Unit 2 Working the land Reading. Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day. Poem ---By Li.

Unit 2 Working the land

Reading

Farmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling

day.

Poem

---By Li Shen

plow the field

grow some young plants

insert the young plants into the field

harvest

rice

Task 2: Skim the passage to check if you are right or not.

Task 1: Look at the title of the passage and the picture on Page 10. Predict what the reading passage is about?

Pre-reading

Skimming

Task :Skim the passage to

find Yuan Longping’s

main achievement.

He grows super hybrid rice.

Task :What is the main idea of each paragraph?

Para1

Para2

Para3

para4

His dreams

His personality

What he thinks of himself and his achievement

His biography and his achievements

Fast Reading

A pioneer for all people

What he thinks of himself + achievement

His biography and achievements

His personality

His dreams

Yuan Longping -- Father of Hybrid Rice

Careful ReadingTask 1 Read the passage and decide whether the following are true or false.

1. Dr. Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland.

2. Dr. Yuan is a farmer not a scientist.

3. Dr. Yuan would rather work than relax.

4. Dr. Yuan enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.

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F

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Careful ReadingTask Read the passage and decide whether the following are true or false.

5.The special rice makes it possible to produce one-fifth more of the crop in the same field.

6.Dr. Yuan cares about being famous.

7.One of his dreams is to export his rice so that it can be grown around the world.

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Careful Reading

Task Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.

Name

Nationality

Age

Occupation

Yuan Longping

Chinese

79

Scientist

Education

Dream

Achievement

Hobbies

Graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 To export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown around the worldDeveloped hybrid rice

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

Post readingWhy does he consider himself a farmer?

• He works in the field to do his research.

• Sunburnt face and arms and his slim , strong body.

• The first agricultural pioneer in the world.

• Grow hybrid rice.

Post reading

Is Dr Yuan more of a scientist or more of a farmer?

Do you think he is a businessman?

I think he is more of a scientist. His main purpose is not to make a profit for himself but to study agricultureand 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.

How would you describe Dr Yuan’s personality? Use some adjectives.

Patient, careful, hard-working, intelligent, considerate, kind, determined, helpful, unselfish…

Post reading

An interviewReporter: Dr Yuan, may I ask you some questions?Dr Yuan: Go ahead.Reporter: …

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.

One of the best ways to solve the foo

d shortage problem is to increase rice

harvests through the science and techn

ology.

One of the best ways to solve the foo

d shortage problem is to increase rice

harvests through the science and techn

ology.

1.Writing practice Write a short biography about Dr.Yuan (about 120 words)2. Learned the words by heart.