1. Unit 2 Working on land Reading

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

3. Today our world houses 6.55 billion people.

4. Worldwide, more than 1 billion people currently live below the international poverty line, earning less than $1 per day.

5. 854 million people across the world are suffering from hunger, up from 852 million a year ago.

6. Six million children under the age of 5 die every year as a result of hunger. Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger One child every five seconds.

7. A Chinese farmer is helping the hungry people. Who is he? Father of super hybrid rice

8. the rice that has a high output Super Hybrid Rice

9. Reading ----skimming Find information according to the following figures One third The hybrid rice 60% 22% 7%

10. Reading ----scanning

11. 1. In what way does Dr. Yuan look like a farmer? He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. What’s his achievement? 2. What’s his achievement? super hybrid rice, rid the world of hunger. Para 1 His appearance and achievement.

13. Para 2 His biography Timeinformation 1930 1953 As a young man Last year now Born in Beijing Southwest Agriculture College Hunger was a great problem Saw the great need for increasing the rice output 200 million tons produced Circulating his knowledge

16. ① Why doesn’t he care about money and fame ? ② What does he do with his money? ③ What are his hobbies? Para 3 His personality. The more money he has, the more trouble he gets The more fame he has, the less freedom to do research he has Give money to equip others for their research in agriculture Listens to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming, reading riding his motorbike

18. Para 4 His dreams. What was his dream and what is his dream now? To produce a kind of rice that could feed more people To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world

19. Structure Brief introduction His personality. His dreams His biography His appearance and achievement.

20. 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,

21. writing The KFC are hunting one manager. You are suitable for the job. Write a resume to apply for the job. You might give reasons for it.