Unit 5 Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高二英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

人教版（2019）选择性必修一 Unit 5 Working the Land Reading and Thinking Get to know an agricultural scientist Learning objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: 1. identify and use some new words and phrases, such as devote, tackle and be comprised of; 2. read about agricultural scientist Yuan Longping; 3. grasp discourse features and writing techniques of a narrative essay; 4. use word formation to guess the meaning of words; 5. have a better understanding of the development of agriculture by discussing some questions; 6. understand the contribution of agricultural scientists represented by Yuan Longping to the development of agriculture in China and the world. 本句出自我国著名农业科学家袁隆平，表达了他的初心就是让所有人远离饥饿。他也确实用了一生的时间，践行了自己的诺言。 My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger. —Yuan Longping 我毕生的梦想是让所有人远离饥饿。 ——袁隆平 Look and discuss. Lead-in 1. Where do you think the photo was taken, and what is it of? 2. Have you ever been to a place like this? What was it like? I guess it was taken somewhere in southern China. There are folk houses built beside farmland. No. I have never been to a place like this, but I did see such places on TV. The farmland is large and beautiful. Sample Answer Let’s discuss the following questions. Pre-reading 1. When you see this sentence, which agricultural scientist comes to your mind? 2. What do you know about the agricultural scientist? And what do you want to know about him? China’s food supply remains firmly in its own hands. Yuan Longping “father of hybrid rice” an agricultural scientist with the Medal of the Republic his original aspiration? his research process? his vision? ...? ... 1. What kind of writing do you think this is? 2. Where can you find such a piece of writing? Read the title and the first sentence of each paragraph, and answer the following questions. While-reading Extensive reading a narrative essay probably from an Eng