人教高中英语必修4unit2Reading.ppt

1、人教课标 高一 必修 4 Unit 2,Warming up & Reading,Working the land,Enjoy a Poem By Li Shen,Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day.,Do you know these grains (谷物)?,wheat,rice,sorghum,高粱,corn,cotton,broomcorn,peanut,soybean,Have you ever grown any

2、plants? If so, what did you do to grow them? If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? How will you grow it?,select the weeds,plough the soil,turn over the soil,sow the seeds,remove the weeds,fertilize,farming steps,Are you from a farmers family? What do you know about farming?,Farming,sowi

3、ng,ploughing,irrigating (灌溉),crops,weather &climate,rice transplanting (插秧),When we speak of farming, what words can we think of?,Ploughing (犁田),Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grown them? If not, what kind of plant would you like to try growing? How would you grow it?,seed

4、ing,fertilizing (施肥),irrigating (灌溉),transplanting 插秧,harvesting,winnowing (扬谷),rice,What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?,Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day throughout the world.,Answer the following questions:,Pre-reading,What

5、do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?,suffer from starvation and starve to death. feel scared / be panic (惊慌). fight for food, even kill each other and the whole country would get into trouble.,If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world,

6、what would you do?,How to solve hunger?,making good use of the waste land,developing the technology to,inventing a new kind of food,improving the quality of the soil,preventing the pests from eating our crops,What do you predict this passage is going to talk about?,A Pioneer For All People,Father of

7、 Hybrid Rice,He is father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻), who was lately awarded “the Nobel Prize of Asia ”. He received the honor for his great contributions (贡献) to hybrid rice research and work he did to improve rice production in developing countries. Now he is head of the National Hybrid Rice Research a

8、nd Development Center in Hunan Province, China (中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中心). He is called a pioneer for all people.,Dr Yuan Longping (袁隆平博士),他是一位真正的耕耘者。当他还是一个乡村教师的时候，已经具有颠覆世界权威的胆识；当他名满天下的时候，却仍然只是专注于田畴。淡薄名利，一介农夫，播撒智慧，收获富足。他毕生的梦想，就是让所有人远离饥饿。喜看稻菽千重浪，最是风流袁隆平！ - 袁隆平在2004感动中国中的颁奖词,他在接受“感动中国”栏目组采访时说：“这不是我个人的荣誉，而是国

9、家的荣誉，全国人民的荣誉”。 袁隆平：“我感到最愉快的是一个出新成果，能够在名分上得到安慰的，有所寄托的要出新成果，我不停留在原有的这个成绩的基础上，我相信我们古人讲的话，“谋事在人，成事在天”。,有人曾经风趣地说，中国农民吃饭靠“两平”，一是靠邓小平的责任制，二是靠袁隆平的杂交水稻。 今天中国水稻种植面积中，约有一半是采用袁隆平培育的杂交产品，每年生产的稻谷可以多养活6000多万人。2004年，袁隆平领导的超级杂交稻项目不断取得重大突破，在育种方面提前一年实现了大面积亩产超过800公斤的目标，这意味着每年又可以多养活7500万人。,Super Hybrid Rice,the rice tha

10、t has a high output,What kind of person do you think Dr Yuan Longping is?,happy,sad,nervous,shy,proud,dreaming,Find out the main idea of each paragraph.,Skimming,A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE,Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.,The text is about _ who made a great contribution to prod

11、ucing better _.,Yuan Longping,rice,Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.,Yuan Longping Appearance _ face and arms slim and strong body,sunburnt,Careful reading,_ developed super hybrid rice became the first _ in the world to grow high output rice helps the UN reduce _ in the world,agricult

12、ural pioneer,Achievements,hunger,Experiences born in 1930 and _ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 finding ways to grow more rice has been his life _ to _ his knowledge in less developed countries such as India and Vietnam,circulate,graduated,goal,Personalities is satisfied with his life do

13、esnt care about being famous gives a large amount of money to help others to do their _ in agriculture has many dreams and never gives up loves and _ his people,research,care for,to produce a kind of rice that could _ more people to _ his rice so that it can be grown around the globe,_,feed,Dreams,e

14、xport,1. Yuan Longping became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow super hybrid rice at the age of 40. 2. More than 60% of the rice in the world is from the hybrid strain. 3. According to the text, farmers in China are producing rice harvests nearly 4 times as large as that in 1950.,T

15、rue (T) or False (F):,F,F,T,Read the text carefully and choose the best answers. 1. What does the word “battle” refer to in the second paragraph? A. The low rice output. B. Ridding the world of hunger. C. Fighting against farming. D. The freedom to do research.,2. From the passage, we can know _. A.

16、 Yuan Longping is not a pioneer but a scientist in the research of the hybrid rice B. Yuans parents are both agricultural scientists C. more than 60% of the rice produced in the world is from the hybrid strain D. using the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before,3. It ca

17、n be inferred from the text that _. A. Yuan knew the importance of rice import B. Yuan is interested in playing the violin C. Yuan is proud of his achievements D. Yuans rice are grown in many countries,Discussion,Even if Dr.Yuans dreams come true, can this really solve starvation?,Why did Yuan Longp

18、ing want to increase the rice output when he was young? Dr Yuan wanted to increase the rice output because he saw many people go hungry when he was young.,Answer these questions based on your understanding of the passage.,Post reading,2. Is Yuan Longping more of a scientist or more of a farmer? Do y

19、ou think he is a businessman? Give your reasons. I think he is more of a scientist. His main purpose is not to make a profit for himself but to study agriculture and use that knowledge to improve farming for farmers everywhere. I do not think he is a businessman, because his goal is not to make mone

20、y.,3. How would you describe Yuan Longpings personality? Because of his work with developing hybrid rice, it seems that Dr Yuan must be a very patient and careful man. He didnt give up but kept working on his project. He Also seems to be a very kind man, who cares for others. He wants to use his inv

21、ention to help hungry people around the world.,4. Yuan Longping was able to develop a successful agricultural product when thousands of other farmers could not. What do you think is the main reason for his success? I think Dr Yuan was successful because he kept working and did not give up. He also g

22、rew up in a poor family, so he was very motivated to succeed and help other farmers around China.,5. Yuan Longping thinks that a person with too musch money has more rather than fewer troubles. Do you agree or disagree? Why? I mostly agree. I think being rich can cause a lot of problems, but it real

23、ly depends on the life and attitude of the person who is rich. People who are rich certainly have different problems from people who are not.,6. Yuan Longping developed super hybrid rice to help Chinese farmers and hungry people around the world. Can you think of any other major development that would make a great difference to world hunger? Write out your idea and then compare it with your partner.,I think developing other hybrid grains would make a great difference in the problem of world hunger. Hybrid grains th