Book4 Unit 2
Working the land
Reading
Teaching goals:
• Enable the Ss to learn about the story
of Yuan Longping.
• Enable the Ss to practice the skills of
finding information, paraphrasing
words, phrases & sentences from the
reading passage.
3. Enable the Ss to learn how to read a
biography and write a composition.
1.brown(skin)from spending too much time in
the sun
2.to make something or somebody free of
3.to become larger in size, number or amount
4.to make information and ideas known to
many people
5.would prefer to
Words & Expressions
sunburnt
rid…of
expand
circulate
would rather
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7.to send things to foreign countries for sale
8.plants grown in large amounts by farmers
9.because of
10.job
export
crops
thanks to
occupation
6.to try extremely hard to achieve something
struggle
According to the World Health Organization (WHO):
More than 854 million people are suffering from hunger!!!
8亿5千4百万!!!
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Para1 Dr Yuan’s a__________ and a__________.
Para2 Dr Yuan’s brief i_______________.
Para3 Dr Yuan’s p_____________.
Para4 Dr Yuan’s d_____________ .
Fast reading: Complete the main idea of the passage and
the paragraphs.
chievements
ntroduction
ersonality
reams
ppearance
Task 1 : Which is the main idea of the text?
A. a farmer named Yuan Longping
B. how Yuan Longping became rich and famous
C. an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who
worked hard to produce a new strain of rice
D. a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice
Task 2 :
A biography
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Para. 1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and achievements
Careful reading:
Questions:
1) appearance (3 adjectives)? / achievements?
2)Find out a sentence which has the same meaning:
Yuan Longping thinks he is a farmer, even though he is one
of the greatest scientists in China.
Poor rice
Super hybrid rice
Although he is one of China's most famous
scientists,Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer.
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3)..., for whom he has struggled for the past five decades.
4)This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce
20% more of the crop in the same fields.
Para. 2 Dr Yuan’s brief introduction
1. Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice
output when he was young?
At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in
many parts of the countryside. He saw many people
suffered from hunger when he was young.
2.Replace the underlined parts with the words in this
paragraph.
1)Confucius(孔子） travellled around the kingdom to
spread his idea and knowledge.
2)Because of his struggle, the crime rate dropped in this
area.
circulating
Thanks to
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a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family .
b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college.
c. Chinese farmers produced fifty million tons of rice.
d. He became the first agricultural pioneer
e. He searched for 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.
order:
a c b e d f
3.Put the following sentences in right order.
1930
1953
1950
1974
as a young man
now
1. Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s
personality is NOT true?
A. 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 enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous
people.
Para. 3 Dr Yuan’s personality
2. Find out a sentence which has the same meaning:
He is not interested in buying things for himself or in
having a comfortable life.
Spending money on himself or leading a
comfortable life also means very little to him.
3. What are Dr. Yuan's hobbies?
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Para 4 Dr. Yuan’s dreams
2. How many dreams does Dr. Yuan have?
What are they?
Questions:
1. What does “Just dreaming for things, however,
costs nothing.” mean?
• You should spend much money on dreams.
B. Dreams are free, you can imagine about what
your future would like.
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Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people
grain: as huge as a peanut
The first dream
plants: as tall as sorghum
ear: as big as a corn
To export his rice so that it can be grown
around the globearound the world
Summary
• Name:
• Nationality:
• Occupation:
• Age:
• Appearance:
• Education:
• Personality:
• Achievements:
• Dreams:
• Hobbies:
• Yuan Longping
• Chinese
• Scientist / farmer
• 86
• Sunburnt, slim, strong
• Southwest Agricultural College
• Care little about money and fame
• Super hybrid rice / the first
agricultural pioneer to grow rice
• Produce and export
• Violin, mah-jong, swimming, reading
Post-reading :
Task 1 :Interview (Pair work)
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Useful expressions
1. consider oneself to 2. be born in...
3. graduate from... 4. be satisfied with
5. lead a ...life 6. I dream of / about...
7. ... is my dream / goal 8. prefer freedom to fame
9. My dream is to do... 10. super hybrid rice
11. would rather do... 12. enjoy doing...
The achievements of Yuan Longping provide a solution to
worldwide hunger. It is regarded as the fifth invention
after China’s Four Major Inventions. He was awarded
with many international awards.
Task 2 :(Discussion)
Father of Hybrid Rice
杂交水稻之父
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?
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Discussion:
What is the main reason
for Dr. Yuan's success?
What can we learn from Yuan Longping?
(adjectives)
hard-working
helpful
creative
determined
unselfish
warm-hearted
generousenergetic
kind
active
intelligent
considerate
…
1. Finish the short passage to introduce Yuan
longping.
2. Finish the consolidation exercises.
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