Book1Unit5WORKINGTHELANDLearningObjectivesInthisclass,youwill1.knowaboutthestoryofYuanLongpingandhiscontributionstotheworld;2.learnthepreciousqualitiesofgreatscientistlikeYuanLongping;3.realizetheimportanceofagriculture;4.understandthecharacteristicsofaBiography;Unit5WORKINGTHELANDHowdoyouunderstandthisunit’stitle“Workingtheland”?worktheland:growcropsonit.InChinese,itmeans“耕耘”O(jiān)peningPage1.Wheredoyouthinkthephotowastaken,whatisitof?LookandDiscussIthinkitwastakensomewhereinsouthernChina.Therearefolkhousesbuiltbesidefarmland.2.Haveyoueverbeentoaplacelikethis?Whatwasitlike?LookandDiscussTerracedfieldsarecommoninhillyormountainousareaswherefarmerscutintothehillstocreateflatsurfacesterracesonwhichtogrowcrops.No.Ihaveneverbeentoaplacelikethis,butIdidseesuchplacesonTV.Thefarmlandislargeandbeautiful.Mylifelongpursuitistokeepallthepeopleawayfromhunger.YuanLongping1.Howdoyouunderstandthequote?Inthisquote,YuanLongpingstatedthathis“l(fā)ifelongpursuitistokeepallpeopleawayfromhunger”,whichexpressedhisdesiretopreventhungerandstarvationinthisworld.Mylifelongpursuitistokeepallthepeopleawayfromhunger.YuanLongping2.Howmuchdoyouknowabouttheworldhungerproblem?

AfricanHunger

TheWorldHungerProblem

ReasonsforhungerWhatdoyouknowabouthim?YuanLongping,bornin1930thefatherofhybridriceChinesescientisttheWinneroftheMedalofthePublicPassedawayinMay,2021Doyouwanttoknowmoreaboutthisgreatscientist?APioneer

ForAllPeoplehelpssolvetheproblemoffoodshortageforChinaaswellastheworldFatherofthehybridriceWhatdoesthetitlereferto?Whyishecalledapioneerforallpeople?Activity1:Fast-readingReadthetextMatchthemainideawitheachparagraphAYuanconductedresearchanddevelopedhybirdrice.BYuanisoldbutstillworkinghardtofulfilhisdream.CYuanconsiderhimselfafarmer.DYuandecidedtostudyagriculture.EYuan’sinnovationhashelpedtofeedmorepeople.FYuancareslittleforfameorwealth.para1para2para3para4para5para6Activity2:Careful-readingReadthetextagainandanswerthequestions1.WhydidYuanLongpingconsiderhimselfafarmer?Modest&Devoted:Thoughhighlyevaluated,Yuanconsidershimselfasafarmer.①YuanLongping,knownasthe"fatherofhybridrice",wasoneofChina'smostfamousscientists.②Yet,heconsidershimselfafarmerbecausehecontinuallyworkedthelandinhisresearch.③Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodywasjustlikethatofmillionsofChinesefarmers,towhomhehad

devotedhislife.ContrastYuanLongpingwasbornin1930inBeijing.Hisparentswantedhimtopursueacareerinscienceormedicine.However,whatconcernedhimmostwasthatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadaseriousshortageoffoodtoeat.Totacklethiscrisis,hechosetostudyagricultureandreceivedaneducationatSouthwestAgriculturalCollegeinChongqing.2.WhydidYuandecidetostudyagriculture?Kind&Patriotic:Totackletheshortageoffood,Yuandecidedtostudyagriculture.Contrast3.Whatisthemainadvantageofhybridcrops?

Determined:Facingthechallengingquestion,hebeganhisresearchandsucceeded.Aftergraduatingin1953,heworkedasaresearcher.YuanLongpingrealisedthatlargerfieldswerenotthesolution.Instead,farmersneededtoboostyieldsinthefieldstheyhad.Howthiscouldbedonewasachallengingquestionatthetime.Yuanwasconvincedthattheanswercouldbefoundinthecreationofhybridrice.Ahybridisacrossbetweentwoormorevarietiesofaspecies.Onecharacteristicofhybridsisthattheyusuallyattainahigheryieldthanconventionalcrops.However,whetheritwaspossibletodevelopahybridofself-polinatingplantssuchasricewasamatterofgreatdebate.Thecommonassumptionthenwasthatitcouldnotbedone.Throughintenseeffort,Yuanovercameenormoustechnicaldifficultiestodevelopthefirsthybridricethatcouldbeusedforfarmingin1974.Thishybridenabledfarmerstoexpandtheiroutputgreatly.ContrastSelfless:Yuanhasmadeinvaluablecontributionstothisworld4.HowhasYuan’sworkhelpedChinaandothercountries?Today,itisestimatedthatabout60percentofdomesticriceconsumptioninChinaiscomprisedofcropsgeneratedfromYuan'shybridstrains,andhisstrainshaveallowedChina'sfarmerstoproducearound200milliontonsofriceperyear.Yuan'sinnovationhashelpedfeednotjustChina,butmanyothercountriesthatdependonriceaswell,suchasIndiaandVietnam.Becauseofhisinvaluablecontributions,YuanLongpingreceived

numerousawardsbothinChinaandabroad.Plain&Generous:Yuancaresnothingaboutcelebrityormoneybutagriculturalresearch.GiventhatYuan'shybridsmadehimquitewealthy,onemightthinkhewouldretiretoalifeofleisure.However,thisisfarfromthecase.Deepdown,Yuanisstillverymuchafarmeratheart.Asamanofthesoil,hecareslittleforcelebrityormoney.Instead,hemakeslargedonationstosupportagriculturalresearch.ContrastAmbitious&Perseverant:Thoughold,Yuanwasstilldreamingandfulfillinghisdreams.5.WhatwasYuan’slatervision?WhatimpressedpeoplemostaboutYuanLongpingwashisongoingabilitytofulfilhisdreams.Longago,heenvisionedriceplantsastallassorghum,witheachearofriceasbigasabroom,andeachgrainofriceashugeasapeanut.Hesucceededinproducingakindofricethatcouldfeedmorepeopleathomeandabroad.Hislater

visionfor"seawaterrice"alsobecamea

reality,andpotentiallyopenedupnearlyonemillionsquare

kilometresofsaltylandinChinaforriceproduction.Eveninhislateryears,YuanLongpingwasstillyoungatheartandfullofvision,andeveryonewasalways

excitedtoseewhathewoulddreamupnext.Activity3:Summary:APioneerForAllPeopleModestDevotedKindPatrioticDeterminedSelflessPlainGenerousAmbitiousPerseverant1.Thoughhighlyevaluated,Yuanconsidershim