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

By Li Shen Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day. Do you know the Chinese poem? Poem Lead-in Do the people in the world have enough food to eat? Read the statistics below. What problem do they show? More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day. The hunger problem is expanding in the world. Therefore... Some poor people in Hayti have to eat the mud cakes as their main food now. the mud cakes 15 million children die of hunger every year. Do something to help end hunger in the world !!! What can we do to solve the problem? … … Who has made a great contribution to end hunger? He is Yuan Longping—father of hybrid rice A Pioneer for All People 造福全人类的开拓者 A Pioneer for All People Task1. What kind of writing do you think the text is? A. Narration (记叙文). B. Exposition (说明文). C. Practical writing (应用文). D. Argumentation (议论文). 2. Skimming Task 2 Read the text. Match the main idea with each paragraph. A Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice. B Yuan is old but still working hard to fulfil his dreams. C Yuan considers himself a farmer. D Yuan decided to study agriculture. E Yuan's innovation has helped to feed more people. F Yuan cares little for fame or wealth. 1. 1930              A. Yuan developed the first hybrid rice that could be used for farming. 2. 1953              B. Yuan Longping was born. 3. 1974              C. Yuan Longping graduated from college. Task1.Read the text and match the time with the events. Time  Events 3. Scanning Read the text again and choose the best answer. Which of the following description about Yuan's appearance is not mentioned? He has a slim body. He has a strong body. He is very tall. He looks more like a farmer than a scientist. Task2 From the text, we can know that ___________. Yuan Lonping found a way to increase rich harvests by expanding the area of fields Yuan Longping is satisfied with his life because he is famous a