Unit5WorkingtheLandReadingandThinking1.Where

do

you

think

thephoto

was

taken,andwhat

is

it

of?2.Haveyoueverbeento

aplace

like

this?How

doyoufeelwhenyou

see

it?Lead

in:Discusstheopening

page.We

have

nofearofhungerandwillevendietto

loseweight.Teachingand

learningmethodsTeachingmethodsActivity-basedapproach

toEnglishlearningLearningmethodsLearning

through

activitiesCooperativelearningmethod

Inquiry-based

learning

methodCreatingEvaluatingAnalyzingApplyingUnderstandingRemembering◆construction

of

newknowledgecannot

beachieved

withoutmaking

a

meaningfulconnection

withthe

existing

one◆learners:principal

part

oflearning◆

teachers:facilitators2.Teaching

and

learning

methodsConstructivist

view

of

learningBloom's

taxonomyof

objectivesTeachingandlearningphilosophyAnalysisoftheteachingmaterialWhydidYuanLongpingdecidetostudyagriculture?Yuan’sdevotiontothehybridriceCarefulreadingMotivation(Para.2)Externalfactor:Internalfactor:poorharvest,ashortageoffoodthecrisis-Heisa________________________manwho__________________________________.compassionate(富有同情心的)

thecrisisoffarmersHis_______________aboutpeopleandthecountryconcernandlovenoticedCarefulreadingProcess(Para.3)1.Yuanputforwardhissolution—___________________toboostyieldsinthefieldsthatfarmershave.2.Hisideacaused____________atthattime.(Itwascommonly_______thatitcouldnotbedone)3.Havingovercome___________________________,Yuanmanagedtodevelopthefirsthybridricethrough____________.developinghybridriceincreaseoutputgreatdebateassumedenormoustechnicaldifficultiesintenseeffortYuan’sdevotiontothehybridriceHeisa___________________who____________________.determinedresearcherispersistentinhisgoalHeis___________________who________________________________.

Result(Para.3)

In1974,thefirsthybridricewas_______________,which_______________________________________.Influence(Para.4)Yuan’sinnovation__________________________________________.Yuanhasreceived____________________________.Yuan’sdevotiontothehybridriceCarefulreadingusedforfarmingenabledfarmerstoexpandtheiroutputgreatlyHowdoestheauthorshowtheexpansionofyields?BylistingnumbershashelpedfeedmorepeopleathomeandabroadnumerousawardsinChinaandabroadHeisaninnovativescientistwhohelpedfeedmorepeopleathomeandabroad.toemphasizeYuan'sinvaluablecountributionsRead

for

main

idea.Yuanconsiders

himselfafarmer.Yuandecidedtostudyagriculture.Yuan

conducted

research

anddeveloped

hybridrice.Yuan's

innovation

has

helped

to

feedmore

people.Yuancareslittleforfameor

wealth.Yuan

is

old

but

still

working

hard

to

fulfil

his

dreams.Yuan

Longping

was

born

in

1930

in

Beijing.His

parentswanted

himto

pursue

a

career

in

science

or

medicine.However,w

im

most

was

that

farmers

i

u

o

Para.2

ts

tai

l

thei

sis,hSouthwestAgricultural

Colege

in

ChongqingAffer

graduating

in

1953,heworked

as

aresearcher.Yuan

Longping

realsed

that

larger

fields

werenot

the

solution.

Instead,farmers

needed

to

boostyieldsinthefieldsthey

had.How

this

could

be

done

was

a

challengingquestiont

u

ei.

