1、Unit 2 Working the land,What do you see or do there?,Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them? If not, what kind of plant would you like to try growing? How would you grow it?,Do you know the farming steps?,ploughing (犁田),seeding (播種),fertilizing (施肥),irrigating (灌溉),trans

2、planting (移植),harvesting (收獲),winnowing (揚谷),Rice is main food in the East and Southeast Asian countries,What problem is the whole world facing ?,rice,Today our world houses more than 6.5 billion people.,Worldwide, more than 1 billion people currently live below the international poverty line(貧困線下）,

3、 earning less than $1 per day.,854 million people across the world are suffering from hunger, up from 852 million a year ago.,Six million children under the age of 5 die every year as a result of hunger. Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger. One child every five seconds.,Do something to

4、 help end hunger in the world!,celebrity,“Just at that time, a Chinese scientist declared to the world that China can solve the problem by himself and help to solve the same problem in the world”. 原子彈讓中國人不在受恐嚇!袁隆平(Father of Hybrid Rice)使中國人不再挨餓!,Yuan longping,He is father of hybrid rice(雜交水稻），who wa

5、s lately awarded “the Nobel Prize of Asia ”.He received the honor for his great contributions(貢獻）to hybrid rice research and the work he did to improve rice production in developing countries.Now he is head of the National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center in Hunan Province,China(中國湖南省國家雜交

6、水稻研究與發(fā)展中心).He is called a pioneer for all people.,Look at the title of the passage and the picture.,A pioneer for all people,Yuan Longping,People all over the world,A pioneer for all people,Name _ Age _ Nationality _ Occupation _ Education _ Dream _ Achievement _ Hobbies _,Yuan Longping,83,agricultu

7、re scientist / farmer,to export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown around the globe.,In 1974, developed hybrid rice which produces 1/3 more than normal rice,graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953.,Complete the notes about Yuan Longping.,Chinese,violin music, mahjong, swimming, re

8、ading,Skimming,Match the following headings(標題）to each paragraph.,1.What does Dr. Yuan look like? Why? 2. What is his achievement?,He looks like a farmer because he always works under the sun for a long time.,He produces super hybrid rice which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop

9、 in the same field.,Para. 1,Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement,Why did Dr. Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young? 2. How does he help rid the world of hunger?,Because at that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. He saw the great need for incr

10、easing the rice output when he was young.,He searched for a way to increase rice harvest without expanding the area of the fields. (circulate .in less developed countries ),Para. 2,Dr Yuans birth , education and research,Para. 2,a. He was born into a poor farmers family . b. He graduated from Southw

11、est Agriculture College. c. In 1950, Chinese farmers produced fifty million tons of rice. d. 2 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowl

12、edge in less developed countries. Proper order:,Put Dr Yuans biography in right order.,a,c,b,e,d,f,Which of the following descriptions about Dr. Yuans personality is NOT TRUE? He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous. B. He cares little about money and fame. C. He would rather

13、 work than lead a comfortable life. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.,Para. 3 Dr Yuans personality,Para. 4,What does “Dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.” mean?,Dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be.,The f

14、irst dream,Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people,As tall as sorghum,As big as a corn,As huge as a peanut,To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe,The second dream,Yuan Longping is known as Chinas “father of _ rice”. Because Yuan Longping grows what is called _ hybrid

15、rice. Yuan Longping, who was born into a poor _s family in _, _ from Southwest Agricultural College in _. When Yuan Longping,Retell the text by filling in the following blanks.,hybrid,super,farmer,1930,graduated,1953,saw the great need for _ the rice output, he _ for a way to increase rice harvests

16、without _ the area of the fields. Using his hybrid rice, _ are producing harvests _ as large as before. He became the _ agricultural _ in the world to grow rice that has a high _. Yuan devoted himself to the research into agriculture.,increasing,searched,expanding,farmers,twice,first,pioneer,output,

17、As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. 2. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside.,When he was a young man, he knew how important it was to produce bigger rice crops.,During his early years, much of the countryside was troubled by

18、 hunger.,Difficult sentences : Explain the following sentences in your own word,3. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. 4. Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him.,As they use his hybrid rice, farmers are producing twice as much rice as before.,He is not interested in buying things for himself or in living a comfortable life.,Enjoy a video,He was awarded “ Figures of Touching China” in 2004,10,Farmers weeding a