1、Unit 2,Working the Land,Today our world houses 6.55 billion people.,Today our world houses 6.55 billion people.,65億5千萬,854 million people are suffering from hunger（饑餓）.,8億5千4百萬,What should we do?,Producing more crops is the best way.,A Pioneer For All People,造福全人類的先驅(qū)者,Reading For General Idea,Go thr

2、ough the passage to catch the general idea.,A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE,Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.,Reading For General Idea,Reading For Detailed Information,The whole class is divided into eight groups and each group will finish one task.,Dr Yuans appearance and his achieve

3、ment,Para1,Name _ Nationality _ Occupation _ Appearance _ _ Achievement _,Yuan Longping,scientist,In 1974, developed hybrid rice which produces 1/3 more than normal rice,Find detailed information,Chinese,He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. He is more like a farmer than a scienti

4、st.,Task 1,Para 1,Dr Yuans biography,Para 2,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 serious problem in many parts of the countryside. He saw many people were suffered from hunger when he was

5、young.,He searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields.（super hybrid rice）,Para 2,Task 2,a. He was born. b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c. Chinese farmers could only produced 50 million tons of rice. d. 200 million tons of rice was produc

6、ed by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched a way to increase rice outputs without expanding （擴大）the area of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating （傳播）his knowledge in less developed countries. Proper order:,a,c,b,e,d,f,Task 3,Para 2,1930,1953,1950,Para 3,Dr. Yuans personality

7、,Task 4,You are very lucky! Please read Para 3 loudly and fluently for us.,Para 3,Task 5,Para 3,satisfied with,care about,Spending,leading,comfortable,equip,Fill in the blank,Hobbies:,listening to violin music,playing mah-jong,swimming,reading,Task 6,Para 3,Find out his hobbies,Para 4,Dr. Yuans drea

8、ms,1) The first dream,2) The second dream,Task 7,Para 4,Find out his two dreams,The first dream,The rice plants were_ sorghum. Each ear of rice was _ an ear of corn and each grain of rice was_ peanut.,as tall as,as big as,as huge as,To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world,the s

9、econd dream,Dr.Yuan leads a simple life. He _ work on the farm _ have a rest. He has struggled for five decades to search for a way to increase _ output. He cares _ about money and fame. Thanks to the discovery of _ , his dream of ridding China of _ is realized. Now, he has another _ -to export his

10、rice so that it can be grown all over the _.,rice,hunger,dream,world,little,super hybrid rice,Summary,Task 8,would rather,than,Thats how he regards himself.,What are the similarities between Dr Yuan Longping and Jane Goodall,Thinking,1. They spend their lifetime on their researches. 2. They make great contributions to mankind and the whole world. 3. They have their dreams and make great efforts to make them true. 4. They both lead a busy life. 5. During the work, they never give up but just keep on, so theyre determined.,Sim