Unit 5 Working the Land Reading and 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 dumplings meatballs What's your favourite food? Every year 15 million children die of hunger. Father of Hybrid Rice The winner of the Medal of the Republic An agricultural scientist Who is he? Guess Watch a short video. A Pioneer for all people A person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge. Reading 1.According to the title “A Pioneer For All People”, What may be the writing style of this passage? A. A story B. Travel journal C. Biography D. Novel 2. Where can you find such a piece of writing? A. A letter B. A story book C. A magazine D. A travel brochure Pre-reading make a prediction 1. What's the main idea of the text? A. How to increase rice yield? B. Yuan Long ping's farming life. C. How to solve the world's hunger problem. D. Yuan Long ping's achievements in farming. 2. Match each paragraph with its main idea. Para.1 A.Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice. Para.2　 B.Yuan is old but still full of dreams that he is turning into reality. Para.3　 C.Yuan considers himself a farmer. Para.4　 D.Yuan decided to study agriculture. Para.5 E.Yuan’s innovation has helped to feed more people. Para.6 F.Yuan cares little about celebrities or money. Fast-reading Task 1 1. What's the main idea of the text? A. How to increase rice yield? B. Yuan Long ping' farming life? C. How to solve the world's hunger problem. D. Yuan Long ping's achievements in farming. Check the answer A. Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice. B. Yuan is old but still working hard to fulfil his dream. C. Yuan consider 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. para1 para2 para3 para4 para5 para6 Match the main idea of each paragraph. Careful reading. Finish task 1. (Tip para1 -para 2) Q 1. What is the purpose of Para.1? A.To introduce Dr. Yuan by pointing out his identity. B.To illustrate Dr. Yuan’s contribution to the world. C.To uncover the secret of Dr. Yuan’s success. D.To persuade readers to learn from Dr Yuan’s spirits. Q 2. Why does Yuan consider himself a farmer? A. He was born into a farmer family. B. He is known as the “ father of hybrid rice” C. He was educated at an agricultural college. D. He continually worked the land in his research. Q 3. Why he choose to study agriculture A. Because he was born in a farmer’s family. B. Because he needs to do his research on farming. C. Because he worries about the crisis of food shortage. D. Because he care little for money or celebrity. Read Para 1 and Para 2 ,finish the game by choosing the best answer. Task 1 Check the answers by having a competition Why What the challenge the result To boost A between varieties of a species. whether it was possible to develop a hybrid of such as rice. the greatly. yields. cross two or more self-pollinating plants expand output Task 2 Find detailed information. (tip para3) 1 What was Yuan Long ping's attitude towards money? A. He was not interested in money. B. Money was of on use to a scientist. C. Money wasn't important at all. D. All his money should be spent on his own research Task 3 Choose the best answer. (tip para5) as tall as as big as a as huge as a feed more people at sorghum broom peanut home and abroad Task 4 Find detailed information about Yuan's dreams (tip para 6) Yuan Longping, father of hybrid rice, _________ (devote)his life to rice production. As a young man, he chose to study agriculture because he was __________ (concern) about poor harvest and the ________ (short) of food for farmers. After ___________ (overcome) enormous difficulties, he developed the first hybrid rice in 1974, enabling farmers _______ (attain) a higher yield. It is estimated that 60% of rice ____________ (consume) in China comes from Yuan‘s innovation. However, as a man of soil, little does he care for money or fame. He impresses us with his ongoing ability to _______ (实现)his dreams. His latest vision for “seawater rice” has become a _______(real) .Despite his advanced years, he is still full of vision. devoted concerned shortage overcoming to attain consumption fulfil reality Post reading Summary the text .Task 5 fill in the blank Discussion As teenagers,what can we do to save food ? 1.we can't throw away the clean food to the dustbin垃圾箱. 2. You can pack the leftovers home. 3. Don't order or buy too much food, just buy what you need. 4. we should develop good habits to avoid wasting food. 5. Remember to finish your food. 6. What's more, you can also make posters to call on others to save food. Suggestions Let 's save food ,start from us,start now. 1. Search for more information about Yuan Long Ping. 2. Write a short Para about how to save food. Homework Thank you for listening . Lavf58.29.100 Packed by Bilibili XCoder v2.0.2 $$