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UNIT5 WORK THE LAND
Reading and Thinking
A Pioneer For All People
Who is the man in picture?
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What do you know about the man?
What crop is he holding in his hands?
hybrid rice
father of hybrid
A Pioneer For All People
What does the title refer to?
Why is he called a pioneer for allpeople?
Father of the hybrid rice
Because he devotes to solving the problem of food shortage for China as well as world
task1.Get to know about Yuan Longping
task2.Get to know about the development of hybrid rice
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Name Yuan Longping
professsional
birth place
birth data
graduated from
main contribution
dreams
Agricultural scientist
Beijing
1930
Southwest Agricultural College
About 60% domestic rice consumption
Around 200 million tons of rice per year
Long ago, he envisioned rice plants as tall as sorghum, with each ear of rice as big as a broom, and each grain of rice as huge as a peanut.
His latest vision for “seawater rice” has also become a reality.
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problems
one possible solution
another possible solution
Difficulty
Poor harvests, shortage of food
Larger fields
Hybrid rice
Whether it was possible to develop a hybrid of self-pollinating plants.
Through intense effort: In 1974, Yuan overcame technical difficulties and developed the first hybrid rice.
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Benefits
In China: About 60% of domestic rice consumption in China is comprised of crops generated from his hybrid strains. His strains have allowed China's farmers to produce around 200 million tons of rice per year.
Outside China: Help feed other countries that depend on rice.
Through intense efforts
In 1974.Yuan overcame technical difficulties and developed the first hybrid rice
task4.Match the main idea with each paragraph.
task5.Answer the questions.
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