人教版高中英语必修4第2单元Reading课件 (共PPT)

1、 Unit 2Working the land What do you see or do there?Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them?If not, what kind of plant would you liketo try growing? How would you grow it?Do you know the farming steps?ploughing (犁田犁田) seeding (播种播种)fertilizing(施肥施肥)irrigating (灌溉灌溉)transp

2、lanting (移植移植)harvesting (收获收获)winnowing (扬谷扬谷)If tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat, what would happen?Rice is main food in the East and Southeast Asian countries What problem is the whole world facing ?riceToday our world houses more than 6.5billion people. Worldwide, more than 1 billion p

3、eople currently live below the international poverty line(贫困线下）贫困线下）, earning less than $1 per day. 854 million people across the world aresuffering from hunger, up from 852 million a year ago. Six million children under the age of 5die every year as a result of hunger. Every day, almost 16,000 chil

4、dren die from hunger. One child every five seconds. Do something to help end hunger in the world!celebrity“Just at that time, a Chinese scientist declared to the world that China can solve the problem by himself and help to solve the same problem in the world”. 原子弹让中国人不在受恐吓原子弹让中国人不在受恐吓!袁隆平袁隆平(Father

5、 of Hybrid Rice)使中国人不再使中国人不再挨饿挨饿!Yuan longping He is father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻），杂交水稻），who was lately awarded “the Nobel Prize of Asia ”.He received the honor for his great contributions(贡献）贡献）to hybrid rice research and the work he did to improve rice production in developing countries.Now he is he

6、ad of the National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center in Hunan Province,China(中国湖南省中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中心国家杂交水稻研究与发展中心).He is called a pioneer for all people. Look at the title of the passage and the picture. A pioneer for all peopleYuan LongpingPeople all over the worldA pioneer for all people

7、Name _ Age _Nationality _Occupation _Education _Dream _Achievement _Hobbies _Yuan Longping83 agriculture scientist / farmer to export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown around the globe.In 1974, developed hybrid rice which produces 1/3 more than normal rice graduated from Southwest Agricultural

8、 College in 1953.Complete the notes about Yuan Longping.Chinese violin music, mahjong, swimming, readingSkimming Match the following headings(标题）to each paragraph. A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Para1 A. Dr Yuans dreams. Para2 B. Dr Yuans personality.（性格 ） Para3 C. Dr Yuans birth , education and research

9、Para4 D. Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement. 1.What does Dr. Yuan look like? Why?2. What is his achievement?He looks like a farmer because he always works under the sun for a long time.He produces super hybrid rice which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same field.

10、Para. 1Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement Why did Dr. Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young?2. How does he help rid the world of hunger?Because at that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. He saw the great need for increasing the rice output

11、when he was young.He searched for a way to increase rice harvest without expanding the area of the fields. (circulate .in less developed countries )Para. 2Dr Yuans birth , education and researchPara. 2a. He was born into a poor farmers family .b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture College.c. In

12、 1950, Chinese farmers produced fifty million tons of rice.d. 2 billon 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 developed countries

13、.Proper order: Put Dr Yuans biography in right order. acbedfWhich of the following descriptions about Dr. Yuans personality is NOT TRUE? 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

14、enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.Para. 3 Dr Yuans personalityPara. 4What does “Dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.” mean? Dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be.The first dream Produce a kind of rice that could f

15、eed more people As tall as sorghumAs big as a cornAs huge as a peanutTo export his rice so that it can be grown around the globeYuan Longping is known as Chinas “father of _ rice”. Because Yuan Longping grows what is called _ hybrid rice. Yuan Longping, who was born into a poor _s family in _, _ fro

16、m Southwest Agricultural College in _. When Yuan Longping Retell the text by filling in the following blanks.hybridsuperfarmer1930graduated1953saw the great need for _ the rice output, he _ for a way to increase rice harvests without _ the area of the fields. Using his hybrid rice, _ are producing h

17、arvests _ as large as before. He became the _ agricultural _ in the world to grow rice that has a high _. Yuan devoted himself to the research into agriculture. increasingsearchedexpandingfarmerstwicefirstpioneeroutput As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output.2. At that t

18、ime, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside.When he was a young man, he knew how important it was to produce bigger rice crops.During his early years, much of the countryside was troubled by hunger.Difficult sentences : Explain the following sentences in your own word3. Usi

19、ng his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.4. Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him.As they use his hybrid rice, farmers are producing twice as much rice as before.He is not interested in buying things for himself or in living a comfortable life.Enjoy a videoHe was awarded “ Figures of Touching Chin