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1、Unit 2 Working the landReading: A For All PeopleWhats the meaning of “pioneer”?Pioneer n. person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge.Reading strategy: predicting information If you are trying to predict the contents of a passage based on the title, and you find your expectations too ge
2、neral, read the first paragraph to make your prediction more specific. Para 1What does the first paragraph talk about?What Dr. Yuan looks like and what he has achieved.Para 1Para 2Para 3Para 4A. Dr Yuans dreamsB. Dr Yuans personalityC. Dr Yuans appearance and his achievementD. Dr Yuans biographyMatc
3、h the following headings with the right paragraphs.Structure of the article A Pioneer For All PeopleHis appearance and achievement.His biographyHis personalityHis dreamsan agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of riceDetailed-reading Para. 1 Find His appear
4、ance and achievements. 1. In what way does Dr. Yuan look like a farmer? He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. He is more like a farmer than a scientist.2. He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. P
5、ara 2 Find his biographyTimeinformation19301953As a young manIn a recent harvestnowBorn in Beijing Southwest Agriculture College Hunger was a great problem Saw the great need for increasing the rice output 200 million tons produced Circulating his knowledgePara. 3 What kind of person is Dr. Yuan Lon
6、gping?simple, kind, committed, down-to-earth, careful, risk-taking, not afraid of failures, creative, serious, hard-workingFind Dr. Yuan Longpings personalityPara 41.What does “Wishing for things, however, costs nothing.” mean? Dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like
7、their future life to be.2. What was his dream and what is his dream now? To produce a kind of rice that could feed more people To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the worldWhat are his dreams?3. What did Dr Yuans rice look like in his dream?The rice plants were as tall as sorghum. Ea
8、ch ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut.Discussion What do you think is the writers purpose of writing the passage? Programme: Story(讲述讲述) Suppose you are the host of CCTV Program: Story, please introduce Dr. Yuan Longping to the audience accompanied by a video of Dr. Yuan Longping.Jigsaw Reading (Optional)Assignment1. Write a short introduction of Dr. Yuan Longping. Give your own opinions about his life.2. Collect more information about agriculture by surfing AGRICULTURE. COM.