内容正文:
中国梦
Unit 2 Working the land
学习目标
1. Students know some information about “working the land”.
2. Students understand the text’s contents and learn some information about Yuan Longping and his agricultural research
3. Learn from Yuan Longping’s spirits.
4. Boost your patriotism and confidence of Chinese culture.
5. Understand Chinese dream and try to make a difference in realizing Chinese dream.
我毕生的梦想是让所有人远离饥饿。
My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger.
—— Yuan Longping
袁隆平的梦
Task 1 Skim the text and match the main idea with each paragraph.
A. Yuan conducted research and
developed hybrid rice.
B. Yuan is old but still woking hard to
fulfil his dreams.
C. Yuan considers himself a farmer.
D. Yuan decided to study agriculture.
E. Yuan’s innovation has helped to
feed more people.
F. Yuan cares little for fame or wealth.
Para.1
Para.4
Para.3
Para.2
Para.5
Para.6
B. Yuan is old but still woking hard to
fulfil his dreams.
It’s his dreams that have inspired him to fulfill all these achievements.
Task 2 Read Para. 1&2 and find the information.
Birthdate
Birthplace
Appearance
Major
Occupations
Title
In 1930 in beijing
Slim but strong
Agriculture
A scientist & a research & a farmer
Father of hybrid rice
Task 3 Read Para. 3 and find the information.
Find each step of his dream building up
设计人员
realized
larger fields✘
boost yields✔
worked
convinced
the creation of hybrid rice
overcame
as a research
in 1953
technical difficulties
developed
hybrid
rice in 1974
a challenging question
(a great debate/
it could not be done)
What is the main advantage of hybrid rice?
enabled farmers to expand their output greatly
Task 4 Read Para. 4&5 and find the information.
Influence of his dream on the nation and the world
Why does the author list numbers?
Emphasize Yuan's invaluable countributions
60 percent
domestic rice consumption
produce 200 million tons of rice per year
received numerous