Learning about Language教学设计第一课时

Reading Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target Language 目标语言

a. 词汇和短语

sunburnt, struggle, decade, super, output, crop, hunger, disturbing, expand, Vietnam, circulate, satisfied, freedom b. 重点句子

Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. 2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable Ss to learn more about agriculture, countryside and farming. By talking they can exchange their experience with each other. By reading they will realize the role that agriculture plays in human life. In fact this world faces a serious problem —starvation. So after reading the passage about Dr Yuan students will know the importance of his achievement to man. Of course they will learn from Dr Yuan some noble character. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help Ss learn how to describe Dr Yuan Longping including his personality. Teaching important points 教学重点

a. Help to comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text.

b. Grasp the usage of some words and expressions. c. How to help students make up their minds to make contributions to motherland in the future like Dr Yuan. Teaching difficult points 教学难点

a. How to help students learn more about agriculture. b. Help students really master the usage of words and expressions. Teaching methods 教学方法

Talking, questioning-and-answering activity and reading. Teaching aids 教具准备

A tape recorder, a projector and a computer. Teaching procedures && ways 教学过程与方式

Step Ⅰ

Greeting T: Hello, everyone. Ss: Hello, teacher. T: In last unit we learnt some great women. Today we’ll learn a famous man. Who will it be? At first let’s look at the two pictures on Page 9. What are the people doing? Ss: They are planting rice.

T: Can you tell me something about rice? S: Rice grows in the south. S: But in some place of the north we can also find rice. T: Yeah. You are right. In fact rice is a cereal grain that has been grown

for at least 5,000 years and is eaten by 2.4 billion people everyday throughout the world. In Australia, farmers have had to struggle with their harsh environment to grow rice. Ss: Really? Step Ⅱ

Warming up T: Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them? If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? How will you grow it? S: I have ever grown corn and potatoes. In autumn, my father and I ploughed the soil deep for the first time, then in the next spring, we ploughed the soil for a second time, this time I put the corn seeds into the tunnel following my father. Finally my father covered the corn seeds by ploughing again. S: I never grow any plant. I’d like to plant sunflowers. They look beautiful. They always face the sun when they are young. I dig some holes in my garden, put some sunflower seeds in them, water them and finally cover them with some more soil. T: Very well. Have you ever been to the countryside? What did you do there? S5: Yes, I went there to see my grandfather. In the village I played with other boys in the little stream and caught little fish. I even helped my grandfather get in the corn by cutting the corn stems, which made me

tired. T: Are you from a farmer’s family? What do you know about farming? S: Yes, my father is a farmer. In my view, farming is hard work. People have to plant crops, smooth away weeds and get in the crops at the right time. They have to get up early to work in the field so as to protect themselves from the sunshine. T: That’s right. In the north, the biggest worry that farmers have is the drought. When it doesn’t rain, and they can’t irrigate the crops, the crops will die and they will have nothing after hard working. Step Ⅲ

Pre-reading

Let students know the importance of rice. By answering the two questions, students can easily understand why we call Dr Yuan Longping a pioneer for all people, and why he devotes all his life to the rice research. 1. What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries? Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day throughout the world.

2. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat? •

suffer from starvation and starve to death •

feel scared / be panic •

fight for food, even kill each other

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and the whole country would get into trouble.

If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do? Step Ⅳ

Fast Reading The reading material is about an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard at a new strain of rice. It has proved so successful that his technology

spread into other countries. The purpose of fast reading is to let students find some useful information, and get familiar with the text. So in this step, teacher can design some questions for students, so that they can easily find the answers and finish the reading task.

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.

Step Ⅴ

Skimming The text is about a(n) 1. ___________ _______ named Yuan Longping who made a great contribution to finding ways to 2. ______________.

Match the following headings with the right paragraphs. 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.

Keys: Para 1: D

Para 2: C

Para 3: B

Para 4: A Step Ⅵ

Careful reading 1. Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.

Yuan Longping Appearance 

_________ face and arms slim and strong body ______________ 

developed super hybrid rice 

became the first ______________ in the world to grow high output rice 

helps the UN reduce _______ in the world Experiences



born in 1930 and _________ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 

finding ways to grow more rice has been his life _____



to _________ his knowledge in less developed countries such as India and

Vietnam Personalities

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is satisfied with his life



doesn’t care about being famous

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gives a large amount of money to help others to do their ________ in agriculture 

has many dreams and never gives up 

loves and ________ his people _________ 

to produce a kind of rice that could _____ more people 

to _______ his rice so that it can be grown around the globe

Keys: sunburnt, Achievements, agricultural pioneer, hunger, graduated, goal,

circulate, research, care for, Dreams, feed, export 2. 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. 2) More than 60% of the rice in the world is from the hybrid strain. 3) According to the text, farmers in China are producing rice harvests nearly 4 times as large as that in 1950.

Keys: F, F, T 3. 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

Keys: C, D, D 4. Discussion Even if Dr. Yuan’s dreams come true, can this really solve starvation? Step Ⅶ

Post reading Answer these questions based on your understanding of the passage. 1. Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was

young? 2. Is Dr Yuan more of a scientist or more of a farmer? Do you think he is a businessman?

3. How would you describe Dr Yuan’s personality? Use three or four adjectives. 4. What do you think is the main reason for his success? 5. Dr Yuan thinks that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

6. Dr Yuan developed super hybrid rice to help Chinese farmers and hungry people around the world. Can you think of any other major development that would make a great difference to world hunger?

Keys: 1. Dr Yuan wanted to increase the rice output because he saw many people go hungry when he was young.

2. I think he is more of a scientist. His main purpose is not to make a profit for himself but to study agriculture and use that knowledge to improve farming for farmers everywhere. I do not think he is a businessman, because his goal is not to make money.

3. Because of his work with developing hybrid rice, it seems that Yuan Longping must be a very patient and careful man. He didn’t give up but kept working on his project. He also seems to be a very kind man, who cares for others. He wants to use

his invention to help hungry people around the world.

4. I think Yuan Longping was successful because he kept working and did not give up. He was also very motivated to succeed and help other farmers around China.

5. I mostly agree. I think being rich can cause a lot of problems, but it really depends on the life and attitude of the person who is rich. People who are rich certainly have different problems from people who are not.

6. I think developing other hybrid grains would make a great difference in the problem of world hunger. Hybrid grains that can survive in very dry or very hot areas would be very useful in Africa and other areas. Hybrid grains that cannot easily be killed by insects and diseases would be useful around the world. Step Ⅷ

Discussion

1. Choose one of these questions and discuss in groups.

1) What advantages do you see in Yuan Longping’s life?

2) What disadvantages do you see in Yuan Longping’s life?

2. Discuss in groups.

Would you like to have a life like his?

Why or why not?

Step Ⅸ

Homework 1. Writing a poster (海报) for the text.

2. Finish the exercises 1and 2 on page 11.