1、Warming up and readingWhat do you think of when you see the word agriculture?waterfarmertoolfieldseedmachinecattlevillagericeDo you know where food comes from and how crops are raised?ploughingFirst,the farmers plow the field.They have to make the soil loose enough to plant crops.growing some young
2、plantsSecond,grow some young plants.insert the young plantsThird,they insert the young plants into the loose field.They fertilize the field.fertilizingharvestingAt last,they will get the harvest.Sympathy for the Peasants By Li ShenWork hard by hoe at midday,Sweating the soil.Do you know that grains
3、come from?Its due to the hard work of the farmers Plough soil in the noon with the sweat drop in the land,who knows the food made of hard?Everyday food Country/AreaBasic foodEnglandpotatoes and breadCanadaUSAChinarice and pastaItalyIndiaJapanSouth America/Central Americacorn1.What is the main food i
4、n all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?2.What do you think would happen if tomorrow there were suddenly no rice to eat?Look at the picture and read the statistics on P.9.Is the boy strong?Is he healthy?What lead him to this kind of situation?Every year 15 million children die of hunger.About
5、 183 million children weigh less than they should for their age.If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world,what would you do?How to solve hunger?Make good use of the waste land.Develop agricultural science and technology.Invent a new kind of food.Improve the quality of the
6、 soil.Prevent the pests from eating our crops.Yuan LongpingFather of Hybrid RiceWho is he?Professor Yuan Longping is famous in research on hybrid rice.He gave birth to a hybrid rice which output 30%more than ordinary ones,which has been widely used in the rice fields.The hybrid rice by Yuan and his
7、co-researchers has made the earth produce extra rice equivalent to food for 80 million or more people.Look at the title of the passage and the picture.What do you predict this passage is going to talk about?Then skim the passage to check if you are fight.Fast readingWhat is the main idea of the pass
8、age?It is about an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice.New words and structures1.work the land:use the land to get its resources,such as through farming or mining.2.twice as(large or many):two times3.having more rather than fewer:You expect fewer
9、troubles but in fact you get more than you thought you would.Name _ Age _Nationality _Occupation _Education _Dream _Achievement _Hobbies _Yuan Longping79(as of 2009)agriculture scientist/farmerto export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown around the globeIn 1974,he developed hybrid rice which pr
10、oduces 1/3 more than normal ricegraduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953Complete the notes about Yuan Longping.Chineseviolin music,mahjong,swimming,readingScanningFind out the main idea of each paragraph.ParagraphMain Idea1His _2His _3His _4His _appearance and achievementsbirth,educatio
11、n and researchnoble personalitydreamsCareful reading 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 would 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 lif
12、e than most rich and famous people.FTTTTTrue or False1.What dose Dr.Yuan look like?Why?2.What is his achievement?He looks like a farmer because he always works under the sun for long time.He produces super hybrid rice.Para.11.Why did Dr.Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young?2.How d
13、ose he help rid the world of hunger?Because at that time,hunger was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside.He saw many people were suffered from hunger when he was young.He works hard to produce the hybrid rice that has a high output.Para.2a.He was born into a poor farmers family.b.He gr
14、aduated from Southwest Agriculture College.c.In 1950,Chinese farmers produced fifty million tons of rice.d.2 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice.e.He searched a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields.f.He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating
15、 his knowledge in less developed countries.Proper order:Put Dr Yuans biography in right order.acbedfWhich of the following descriptions about Dr.Yuans personality is NOT TRUE?A.He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.B.He cares little about money and fame.C.He would rather wo
16、rk than lead a comfortable life.D.He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.Para.3Dr Yuans personalityAPara.41.What does“Just dreaming for things,however,costs nothing.”mean?Dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be.2.Dr Yuan has
17、dreams not only when he is _ but also when he is _.asleepawakePersonal informationAchievementsHobbiesgrow rice that has a high outputcirculate his knowledge abroadgive money to equip others for their researchplaying the violinlistening to violin musicplaying mah-jongswimmingriding his motorcycle to
18、the rice fields1.As a young man,he saw the great need for increasing the rice output.2.At that time,hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside.When he was a young man,he knew how important it was to produce bigger rice crops.During his early years,much of the countryside was tr
19、oubled by hunger.Explain the following sentences from the reading passage.3.Using his hybrid rice,farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.4.Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him.As they use his hybrid rice,farmers are producing twice as
20、 much rice as before.He is not interested in buying things for himself or in living a comfortable life.Fill in the blanks.1.虽然他是中国最著名的科学家之一，但Dr.Yuan更喜欢别人把他当作农民。Although he is of the famous,Dr.Yuan would much rather _ (consider)a farmer.2.被太阳晒黑的脸和手臂，瘦而结实的身体，和别的农民没有什么两样。His face and arms and his,stron
21、g body just the same other farmers.onescientistsbe consideredsunburntslimareas3.1930年，他出生于一个贫穷的农民家庭，在1953年，他毕业于西南农学院。He,was born into a farmers family,from _Agricultural College in 1953.4.为了让人民摆脱饥饿，自从毕业后，他一直从事杂交水稻研究。In to help people get of hunger,_his graduation,he has his research on super rice.wh
22、opoorgraduated Southwestorderridsincedone5.Dr.Yuan淡泊名利，对于他来说，金钱不是一切。Dr.Yuan cares about money and._ him money is not _.6.Dr.Yuan努力实现他的梦想。他的梦想是让他的稻谷可以出口并长遍全球。Dr.Yuan tries his to his dream:he can his rice so that it can be around the.littlebeing famousForeverythingbestrealizeexportglobegrownDiscussio
23、n1.Is Yuan Longping more of a scientist than a farmer?2.Is he more of a businessman than a farmer?3.What were his dreams and how far did he achieve them?5.Dr Yuan thinks that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles.Do you agree or disagree?Why?4.Even if Dr.Yuans dreams come true,can this really solve starvation?
