人教新课标必修四Unit2Workingtheland阅读

1、Working the LandUnit 2Warming up and reading乌鲁木齐市第七十中乌鲁木齐市第七十中 陈林陈林1. Have you ever been to the countryside?2. Do you know how to work on a farm? Step 1: warming upLets go to the farm!First, buy or select the seeds from the store.Second, we need to plough or turn over the soil.Third , we sow the see

2、ds in the soil.Finally, we can harvest our grain/sorghum/peanuts . Enjoy a PoemBy Li ShenFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.In order to improve the output of the crop, we need to rid the soil of the weed, water the crop, fertilize the

3、soil and kill off the pest.water the croprid the soil of the weedfertilize the soilkill off the pest to improve the output of the crop Whats the meaning of “pioneer”?Pioneer n. person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Para1 A. Dr Yuans dreams. Para2 B. Dr Yua

4、ns personality. Para3 C. Dr Yuans biography. Para4 D. Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.Fast reading ：Task 1 Scanning Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.Who is Yuan Longping?Name:_ Nationality:_Age:_ Occupation(job):_Education: _Dream:_Achievement:_ Hobbies:_Yuan LongpingCh

5、inese81Southwest Agricultural CollegeTo export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.His super hybrid rice (this hybrid rice has a high output)Farmer/ ScientistListening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading.uCareful reading: Read the passage carefully and finish the fo

6、llowing activities.Para. 1 Dr Yuans appearance and his achievementTask 2 Careful readingQ1: 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 make

7、s it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.True or False: 1. Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.2. Dr Yuans kind of rice is the most suitable for Chinas farmland.FTAppearanceAchievementPara. 2 His biographyTimeinformation19301953As a young manIn a recentharvestnowB

8、orn in Beijing Graduated from college 1.Hunger was a great problem. 2.Saw the great need for increasing the rice output. 200 million tons was produced Circulating his knowledge22%7%Means?UN rid the world of hungera. He was born into a poor farmers family .b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture c

9、ollege.c. In 1950,Chinese farmers produced fifty million tons of rice.d. 200 million tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched 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 devel

10、oped countries.Put the Dr Yuans biography in right order. acbedfParagraph 3 Topic sentence? Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life. He doesnt care about _ and _. He likes freedom for his search and hobbies.famemoneyPersonalityHobbies:listening to violin musicplaying mah-jongswimmingreadingParagrap

11、h 4Topic sentence?Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.dreamsPara 4: his dreamsHis first dreamHis second dream(rice plants) As tall as sorghum( each ear) As big as an ear of corn(each grain) As huge as a peanutTo export his rice so that it can be grown all over the worldDiscussionIf you had the chance to do something to rid the world of hunger, what would you do ?The measures taken to deal with hunger:Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food.Find a sort of fertilizer(肥料肥料)to give rice enough