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Unit 5
working the land
Clarice
learning about language
PART ONE
words and expressions
Retell the passage
As a witness to farmers' poor harvests and even a severe s________ of food, Yuan Longping was determined to d_____ his life to t______ this crisis. After graduation, he realised that what farmers needed most was to boost yields in the fields. Yuan _____________(convince) that the answer lay in the c______ of hybrid rice, which has higher output than c__________ crops. The first difficulty he needed to o_______ was scientists' general a_________ that this could not be done. Through i______ effort, Yuan managed to g______ this incredible crop. His innovation has enabled Chinese farmers to considerably e_____ their output and helped feed the world. Unwilling to retire early to a life of l_____ and unconcerned about c________ or fortune, Yuan continued to turn one v____ after another into realities.
shortage
devote
tackling
was convinced
creation
conventional
overcome
assumption
intense
generate
expand
leisure
celebrity
vision
dealing with
commit
believed
solve
increse
free-time
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Finish the exercises on P52 (activity 2 and 3)
characteristics
shortage
assume
consumption
celebrities
crisis
conventional
generate
Finish the exercises on P52 (activity 2 and 3)
is comprised of
consumption
real
deep down
conventioanl
tackling
vision
PART TWO
grammar
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Observe the sentences and analyse the features
1.What concerned him most was that farmers serious shortage of food to eat.
2.How this could be done was a challenging question at the time.
3.However, whether it was possible to develop a hybrid of self-pollinating plants such as rice was a matter of great debate.
4.It is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is comprised of crops generated from Yuan's hybrid strains and his strains have allowed China's farmers to produce around 200 million tons of rice per year.
5.What impresses peole most about Yuan Longping is his ongoing ability