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

Reading and Thinking Unit 5 Working the Land My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger.——Yuan Longping Here, a vast land refers to… 2nd largest country. 1 To summarize the main idea by using the methods like skimming and scanning; To know world food security and Yuan’s contribution to solving the world hunger; To gain “the Three-step Strategy” and “Topic Sentence Positioning Method” ; 3 Learning Aims 2 1 To choose and apply useful information from the text to describe a great person. 4 3 A Pioneer for all people A person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge. all people: the people all around the world. Look at the title and guess what the passage will talk about? What’s the text type? Biography Pre-reading Biography education work experience identity life experience appearance funny story achievements contributions occupation family life quality general introduction Content of biography? 1.Read the text quickly to find the main idea of the passage _________. A. Ways to increase the rice output. B.Yuan Longping’s dreams. C.Yuan Longping’s super hybrid rice. D.Yuan Longping--an agricultural pioneer. While-reading Activity 1: Scanning to get the main idea of the text 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. Para.1 Para.4 Para.3 Para.2 Para.5 Para.6 Skim the text and match the main idea with each paragraph. 7 “Topic Sentence Positioning Method”(主旨句定位法) in doing exercises of the main idea. ----以第2段主旨大意为例 Step 1:To analyze the structure of the para and find out the topic sentence; Step 2:To extract keywords from the topic sentence; Step 3:To summarize the main idea para 2主旨句:To tackle this crisis, he chose to study agriculture and received an education at Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing. 关键词: study agriculture 总结大意:Yuan decided to study agriculture. Read Para. 1&2 and fill in the blanks. Birthdate Birthplace He was born in 1930 in Beijing. Appearance His body is slim but strong. Title称号 He is known as the “father of hybrid rice”. Identities身份 He was one of China’s most famous scientists, but he considered himself a farmer. Major He chose to study agriculture. Why did Yuan consider himself a farmer? Why did he study agriculture? Activity 2:Reading for detailed information 【细节理解题的“三步走策略”】 Step 1:Underline key words in the question stem. Step 2:Find out the key words in the text. Step 3:Compare the original text with the choices and choose the best one. 画题干中的关键词:why; a farmer works the land in his research 问题:Why did Yuan Longping consider himself a farmer? A.He was born in a farmer family. B.He was known as the “father of hybrid rice”. C.He was educated at an agricultural college D.He continually worked the land in his research Careful Reading Discover his qualities from the first two paragraphs. Para.1 Yuan was a famous scientist, but he considered himself a farmer. Para.1 Yuan devoted all his life to Chinese farmers. Para.2 Yuan concerned most about poor harvests and food shortage. humble, modest committed, devoted caring, sympathetic What kind of person is he? (use adjectives) Careful Reading Para.3 Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice. Fill in the blanks to finish Yuan’s process of developing hybrid rice. researcher boost yields hybrid rice difficulties From this hard process, what kind of person is he? creative diligent hybrid rice Worked：as a researcher in 1953 Realized：boost yields is the solution was convinced：the creation of hybrid rice Overcame：technical difficulties Developed：the first hybrid rice in 1974 Please read paragraph 4 and find the information related with numbers below. Numbers Related information 60 percent 200 million tons Many other Numerous 60%of domestic rice consumption in China is comprised of crops generated from Yuan’s strains. Yuan’s strains have allowed China’s farmers to produce around 200 million tons of rice per year. Yuan’s innovation helped feed many other countries that depend on rice. Yuan has received numerous awards both in China and abroad. Read Para. 4 and find the information. How has Yuan’s work helped China and other countries ? Why does the author list numbers? The numbers are direct, powerful, convincing, and they can emphasize Yuan’s invaluable contributions. 