Are you from a farmers family? What do you know about growing rice? What do you mainly do to grow rice? [First, … Second,… Then,… Finally]

• Are you from a farmer’s family?

• What do you know about growing rice?

• What do you mainly do to grow rice?

[First, … Second,… Then,… Finally]

plough the field

grow some young plants

insert the young plants into the field

harvest

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.

Answer the following questions:

Pre-reading

What do you think would happen if there were suddenly nothing to eat ?• suffer from starvation and starve to dea

th.

• feel scared / be panic(惊慌 ).

• fight for food, even kill each other

• and the whole country would get into trouble.

Yuan Longping -- Father of Hybrid Rice

Skimming

Skim the passage to figure

out the main idea of each

paragraph.

A pioneer for all people

He wants everyone to call him a farmer.

His biography and achievements.

His personality.

His dreams.

Personal information

Name:

Nationality:

Age:

Occupation:

Education:

Yuan Longping

Chinese

78 (as of 2008)

scientist/farmer

Graduated from Southwest Agriculture College in 1953

Careful Reading

In 1974, developed hybrid rice which produces 1/3 more than normal rice

achievements

hobbies:

Listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading

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

Dream:

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

Discussion

The measures taken to deal with hunger.

Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food.

Find a new sort of fertilizer(肥料 )to give riceenough nutritionFind some new ways to stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field.

1.Writing practice Write a short biography about Dr.Yuan (130 words, a writing plan is required.)2. Learned the words by heart.