Unit5WorkingthelandReadingandThinking课件-高中英语人教版选择性-3

UNIT5WORKINGTHELANDReadingandThinking:GettoknowanagriculturalscientistApioneerforallpeopleWhoisthemaninthephoto?Whatcropisheholdinginhishand?ThephotoisofYuanLongping,holdingsheavesofhishybridrice.Whatdoyouknowabouthim?Heiscalledthe"fatherofhybridrice",andhisworkhassparkedafarmingrevolutioninChina.Readthetextandmatchthemainideawitheachparagraph.Paragraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4Paragraph5Paragraph6A.Yuanconductedresearchanddevelopedhybridrice.B.Yuanworkedhardtofulfilhisdreams.C.Yuanconsideredhimselfafarmer.D.Yuandecidedtostudyagriculture.E.Yuan'sinnovationhashelpedtofeedmorepeople.F.Yuancaredlittleforfameorwealth.Listenandread:Pleaseuseonekeywordtosummarizeeachparagraph.Answerthefollowingquestions:1.WhydidYuanLongpingconsiderhimselfafarmer?2.WhydidYuandecidetostudyagriculture?3.Whatisthemainadvantageofhybridcrops?4.HowhasYuan'sworkhelpedChinaandothercountries?5.WhatwasYuan'slatervision?1.WhydidYuanLongpingconsiderhimselfafarmer?YuanLongping,knownasthe“fatherofhybridrice”,wasoneofChina’smostfamousscientists.Yet,heconsideredhimselfafarmerbecausehecontinuallyworkedthelandinhisresearch.Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodywasjustlikethatofmillionsofChinesefarmers,towhomhehaddevotedhislife.V-ed作后置定语，“被称作...”杂交水稻oneof+cn.复数

considersb（as/tobe）认为某人是...pron.代指hisbodywhom引导非限制性定语从句，作宾语devote…to…献身于...；致力于...袁隆平，被誉为“杂交水稻之父”，是中国最著名的科学家之一。然而，他认为自己是个农民，因为他不断地在田间耕作，进行科学研究。确实，他瘦削但结实的身躯看起来和他为之奉献了一生的千百万中国农民一样。2.WhydidYuandecidetostudyagriculture?YuanLongpingwasbornin1930inBeijing.Hisparentswantedhimtopursueacareerinscienceormedicine.However,whatconcernedhimmostwasthatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadaseriousshortageoffoodtoeat.Totacklethiscrisis,hechosetostudyagricultureandreceivedaneducationatSouthwestAgriculturalCollegeinChongqing.从事（追求）……事业what引导主语从句欠收严重缺乏后置定语todo作目的状语，为了解决危机choosetodo选择做...choose-chose-chosen西南农学院袁隆平1930年出生于北京。他的父母希望他从事科学或医学方面的工作。然而，最让他担心的是，农民经常歉收，有时甚至严重缺乏食物。为了应对这一危机，他选择了学习农业，并在重庆的西南农学院接受教育。Aftergraduatingin1953,heworkedasaresearcher.YuanLongpingrealisedthatlargerfieldswerenotthesolution.Instead,farmersneededtoboostyieldsinthefieldstheyhad.Howthiscouldbedonewasachallengingquestionatthetime.Yuanwasconvincedthattheanswercouldbefoundinthecreationofhybridrice.以……身份而工作增加产量how引导主语从句adj.富于挑战性的确信……that引导宾语从句1953年毕业后，他从事研究工作。袁隆平意识到，解决问题的办法并不是扩大农田面积，而是农民们需要提高他们已有土地上农作物的产量。如何做到这一点在当时是一个具有挑战性的问题。袁隆平坚信，可以在杂交水稻的培育中找到答案。Ahybridisacrossbetweentwoormorevarietiesofaspecies.Onecharacteristicofhybridsisthattheyusuallyattainahigheryieldthanconventionalcrops.However,whetheritwaspossibletodevelopahybridofself-pollinatingplantssuchasricewasamatterofgreatdebate.Thecommonassumptionthenwasthatitcouldnotbedone.3.Whatisthemainadvantageofhybridcrops?n.杂交，混合物v.(通常经过努力)获得；得到adj.