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1、Unit 2 Working on the land Warming up : Enjoy a PoemBy Li ShenFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day.Do you know these grains (谷物谷物)?wheat rice sorghum高高粱粱corncottonpeanutsoybeanAre you from a farmers family? What do you know about farmin
2、g?Ploughing (犁田犁田) Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grown them? If not, what kind of plant would you like to try growing? How would you grow it?seedingfertilizing(施肥施肥)irrigating (灌溉灌溉)transplanting 插秧插秧harvestingwinnowing (扬谷扬谷)riceWhat is the main food in all East Asian an
3、d Southeast Asian countries?Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day throughout the world. Answer the following questions:What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?suffer from starvation and starve to death.feel scared / be panic (惊慌
4、惊慌). fight for food, even kill each other and the whole country would get into trouble.If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?How to solve hunger?making good use of the waste landdeveloping the technology to inventing a new kind of foodimproving the
5、quality of the soil preventing the pests from eating our cropsWhat do you predict this passage is going to talk about? Father of Hybrid Rice He is father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻杂交水稻), who was lately awarded “the Nobel Prize of Asia ”. He received the honor for his great contributions (贡献贡献) to hybrid r
6、ice research and work he did to improve rice production in developing countries. Now he is head of the National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center in Hunan Province, China (中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中心中心). He is called a pioneer for all people. 他是一位真正的耕耘者。当他还是一他是一位真正的耕耘者。当他还是一个乡村教师的时候
7、，已经具有颠覆世界个乡村教师的时候，已经具有颠覆世界权威的胆识；当他名满天下的时候，却权威的胆识；当他名满天下的时候，却仍然只是专注于田畴。淡薄名利，一介仍然只是专注于田畴。淡薄名利，一介农夫，播撒智慧，收获富足。他毕生的农夫，播撒智慧，收获富足。他毕生的梦想，就是让所有人远离饥饿。喜看稻梦想，就是让所有人远离饥饿。喜看稻菽千重浪，最是风流袁隆平！菽千重浪，最是风流袁隆平！ - 袁隆平在袁隆平在2004感动中国中的颁奖感动中国中的颁奖词词 他在接受他在接受“感动中国感动中国”栏目组采访栏目组采访时说：时说：“这不是我个人的荣誉，而是国这不是我个人的荣誉，而是国家的荣誉，全国人民的荣誉家的荣誉，
8、全国人民的荣誉”。 袁隆平：袁隆平：“我感到最愉快的是一个我感到最愉快的是一个出新成果，能够在名分上得到安慰的，出新成果，能够在名分上得到安慰的，有所寄托的要出新成果，我不停留在原有所寄托的要出新成果，我不停留在原有的这个成绩的基础上有的这个成绩的基础上，我相信我们古，我相信我们古人讲的话，人讲的话，“谋事在人，成事在天谋事在人，成事在天”。 有人曾经风趣地说，中国农民吃饭靠有人曾经风趣地说，中国农民吃饭靠“两平两平”，一是靠邓小平的责任制，二是，一是靠邓小平的责任制，二是靠袁隆平的杂交水稻。靠袁隆平的杂交水稻。 今天中国水稻种植面积中，约有一半今天中国水稻种植面积中，约有一半是采用袁隆平培育
9、的杂交产品，每年生产是采用袁隆平培育的杂交产品，每年生产的稻谷可以多养活的稻谷可以多养活6000多万人。多万人。2004年，年，袁隆平领导的超级杂交稻项目不断取得重袁隆平领导的超级杂交稻项目不断取得重大突破，在育种方面提前一年实现了大面大突破，在育种方面提前一年实现了大面积亩产超过积亩产超过800公斤的目标，这意味着每年公斤的目标，这意味着每年又可以多养活又可以多养活7500万人。万人。Super Hybrid Ricethe rice that has a high outputFind out the main idea of each paragraph. Para 1 A. Dr Yu
10、ans dreams. Para 2 B. Dr Yuans personality. Para 3 C. Dr Yuans biography. Para 4 D. Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEMatch the following headings with the right paragraphs.The text is about _ who made a great contribution to producing better _.Yuan Longpingrice Read th
11、e text carefully and fill in the blanks. Yuan LongpingAppearance u_ face and arms slim and strong bodysunburnt_udeveloped super hybrid riceubecame the first _ in the world to grow high output riceuhelps the UN reduce _ in the worldagricultural pioneer Achievements hunger Experiences uborn in 1930 an
12、d _ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953ufinding ways to grow more rice has been his life _ uto _ his knowledge in less developed countries such as India and Vietnamcirculate graduatedgoalPersonalitiesuis satisfied with his life udoesnt care about being famousugives a large amount of money to
13、 help others to do their _ in agricultureuhas many dreams and never gives upuloves and _ his peopleresearch care foruto produce a kind of rice that could _ more peopleuto _ his rice so that it can be grown around the globe_ feedDreamsexportEven if Dr.Yuans dreams come true, can this really solve sta
14、rvation?1.Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was young?2. Dr Yuan wanted to increase the rice output because he saw many people go hungry when he was young.Answer these questions based on your understanding of the passage.2. Yuan Longping thinks that a person with too mus
15、ch money has more rather than fewer troubles. Do you agree or disagree? Why? I mostly agree. I think being rich can cause a lot of problems, but it really depends on the life and attitude of the person who is rich. People who are rich certainly have different problems from people who are not.Writing a poster (海报海报) for the text.Resume Name:Nationality:Date of birth:appearance:Education:personality:Achievements:Dreams:Hobbies:Yuan LongpingChinese1930Sunburnt, slim, strongSouthwest Agriculture CollegeCare little about money and fameSuper hybrid riceProduce export Violin, mah-jong, swimming,
