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Unit 5
WORKING THE LAND
Reading and thinking
learning aims
1
List more about world hunger problem, modern agriculture, including the chemical and organic farming methods by listening and reading.
2
Explore how Yuan Longping and his team developed hybrid rice to help solve the world hunger problem and the good virtues shown in his great deeds and write a short passage in memory of him.
3
List the ordinary people who have made contributions to their hometown and share your ideas on how to make your hometown a better place.
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pre-reading
Food is of primary importance to the people.
What’s your understanding of agriculture?
In your opinion, what are big problems concerning agriculture?
bad weather
traditional farming
Let’s talk
money and technology
__________ is a big problems concerning agriculture.
What impacts will these problems have?
polluting the land
harming people’s health
Let’s talk
world hunger problem
The problems concerning agriculture have a direct effect/impact on______________.
What causes world hunger?
climate changes
poverty
Let’s talk
wars
In my opinion, __________ caused world hunger.
food waste
large population
poor harvest
extreme weather
In your opinion, how can we solve the world hunger problem?
boosting yields
expanding the output
Let’s talk
As far as I’m concerned, __________ is effective to get rid of world hunger.
using the fields efficiently
sustainable farming methods
advanced technology
Small speech
Problems
weak service system
low mechanization degree
lack of agricultural technology
aging of population
the loss of labor force
overuse of fertilizer and pesticides
Effects
low income
damage to the environment
loss of bioligical diversity
soil quality degradation
Reasons
unbalanced distribution of food
economic inequality
Solutions
develop regional economy
reduce armed conflicts
build food industry system
alleviate poverty
promote technological innovation
while-reading
promote technological innovation
My lif