内容正文:
What can we learn from Yuan Longping?
Unit 5
Working the Land
My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger.
—Yuan Longping
A Pioneer for All People
A person who was the first to study a new area of knowledge.
The first Chinese scientist who developed hybrid rice.
1.Lead-in:
What do you know about Yuan Longping?
Yuan Longping—father of hybrid rice
n. 杂交植(动)物;合成物;
What else do you want to know about him?
杂交水稻之父
Recipient of the Medal of the Republic
(共和国勋章获得者)
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 attitude towards money?
Too much money will cause a lot of troubles.
He cares little for money.
Money is not important