Warming up Are you from a farmer ’ s family? what do you know about farming?

First, buy or select the seeds from the store.

Second, we need to plough or turn over the soil.

Third, we sow the seeds in the soil.

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

If there were no rice one day, what would happen?

What is happening to them ?

Hunger What is happening to them ?

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.

Yuan Longping Father of Hybrid Rice

Task 1 Scanning Find out the main idea of 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. Reading and listening

Para. 1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement Task 2 Careful reading 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. (Line 2) 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. (Line 4,7 )

Para 2 His life experience information Born into a poor farmer’s family Graduated from Southwest Agricultural College Saw the great need for increasing the rice output Hunger was a disturbing problem Nearly 200 million tons of rice produced Circulating his knowledge Time As a young man now In a recent harvest

Para2 a. He was born into a poor farmer ’ s family. b. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural 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 harvests without expanding the area of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries. Proper order:.Put Dr Yuan ’ s life experience in right order. a c b edf

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( 名望 ). C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people. Para.3 Dr Yuan’s personality

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

Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people （ Line 34 ） 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 all over the globe (Line 35)

The passage gives us a brief introduction to __________. Yuan Longping

Born: Graduate: Appearance: Achievements: Personality: Hobbies: He has _________ face and arms. His body is ____ but _______. All this makes him look as a real _______. He succeeded in ________________________. He became the first agricultural _______ in the world to grow ___ whose output is high. He helped the government highly increasing the _______ of grain. 1.Cares little for _______. 2.Would like to lead a __________ life. Listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming, reading, walking to his rice fields, riding his motorcycle Southwest Agriculture College sunburnt slim strong farmer growing super hybrid rice pioneer rice output money simple

Discussion If you had the chance to do something to rid the world of hunger, what would you do ?

The measures taken to deal with hunger Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food. Find a sort of fertilizer( 肥料 )to give rice enough nutrition( 营养 ). Control( 控制 ) the pollution and protect the soil in the field. … etc.

Suppose you were Dr Yuan’s daughter or son. Introduce your “father” to your classmates. You may use the following expressions: more… than… sunburnt face & arms slim, strong body invent super hybrid rice be famous as in 1930 in 1953 at present be satisfied with lead a…life prefer freedom to fame would rather hobbies dream of doing sth. Homework