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1、 Unit 2Working the land 2021/8/11 星期三1What are doing?They are planting the rice.2021/8/11 星期三2u Have you ever grown any plants?If so,what did you do to grow them?First we ploughed the soil deep.Second we put the seeds into the tunnel.Finally we covered the deeds by ploughing again.They are ploughing
2、 the soil.2021/8/11 星期三3Warming upQ1.Rice is a main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries.What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?If that happened,people there would suffer from starvation.And the whole country would get into trouble.International
3、Facts on Hungerand Poverty(2002)u every eight seconds,a child somewhere in the world dies from starvation.More than 6 million children under the age of 5 die from starvation every year.u More than 800 million people in the world suffer from chronic malnutrition-799 million of them are from the devel
4、oping world.More than 153 million of them are under the age of 5.u Some 700,000 central Americans are suffering from hunger today,including 6,000 children at risk of starving to death.u The African countries suffering most severely from food shortage are Malawi,Lesotho,Mozambique,Swaziland,Zambia an
5、d Zimbabwe.2021/8/11 星期三4u If you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world,what would you do?I would invent a new kind of plant to produce more food.Ill make a kind of fertilizer to give rice enough nutrition and let them grow quickly and have high product.But first without pol
6、lution to our environment.2021/8/11 星期三5A Pioneer for All People2021/8/11 星期三6 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 count
7、ries.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.Dr Yuan Longping(袁隆平博士）袁隆平博士）2021/8/11 星期三7A.a farmer named Yuan Longping B.how Yuan Longping became rich and famousC.an agricultural pion
8、eer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice D.a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice u Which of the following statements tells the main idea of the text?It s about_2021/8/11 星期三8Para1Q1:What does Dr Yuan look like?He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim
9、,strong body.He is more like a farmer than a scientist.Q2:What is his achievement?He grows what is called super hybrid rice,which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.True or False:1.Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.2.Dr Yuans kind of rice is the most s
10、uitable for Chinas farmland.FT2021/8/11 星期三9Para2a.He was born into a poor farmers family.b.He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college.c.In 1950,Chinese farmers produced 5.5 billion tons of rice.d.20 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice.e.He searched a way to increase ric
11、e 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:uPut Dr Yuans biography in right order.acbedf2021/8/11 星期三10Parag3 Which of the following description about Dr Yuans personality（个性）is not true?A.He
12、 is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.B.He cares little about money and fame（名声）.C.He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.D.He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.2021/8/11 星期三11Para41.What does“Wishing for things,however,costs nothing.”mean?2.Wh
13、at did Dr Yuans rice look like in his dream?3.Dr Yuan has dreams not only when he is _ but also when he is_.Dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be.The rice plants were as tall as sorghum.Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each g
14、rain of rice was as huge as a peanut.asleepawake2021/8/11 星期三12 Pairwork：Match the following headings(标题）to each paragraph.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Para1 A.Dr Yuans dreams.Para2 B.Dr Yuans personality.Para3 C.Dr Yuans biography(传记).Para4 D.Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.Writing a poster(海报)
15、for the text.2021/8/11 星期三13Resume Name:Nationality:Date of birth:appearance:Education:personality:Achievements:Dreams:Hobbies:Yuan LongpingChinese1930Sunburnt,slim,strongSouthwest Agriculture CollegeCare little about money and fameSuper hybrid riceProduce export Violin,mah-jong,swimming,2021/8/11 星期三14Farmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.2021/8/11 星期三152021/8/11 星期三16