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Unit 2 warming up & readingTeaching aims: 1. Get students to learn the useful new words and expressions in this part. 2. Let students read the passage and learn about the geography, population, main cities, natural beauty and natural resources of Canada.Important points: Comprehension of the reading part.Difficult points: Get the main idea of the passage.Teaching procedure: 1.Reading comprehension 2.DiscussionStep 1 Leading-in and warming up1. what can you think of when you see the word “farming” ?agriculture2. Can you name them? sorghum Wheat rice corn potato3. Do you know some farming steps ?select the seeds plough the soil turn over the soil sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize grow the young plants insert the young plants harvestStep 2 Pre-reading1. What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries? - Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day throughout the world. 2. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat? - If that happened, people there would suffer from starvation. People would be panic(惊慌) and the whole country would get into trouble.Step 3 Reading1. Fast reading1)Who became the first agricultural pioneer in the world in 1974 to grow rice that has a high output?- Yuan Longping.2) What did Yuan Longping invent? - Hybrid rice2. Intensive readingFind out the main idea of each paragraph and match the following headings withthe right paragraphs. Paragraph 1 A. Dr Yuans dreams. Paragraph 2 B. Dr Yuans personality. Paragraph 3 C. Dr Yuans biography. Paragraph 4 D. Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement3. careful readingPara. 1 _Q1: What does Dr Yuan look like?- He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. He is more like a farmer than a scientist.Q2: What is his achievement?- He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce o one-third more of the crop in the same fields.Q3: True or False: 1).Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. T2).Dr Yuans kind of rice is the most suitable for Chinas farmland. FPara 2 _Put Dr Yuans biography in right order. a. He was born into a poor farmers family . b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c. In1950,Chinese farmers produced 5.5 billion tons of rice. d. 20 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.( Proper order: a c b e d f )Para. 3 _Achievements: 1) grow rice that has a high output 2) circulate his knowledge abroad 3) give money to equip others for their researchHobbies: 1) listening to violin music 2) playing mah-jong 3) swimming 4) readingWhich of the following description about Dr Yuans personality is not true? A A. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.B. He cares little about money and fame.C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.Para 4 _The first dream: Produce a kind of rice that could feed more peopleas tall as _; as big as _; as huge as _The second dream: To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the worldRetelling:Name Yuan longpingNationalityChinese Birth In 1930 ,in a poor farmers familyAge 77Occupation Scientist of farming Education Southwest agriculture college , in 1953Personality Care little about money and fame Dream His first dream:rice plants as tall as sorghum ,each aer of rice as big as anear of corn ,each grain of rice as huge as a peanut His second dream :to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe .Achieveme