Learning about Language教学设计方案

Book 4

Unit 2

Reading A Pioneer for All People Learning Focus (学习重点) : Yuan Longping and his achievements Learning Aims(学习目标) ：

1. To get to know Dr. Yuan and his achievements,

Dr.Yuan’s super hybrid rice and its influence on China and the world 2.To improve the reading abilities。

3.To retell a passage about Dr. Yuan and his achievements

Task 1 Read the text silently in 5 minutes , then match the headings

with each paragraph. Para1

A. Dr Yuan’s dreams.

Para2

B. Dr Yuan’s attitude towards life. Para3

C. Dr Yuan’s life experience.

Para4

D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement.

Task 2 Please choose the best answer according to the passage. 1. Dr Yuan Longping looks like ________. A.

a scientist

B. a strong man

C. a farmer

D. a pioneer

2. What has he been doing for so many years? A. He has been working in the rice field like other farmers. B. He has been doing research to raise the output of rice. C. He has been managing a large farm. D. He has been carrying out experiments in his lab. 3. Why does Yuan Longping work the land? Because ______. A. he was born in a farmer’s family.

B. he needs to do his research on farming. C. he is interested in farming. D. he has a

slim and strong body. 4. According to the text, in 1950, Chinese farmers could produce about _____ million tons of rice.

A. 20

B. 50

C. 200

D. 500 5. What does the word “battle” refer to in

para.2 ?

A. The low rice output.

B. Ridding the world of hunger. C. Fighting against farming.

D. The freedom to do research. 6.Which of the following statements tells the main idea of the text?

A. A farmer named Yuan Longping

B. How Yuan Longping became rich and famous C. An agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice

D. A new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice

Task 3 Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Time 1930 1953 He_____________. He ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿Southwest Agricultural College . Event(s) Since 1953 Finding ways to ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿has been his life goal. 1973 now He became ＿＿＿＿＿＿agricultural pioneer to grow rice that has a high output. He has another dream: to __________his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.

Task 4 Tell “True or False” according to paragraph 3. 1. Dr. Yuan is quite satisfied with his life and he cares about being famous .

2. He enjoys listening to violin music, playing basketball, swimming and reading.

3. Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him. 4. Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has

fewer

rather than

more

troubles.

Task 5 Discussion :

★What can we learn from Dr Yuan’s

attitude towards life?

Task 6

Self- assessment (自我评价) : Tick the scores

you have.

The things I can do. 1. I am active in the class. 2. I know how to do the reading now.

Evaluation 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3. I have got the main idea of the text and know Dr Yuan 5 more. 4. I work with my classmates well to solve problems. 5. I can give others some useful help and tips now. 5 5

Task 7 Homework:

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1. Read the reading passage again and try to retell it. Dr Yuan and His Achievements

Yuan Longping is one of China’s most famous

______________. Born in 1930, Dr. Yuan _____________ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. At that time, ________ was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life ________. In 1974, he invented

_____________ and became the first agricultural _____________ in the world. ___________ his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to _____ the world of hunger. Dr Yuan is now ___________ his knowledge in many ________ developed countries.

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2. Find out some useful expressions and key structures while reading.