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Unit 5 Working the Land
Reading and Thinking(Period1)
教学目标:
1.通过讨论主题图和引言,学生能够了解本单元的主题,激活对农业话题的兴趣。
2.通过阅读课本插图、文章标题,学生能预测文章内容。
3.通过利用略读策略,学生能快速获取文本各段落大意,把握篇章结构。4. 通过阅读语篇,获取并梳理关于袁隆平院士的生平和成就的信息,分析袁隆平院士的崇高品德。
5.通过梳理课文,学生能归纳人物传记类篇章的内容结构;介绍袁隆平的生平、成就;评价袁隆平的科学精神和高尚情操。
1.Where do you think the
photo was taken, and
what is it of?
2. Have you ever been to a
place like this?How do
you feel when you see it?
Lead in: Discuss the opening page.
1. How do you understand
the quote?
2. How much do you know
about the world hunger
problem?
Lead in: Read the quote and discuss the questions.
1.Who is the man in the photo? What crop is he holding in his hands?
2.What do you know about the man? What else do you want to know about him?
Lead in
Fast Reading
Task1 Read the title and the first sentence of each paragraph.
What kind of writing do you think this is? Where can you find such a piece of writing?
A Pioneer for All People
What’s the meaning of it?
2. What’s the meaning of
‘pioneer’ in the title?
A person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge.
the people all around the world.
Task 2. Read the title and answer the questions.
Read the text and match the main idea of the paragraph.
A. Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice.
B. Yuan woked hard to fulfil his dreams.
C. Yuan considered himself a farmer.
D. Yuan decided to study agriculture.
E. Yuan’s innovation has helped to feed more people.
F. Yuan cared little for fame or wealth.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Para.6
Detailed Reading
Task 1: Read the text again and answer the questions.
1.Why does Yuan Longping consider himself a farmer?
2.Why did Yuan decide to study agriculture?
3.What is the main advantage of hybrid crops?
Because he continually works the land in his research.
He was considered that farmers had poor harvests and sometimes even had a shortage of food to eat.
One characteristic of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than conventional crops.
Detailed Reading
4.How has Yuan’s work helped China and other countries?
5.What attitude does Yuan hold toward money or fame? What does he do?
6.What is Yuan’s latest vision?
Yuan’s innovation has helped feed not just China, but many other countries that depend on rice as well, such as India and
Vietnam.
He cares little for celebrity or money.Instead, he makes large donations to support agricultural research.
Seawater rice.
Content of biography
biography
identity
achievements
birth place
education
dreams
quality
birth date
Deed(s)
Characteristic(s)
Evaluation(s)
modest, caring, sympathetic, sympathetic,unconventional, brave,creative, confident, simple,plain, perseverant...
*He considers himself a farmer though he is called the “father of hybrid”.
*He chose to study agriculture considering the starvation.
*He is convinced that through his intense effort, he could overcome the
difficulties and develop the hybrid rice.
*He had a vision about his dream rice and realized his dream.
...
Yuan Longping, known as the"father of hybrid rice", is one of China's most famous scientists.
Despite his advanced years, he is still young at heart and full of vision.
ABCDE Template Analysis
Achievement(s)
Yuan's innovation has helped many countries and has received many awards.
...
Background(s)
Yuan Longping was born in 1953 in Beijing. His parents wanted him to pursue a career in science or medicine. Considering the starvation, he chose to study agriculture....
According to the ABCDE template, please write a short passage about
Zhong Nanshan with the help of the following words, and then make a
presentation.
Old man of Lighthouse
a doctor/a fighter
84 years old
a household name
won wide public trust
outbreak of novel coronavirus
give advice/warn sb of sth
safety and isolation
regardless of his own risks
come and go between Wuhan and Guangzhou
the Medal of the Republic
How can we understand the title of the passage “A Pioneer for All People”?
Yuan is willing to consider himself as a farmer.
Concerned about the farmers, Yuan decided to study agriculture.
Facing the challenging question, he began his
research and succeeded.
Yuan's innovation has helped feed many countries and has received awards.
Yuan cares little for celebrity or money but for his own career.
Though old, Yuan is still dreaming and fulfilling his dreams.
Pioneer
Theme Analysis
A Pioneer For All People
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Medal of the Republic
Summary
After reading the passage, what do you think of Yuan Longping? Think about some adjectives to describe him.
Yuan Longping
Critical Thinking
1.Food is the most significant thing in the world, because everyone lives on food. Do you know what kinds of measures can we take to make sure everyone can save food well?
What the government should do?
When we get together in restaurants, what should we do?
When we witness others wasting food, it’s our duty to_________________________________________.
Critical Thinking
2. In fact, being a great man, Yuan Longping is as ordinary as you first. On the road to being such a great person, what preparations should you make?
*Have dreams.
*Be devoted to your very everyday, and don't let the precious
time leak away from you.
*Be kind to the guys around you.
*Have the bravery to take up challenges.
课堂检测 Language Use
Fill in the blanks to complete the passage.
Yuan Longping, born in 1930 in Beijing, chose to study agriculture to tackle food ______1______(short). After _________2________(graduate) in 1953, he worked as a researcher. Yuan was convinced that the creation of hybrid rice could solve this problem. Through intense effort, Yuan overcame enormous technical difficulties to develop the first hybrid rice in 1974, ______3_____ enabled farmers to expand their output greatly.
Today, it is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China __________4_________(comprise) of crops generated from Yuan’s hybrid strains. Yuan’ s innovation has helped feed not just China, but many other countries_______5_______ (depend) on rice as well, such as India and Vietnam. Because of his invaluable contributions, Yuan Longping has received numerous awards both in China and abroad.
_____6____a man of the soil, he cares little for celebrity or money. ______7______, he makes large donations to support agricultural research.______8_____ impresses people most about Yuan Longping is his ongoing ability to fulfil his dreams. His latest vision for “seawater rice” has also become a reality, and_______9_______(potential) opened up nearly one million square kilometres of salty land in China for rice production. Despite his advanced years, Yuan Longping is still young at heart and full of vision, and everyone is waiting to see what he will dream up next.
________10_______(know) as the“father of hybrid rice”, Yuan Longping is really one of China’s most famous scientists.
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Homework
1. 基础类作业:Fill in the blanks of the table.
2. 提升类作业:
缩写课文:My favourite great people —— Yuan Longping
3. 迁移创新类
Search the Internet and find out:
Other than hybrid rice, what other hybrid products do you know?Can you think of new hybrid ideas?
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