Unit 2 Working the land

1. Unit 2 Working the land

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

4. Are you from a farmer’s family? what do you know about farming? ploughing soil Farming crops …… weather &climate Irrigating(灌溉)

5. What do you know about “farming”? sorghum wheat rice Staple food corn Potatoes

6. plough the soil select the seeds turn over the soil farming steps sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize

7. What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?

8. 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.

9. If there was no rice one day, what would happen?

10. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat? If that happened, people there would suffer from starvation. People would be panic(惊慌) and the whole country would get into trouble.

11. In the late 1990s, Brown, an American scholar, came up withthe 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.

12. 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.

13. A Pioneer For All People Father of Hybrid Rice

14. Yuan Longpingworks the landto do his research.

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

16. Task 1 Skimming 1.When and who did become the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output? In 1974,Yuan Longping 2. What did Yuan Longping invent? Super hybrid rice

17. What may be the style of the passage? A. a story B. a travel journal C. a biography (An introduction to a person)

18. Para1-2 Appearance:_________________________ Age:________ Occupation:___________________ Education:____________________________ Achievement: His research helps the UN in the battle to ____________________; He is considered to be an agricultural ________ . sunburnt, slim, strong 84 scientist of farming Southwest Agricultural College rid the world of hunger get rid ofhunger pioneer

19. superhybrid rice a high output Para1-2 A pioneer is a person who A. is among the first to go into an area to live or work there. B. goes into unknown regions, such as outer space. C. is the first to study a new area of knowledge. orientalmagicalrice(东方魔稻)

20. Para1-2 Thanks to Dr.Yuan! 1._____ of the world’s population are fed from ____ of the farmland in China. 22% 7% in the hunger battle 2.Now more than _____ of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain. 60% circulating 3. Dr. Yuan is now ____________ his knowledge in India, Vietnam and some less developed countries.

21. Task 2 Scanning Find out the main idea of each paragraph.

22. Match the following headings with the right paragraphs. A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE

23. Task 3 Careful reading Para. 1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and hisachievement 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.

24. His biography Para 2 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

25. Dr Yuan’s biography Put Dr. Yuan’s biography in the 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 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: a c e b d f

26. Para. 3 Dr Yuan’s personality Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true? • 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.

27. His dreams Para4 1) The first dream 2) The second dream

28. The first dream Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people • As tall as sorghum • As huge as a peanut • As big as a corn

29. The second dream To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world

30. Personal information • Name: • Nationality: • Born: • Occupation: • Education: • Dream: • Achievements: • Hobbies:

31. Personal information (Resume) • Name: • Nationality: • Birth: • Age: • Occupation: • Education: • Personality: • Dreams: Yuan Longping Chinese in 1930; in a poor family 84 Scientist of farming Southwest Agriculture College,in 1953 care little about money and fame His first dream His second dream

32. Personal information Achievements: grow rice that has a high output listening to violin music playing mah-jong Hobbies: swimming reading

33. Agriculture in the past

34. Plow(plough) the field

35. grow some young plants

36. insert the young plants into the field

37. harvest

38. Agriculture in the modern times

40. Language points for Reading I

41. 1. Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them? If so=If you have ever grown some plants. so 表示“象那样的，如前所说的”，用于代替已陈述的事。如： -----can you pass the exam? ------I hope so.

42. 2. works the land work vi./ vt.经营,管理 work the land=grow crops on it 耕耘土地　 He works a big farm. 他经营着一个大的农场。

43. 3.struggle vi.搏斗, 挣扎, 努力, 拼搏 They were struggling to get out the burning car. 他们挣扎着从烧着的车里往外爬。 She struggled up the stairs with her heavy bags. 她提着沉重的行李艰难地走上楼梯。 [搭配] struggle against 与…斗争，为反对…而斗争， struggle for 为争取…而斗争

44. 4. Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. 1) Super 特级，超级 2) What =the thing(s) that e.g. I don’t quite understand what you are explaining. Please watch what I am doing carefully.

45. ____ the emperor saw was quite different from _____ the old minister told him. A. What, that B. That, what C. Which, that D. All, all

46. It is pretty well understood _______ controls the flow of carbon dioxide in and out the atmosphere today. A. that B. when C. what D. how

47. 5. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. it 在句中作形式宾语, 真正的宾语为to produce…, 结构为: 动词(make, feel, think, regard…)+it +adj+ to do. e.g. We think it important to learn English well.

48. I like ____ in the autumn when the weather is clear and bright. A. This B. that C. it D. one. C

49. The guide thought ___ wrong to eat monkeys. A. this B. it is C. it D. that was

50. 6. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvest without expanding the area of fields. ▲ search = try to find by looking for “搜查”。