ReadingandThinkingUnit5WorkingtheLandGettoknowanagriculturalscientistLearningObjectivesToreadaboutagriculturalscientistYuanLongpingTosummarizeYuanLongping'sprocessofbreedinghybridriceToanalyzeandsummarizeYuanLongping’squalitiesWhatdidyouhaveforlunch?Whowillyouthinkofwhenitcomestorice?Lead-inThefatherofHybridRice”ChinesescientistTheMedaloftheRepublicPassedawayinMay,2021APioneerforAllPeoplePre-reading1.Whatisthepossibletypeofthistext?A.NarrationB.ExpositionC.PracticalwritingD.BiographyAPioneerforAllPeopleLookatthepictureandthetitletomakeaprediction.thefirstpersontostudyanewareaofknowledge2.Whatdoesabiographyusuallyinclude?Fast

reading:matchthemainideawitheachparagraph.Useonekeywordtosummarizeeachparagraph.Para.1Para.4Para.3Para.2Para.5Para.6A.Yuanconductedresearchanddevelopedhybridrice.B.Yuanisoldbutstillworkinghardtofulfilhisdreams.C.Yuanconsidershimselfafarmer.D.Yuandecidedtostudyagriculture.E.Yuan’sinnovationhashelpedtofeedmorepeople.F.Yuancareslittleforfameorwealth.WhoWhyHowBenefitsQualitiesDreamsWhile-readingCDAEFB(2mins)YuanLongping,knownasthe“fatherofhybridrice”,wasoneofChina’smostfamousscientists.Yet,heconsideredhimselfafarmerbecausehecontinuallyworkedthelandinhisresearch.Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodywasjustlikethatofmillionsofChinesefarmers,towhomhehaddevotedhislife.APioneerforAllPeoplefatherscientistfarmerCarefulreading:Readpara.1andfindYuan’sidentitiesP1YuanLongpingwasbornin1930inBeijing.Hisparentswantedhimtopursueacareerinscienceormedicine.However,whatconcernedhimmostwasthatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadaseriousshortageoffoodtoeat.Totacklethiscrisis,hechosetostudyagricultureandreceivedaneducationatSouthwestAgriculturalCollegeinChongqing.P2WhydidYuanLongpingdecidetostudyagriculture?Readpara.2andanswerthequestionTotacklethecrisisoffoodshortage.Didhesucceedornot?Para3:Aftergraduatingin1953,heworkedasaresearcher.YuanLongpingrealisedthatlargerfieldswerenotthesolution.Instead,farmersneededtoboostyieldsinthefieldstheyhad.Howthis,couldbedonewasachallengingquestionatthetime.Yuanwasconvincedthattheanswercouldbefoundinthecreationofhybridrice.Ahybridisacrossbetweentwoormorevarietiesofaspecies.Onecharacteristicofhybridsisthattheyusuallyattainahigheryieldthanconventionalcrops.However,whetheritwaspossibletodevelopahybridofself-pollinatingplantssuchasricewasamatterofgreatdebate.Thecommonassumptionthenwasthatitcouldnotbedone.Throughintenseeffort,Yuanovercameenormoustechnicaldifficultiestodevelopthefirsthybridricethatcouldbeusedforfarmingin1974.Thishybridenabledfarmerstoexpandtheiroutputgreatly.HowdidYuanLongpingdevelophybridrice?Q:HowdidYuanLongpingdevelophybridrice?設(shè)計人員realizedlargerfields?_____yields?workedconvincedthe_______ofhybridriceovercameasa_______in1953________difficultiesdeveloped_______ricein1974HowdidYuanLongpingdevelophybridrice?a_________questionagreat_______(itcouldnotbedone)Whatisthemainadvantageofhybridrice?expand______greatlyresearcherboosttechnicalhybrid21years'effortchallengingdebateoutputcreationReadpara.3andfindtheinformationWhyishecalledapioneer?Para4:Today,itisestimatedthatabout60percentofdomesticriceconsumptioninChinaiscomprisedofcropsgeneratedfromYuan’shybridstrains,andhisstrainshaveallowedChina’sfarmerstoproducearound200milliontonsofriceperyear.Yuan’sinnovationhashelpedfeednotjustChina,butmanyothercountriesthatdependonriceaswell,suchasIndiaandVietnam.Becauseofhisinvaluablecontributions,YuanLongpinghasreceivednumerousawardsbothinChinaandabroad.Q:HowhasYuan’sworkhelpedChinaandothercountries?Q1:HowhasYuan’sworkhelpedChinaandothercountries?________domesticriceconsumptionproduce_______tonsofriceperyear++Feed_______countries=received________awards60percent200millionmanyothernumerousQ2:InwhatwaydoesthewriterdevelopPara4?Byprovidingconvincingdata.Byexplainingthephenomenon.Bygivingexamples.Byanalyzingthecauseandeffect.Readpara.4andanswerthequestionIfyouhadfameandwealth,whatwouldyoudo?GiventhatYuan’shybridshavemadehimquitewealthy,onemightthinkhewouldretiretoalifeofleisure.However,thisisfarfromthecase.Deepdown,Yuanisstillverymuchafarmeratheart.Asamanofthesoil,hecareslittleforcelebrityormoney.Instead,hemakeslargedonationstosupportagriculturalresearch.P5Readpara.5andfindYuan’schoiceafterbeingfamousWhatwasYuan'schoice?Ifyouhadfameandwealth,wouldyoustillworkhard?P6▲riceplantsastallas________▲eachearofriceasbigasa______▲eachgrainofriceashugeasa______HisfirstdreamHislatervisionseawaterricepeanutbroomsorghumReadpara.6anddrawthepictureB.

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