1、Unit 2 Working the landA 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?How will you grow it?If not,what kind of plant would you like to grow?Pepper Cotton Eggplant
2、cornwatermeloncabbage What do you know about“farming”?wheatsorghumrice corn PotatoesStaple food select the weedsplough the soil turn over the soil sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize farming stepsPre-reading Answer the following questions:What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast As
3、ian countries?Rice.It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day throughout the world.1/32 of the earth is used for farming!ten years agonowMore and more farmland has been used for buildings,but not forfarming.Population No.1 problem is How to feed the worlds people with so limi
4、ted farmland?If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world,what would you do?The measures taken to deal with food shortage problemStop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field.etc.make good use of the waste landimprove the quality of the soilincrease
5、 the output(产量)of the grain crop per land area(亩产)In the late 1990s,Brown,an American scholar,came up with the 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 asin the wo
6、rld.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.他的品牌价值千亿Doctor Yuan Long ping solved the problem -Production!Super hybrid rice(Special strain of rice)How to produce more.?Super Hybrid Ricethe
7、rice that has a high outputPoor riceSuper hybrid riceWhat do you think we will learn about Ping in the text?Personal information Production achievement Pursuit(dreams)Personality(品格,性格）Task 1 ScanningFind out the main idea of each paragraph.Para1 Appearance&Achievement Try to use a,b,c,d words to su
8、mmarize the main idea of each paragraph.Para2 Biography Para4 DreamPara3 Character Para.1 Dr Yuans appearance and his achievementTask 2 Careful readingQ1:What does Dr Yuan look like?He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim,strong body.Q2:What is his achievement?He grows what is called super hybrid
9、 rice,which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.Para 2 His biographyTimeinformation19301953As a young manRecent nowBorn into a poor farmers family Graduated from Southwest Agriculture College Saw the great need for increasing the rice output Hunger was a distur
10、bing problemnearly200 million tons was produced Circulating his knowledgea.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 search
11、ed for a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields.f.He helps rid the world of hunger by circulatinghis knowledge in less developed countries.Proper order:acbedfPut Dr Yuans biography in right order.Which of the following description about Dr Yuans personality is not true?A.H
12、e is satisfied with his life because he isnow rich and famous.B.He cares little about money and fame.C.He would rather work than lead acomfortable life.D.He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.Para.3 Dr Yuans characterPara 4 His dreams Produce a kind of rice that could feed more p
13、eople As 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 world Discuss with your partners and think of some words(adjectives)that can explain Yuans personality.Write down the answers on the blackboard.Stage I Stage II Stage III The group that show us more words wins.his personalityhis achievementcreative Considerate（周到的）Plain（简朴的）devoted open-minded Intelligent（聪明的）determined generous Modest（谦虚的）hardworking Write an introductionof The most famous farmer in China.Yuan Long ping.(about 100-120 words long)Homework
