内容正文:
Nowadays, the farmland is becoming less and less. The world population grows ever fast.
How can we feed so many people with limited farmland?
For China, it is a even more serious problem.
We only have 7% of the farmland of the earth, but have 22% of the population of the world.
Father of
Hybrid Rice
Amy wants to write about Yuan Longping, a rice scientist.
Unit 2 Great people
Task P32
Yuan Longping.
Who is he?
Can you say something about him?
What does he do?
He is a rice scientist.
Why is he famous?
a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering 中国工程院院士
He is also a gainer of the Medal of the Repubilic
共和国勋章
T: Who is this woman?
T: Yes, he is Mother Teresa.
T: Do you know a lot about her?
T: Let’s read the information sheet on page 71 and answer the following questions.
…
T: Have you finished. Let’s check the answers.
A Amy wants to write about Yuan Longping, a rice scientist. Read the informarion she has found and complete the table.
A great person
杂交
职位名称/头衔
一位水稻科学家,中国工程院院士
happen to do sth 碰巧做某事
饥饿
农业
优势
死于
被引入
培育了一种新型杂交水稻,比其他一般种类的单位面积增产20%
natural adj. 自然的,天然的
nature n. 自然,自然界;
naturally adv. 天生地,自然地
胜过,比...更好
see sb. do sth. 看见某人做某事
主要事件
advantage( s )优势
disadvantage ( s )劣势
do some research on / into sth.
hunger (n.) 饥饿;欲望(常与for连用)
--hungry (adj.) e.g. go hungry 挨饿
比…有优势: have an advantage / advantages over…
利用…的优势: take advantage of…
看到人们死于饥饿,所以开始研究杂交水稻。
die vi. 死亡,生命结束 die-died-died, dying
death n.死亡 dead adj. 去世的 dying adj. 垂死的
辨析:die of 与die from 两者都有“因……而死”之意。
① die of 因……而死 ,强调内因,如疾病、年老或饥饿等。
She died of hunger. 她死于饥饿。
② die from 由于……而死 ,强调外因,如灾害、事故等。
She died from a car accident last year. 她去年死于一场车祸。
目前
贡献
增长
产量
培育
produce vt. 产生;生产n. 产品;农产品
increase by 增加了;
increase to 增加到
increase by $10 增加了10美元
increase to $10 增加到10美元 reduce 减少
development n. 发展 with the development of 随着…的发展
developing adj. 发展中的 developed adj.