ReadingandThinkingUnit5WorkingtheLandGettoknowanagriculturalscientistLearningObjectives

1.ToreadaboutagriculturalscientistYuanLongping；2.TosummarizeYuanLongping'sprocessofbreedinghybridrice；3.Toraisetheawarenessoftheworldhungeraroundtheworldandenvisionwhatwecandoforthehuman.Leadingin

Mylifelongpursuitistokeepallthepeopleawayfromhunger.1.Whoisthemaninthevideo?2.Whatcanwegettolearnfromthevideo?★YuanLongping,bornin1930;★GraduatedfromSouthwestAgricultureCollegein1953;★“ThefatherofHybridRice”;★Chinesescientist;★WontheMedaloftheRepublic;★Twodreams:“禾下乘涼夢(mèng)”and“雜交水稻覆蓋世界夢(mèng)”;★PassedawayinMay,2021.LearnmoreaboutYuanLongpingPrediction

APioneerforAllPeopleThetextmainlytalksaboutYuanLongping,a__________ofagricultureinChina.He________hislifetoproducing________.pioneerdevoteshybridriceReadthetitleandthefirstsentenceofeachparagraph.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.Whatkindofwritingdoyouthinkthetextis?

A.Narration

B.Exposition

C.Practicalwriting

D.Biography2.Wherecanyoufindsuchapieceofwriting?

A.Aletter.B.Astorybook.C.Amagazine.D.Asciencereport.Anintroductiontoaperson.Readthetext.Matchthemainideawitheachparagraph.AYuanconductedresearchanddevelopedhybridrice.BYuanworked

hardtofulfilhisdreams.CYuanconsidered

himselfafarmer.DYuandecidedtostudyagriculture.EYuan'sinnovationhashelpedtofeedmorepeople.FYuancared

littleforfameorwealth.DetailedReading

Readpara1&2andfillinthechartbelowBirthplaceBirthdateEducationMajorAppearanceOccupationsTitleInBeijingIn1930SouthwestAgriculturalCollegeinChongqingAgricultureSlimbutstrongAscientist&aresearcher&afarmer

FatherofhybridriceYuanLongping,knownasthe“fatherofhybridrice”,isoneofChina’smostfamousscientists.Yet,heconsidershimselfafarmerbecausehecontinuallyworksthelandinhisresearch.Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodyisjustlikethatofmillionsofChinesefarmers,towhomhehasdevotedhislife.ReadthePara1againandanswerthequestions.

1.WhydoesYuanLongpingconsiderhimselfafarmer?Becausehecontinuallyworksthelandinhisresearch.YuanLongpingwasbornin1930inBeijing.Hisparentswantedhimtopursueacareerinscienceormedicine.However,whatconcernedhimmostwas

thatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadaseriousshortageoffoodtoeat.Totacklethiscrisis,hechosetostudyagricultureandreceivedaneducationatSouthwestAgriculturalCollegeinChongqing.ReadthePara22.WhydidYuandecidetostudyagriculture?Hewasconcernedthatfarmershadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadashortageoffoodtoeat.Hedeterminedtotacklethecrisisoffoodshortage.Heisan_________manwhowanted

tosolvethecrisisoffoodshortage.ambitiousReadpara3andsortoutthestepshowheconductedresearchanddevelopedhybridrice

workedrealizedconvincedovercamedevelopedPayspecialattentiontotheverbs!asaresearcherin1953

largerfields?boostyields?

achallengingquestion

thecreationofhybridrice(agreatdebate/itcouldnotbedone)

?technicaldifficultieshybridricein1974

enabledfarmerstoexpandtheiroutputgreatlyReadpara4andfindouttheinfluenceofYuan’sinnovationonChinaandothercountries.HowhasYuan’sworkhelpedChinaandothercountries?

domesticriceconsumption

producetonsofriceperyearfeedcountries60percentof200millionmanyotherreceived

awardsnumerousWhydoestheauthorlistnumbers?ToemphasizeYuan’sinvaluablecontributions.Moreconvincing.GiventhatYuan’shybridshavemadehimquitewealthy,onemightthinkhewouldretireto

alifeofleisure.However,thisisfarfromthecase.Deepdown,Yuanisstillverymuchafarmeratheart.Asamanofthesoil,hecareslittleforcelebrityormoney.Instead,hemakeslargedonationstosupportagriculturalresearch.P5Yuancareslittleforfameorwealth.Heisa_______manwhomakeslargedonationstosupportagriculturalresearch.selfless?awealthy&famousscientist?retiretoalifeofleisure?afarmeratheart?amanofthesoil?livea________________life?continueto_____________BycontrastsimpleandplainworkthelandPara.65.WhatisYuan’slatestvision?Seawaterrice.Mr.Yuanisoldbutstillworkinghardtofulfilhisdreams.Hisformervision:Hislatestvision:astallassorghumasbigasabroomashugeasapeanut“seawaterrice”SummarySortoutthetimelineofYuanLongping’slifeaccordingtothetextandwhatyouknow.in1930borninBeijingstudyagricultureatSouthwestAgriculturalcollegein1949in1954graduatedandbegantoworkasaresearcherin1974developedthefirsthybridricelaterhelpedsolvetheproblemofworldhungermeanwhilereceivednumerousawardslongagohadtwodreamslatestvisionmake“seawaterrice”arealityin2021passedaway●●●●●●●●●Thinking&DiscussionWhyisYuanconsideredapioneerforallpeople?1.Whatconcernedhimmostwasthatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadaseriousshortageoffoodtoeat.2.Throughintenseeffort,Yuanovercameenormoustechnicaldifficultiestodevelopthefirsthybridrice.3.Deepdown,Yuanwasstillverymuchafarmeratheart.4.Instead,hemadelargedonationstosupportagriculturalresearch.5.Eveninhislateryears,YuanLongpingwasstillyoungatheartandfullofvision.Yuan’squalitiesmodesthard-workingdevoted,dedicatedcommittedindependent-mindedsympatheticcompassionatecaringdeterminedinnovative,unconventionalselflessgenerousplainvisionaryambitiousWhatcanwelearnfromYuanLongping?Howtosolvehunger?makinggooduseofthewastelanddevelopingthet