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

新教材高中英语人教版选择必修一 UNIT 5 WORKING THE LAND Reading and Thinking 目录页 contents Pre-reading Ⅰ Language points Ⅴ While-reading Ⅱ Homework ⅡI Ⅳ Post-reading 2 Ⅰ Pre-reading 3 Pre-reading: Think and talk 4 Pre-reading: Think and talk What do you know about him? He was born in 1930 in Beijing. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing in 1953. He is called the “father of Hybrid Rice”. He has won numerous awards and honours, including China’s State Supreme Science and Technology Award, the 2004 World Prize in Agriculture, and the Medal of the Republic in 2019 (共和国勋章). He passed away on May 22nd, 2021. 5 Ⅱ While-reading 6 While-reading: Find out the main idea of each paragraph. 7 While-reading P1 Yuan considers himself a farmer. P2 Yuan decided to study agriculture. P3 Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice. P4 Yuan’s innovation has helped to feed more people. P5 Yuan cares little for fame or wealth. P6 Yuan is old but still working hard to fulfil his dreams. 8 1. Why does Yuan Longping consider himself a farmer? 2. Why did Yuan decide to study agriculture? While-reading: Read for detailed information Because he continually works the land in his research. He was concerned that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a shortage of food to eat. 9 3. What is the main advantage of hybrid crops? 4. How had Yuan’s work helped China and other countries? 5. What is Yuan’s latest vision? While-reading: Further thinking One characteristic of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than conventional crops. Yuan’s innovation has helped feed not just China, but many other countries that depend on rice as well, such as India and Vietnam. Seawater rice. 10 21 years Through _____________, Yuan overcame ________________________ to develop it. intense effort enormous technical difficulties However, the common assumption then was that _________________. it couldn’t be done The main advantage of hybrid rice is ___