必修四 Unit 2 Working the land

1.Do you eat rice every day? Do you like it?

2.If tomorrow there was no rice to eat in the world, what would happen?

Warming up

Lead in：

News 1:

The world price of rice has risen by over 100 %

compared with that of last year, which disturbs many

countries now.

Hunger riot (饥饿暴动 )

worries

Students’ presentation:

News 2.The hunger problem is expanding in the world.Therefore... Some poor people in Hayti have to eat the mud cakes astheir main food now.

the mud cakes

News 3. To rid the India of hunger, the Indian governmentdecided to cut down the export of rice.Facing the problem, people in India only have two

mealsone day.

Two meals are enough for children?

5 million children die of hunger every year.

1. Land for growing food is decreasing in the world, and hunger is still a serious problem. What shall we do to protect people from hunger?

Pre-reading ：

He is concerned about the hunger problem very much!

A Pioneer for All People

2.Prediction: Look at the title of the passage and the picture, and guess 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 and his new strain of rice

D. a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice

While-reading:

Match the following headings(标题） to each paragraph.

Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams.

Para2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality.

Para3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography(传记 ).

Para4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance

and his achievement.

Skimming:

Para1-2

Appearance:_________________________

Age:________

Occupation:___________________

Education:____________________________

Achievement: His research helps the UN in the battle

to ____________________;

He is considered to be an agricultural ________ .

pioneer

sunburnt, slim, strong

85

Southwest Agricultural College

scientist, farmer

rid the world of hunger

get rid of hunger

Don’t ask me “how old are you?” I’m only 85.

1._____ of the world’s population are fed from ____ of the farmland in China.

2.Now more than _____ of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.

22%7%

Thanks to Dr.Yuan!

in the hunger battle

60%

3. Dr. Yuan is now ___________ his knowledge in India, Vietnam and some less development countries.

Para1-2

circulating

Para 3

Which of the following description about Dr. Yuan’s personality （个性） 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 （名声） .C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich

and famous people.

Para 4: Yuan Longping’s dreams

1. The rice plants were __________sorghum. Each ear of rice was _________an ear of corn and each grain of rice was_________ a peanut.

2. To _______________ so that it can be grown around the globe.

Dreams

as tall asas big as

as huge as

export his rice

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. Yuan Longping is not a pioneer but a scientist in the research of the hybrid riceB. Yuan’s parents are both agricultural scientistsC. more than 60% of the rice produced in the world is from the hybrid strainD. using the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before

3. It can be inferred from the text that ______.A. Yuan knew the importance of rice importB. Yuan is interested in playing the violin C. Yuan is proud of his achievementsD. Yuan’s rice are grown in many countries

A Date With LuyuNews 4Hello, everyone, I will interview Dr. Yuan in my program. What do you know about Dr. Yuan? 1.Can you help me design a poster( 海报 ) of Dr. Yuan ？2.Can you write a description of Dr.Yuan in your eyes?Could you send an email to snowycxq@126.com. Waiting for your bright ideas! ---Luyu

Name:________________

Nationality:____________

Appearance:__________

Age:_________________

Occupation:___________

Education:____________

Achievement:__________

Hobbies:______________

Dream:________________

Yuan Longping

Chinese

sunburnt, slim, strong

85

scientist, farmer

Southwest Agricultural College

rid the world of hunger

music swim …

invent new rice plants export his rice

Post-reading ：a poster( 海报 ) of Dr. Yuan

A Date With Luyu

Write a description of Dr.Yuan in your eyes. Send your composition to snowycxq@126.com.

Homework:

A description of Dr.Yuan

You may include the following information

Birth of date / place Education Appearance invent super hybrid rice Achievements: circulate his knowledge …Hobbies--- give some examples His dreams--- two dreamsYour ideas about him …

Dear Luyu,In my eyes, Dr.Yuan is considered to be a pioneer for all People. --------------the beginning---------------Birth of date / place ---- was born in_____Education ---graduated from____Appearance--- adj.(s) invent super hybrid rice Achievements: circulate his knowledge …Hobbies--- give some examples His dreams--- two dreams ----------------the body---------------Your ideas about him --------------the ending---------------