Unit 5 Working the Land Reading & Thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

UNIT 5 WORKING THE LAND Reading and thinking To get the main idea of each paragraph and the structure of this passage; To analyse the personal qualities of Yuan and learn from him; To express their ideas on the given topic. Lead in: Watch a video Yuan Longping the Medal of the Republic (2019) 共和国勋章 What do you know about Yuan Longping? Hybrid Rice 1930 May 22nd, 2021 Jiujiang 感谢您下载平台上提供的PPT作品，为了您和以及原创作者的利益，请勿复制、传播、销售，否则将承担法律责任！将对作品进行维权，按照传播下载次数进行十倍的索取赔偿！ ibaotu.com Reading and thinking — A pioneer for all people pioneer n. a person who is the first to study and develop particular area of knowledge, etc that other people then continue to develop. What’s the meaning of “pioneer”? Look at the title, the photo and the first sentence to get the main idea of this passage. The text mainly tells us about who made a great contribution to developing better . Yuan Longping rice Read for the main idea Read the text and match the main idea with each paragraph. A Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice. B Yuan worked 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. Read for the main idea 感谢您下载平台上提供的PPT作品，为了您和以及原创作者的利益，请勿复制、传播、销售，否则将承担法律责任！将对作品进行维权，按照传播下载次数进行十倍的索取赔偿！ ibaotu.com Read Para. 1&2 and find the information. Birthdate Birthplace Appearance Major Occupation Title(头衔) In 1930 in Beijing Slim but strong Agriculture A scientist & a researcher Father of hybrid rice Read for the details 感谢您下载平台上提供的PPT作品，为了您和以及原创作者的利益，请勿复制、传播、销售，否则将承担法律责任！将对作品进行维权，按照传播下载次数进行十倍的索取赔偿！ ibaotu.com 21 years 1. Yuan overcame enormous technical difficulties to develop the first hybrid rice in 1974. 3. However, the common assumption then was that it could not be done. 2. The hybrid enabled farmers to expand their output greatly. 5. He was convinced that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. 4. He realised that farmers needed to boost yields in the field they had. 6. After graduation in 1953, he worked as a researcher. Read Para. 3 and put the sentences below in right order. 6 4 5 31 2 感谢您下载平台上提供的PPT作品，为了您和以及原创作者的利益，请勿复制、传播、销售，否则将承担法律责任！将对作品进行维权，按照传播下载次数进行十倍的索取赔偿！ ibaotu.com Read Para. 4 and find out the meaning of these numbers. Why does the author list numbers here? ( ) A. To encourage people to plant Yuan’s hybrid rice strains. B. To emphasize Yuan’s outstanding contributions. C. To show Yuan’s innovative quality. D. To make a comparison between China and other countries. 60： 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China 200: produce around 200 million tons of rice per year received numerous awards B Yuan's innovation helped feed not just China, but many other countries. 感谢您下载平台上提供的PPT作品，为了您和以及原创作者的利益，请勿复制、传播、销售，否则将承担法律责任！将对作品进行维权，按照传播下载次数进行十倍的索取赔偿！ ibaotu.com (Para.5) Given that Yuan’s hybrids made him quite wealthy, one might think he would have retired to a life of leisure. However, this is far from the case. Deep down, Yuan was still very much a farmer at heart. As a man of the soil, he cared little for celebrity or money. Instead, he made large donations to support agricultural research. ( ) Yuan worked hard in order to make himself quite wealthy. ( ) Yuan gave away much money to agricultural research. Read Para. 5 and decide whether the statements are true or false. F T 感谢您下载平台上提供的PPT作品，为了您和以及原创作者的利益，请勿复制、传播、销售，否则将承担法律责任！将对作品进行维权，按照传播下载次数进行十倍的索取赔偿！ ibaotu.com Read Para. 6 and try to complete the chart. Yuan worked hard to fulfil his dreams. His first vision His later vision as tall as sorghum as big as a broom as huge as a peanut “seawater rice ” vision n. an idea or a picture in your imagination. Main idea Vision Details 感谢您下载平台上提供的PPT作品，为了您和以及原创作者的利益，请勿复制、传播、销售，否则将承担法律责任！将对作品进行维权，按照传播下载次数进行十倍的索取赔偿！ ibaotu.com Read for the structure Yuan's experiences Yuan's contributions Yuan’s qualities Yuan’s dreams Yuan's education General introduction A news report A research A biography A novel Biography Yuan Longping, known as the "father of hybrid rice", was born in 1930. 1 (learn) that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious 2 (short) of food to eat, he chose to study agriculture and graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. After graduation in 1953, Yuan 3 (devote) his life to finding ways to produce more rice. Through intense effort, he overcame enormous technical 4 (difficulty) to develop the first hybrid rice 5 could be used for farming in 1974. This hybrid enabled farmers to expand their output 6 (great). Today, 7 is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is comprised of crops 8 (generate) from Yuan's hybrid strains. Yuan's innovation has helped feed not just China, but many other countries that depend 9 rice as well. Though Yuan's hybrids made him quite 10 (wealth), he didn't lead a life of leisure. Instead, he donated money to support agricultural research. Even in his later years,Yuan Longping was still young at heart and full of vision. Summary Learning shortage devoted difficulties that greatly it generated on wealthy Summary Why is Yuan Longping called “ a pioneer for all people” ? He successfully developed _________________ and his innovation has helped _____________________________ . the first hybrid rice feed not just China, but many other countries hardworking ﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋ sympathetic(有同情心的) ﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋ simple ﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋ committed ﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋ creative ﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋ Summary What kind of person is Yuan Longping? He continually worked the land in his research. He had devoted all his life to Chinese farmers. He was concerned about farmers who had a shortage of food to eat. He cared little for celebrity or money. He successfully developed the first hybrid rice and seawater rice. He made large donations to support agricultural research. selfless ﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋ Do you have dreams? What are your dreams? Don't let your dreams just be dreams. Scientist Soldier Doctor Teacher Lawyer Choose your homework: Write a short passage about Yuan Longping. (80 words) Write a short passage about your dream. (80 words) Tips: What’s your dream? Why? What can you do now to achieve it? 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