a

v

c

bt

t

r

Aa

i

ci

ulsohybrnsweeechithvedofinnnoothe

creuan

wasnYdmoefhetbaeacriensvesckmeteToomrtphdsashonresoWhat

impressed

people

most

about

Yuan

Longping

was

his

ongoing

ability

to

fulfil

his

dreams.Long

ago,he

envisioned

rice

plants

as

tall

as

sorghum,with

each

ear

of

rice

as

big

as

a

broom,and

each

grainof

rice

as

huge

as

a

peanut.He

succeeded

in

producing

ai

at

o

c

sl

f

lcl

l

dainm

l

Para.6

yi

oi

.i

ni

l

ll

t

i,Longping

was

stil

young

at

heart

and

full

of

vision,and

everyone

was

aways

excited

tosee

what

he

would

dream

up

next.nnuilYmonrseisanvyeoerryaatearessHhpdnuaenaven

EopndoatlriCreoanmefeootsare"athteecelrfueksq"sacrossbetweens

that

they

usually

attapossible

to

develop

ahcharacteristicofhybridsHowever,whether

it

waseties

ofa

species.Orhanconventional

crops.ating

plantssuchas

ricewas

a

matter

of

great

debate.The

comrmon

assumption

then

was

that

it

could

not

bedone.Through

intenseeffort,Yuan

overcameenormoustechnical

difficulties

to

developToday,itis

estimated

thatabout60percentofdomesticrice

consumptioninChina

iscomprised

of

crops

generated

from

ins,and

hisstrainshaveallowednumerousawards

both

inChinaandabroad.GiventhatYuan'shybrids

made

him

cto

a

life

of

leisure.However,this

is

far

fa

farmer

at

heart.As

a

man

ofthe

somight

thinkhewouldhaveretiredsp

down,Yuan

was

still

verymuch

or

celebrity

or

money.Instead,ve

li

enr

tt

u

o

ci

,

r

tu

a

Para.4a

eeanrd.Y

nr'

v

tei

hasIndia

and

Vietnam.Because

of

hisinvaluable

contributions,YuanLongping

receivedcg,snllowaasnoeinicsonuadeper

yheny20uonaehuCdtrspjoosedrmfefad'seapnehhCthefirst

hybrid

rice

that

could

be

usedforfarming

in

1974.This

hybrid

enabledfarmers

toexpand

their

output

greally.Yuan

Longping,known

as

the"fatrscientists.Yet,heconsideredhimselfhisresearch.Indeed,hissim

butstrortowhom

he

haddevoted

his

life",was

one

of

China's

most

famousse

he

continually

worked

the

lang

in

kethatofmilionsof

Chinesefarmerschose

to

study

agnculture

and

received

an

education

atmade

large

donations

to

support

agricunuraireseurcn.A

PIONEER

FORALL

PEOPLEPara.1Para.3Para.5Readthetextagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Why

does

Yuan

Longping

consider

himself

a

farmer?2.Why

did

Yuan

decide

to

study

agriculture?3.What

is

the

main

advantage

of

hybrid

crops?4.How

has

Yuan's

work

helped

China

and

other

countries?5.WhatisYuan's

latestvision?Readfordetailed

information.Yuan

Longping,known

as

the

"father

of

hybrid

rice",was

one

of

China's

most

famouSscientists.Yet,he

considered

himself

a

farmer

because

he

continually

worked

the

land

inhisresearch.Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbody

wasjust

likethat

of

millions

ofChinese

farmers,

towhom

he

haddevotedhislife.Becausehecontinuallyworksthelandinhis

research.1.WhydidYuan

Longpingconsiderhimselfafarmer?Readfordetailed

information.Para.1AnalysisofstudentsAs

senior

two

students,they

have

some

background

information

about

the

theme

agriculture

and

Dr.Yuan,but

their

abilities

ofanalyzing

the

text

andextracting

information

efficiently

still

need

to

be

improved.At

present,

students'values

and

outlook

on

life

isbeing

formed,so

learningthispassageisquiteeducational

andhelpful.2.AnalysisofstudentsTeachingand

learning

objectivesawealthy&famousscientistretiretoalifeofleisureafarmeratheartamanofthesoillivea______________lifecontinueto_____________workthelandpursuehisdreamBycontrastHowdoestheauthorshowYuanLongping’squalities?simpleandplainfatherofhybridrice

VS

farmerhisparents'wish

VS

hisowndecisionthegeneralassumption

VS

hisbeliefretiretoalifeofleisure

VScontinuetoworkthelandasamanofthesoil(Para.6)

WhatimpressespeoplemostaboutYuanLongpingishisongoingabilitytofulfillhisdreams.Longago,heenvisionedriceplantsastallassorghum,witheachearofriceasbigasabroom,andeachgrainofriceashugeasapeanut.Hesucceededinproducing....Hislatestvisionfor“seawaterrice”hasalsobecomeareality,...andeveryoneiswaitingtoseewhathewilldreamupnext.Heisa/an_____________ofthesoilwho_________.ambitiousman

has...imaginedWhat

impressed

people

most

aboutYuan

Longpingwas

hisongoing

abilitytofulfil

hisdreams.Longago,heenvisioned

rice

plantsastallas

sorghum,with

each

ear

of

rice

asbigasa

broom,

and

eachgrainofriceas

hugeasa

peanut.Hesucceeded

in

producinga

kind

of

rice

that

could

feed

more

people

at

home

and

abroad.His

later

visionfor

“seawater

rice”also

became

a

real