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1、A poemFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.Warming up1.Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them?If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow?How will you grow it? What do you know about “farming”?wheat sor
2、ghumrice corn Potatoes Staple food select the seeds plough the soil turn over the soil sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize farming stepsplow the fieldgrow some young plantsinsert the young plants into the fieldharvestricePre-reading ( 4ms )Answer the following questions:What is the main food in
3、 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. If there was no rice one day, what would happen?In the late 1990s, Brown, an American scholar, came up with the theory of Chinese Menace(威胁威胁), which said that
4、 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.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 w
5、orld.Father of Hybrid Rice1.When and who did become the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output?2. What did Yuan Longping invent?In 1974,Yuan LongpingHybrid riceTask 1 Skimming 袁隆平被誉为中国的袁隆平被誉为中国的“杂交水稻杂交水稻之父之父”. 中国农中国农民说，吃饭靠民说，吃饭靠“两平两平”，一靠邓小平，一靠邓小平-制定了制定了生产生产承包责任制承
6、包责任制的政策，二靠袁隆平的政策，二靠袁隆平-发明了杂交稻。发明了杂交稻。 袁隆平，男，年月出生于北京，袁隆平，男，年月出生于北京，年毕业于西南农年毕业于西南农学院学院农学系。毕业后，一直从事农学系。毕业后，一直从事农业教育及杂交水稻研究。农业教育及杂交水稻研究。 在中国人民在中国人民正闹饥荒正闹饥荒的的20世纪世纪60年代，袁隆平提年代，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出了杂交水稻的概念，这种新型水稻具有高产量的特点。点。10年后，他研制成功了一种年后，他研制成功了一种产量产量比一般水稻高出比一般水稻高出20%的新型水稻。的新型水稻。袁隆平一生献身于农业研究，先后受到袁
7、隆平一生献身于农业研究，先后受到联合国教联合国教科文组织科文组织、粮农组织粮农组织的称誉。袁隆平虽已年届的称誉。袁隆平虽已年届83岁，岁，仍然一如既往地从事农业研究。仍然一如既往地从事农业研究。袁隆平人物简历袁隆平人物简历hybrid rice;System of Production Responsibility;institute;suffer the famine;yield;UNESCO, FAO.Task 2 ScanningFind out the main idea of each paragraph. Para1 A. Dr Yuans dreams. Para2 B. Dr
8、Yuans personality. Para3 C. Dr Yuans biography. Para4 D. Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.Para. 1 Dr Yuans appearance and his achievementTask 3 Careful readingQ1: What does Dr Yuan look like?He has a sunburnt face
9、 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.True or False: 1.Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.2.Dr Yuans k
10、ind of rice is the most suitable for Chinas farmland.FTPara 2His biographyTimeinformation19301953As a young manRecent yearsnowBorn 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
11、a. He was born into a poor farmers 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 are
12、a of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.Proper order: acbedfPut Dr Yuans biography in right order. Dr Yuans biographyWhich of the following description about Dr Yuans personality is not true?A. He is satisfied with his life because he
13、 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.Para. 3 Dr Yuans personalityHis dreamsPara41) The first dream2) The second dreamProduce a kind of rice that could feed mor
14、e peopleAs huge as a peanutThe first dream As tall as sorghum As big as a corn To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the worldRevision.(personal information)Name:Nationality:Born:Occupation:Education:Dream: Achievements: Hobbies:Personal information (Resume)Name:Nationality:Birth:Age:O
15、ccupation:Education:Personality:Dreams:Yuan LongpingChinese in 1930; in a poor family83Scientist of farmingSouthwest Agriculture College,in 1953 His first dream His second dreamcare little about money and famePersonal informationAchievements:Hobbies:grow rice that has a high outputcirculate his know
16、ledge abroadgive money to equip others for their research playing his violinlistening to violin musicplaying mah-jongswimmingriding his motorcycle to his rice fieldsT or F 1 Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. 2 Dr Yuans rice is one of the most suitable ways for Chinas farmland. 3 Dr Yuan wou
17、ld rather work than relax. 4 Dr Yuan has dreams when he is asleep and also when he is awake. 5 Dr Yuan enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.The following sentences are taken from the reading passage. Explain what the underlined words mean.1.He wants everyone to call him a farmer, f
18、or thats how he regards himself.Key: It means he thinks of himself as a farmer but other people may think of him as a famous scientist or a rich man.Post reading2. In many ways, he is one of them, and he has struggled for the past five decades to help them.Key: It means he does not only look like a
19、farmer but also he works in the fields with farmers. In fact, he does scientific research for them.3. At that time, hunger was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside.Key: It means that many people were very hungry and they even became ill and died because there was not enough food.4. Usi
20、ng his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.Key: It means that farmers growing his rice species are producing rice twice as much as they did in the past.5. Wishing for thongs, however, cost nothing.Key: It means that dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about w
21、hat they would like their future life to be.DiscussionWhat is happening to these people? HungerIf you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?The measures taken to deal with hungerInvent a new kind of plant to produce more food.Find a sort of fertilizer(肥料肥料)to give rice enough nutrition.Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field. etc.
