Unit2SectionⅠ.ppt

1、Section Warming Up & ReadingPreparing,预习多维感知,Section ,预习多维感知,Step One：Ask and Discussion Have you ever grown any plants? Do you know the steps of how to grow rice? _ _ _,Yes，I have.Select the seeds，plough the soil，turn over the soil，sow the seeds，remove the weeds，fertilize.,Step Two：Fast Reading Sca

2、n the text and then choose the best answer according to the text. 1Why does Yuan Longping work the land?_ ABecause he was born into a farmers family.,B,BBecause he needs to do his research on farming. CBecause he is interested in farming. DBecause he has a slim and strong body.,2According to the tex

3、t，in 1950，Chinese farmers could produce only_million tons of rice. A20 B200 C50 D500,C,3The following are all Dr.Yuans hobbies EXCEPT_. Alistening to violin music Bswimming and reading Cplaying mahjong Dsmoking and drinking,D,4How does Yuan Longping feel about money?_ AToo much money can only bring

4、more troubles than happiness. BOne has to own a large sum of money. CMoney is not important at all. DOne has to spend all his money on his own research.,A,5The whole passage mainly talks about_. Ahow to solve the worlds hunger problem Bhow to increase rice harvests CYuan Longpings achievements in fa

5、rming DYuan Longpings daily life,C,Step Three：Careful Reading 1Read the text carefully and then answer the following questions.,(1)What does Dr.Yuan look like? _ (2)What is his achievement? _,He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim，strong body.He is more like a farmer than a scientist,He grows wh

6、at is called super hybrid rice,which makes it possible to produce onethird more of the crop in the same fields.,(3) How did he help rid the world of hunger? _ _,Thanks to his hybrid rice，the UN is trying to rid the world of hunger.Using his hybrid rice，farmers are producing harvests twice as large a

7、s before.,(4) What does he think of fame and money? _ _,He doesnt care about being famous and feels it gives him less freedom to do his research.He would rather keep time for his hobbies.He cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life.,2Read the text and match each

8、paragraph with its main idea. Paragraph 1()AYuan Longpings brief life experiences. Paragraph 2() BYuan Longpings dreams.,D,A,Paragraph 3() CYuan Longpings attitudes toward life. Paragraph 4() DYuan Longpings achievements in the improvements on rice production.,C,B,3Read the text carefully and then t

9、ry to write down the main idea of the text. The text is about_who made a great contribution to finding ways_，but he considers_.,Yuan Longping,to grow more rice,himself a farmer,Step Four：Summary Famous scientist as he is，Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer.As a young man，Yuan Longping saw the g

10、reat need for increasing the rice _.,output,At that time，_ was a disturbing problem in China.He wanted to increase rice harvests without _ the area of the fields.In 1974，a special strain of rice made it possible to produce onethird more of the _ in the same fields.,hunger,expanding,crop,_ to his res

11、earch，the UN has more tools in the _ to rid the world of hunger.He is now _ his rice knowledge in less developed countries to increase their rice harvests and he wants to _ his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.,Thanks,battle,circulating,export,Though he has _for the past five decades，Dr

12、.Yuan is quite _ with his life.In his spare time，he enjoys listening to violin music，playing mahjong，swimming and reading.,struggled,satisfied,Step Five：Discussion If you had the chance to do something to rid the world of hunger，what would you do?,_ _ _ _ _ _,The measures taken to deal with hunger: First,invent a new kind of plant to produce mo