Unit 5 Working the land Reading and Thinking 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第一册

Unit 5 Working The Land Reading and Thinking from this picture, we can see the rice is waving in the breeze. when it comes to rice, who comes to your mind first ? A All Pioneer for People —A story of a dreaming seed My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger. —Yuan Longping there is a famous saying said by Yuan Longping... in our today’s class, we can understand the meaning of the sentence better. You Love the Land Entirely A life with no regret will not surrender to despair. Just close your hands on dreams when your heart gets broken. Enter the confused wind and rain Experience the death and grief that turns us into seeds harvested in spring, transformed into spun gold. Learning objectives Read about agricultural scientist Yuan Longping; Know about some writing techniques of biography; Understand Yuan Longping’s devotion to the whole world; Show our respect to the great scientist. Great people we’ve learnt She is a mother of ten thousand She was awarded Prize in 2015. He changed our understanding of the Lin Qiaozhi Tu Youyou Albert Einstein Nobel babies universe before we are going to analyse the passage, let’s recall some great people we’ve learned. Pre-reading 行业PPT模板http:///hangye/ A Pioneer for All People The first to discover artemisinin (青蒿素) for malaria (疟疾) The first to discover General Theory of Relativity A person who was the first to study a new area of knowledge. The first Chinese scientist who developed The people all around the world hybrid rice let’s analyse the title together, what’s the meaning of pioneer? let’s take two people as an example. Prediction 1. What’s the main idea of the passage? A.Ways to increase the rice output. B.Yuan Longping’s dreams. C.Yuan Longping—an agricultural pioneer 2. What may be the writing style of the article? A. A story B. Travel journal C. Biography 3. Where can you find this article? A. A letter. B. A magazine. C. A science report. An introduction to a person Read the title and the first sentence of each paragraph and answer the following questions People column/personality feature人物专栏 what kind of column does it come from? While-reading Skim the text and then match the main idea with each paragraph. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 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 wealth. now it’s time for us to dive into the passage . please skim ...i will give you two minutes to finish the task. Read Para. 1 & 2 and find the information Birthdate Birthplace Appearance Major Occupations Title In 1930 In Beijing Slim but strong Agriculture A scientist & a researcher & a farmer Why did Yuan decide to study agriculture? He was concerned that farmers had poor harvest and food shortage. What did Yuan consider himself ? Why did Yuan consider himself a farmer? He continually worked the land in his research. He devoted all his life to Chinese farmers. Father of hybrid rice While-reading when and where was he born? how about his appearance? what is his major?what career did his parents want him to pursue? what is his occupations?what title does he have?写板书his parents' wish;his own decision. famous scientist；farmer Para. 3 realized larger fields✘ boost yields✔ worked convinced the creation of hybrid rice overcame as a researcher in 1953 technical difficulties developed hybrid rice in 1974 How did Yuan Longping develop hybrid rice? 21 years perseverant(有毅力的) While-reading how many years did he spend developing hybrid rice? Para. 4 Why does the author list numbers? Emphasize Yuan’s invaluable contributions & make the text more convincing and accurate. feed Chinese people received numerous awards feed many other countries Find out all the numbers mentioned in para 4. While-reading 60 percent of domestic rice consumption produce 200 million tons of rice per year 未来谁来养活中国？---莱斯特·布朗 Who will feed China? further thinking Why did Yuan Longping share his hybrid rice techniques with other countries? show China’s commitment to build a community with a shared future for all mankind. keep all people away from hunger 2. How did the author show Yuan Longping’s qualities? By contrast retire to a life of leisure donated his money to agricultural research cared little for celebrity or money Read para. 5 and answer the following question. (Para.5) Given that Yuan’s hybrids have made him quite wealthy, one might think he would retire 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. 1. What did Yuan really care for? celebrity? money? or something else? a wealthy & famous scientist 写板书retire to a keisure life;work the land. actually the author develop the whole passage by contrast ,as we can see rom the table ▲rice plants as tall as __________ ▲each ear of rice as big as a ___________ ▲each grain of rice as huge as a ________ He envisioned His latest vision seawater rice peanut broom sorghum former dreams Read para.6 ... . Long ago, he envisioned rice plants as tall as sorghum, with each ear of rice as big as a broom, and each grain of rice as huge as a peanut. He succeeded in producing a kind of rice that could feed more people at home and abroad. His latest vision for “seawater rice” has also become a reality, and potentially opened up nearly one million square kilometres of salty land in China for rice production. ... Where there is a dream, there is a reality！ Find as many evidences as possible to prove Yuan’s devotion. What qualities does Yuan Longping have? innovative generous hard-working devoted determined selfless knowledgeable perseverant modest confident creative strong-willed it is these kinds of qualities that make the hybrid rice grow stronger. yuan devoted himself to improving the output of hybrid rice.but some of us don’t treasure the food. introspection反思 Do we really value the precious rice? save food/avoid food waste What should we do? from the picture we can see that thirty percent of food waste comes from consumption stage. post-reading You dreamed of a world without hunger, a dream you held for life. You became that seed in the soil — so rice could grow tall, and no one would go hungry. Assuming that you pay tribute at Yuan Longping’s tomb(假设你去给袁隆平先生扫墓), what will you say to him? 您年轻时就有个愿望：要让大家都吃饱。这个念头在心里扎了根，一辈子没变过。禾下乘凉不是空谈，您真把自己当一粒种子，种进泥土里。等稻子长高了，天下人就不愁温饱了。 write two sentences to show your gratitude and respect to Yuan Longping. on May 22nd, 2021, Yuan Longping passed away in Changsha. but we all should remember him forever.there is a sentence carved on his tombstone. there is a foreign farmer went to his tomb to show his respect. Read the pioneer, Learn from the pioneer, Try to be a pioneer in your own fields. Find as many evidences as possible to prove Yuan’s devotion. Homework 假设你是学校“节约粮食”社团的负责人，请起草一份简短的英文倡议书，呼吁同学们珍惜粮食。 内容要求： 1.需提及袁隆平的贡献， 2.说明节约粮食的意义， 3.提出1-2条具体行动建议。 Write an advocacy for saving food Lavf58.20.100 Tencent CAPD MTS (T-tech) $