1、Working the land Working the land Unit 2Unit 2 READING A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEREADING A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE蘭州新區(qū)舟曲中學(xué)蘭州新區(qū)舟曲中學(xué) 孫智琳孫智琳Read the explanation and speak out the word it explains.1. brown (skin) from spending too much time in the sunadj. 曬黑的曬黑的sunburntvi. & n. 斗爭；拼搏；努力斗爭；拼搏；努力struggle

2、幸虧；由于；因?yàn)樾姨潱挥捎?；因?yàn)閠hanks to2. to try extremely hard to achieve something 3. because of adj. 特級的；超級特級的；超級的的super4. excellent; extremely good 8. pleased by having what one wants or needs 7. plants grown in large amounts by farmers 寧愿；寧可寧愿；寧可would ratheradj. 引起煩惱的；令人不安的引起煩惱的；令人不安的 disturbingn. 莊稼；農(nóng)作物；產(chǎn)莊稼

3、；農(nóng)作物；產(chǎn)量量crops對對感到滿意感到滿意5. would prefer to6. making you feel worried or upset be satisfied withvt. & vi. 使變大；伸展使變大；伸展expandvt. 使使擺脫或除去擺脫或除去rid of11. to become larger in size, number or amount 12. to make something or somebody free of 10. to provide with things necessary for a certain purpose vt.

4、& vi. 配備；裝配備；裝備備equipexport9. to send things to foreign countries for sale vt. & vi. 輸出；出口輸出；出口A PIONEER FOR A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE ALL PEOPLEQ1: Rice is the main food in South China. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there were suddenly no rice to eat?Q2: If you had the chance to

5、 do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?Pre-reading 1. Questioning and answering Listen to the tape and read the passage quickly to find the heading of each paragraph.Para 1Para 2Para 3Para 4A. Dr. Yuans dreamsB. Dr. Yuans personalityC. Dr. Yuans biographyD. Dr. Yuans appear

6、ance and his achievementMatch the following headings with the right paragraphs.Name:Nationality:Age:Occupation:Education:Dream:Yuan LongpingChinese85 (as of 2015) Agricultural scientist graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 to export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown around the

7、 globeReading Comprehension IFast ReadingAchievement:Hobbies:listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading in 1973, developed hybrid rice which produces 20% more of the crop in the same fields1. Dr. Yuans rice is one of the most suitable ways for Chinas farmland.2. Dr. Yuan doesn

8、t care about being famous.3. Dr. Yuan enjoys listening to violin music, swimming and running. 4. Dr. Yuan is quite satisfied with his life.Reading Comprehension IIFast Reading1. Which of the following description about Dr. Yuans appearance is not mentioned? A. He has a slim and strong body. B. He ha

9、s a sunburnt face. C. He is very tall. D. He looks more like a farmer than a scientist. Reading Comprehension IIIFast Reading2. Which of the following description about Dr. Yuans personality is not true? A. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous. B. He cares little about mon

10、ey and fame. C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.3. Dr. Yuans dream about rice was not that _. A. each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn B. the rice plants as tall as sorghum C. each grain of rice was as huge as a

11、peanut D. the rice plants as tall as sunflower1. Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was young?2. What do you think is the main reason for Dr.Yuans success?Answer the following questions.Reading Comprehension IVFast Reading1.Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice

12、output when he was young?Dr.Yuan wanted to increase the riceoutput because he saw many people gohungry when he was young.Reading Comprehension IVAnswer the following questions.Fast Reading2.What do you think is the main reason for Dr. Yuans success? I think Dr.Yuan was successful because he kept wor

13、king and did not give up. Yuan Longping is known as Chinas “father of _ rice”. Because Yuan Longping grows what is called _ hybrid rice. _ in 1930, Dr. Yuan _ from Southwest Agricultural College in _. When Yuan Longping saw the great need hybridsuperBorngraduated1953I. Retell the text by filling the

14、 following blanks.for _ the rice output, he _ for a way to increase rice harvests without _ the area of the fields. The increased harvests mean that 22% of the worlds people are _ from just 7% of the farmland in China. He became the _ agricultural _ in the world to grow rice that has a high _. Yuan

15、devoted himself to the research into agriculture. increasingsearchedexpandingfedfirstpioneeroutputThe rice field is his stage forever.Think about what weve just learnt today.Study without reflection is a waste of time.Its time to stop the class for you to look back in silence.Things I can doEvaluati

16、onI can grasp the main idea of the reading passage.5 4 3 2 1I can describe Yuan Longping and some of his achievements.5 4 3 2 1I can apply some vocabulary from the reading passage to my future writing. 5 4 3 2 1I can understand the sentence patterns and write new sentences with them.5 4 3 2 1I need more practice in _.super, output, hunge