Unit 5 Working the land Reading and Thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高二英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 5 Working the Land Opening Page & Reading and Thinking 义乌市第六中学 高中英语 Learning objectives In this class, you will : learn about agricultural scientist Yuan Longping and identify his great contributions to China and the world; analyze the main idea and structure of this passage； understand how and why Yuan Longping is called a pioneer for all people. folk houses terraced rice field south China 1. What do you see in the photo? 2. Where was it taken? 3. Have you ever been to a place like this? My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger. —Yuan Longping What do you know about Yuan Longping? A Pioneer for All People A person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge. Prediction: What will this passage talk about? Prediction: ?     1 3 4 2 Who What Why How Who is the pioneer? What did he do? What kind of person is he? How did he become a pioneer? Why is he called a pioneer for all people? What will this passage talk about? identity education research contribution quality dreams who what why Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice. Yuan worked hard to fulfil his dreams. Yuan considered himself a farmer. Yuan decided to study agriculture. Yuan’s innovation has helped to feed more people. Yuan cared little for fame or fortune. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 Yuan considered himself a farmer. Yuan decided to study agriculture. Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice successfully. Yuan’s innovation has helped to feed more people. Yuan cared little for fame or fortune. Yuan worked hard to fulfill his dreams. A PIONEER Skim and match the main idea with each paragraph, then use one word to summarize. While-reading Yuan is the “father of hybrid rice”, China’s most famous scientist and a farmer. Q2: What does Yuan consider himself ? Why? He considered himself a farmer because he continually works the land in his research. He has devoted all his life to Chinese farmers. Read Para. 1 and find out Yuan’s identities. While-reading Read Para. 2-6 and complete the timeline, so as to understand how he became a pioneer. While-reading My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger. —Yuan Longping Although his parents wanted him to pursue a career in science or medicine, concerning farmers poor harvests and serious shortage of food and being eager to ______________, he ____________________________________________________________________ Yuan Longping ________________________. in 1930 After graduating,_______________________________ Yuan overcame enormous technical difficulties to ______________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Yuan was still ____________________________________________________ he ______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________He ____________________the kind of rice. “seawater rice” also became a ________, and potentially opened up nearly ________ __________________of salty land in China for rice production. was born in Beijing tackle this crisis he worked as a researcher develop the first hybrid rice that could be used for farming young at heart and full of vision and each grain of rice as huge as peanut. envisioned rice plants as tall as sorghum, with each ear of rice as big as broom, chose to study agriculture and received an education at Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing. college in 1953 in 1974 in his later years retire People think ___________________________________but_____________________ _______________________________________ he would have retired to a life of leisure or money, and made large donations ... he cared little for celebrity long ago succeeded in producing later vision reality 1 million km2 today benefit a lot from People all around the world __________________ his hybrid strains and innovation. benefit a lot from By listing numbers Post-reading What writing techniques does the author use to exhibit Yuan Longping’s contributions in para. 4? father of hybrid rice VS farmer his parents' wish VS his own decision the general assumption VS his belief retire to a life of leisure VS continue to work the land as a man of the soil What writing techniques does the author use to exhibit Yuan Longping's qualities? By contrast Post-reading Why is he called a pioneer for all people? Thinking He studied agriculture, which is the basis of life and all human activities. He developed hybrid rice. 2. He curbed world famine by increasing the yields of rice, which is the staple for half the world. 3. He researched seawater rice to fight against world hunger. What kind of person do you think Yuan is? Discussion Yuan is a/an_________(adj.) pioneer because… Eg: Yuan is a modest and hardworking pioneer because he considers himself a farmer and continually works the land in his research. Assignment Option 1: Make a poster about Dr. Yuan Longping to show how and why he became a pioneer. Option 2: Write a short passage about your dream and share the ideas about what qualities of Yuan inspire you in the pursuit of your dreams. Thank you for your attention! $$