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

选必一unit 5 Reading and Thinking 导学案 A Pioneer For All People Learning tasks: 1.Read about agricultural scientist Yuan Longping. 2.Listen to and talk about the problem of world hunger. 3.Write about your opinion about organic farming or chemical farming. 4.Learn about farming industries in other countries. Understanding the text 一．Fill in the blanks to complete the key information about Yuan Longping. Name: Yuan Longping Year of birth: 1.______________ Place of birth: 2.______________ Education: Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing Occupation: Researcher/Scientist Title: 2. A Pioneer For All People Ongoing ability to fulfil dreams ▷ Invaluable contributions a.Through intense effort, Yuan overcame enormous technical difficulties to develop the first hybrid rice in 3.____________. b.Yuan's latest vision for “seawater rice” has also become a(n) 6.______________. *About 60% of 4.______________ rice consumption in China is comprised of crops generated from Yuan's hybrid strains. *Yuan's strains have allowed China's farmers to expand their output greatly, producing around 5.________________ tons of rice per year. *Yuan's innovation has helped feed not just China, but many other countries. *The seawater rice could feed more people in the opening up nearly one million square kilometres of 7.___________land in China for rice production. 二．After reading 1.Read the text again. Match the main idea with each paragraph Paragraph 1 A. Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice. Paragraph 2 B. Yuan is old but still working hard to fulfil his dreams. Paragraph 3 C. Yuan considers himself a farmer Paragraph 4 D. Yuan decided to study agriculture Paragraph 5 E. Yuan's innovation has helped to feed more people Paragraph 6 F. Yuan cares little for fame or wealth 三．Match the following sentences with the qualities they represent.Sentences Qualities 1.What concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes eve