)The first dream is his hope of p_______ a kind of rice that can f____more people. (2)The second dream is to e_____his rice so that it can be grown all ______ _. roducing eed xport over the world

Post reading Task1 Consolidation Name:________ Age:________________________ Nationality:______ Education:_________________ Dream:_________ Main Achievement:_________________ Hobbies:_________ Occupation:___________________ Yuan Longping 81 Chinese Graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 To export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown around the globe In 1974,developed hybrid rice which produces 1/3 more than normal rice Listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming, and reading Scientist of farming 1 ） resume about Dr Yuan 2 ） According to the resume about Dr Yuan, Please retell the story about him.

Task 2 Discussion 1.What is happening to these people ？

Hunger

2.Even if Dr.Yuan’s dreams come true, can this really solve starvation? Discussion

3.If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ? Discussion

How to solve hunger? ◎ making good use of the waste land ◎ developing the technology to… ◎ inventing a new kind of food… ◎ improving the quality of the soil ◎ preventing the pests from eating our crops ◎ controlling the population ◎ increasing the output of crops Discussion

Homework Go over the text and try to learn all the useful words and expressions in this part by heart. Surf the Internet to get more information on Dr Yuan.