Unit2-Working-the-land-warming-up-and-reading.ppt

1、Unit 2,working the land,The first period Warming ,Pre-reading and Reading,Where does rice come from and how can we make it ?,plow(犁田),seed (播种),insert the young plants into the field,fertilize (施肥),irrigate (灌溉),harvest (收获),rice,Discussion,If tomorrow,Rice is the main food in all East Asian and Sou

2、theast Asian countries. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?,Pre-reading,die of hunger,Warming up,Q1. Rice is a main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?,If that ha

3、ppened, people there would suffer from starvation. And the whole country would get into trouble.,International Facts on Hungerand Poverty(2002) every eight seconds, a child somewhere in the world dies from starvation. More than 6 million children under the age of 5 die from starvation every year. Mo

4、re than 800 million people in the world suffer from chronic malnutrition- 799 million of them are from the developing world. More than 153 million of them are under the age of 5.,Some 700,000 central Americans are suffering from hunger today, including 6,000 children at risk of starving to death. Th

5、e African countries suffering most severely from food shortage are Malawi, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.,About 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes. Three-fourths of the deaths are children under the age of five,Farmers weeding at noon,Sweat down th

6、e field soon.,Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.,Lets enjoy a poem,Father of Hybrid Rice,A Pioneer For All People,a farmer named Yuan Longping how Yuan Longping became rich and famous C. an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain(种类, 品种) of ri

7、ce D. a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice,1. Which of the following statements tells the main idea of the text? It s about_,Skimming,Read the passage quickly and quitely and then finish the following exercises(2m),2.Find out the main idea of each paragraph and match the following

8、headings(标题）to each paragraph.,Use the information in the passage to complete the following notes about Yuan Longping,Scanning,Name: Nationality: Age: Occupation: Education: Dream: Achievement: Hobbies:,Yuan Longping,Chinese,85,scientist/farmer,graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953,t

9、o export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown around the globe,in 1973, developed hybrid rice which produces 20%more than normal rice,listening to volin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading,Read the passage quietly and pay attention to some important information(5m),Para1,Q1: What does D

10、r Yuan look like?,He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body.(line 2),Q2: What is his achievement?,He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop(庄稼,农作物,产量) in the same fields.(line4,7),Careful reading,Read each paragraph loudly

11、and carefully, then finish the following questions(1-2m for each paragraph),Para2,Dr Yuan was born in_，graduated from _in 1953. In 1950, Chinese farmers produced only _million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however , 200 million tons of rice was produced by growing _. He Searched for a way to in

12、crease rice outputs without _ the area of fields. Now, he is _ his knowledge in less developed countries.,1930,Southwest Agricultural College,50,super hybrid rice,expanding,circulating,Para 3,Which of the following description about Dr Yuans personality is not true? He is satisfied with his life bec

13、ause he is now rich and famous. B. He cares little about money and fame（名声）. C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.,Para4,1. What did Dr Yuans rice look like in his dream?,The rice plants were as tall as sorghum. Each ear o

14、f rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut., What good qualities do you think Dr Yuan have as a great scientist ? If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?,Thinking,Suggested answers,1. Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food. 2. Find a sort of fertilizer to give rice enough nutrition(营养)and let them grow quickly and h