1、同步导练/RJ必修 英语 经典品质/超越梦想 同 步导 练 Unit 2 Working the land阅读天地Creat your own life导读：What do you truly enjoy doing?Do you have time to do one of them every day?The older I get,the more I learn that our quality of life isnt dependent on what weve been given.Rather,our quality of life is dependent on what w
2、e choose to create.Every day,we are creating our life.We are choosing how to spend our time,what words to say out loud,and how to care for ourselves.And with all these choices,we are creating our life.Creating a good life requires you to choose how you spend your time well.You should be doing things
3、 that give you pleasure or satisfaction.But first,you have to figure out what it is that you enjoy doing.For instance,I enjoy reading,writing,and ballroom dancing.On days when Im able to do at least one of those activities,I feel quite good.However,if my free time gets taken up by serving other peop
4、les interests,I feel frustrated.That is why you have to guard your free time.We all have parts of our day that are spent doing things that we have to do,such as our job or schoolwork.So,our limited free time is precious indeed.But our free time is where we have the opportunity to create our life.As
5、a result,the questions you should be asking yourself every day are these：What kind of day am I creating today?Will I spend my time arguing with others and feeling frustrated?Or,will I do something with my time that I truly enjoy,such as reading a book or going dancing with my friends?We have so many
6、 beautiful choices when it comes to spending our free time.The bottom line is this:We choose what kind of life we will live;how we choose to spend our free time is in our hands.Whether we spend our time with kind or unkind people is in our hands.And the choices that we make determine the kind of lif
7、e that we live.This week,consider whether youre making the right choices so that you can create a better life for yourself.Make sure you plan your free time carefully.A good life doesnt just happenits something that we must create.BY MEERABELLE DEYSection Warming Up&Reading自主预习学案 预 读 理 解Step 1 Fast
8、Reading.Match the following main ideas with the right paragraphs.Para.1 ADr.Yuans dreams.Para.2 BDr.Yuans personality.Para.3 CDr.Yuans biography.Para.4 DDr.Yuans appearance and his achievement.Put the following sentences in right order.aHe was born into a poor farmers family.bHe graduated from South
9、west Agriculture college.cChinese farmers produced fifty million tons of rice.dHe became the first agricultural pioneer.eHe searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields.fHe helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.答案.D
10、CBA.acbedfStep 2 Careful Reading 判断正误 1The reason why Dr.Yuan wanted to increase the rice output when he was young is that he wanted to become a great scientist.()2Dr.Yuans hobbies are various besides playing the violin.()3By using Dr.Yuans hybrid rice，farmers are producing harvests twice what the a
11、mount was before.()4Not caring about being famous，Dr.Yuan is quite satisfied with his life.()5Dr.Yuan seldom spends money on himself，instead，he gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in industry.()6Dr.Yuan developed super hybrid rice to help Chinese farmers and hungry people all o
12、ver the world.()答案1F 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.F 6.TStep 3 Summary 短文填空 Yuan Longping is a man who _1_the land，does his research and grows hybrid rice.He is an agricultural_2_to have a high output of rice _3_expanding the area of fields.He devotes his whole life to_4_ways to increase the rice output to_5_both t
13、he Chinese and the world people.He is _6_his knowledge so that more farmers can be free from hunger and_7_with their lives.Yuan cares little about his money and fame，_8_a great deal of time and money to helping others do_9_research.He_10_for more cheap rice for all the people.Yuan Longping is a grea
14、t person.答案1works 2.pioneer 3.without 4.finding 5.feed6circulating 7.satisfied 8.devoting 9.agricultural10wishes课 文 领 悟A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEAlthough he is one of Chinas most famous scientists，Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer，for he works the land to do his research.Indeed，his sunburnt fac
15、e and arms and his slim，strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers，for whom he has struggledfor the past five decades.Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice.In 1974，he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.This spe
16、cial strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.Now more than 60%of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.The main ideaYuan Longpings achievement.Born in 1930，Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953.Since
17、then，finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal.As a young man，he saw the great need for increasing the rice output.At that time，hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside.Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields.I
18、n 1950，Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice.In a recent harvest，however，nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced.These increased harvests mean that 22%of the worlds people are fed from just 7%of the farmland in China.Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in In
19、dia，Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests.Thanks to his research，the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger.Using his hybrid rice，farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.The main ideaYuans introduction and influence on wor
20、lds rice production.Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life.However，he doesnt care about being famous.He feels it gives him less freedom to do his research.He would much rather keep time for his hobbies.He enjoys listening to violin music，playing mah jong，swimming and reading.Spending money on hims
21、elf or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him.Indeed，he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles.He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.The main ideaYuans life attitude.Just dreaming for things，how
22、ever，costs nothing.Long ago Dr Yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum.Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut.Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people.Now，many years later，Dr
23、 Yuan has another dream：to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.One dream is not always enough，especially for a person who loves and cares for his people.The main ideaThe dreams of Yuan Longping造福全人类的先驱者尽管袁隆平是中国最有名的科学家之一，他认为自己是一名农民，因为他在田间耕作，进行科学研究。的确，他晒黑的面孔和手臂，清瘦而又结实的身躯，就跟千百万他为之奋
24、斗了 50 年的中国农民一模一样。袁隆平博士种植的是被称为“超级杂交水稻”的稻种。1974 年，他成为世界上第一位种植高产水稻的农业先锋。这种特殊的稻种使得同样的田地能多收获三分之一的产量。如今，中国每年生产的稻米有 60%以上出自这种杂交稻种。主旨大意袁隆平的科技成就。袁博士出生于 1930 年，1953 年毕业于西南农学院。从那时起，找到水稻高产的办法是他的人生目标。在年轻时，他就看到了稻田增产的巨大需求。当时，饥荒是许多农村地区面临的令人忧虑的问题。(于是，)袁博士(开始)在不增加田地面积的基础上寻求增收的途径。1950 年中国农民只能生产 5 000 万吨稻谷。然而，在最近的一次收获中
25、，却生产了将近 2 亿吨稻谷。这种粮食产量的增加意味着在仅仅 7%的耕地上养活了世界上 22%的人口。目前，袁博士还在印度、越南和其他许多欠发达的国家传播提高水稻产量的知识。由于他的研究，联合国在使世界摆脱饥饿的战斗中有了更多的方法。用他的杂交水稻种子，农民们能种出比以前多一倍的粮食。主旨大意袁隆平的简介和他对世界水稻生产的影响。袁博士对自己的生活非常满意。然而他对成名毫不在意。他觉得成名后搞科研就不那么自由了。他宁愿把时间花在自己的业余爱好上。他喜欢听小提琴乐曲、打麻将、游泳和读书。把钱花在自己身上或享受舒适的生活对他来说同样没意思。事实上，他认为，一个人有了太多钱，他的麻烦事只会更多，而不是更少。于是，他拿出好几百万元帮助其他人进行农业方面的研究。主旨大意袁隆平的生活态度。只有梦想是不花本钱的。很久以前，袁博士在梦里看到他的水稻长得像高粱一样高，稻穗像玉米穗一样大，而每粒稻谷像花生米一样饱满。袁博士从梦中醒来，也希望能种植出一种可以养活更多人的水稻。如今，袁博士还有另外一个梦想，那就是他的稻谷可以出口并长遍全球。一个梦想总是不够的，特别是对一个热爱和关心人民的人来说，更是如此。主旨大意袁隆平的梦想。温示提馨课时跟踪训练2-1（点击进入）word板块