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Unit 5 Vocabulary Revision
Step 1: Warming up -- listen to a news report and fill in the blanks
Farewell to the “father of hybrid rice”
China on Monday morning held a 1._________ service to bid 2.________ to Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybrid rice”, who 3.____________ on Saturday. Despite being a busy work day, thousands of people dressed in black showed up and 4._______ flowers at the site before the service began at 10 a.m. in Changsha, capital of Central China’s Hunan province.
The top rice scientist, who in 1973 developed the first high-yield hybrid rice strain, died of organ failure at 91 in Changsha. The agronomist spent over five 5._______ researching and improving hybrid rice, which has reached its third generation, helping China 6._____ a great wonder-- 7._______ nearly one-fifth of the world’s population with less than 9 percent of the world’s total land.
His lifelong 8.________ to reducing hunger made him a 9.___________ name in China, where getting enough to eat was once a serious problem. In 2019, Yuan was 10.________ the Medal of the Republic, China’s highest state honor.
memorial
farewell
passed away
laid
awarded
decades
feeding
work
devotion
household
Step 1: Warming up and Lead in
A great person
Step 2: Explore rich words and expressions
Yuan Longping is the first agricultural pioneer in the world.
A Pioneer for All People
A person who is the first to
study a new area of knowledge.
A pioneer for all people
Step 2: Explore rich words and expressions
Q1: What did he consider himself as ?
Q2: What did he do to tackle the crisis?
Para.1&2
Step 2: Explore rich words and expressions
Word Bank (Great people)
farmer, scientist, pioneer…
noun
researcher, educator, politician…
Identity
Education
verb
pursue …in, study…
major/specialize in, graduate from…
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Para.3&4 Pioneering work
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