1、M4U2 Working the Land,What we have for lunch every day?,rice,The best way to solve the food shortage problem is to increase the yield of the grain crop on the same field through the advanced science and technology.,How to solve the PROBLEM?,Who is more important, a farmer or a scientist?,a farmer an

2、d scientist,A Pioneer for All People,Teaching aims: 1. Enable the students to learn the new words and expressions. 2. Enable the students to learn something about Yuan Longping and his super hybrid rice. 3. Enable the students to sum up the main ideas using key words.,words preview,sunburnt struggle

3、 decade super output crop hunger,adj. 曬黑的 vt. & vi. 斗爭；拼搏；努力 n. 十年；十年期 adj. 特級的；超級的 n. 產(chǎn)量；輸出 n. 莊稼；農(nóng)作物 ；產(chǎn)量 n. 饑餓；欲望 vt. & vi. (使) 饑餓,disturbing expand circulate Vietnam battle freedom therefore grain,adj. 引起煩惱的；令人不安的 vt. & vi. 使變大；伸展 vt. & vi. 循環(huán)；流傳 n. 越南 n. 戰(zhàn)役；戰(zhàn)斗；較量；斗爭 vt. & vi. 搏斗；奮斗 n. 自由；自主 adv.

4、 因此；所以；因而 n. 谷物；糧食；顆粒,words preview,thanks to rid of be satisfied with would rather,Expressions preview,幸虧；由于；因為 擺脫；除去 對感到滿意 寧愿；寧可,think about two questions,1.The passage is mainly about _. A. a farmer named Yuan Longping B. how Yuan Longping became rich and famous C. an agricultural pioneer named Y

5、uan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice D. a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice,Reading,2. What is he famous for? What is his dream?,super hybrid rice,More food to feed more people,Pair-work,Key words for each paragraph:,His hobbies and noble personality,His ap

6、pearance and achievements,His dreams,His birth, education and research,Para 1 Para2 Para3 parar4,talks about,Name: Nationality: Age: Occupation: Education: Dream:,Yuan Longping,Chinese,88,scientist/farmer,graduated from Southwest Agriculture College in 1953,to export his hybrid rice so that it can b

7、e grown around the globe,Personal information of Dr. Yuan,Achievement: Hobbies:,listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading,in 1974, developed hybrid rice which produces 1/3 more than normal rice,Personal information of Dr. Yuan,Quiz,Yuan Longping is known as Chinas “father of

8、_ rice”. Because Yuan Longping grows what is called _ hybrid rice. Yuan Longping, who was born into a poor farmers family in _, _ from Southwest Agricultural College in _. When Yuan Longping,hybrid,super,1930,graduated,1953,Retell the text by filling in the following blanks.,saw the great need for _

9、 the rice output, he _ for a way to increase rice harvests 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.,increa

10、sing,searched,expanding,farmers,twice,first,pioneer,output,performance,Give you 30 seconds to prepare a performance.you can say what you want to say about Yuan Longping,What we have learned from this lesson?,Enjoy a Poem（詩） By Li Shen,Farmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.,Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.,Moral education,1. Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者，事竟成 。 2. Everyone should have dreams, and work hard to realize his or her dreams. 每個人都應(yīng)該有夢想，并且為實現(xiàn)自己夢想而 努力奮斗。 3. To practice thrift is a virtue,