内容正文:
Unit 5 Working the Land
Reading and thinking
Get to know an agricultural scientist
A Chinese “farmer” who puts an end to hunger
How?
He has developed super hybrid rice.
rice that has a high________
without expanding the area of fields
output
Lead-in
What do you know about Yuan Longping?
Pre-reading
What will the text talk about?
Prediction
A Pioneer for All People
n.先锋 A person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge.
Who?
Yuan Longping
People all over the world
How?
Hybrid Rice
What's the text type?
Now, let's read the text to know more about Yuan Longping!
While-reading
Fast reading
Skim the text and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Use one key word to summarize each paragraph.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Para.6
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.
identity
education/experience
research/ achievement
contributions/influence
attitudes/ qualities
dreams/ visions
Reading for structure
Careful reading
Skimming for details
Para 1&2: Indentity & Experience
Birthday
Birthplace
Appearance
Major
Occupations
Title
In 1930 in Beijing
Slim but strong
Agriculture
A scientist
A farmer
Father of hybrid rice
Why did Yuan decide to study agriculture?
He was concerned that farmers had poor harvests and food shortages.
Why did Yuan consider himself a farmer?
He continually works the land in his research.
He devoted all his life to Chinese farmers.
Para 3: Research/ Achievement
How did Yuan develop hybrid rice?
as a researcher in 1953
worked
larger field×
boost yields√
realised
the creation of hybrid rice
convinced
technical difficulties
overcame
hybrid rice in 1974
developed
A challenging problem
a great debate/it could not be done
?
21years' effort
What's the main advantage of hybrid rice?
Enabled farmers to expand their output greatly
Why is he called a pioneer?
Para 4:Contributions/ Influence
How did Yuan's work help China and other countries?
60 percent domestic rice consumption
+
produce 200 million tons of rice per year
+
feed many other countries
=
received numerous awards
Why does the author list numbers?
Emphasize Yuan's invaluable contributions.
Why is he called a pioneer for all people?
Para 5: Attitudes/ Qualities
Yuan is a Who .
How does the author show Yuan's qualities?
❥a wealthy&famous scientist
❥retire to a life of leisure
❥a farmer at heart
❥a man of the soil
❥care little for...donate to...
VS
He continually works the land in his research.
He devoted all his life to Chinese farmers.
By contrast
Para 6: Dreams/ Visions
Dr Yuan is old but still working hard to fulfill his dreams.
His former dream
His latest dream
seawater rice
Yuan is still young at heart and full of vision,and everyone is waiting to see what he will dream up next.
Post-reading
My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger.
Post-reading
Sharing readers’ feelings
Brainstorming
Use some words to describe Yuan Longping
devoted
determined
hard-working
What impressed you most?
Some people are considered great, not just because of their great achievements, but also of their personalities.
In 2004, Yuan Longping was awarded the “World Food Prize".
Suppose we get in a time machine to interview Dr Yuan,let's prepare for it.
❥Draft out the interview outline in your group.
❥Student A---Dr Yuan,the interviewee
Student BCDE...---the interviewers(ask questions one by one)
❥ 5 minutes later--Show Time
Post-reading
Role Play
Post-reading
Role Play
Mini-writing
Post-reading
Homework
The recital contest:Mom, the rice is ripe .
OPtion1:
Dr Yuan, the rice is ripe .
OPtion2:
A brief introduction to Yuan.
As a student, what can we do to end hunger?
Stop from wasting;
Eat out what you take.
Reduce the waste of food
Post-reading备用
Discussion
As a student, what can we do to end hunger?
Homework
Make a poster to call on people around you to end hunger in their daily life.
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