60 percent domestic rice consumption produce 200 million tons of rice per year received numerous awards feed many other countries Para.5 Yuan cared little for fame or wealth. What do other people think Yuan might do with money? What did Yuan Longping do with his large amounts of money? To retire to a life of leisure. He made large donations to support agricultural research. VS. By contrast Tip: Learn to use this writing skill to emphasize a person’s quality when writing. selfless generous What kind of person is he? How does the author show Yuan’s selflessness? Careful Reading Para.6 Yuan worked hard to fulfil his dreams. Former vision rice plant as tall as sorghum each ear of rice as big as a broom each grain of rice as huge as a peanut Later vision “seawater rice” So the author said Yuan Longping was still young at heart, and full of vision. What kind of person is he? He is a ________________________________pursuer who is full of visions and has ongoing abilities to fulfil them. optimistic, persistent and energetic general impression life experiences achievements in agriculture attitudes towards life dreams  known as ________________________  one of China's most famous ____________  ______ but ______ body  was born in ________ in Beijing  graduated from ________________________________  worked as a ____________ in 1953  developed the first __________ in 1974  provided about ___________ of domestic rice consumption and allowed China's farmers to produce around ___________ _______ of rice per year  helped feed many other countries, such as _____ and _______  received numerous ________ both in China and abroad  He is still very much a _________ at heart.  He cares little for _________ or ________.  Long ago: rice plants as tall as ________; each ear of rice as big as a _______; each grain of rice as huge as a _________  Latest vision: __________________(has become a reality) “father of hybrid rice” scientists slim strong 1930 Southwest Agricultural College researcher hybrid rice 60 percent 200 million India Vietnam awards farmer celebrity money sorghum broom peanut “seawater rice” tons Activity 3: Retell the text What qualities make a great person like Yuan Longping? A Great Person hard-working simple generous selfless modest devoted caring determined persistent ambitious 小结 Post-reading Ⅲ Summary and Discussion 19 Yuan Longping, father of hybrid rice, _________ his life to rice production. As a young man, he chose to study agriculture because he was __________ about poor harvest and the ________ of food for farmers. After ___________ enormous difficulties, he developed the first hybrid rice in 1974, enabling farmers to _______ a higher yield. It is estimated that 60% of rice ____________ in China comes from Yuan's innovation. Howerver, as a man of ______, little does he care for money or fame. He impresses us with his ongoing ability to _______ his dreams. His latest vision for “seawater rice” has become a _______. Despite his advanced years, he is still full of _______. Fill in the blanks to finish the summary. devotes concerned shortage overcoming attain consumption soil fulfil reality vision Activity 4 Group Work Describe and guess who he/she is? 21 Activity 4: Discussion (Group work) 1.All groups will get a small piece of paper with some pictures of great people. 2.You have five minutes to discuss how to discribe these people. 3.Then I will ask some group members to share his/her descriptions and other students try to guess who is she. www.themegallery.com Birthday:in December in 1930; Achievements: 1.Awarded Nobel Prize 2.research and practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine 3.discover artemisinin(青蒿素) used to cure malaria(疟疾) www.themegallery.com Birthday: in June in 1957 Achievements: 1.One of the top ten people who moved China in 2021. 2.establish girls’ high schools free of charge Birthday:in November in 1901 Achievements:deliver more than 50000 babies Mother of Ten Thousand Babies(万婴之母) www.themegallery.com Birthday:in September in 1947 Achievements: 1.an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering(中国工程院院士) 2.fight against COVID-19 at the front line(前线) in 2020. www.themegallery.com Only twelve years old. Achievements: 1.donate her organs who need after her because of being brain dead(脑死亡). 2.one of the ten people who moved Chinese people in 2021. www.themegallery.com Name: Madame Curie[ˈmædəm ˈkjʊəri] Acheivements: 1.a French physicist 2.discover two new elements, including 钋（Po）和镭（Ra）9 3.win two Nobel Prizes. 1.Write a composition about the person you respect most. 2. review the new words and phrases of the text. Step 7.Homework Go and feel the charm of a great person And you can also be someone 我毕生的梦想是让所有人远离饥饿。 My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger. —— Yuan Longping 31 x264 0.128.2216+688+32 a17ff54 tMod [8-bit@4:2:0 X86] $