Learning about Language教学内容

Book 4 Unit 2 Working the land--A Pioneer For All People

------Warming-up and reading

1.

Fast reading-A brief introduction of Yuan Longping

Name

Nationality

Age University

Achievement Hobbies:

Occupation

Dream

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and

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2.

Careful reading

Yuan Longping

Appearance(外貌)

★His ________ face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like Chinese farmers.

Achievements（成就）

★ In 1974, he became the first _________________ in the world to grow high output rice. ★ Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the _____ to rid the world of hunger.

Main events ★ He _________ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. ★ Since 1953, finding ways to grow more rice has been his ________. ★ He is now __________ his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries.

Personalities(个性) ★ He is quite _______ with his life but doesn’t __________ being famous. ★ He has many hobbies such as listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. ★ He believes that a person with too much money has more __________ fewer troubles.

Dreams Produce a kind of rice that could ____ more people To _______ his rice so that it can be grown all over the world.

3.

Post reading---Read the text carefully and choose the best answers.

1. What does the word “battle” refer to in the second paragraph? A. The low rice output. B. Ridding the world of hunger. C. Fighting against farming. D. The freedom to do research. 2. From the passage, we can know ______. A. Yuan Longping is not a pioneer but a scientist in the research of the hybrid rice B. Yuan’s parents are both agricultural scientists

C. more than 60% of the rice produced in the world is from the hybrid strain D. using the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before

3. It can be inferred from the text that ______. A. Yuan knew the importance of rice import B. Yuan is interested in playing the violin

C. Yuan is proud of his achievements D. Yuan’s rice are grown in many countries

4.

Fill in the blanks

Yuan Longping, who grows what is called

hybrid rice, was born into a poor family in 1930. When he was young, he found hunger was a

problem in many parts of the countryside(农村). So he searched for a way to increase rice harvests without

the area of the fields. In 1973, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high

. This special strain(系列)of rice makes it possible to produce 20% more of the crop in the same fields.

his research, the UN has more tools in the

to rid the world of hunger. Yuan Longping is quiet

with his life. He feels that being famous gives him less

to do his research, and he also cares little about money. He

gives millions of yuan to

others for their research in agriculture. 5.

Homework Writing----Write someone you are familiar with and then report in the next class.

★Taking notes: