1. working
on the land

2. A Pioneer for All People
Father of Hybrid Rice
Yuan Longping

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

4. A Pioneer for ALL People
Match the following main ideas with the right paragraphs.
Para A. Dr Yuan’s dreams.
Para B. Dr Yuan’s personality.
Para C. Dr Yuan’s biography.
Para D. Dr Yuan’s appearance
and his achievement.

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

6. 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.

7. He wants to help other Chinese farmers.

8. Yuan Longping works on the land
to do his research.

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

10. 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.

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

12. 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

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

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

18. 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.

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

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

21. 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

22. rice

23. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. to anwer the next question.
You are a lucky dog.
No queston!
Congratulations!
And you can ask anyone
to anwer the next question.

28. 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

29. 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.

30. 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

31. 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.