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高一英语必修4

U2 working the land

主备人：张卉

Book4 U2 Working the land通案

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Aims: 1.

To enable the students to read and understand the natural language and master the important phrases. 2.

Develop the Students’ listening, reading and speaking skills . The text is about Yuan Longping who made a great contribution to producing better rice.

Task. 2 ：Careful reading Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks. Para. 1 ★Yuan Longping ’s Appearance ◆

sunburnt

face and arms slim and strong body

导学流程

Step1：导：Lead-in Enjoy a Poem By Li Shen

Farmers weeding at noon,

Sweat down the field soon.

Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day. He is father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻), who was lately awarded “the Nobel Prize of Asia”. He received the honor for his great contributions (贡献) to hybrid rice research and work he did to improve rice production in developing countries. Now he is head of the National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center in Hunan Province, China (中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中心). He is called a pioneer for all people. He is Dr Yuan Longping

Step2：READING 思

Task 1: skimming Find out the main idea of each

paragraph.

Para 1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams.

Para 2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality.

Para 3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography.

Para 4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement. ★Yuan Longping ’s Achievements ◆developed super hybrid rice ◆became the first agricultural

pioneer

in the world to grow high output rice

◆helps the UN reduce hunger in the world Para. 2 ★Yuan Longping ’sExperiences ◆born in 1930 and graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953

◆finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal

◆to circulate his knowledge in less developed countries such as India and Vietnam

★Put Dr Yuan’s biography in right order.

a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family .

b. He graduated 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 his knowledge in less developed countries. Proper order: a, c, b, e, d, f

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高一英语必修4

U2 working the land

主备人：张卉

Para. 3 ★Yuan Longping ’sPersonalities ◆is satisfied with his life ◆doesn’t care about being famous ◆gives a large amount of money to help others to do their research in agriculture

2. From the passage, we can know ___D___.

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 ◆has many dreams and never gives up loves and care

for his people

◆Which of the following descriptions about Dr. Yuan’s personality is NOT TRUE? A A.

He 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 a comfortable life. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people. Para. 4 ★Yuan Longping ’s

Dreams ◆to produce a kind of rice that could feed more people

◆to export

his rice so that it can be grown around the globe

Task. 3 True (T) or False (F): 1. Yuan Longping became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow super hybrid rice at the age of 40. F 2. More than 60% of the rice in the world is from the hybrid strain. F 3. According to the text, farmers in China are producing rice harvests nearly 4 times as large as that in 1950. T Task. 4 Choose the best answers. 1. What does the word “battle” refer to in the second paragraph ? C

A. The low rice output. B. Ridding the world of hunger.

C. Fighting against farming. D. The freedom to do research.

D. using the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before Task. 5 Retell the text by filling in the following blanks.

Yuan Longping is known as China’s “father of hybrid rice”. Because Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice.

Yuan Longping, who was born in 1930, graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. When Yuan Longping saw the great need for increasing the rice output, he searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as

before. He became the

first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.Yuan devoted himself to the research into agriculture.

STEP4展 The student in each group reports their result

STEP5:评 The teacher checks the answers

STEP6:检 SUNNY CLASS P18 语篇导读

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