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

tiring Be sunburnt Let's go to the field! Do you know how to grow rice? Do you know the farming steps? ploughing (犁田) seeding (播种) fertilizing (施肥) irrigating (灌溉) Grow some young plants（幼苗） Insert（插入） the young plants into the field harvesting (收获) winnowing (扬谷) Super Hybrid Rice good harvest Who made this change? common rice poor harvest VS Father of Hybrid Rice (世界杂交水稻之父) - Dr Yuan Longping (袁隆平博士) Recipient of the Medal of the Republic （共和国勋章获得者） What do you know about Yuan Longping? A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Pioneer n. a person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge. 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 and rich the first hybrid rice available for farming was developed in 1974 his way of increasing rich harvests only works in some Asian countries What is Yuan Longping's att