Unit 5 Working the Land Reading and thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

A Great Scientist Task 1: Lead in Task 2: Pre-reading What do you know about Yuan Longping? Yuan Longping, Born in 1930, ... ... Passage A The Student Who Asked Questions Task 3: Skimming and fill in the blanks. Name Yuan Longping Nationality Chinese Professional Scientist Major Agriculture Interest Plants Ambition (Belief) To have more rice and to produce it more quickly Experience As a boy, he____________ in many schools and was given a nickname. From an early age, he was interested in______. As a college student, he studied ____________. As a teacher, he began experiments in _______________. In 1966, the results of his experiments ________________. In 1970, ______________________________was discovered. Influence/ Contribution rose by 47.5% in the 1990’s. Rice were changed to growing vegetables and other cash crops. Rice other countries. The new hybrid rice is grown in many parts of Pakistan and the yield will be______ Rice production fields was exported to greater. was educated plants agriculture crop breeding were published a naturally sterile male rice plant Task 4: Scanning and answer the following questions. 1. Which reason is NOT true for Yuan's success? A. Researchers were brought in from all over China to help him. B. He was supported by the government. C. He wanted to get more money from the experiments. 2. Why was Yuan given the nickname“the student who asks questions”？ A. Because he was stupid. B. Because he did not learn well in the class. C. Because he was curious about the lessons and wanted to learn more. √ √ Passage B A Pioneer for All People Task 5: Skimming Match the main idea with each paragraph and use one word to summarize each paragraph. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 A. Yuan is old but still working hard to fulfil his dreams. B. Yuan considers himself a farmer. C.