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1、Module 4 Unit 2 Working the land warming up & reading,Unit 2 Working the land,Warming up and reading1,Have you ever been to the countryside? what did you do there?,Warming up I ( 5ms ) Answer the following questions:,Farming,Are you from a farmers family? what do you know about farming?,soil,ploughi
2、ng,crops,weather &climate,Irrigating(灌溉),Agriculture in the past,Agriculture in the modern times,Pre-reading ( 4ms ) Answer the following questions:,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 through
3、out the world.,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.,袁隆平被誉为中国的“杂交水稻之父”. 中国农民说，吃饭靠“两平”，一靠邓小平-制定了生产承包责任制的政策，二靠袁隆平-发明了杂交稻。 袁隆平，男，年
4、月出生于北京，年毕业于西南农学院农学系。毕业后，一直从事农业教育及杂交水稻研究。 在中国人民正闹饥荒的20世纪60年代，袁隆平提出了杂交水稻的概念，这种新型水稻具有高产量的特点。10年后，他研制成功了一种产量比一般水稻高出20%的新型水稻。 袁隆平一生献身于农业研究，先后受到联合国教科文组织、粮农组织的称誉。袁隆平虽已年届岁，仍然一如既往地从事农业研究。,袁隆平人物简历,hybrid rice; System of Production Responsibility; institute; suffer the famine; Yield; UNESCO, FAO.,1.What does D
5、r Yuan look like? 2.Whats his achievement? 3.What do you think of him?,Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:,1.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.,2.Whats his achievement?,He grows what is c
6、alled super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. Using his hybrid rice farmers producing harvests twice as large as before.,3.What do you think of him?,He doesnt like money because he gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research
7、in agriculture. He doesnt like fame too though he has made great contributions to the world. Hes really respectable.,Why did Dr Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young? How does he help rid the world of hunger? What kind of life is Dr Yuan leading? Use a few words to describe Dr Yuan
8、s personality.,Second Reading,Reading ( 8ms ) Read the text and answer the following questions:,Why did Dr Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young? Dr Yuan wanted to increase the rice output because he saw many people go hungry when he was young.,2. How does he help rid the world of
9、hunger? He helps the world get rid of hunger by producing a hybrid strain of rice which increase the harvest.,3. What kind of life is Dr Yuan leading? Dr Yuan is leading a simple life, doing his research, listening to his music and riding his motor-bike.,4. Use a few words to describe Dr Yuans perso
10、nality. Dr Yuan is a simple, academic man who is more interested in helping others than being famous.,Detail reading ( 8ms ),Please write down the smaller heading giving a little more information according to the large headings as follows:,A pioneer for all people,Large headings,He wants everyone to
11、 call him a farmer.,A scientist works the land. Sunburnt face and arms, slim ,strong body. Grow hybrid rice. The first agricultural pioneer.,His biography.,In 1931, he was born.,In 1953, he graduated and devoted his life to finding ways to grow rice.,Last year,twenty billion tons of rice was produce
12、d. Now, Dr Yuan is circulating his kownledge.,His personality,He is satisfied with his life.,Why is he satisfied with his life?,Because he doesnt like money and fame.,The first dream.,The second dream.,His dreams,Do you want to end the famine(饥荒)in the world ?If you had the chance to do something to
13、 help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?,Discussion ( 8ms ),If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?,There is still hunger in the world.,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.,Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field.,Assignment,Surf the Internet to find more information about farming and you are expected to present it to your classmates in the next class.,