依照惯例的；常规的whether引导主语从句；it是形式主语，todevelop…是真正主语pollinatevt.对…授粉一件引起巨大争议的事情n.假定，假设v.assume杂交植物是一个物种的两个或多个变种之间的杂交。杂交作物的一个特点是它们的产量通常比常规作物高。然而，是否有可能培育出如水稻等自花授粉植物的杂交种，这是一个充满争议的问题。人们普遍认为这是不可能做到的。Throughintenseeffort,Yuanovercameenormoustechnicaldifficultiestodevelopthefirsthybridricethatcouldbeusedforfarmingin1974.Thishybridenabledfarmerstoexpandtheiroutputgreatly.adj.热切的；专注的克服各种技术难题定语从句使……能够……v.扩大，增加通过不懈的努力，袁隆平克服了巨大的技术难题，于1974年研制出了第一批可用于农业生产的杂交水稻。这种杂交植物使农民能够大幅度增加他们的水稻产量。Today,itisestimatedthatabout60percentofdomesticriceconsumptioninChinaiscomprisedofcropsgeneratedfromYuan’shybridstrains,andhisstrainshaveallowedChina’sfarmerstoproducearound200milliontonsofriceperyear.4.HowhasYuan'sworkhelpedChinaandothercountries?it为形式主语，that引导主语从句，意为“据估计...”由…组成V-ed作后置定语allow…todo允许……做某事据估算，现在中国国内消费的稻米有大约60%来自袁隆平的杂交水稻品种形成的作物，这些品种(形成的作物)让中国农民每年能够生产出大约两亿吨稻米。Yuan’sinnovationhashelpedfeednotjustChina,butmanyothercountriesthatdependonriceaswell,suchasIndiaandVietnam.Becauseofhisinvaluablecontributions,YuanLongpingreceivednumerousawardsbothinChinaandabroad.n.革新，创新依赖，依靠adj.极宝贵的在国内外袁隆平的创新不仅帮助养活了中国，也养活了许多其他依赖大米的国家，如印度和越南。因为他做出了不可估量的贡献。袁隆平在国内外获得了无数奖项。GiventhatYuan’shybridsmadehimquitewealthy,onemightthinkhewouldhaveretiredtoalifeofleisure.However,thisisfarfromthecase.Deepdown,Yuanwasstillverymuchafarmeratheart.Asamanofthesoil,hecaredlittleforcelebrityormoney.Instead,hemadelargedonationstosupportagriculturalresearch.意为“考虑到，鉴于”，引导条件状语从句make+宾语+宾补（adj.）宾语从句，省略thatn.闲暇，业余时间；休闲活动事实远非如此实际上，在内心深处名声，声望捐献巨资考虑到杂交水稻使袁隆平变得相当富有，人们可能认为他会退休享受闲适的生活。然而，事实远非如此。实际上，袁隆平在内心深处仍然是一位农民。作为一个土生土长的人，他不太在乎名利。相反，他大量捐款支持农业科学研究。WhatimpressespeoplemostaboutYuanLongpingwashisongoingabilitytofulfillhisdreams.Longago,heenvisionedriceplantsastallassorghum,witheachearofriceasbigasabroom,andeachgrainofriceashugeasapeanut.Hesucceededinproducingakindofricethatcouldfeedmorepeopleathomeandabroad.what引导主语从句adj.仍在进行的，不断发展的实现他的梦想v.想象，预想with+宾语+宾补成功做到that引导定语从句袁隆平给人印象最深的是他不断实现梦想的能力。很久以前，他设想水稻高至高粱，稻穗大如扫帚，而每粒稻谷大如花生。他成功地种植出一种可以养活国内外更多人口的水稻。Hislatervisionfor“seawaterrice”alsobecameareality,andpotentiallyopenedupnearlyonemillionsquarekilometresofsaltylandinChinaforriceproduction.Eveninhislateryears,YuanLongpingwasstillyoungatheartandfullofvision,andeveryonewasalwaysexcitedtoseewhathewoulddreamupnext.5.WhatwasYuan'slatervision?开辟，打开即使在他的晚年富有远见构思、创造后来他的“海水稻”愿景也已成为现实，并有望在中国开辟近100万平方公里的盐碱地用于水稻生产。即使在他晚年，袁隆平仍然保持年轻的心态，而且满怀憧憬，大家都会兴奋地期待他下一个不同寻常的梦想。educatedgraduationcreationgeneratedestimationYuanLongping,fatherofhybridrice,_________hislifetoriceproduction.Asayoungman,hechosetostudyagriculturebecausehewas__________aboutpoorharvestandthe________offoodforfarmers.After___________enormousdifficulties,hedevelopedthefirsthybridricein1974,enablingfarmersto_______ahigheryield.Itisestimatedthat60%ofrice____________inChinacomesfromYuan'sinnovation.However,asamanof______,littledidhecareformoneyorfame.Heimpresseduswithhi