Unit2 Unit2Workingtheland Reading MinNongByLiShen Farmersweedingatnoon Sweatdownthefieldsoon Whoknowsfoodonatray Duetotheirtoilingday Doyouknowthesegrains 谷物 wheat rice sorghum 高粱 corn cotton peanut soybean大豆 Haveyoueverbeentothecountryside Whatdidyouseeordothere Areyoufromafarmer sfamily Whatdoyouknowaboutfarming Haveyouevergrownanyplants Ifso whatdidyoudotogrowthem Ifnot whatkindofplantwouldyouliketogrow Howwillyougrowit selecttheseeds ploughthesoil turnoverthesoil sowtheseeds removetheweeds fertilize farmingsteps Farming sowing ploughing irrigating 灌溉 crops weather climate ricetransplanting 插秧 ploughing 犁田 seeding fertilizing 施肥 irrigating灌溉 transplanting插秧 harvesting winnowing 扬谷 rice TolearnsomebasicknowledgeaboutagricultureTosummarizeandretellthemainideaofthepassage3 Toknowmoreaboutthegreatscientist YuanLongping Objectives WhatisthemainfoodinallEastAsianandSoutheastAsiancountries Rice Itissaidthatthereare2 4billionpeopletoeatriceeverydaythroughouttheworld Answerthefollowingquestions Readthestatisticsbelow Didyouknowthesefactsbefore Whatproblemdotheyshow Theworldproducesenoughfoodforeveryone Morethan800millionpeoplegotobedhungryeveryday WHY Todayourworldhousesmorethan7billionpeople Nearly870millionpeople oroneineight weresufferingfromchronic 长期的 hungryundernourishment 营养不良 in2010 2012 accordingtothenewUNhungerreport ChildrengatherinapoorneighbourhoodintheMawzaavillageofthesouthernYemeniprovinceofTaizJuly1 2012 Whatdoyouthinkwouldhappeniftomorrowtherewassuddenlynoricetoeat sufferfromstarvationandstarvetodeathfeelscared bepanic 惊慌 fightforfood evenkilleachotherandthewholecountrywouldgetintotrouble Doyouthinkpeoplehaveenoughfoodtoeatintheworld Ifyouhadthechancetodosomethingtohelpendhungerintheworld whatwouldyoudo Howtosolvehunger makinggooduseofthewasteland developingthetechnologyto inventinganewkindoffood improvingthequalityofthesoil preventingthepestsfromeatingourcrops Onewaytosolvethefoodshortageproblemistoincreasetheyieldofthegrainthroughtheadvancementofscienceandtechnology Hedidit Whenyoueatrice whatdoyouthinkof SaysomethingaboutYuanLongping Discussion Whatdoyoupredictthispassageisgoingtotalkabout While reading FatherofHybridRice APioneerForAllPeople Heisfatherofhybridrice 杂交水稻 whowasawarded theNobelPrizeofAsia Hereceivedthehonorforhisgreatcontributions 贡献 tohybridriceresearchandworkhedidtoimprovericeproductionindevelopingcountries NowheisheadoftheNationalHybridRiceResearchandDevelopmentCenterinHunanProvince China 中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中心 Heiscalledapioneerforallpeople DrYuanLongping 袁隆平博士 Thetextisabouta n 1 namedYuanLongpingwhomadeagreatcontributiontofindingwaysto2 agricultural growmorerice pioneer Fastreading APIONEERFORALLPEOPLE Matchthefollowingheadingswiththerightparagraphs Readthetextcarefullyandfillintheblanks YuanLongpingAppearance faceandarms slimandstrongbody sunburnt Carefulreading developedsuperhybridricebecamethefirst intheworldtogrowhighoutputricehelpstheUNreduce intheworld agriculturalpioneer Achievements hunger Experiencesbornin1930and fromSouthwestAgriculturalCollegein1953findingwaystogrowmorericehasbeenhislife to hisknowledgeinlessdevelopedcountriessuchasIndiaandVietnam circulate graduated goal Personalitiesissatisfiedwithhislifedoesn tcareaboutbeingfamousgivesalargeamountofmoneytohelpotherstodotheirresearchin hasmanydreamsandnevergivesuplovesand hispeople agriculture caresfor toproduceakindofricethatcould morepeopleto hisricesothatitcanbegrownaroundtheglobe feed Dreams export ReadthetextanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsareTrue T orFalse F 1 YuanLongpingbecamethefirstagriculturalpioneerintheworldtogrowsuperhybridriceattheageof40 2 Morethan60 ofthericeintheworldisfromthehybridstrain F F 3 Accordingtothetext farmersinChinaareproducingriceharvestsnearly4timesaslargeasthatin1950 4 YuanLongpingwasafarmerwhenhewasyoung 5 Thesuperhybridricecanproduce20 moreofthecropwithoutexpandingthefield T F T 6 YuanLongpingwasdeterminedtofindwaystogrowmorericeasayoungman 7 YuanLongpingisnowteachinghisknowledgeinmanycountriestogetmorehonours 8 TheUNismoreconfidentaboutgettingridofhungerintheworldnow T T F 9 YuanLongpingistryingtoliveacomfortablelife 10 YuanLongpingisnowseekingtorealisehisdreamofgrowinghisricearoundtheworld F T Readthetextandmatchthetimewiththeevents Time Events 1 1930A OnlyfiftymilliontonsofricecouldbeproducedinChina 2 1950B YuanLongpingbecamethefirstpersontogrowsuperhybridrice 3 1953C YuanLongpingwasborn 4 1973D YuanLongpinggraduatedfromcollege Choosethebestanswers 1 Whatdoestheword battle refertointhesecondparagraph A Thelowriceoutput B Riddingtheworldofhunger C Fightingagainstfarming D Thefreedomtodoresearch 2 Fromthepassage wecanknow A YuanLongpingisnotapioneerbutascientistintheresearchofthehybridriceB Yuan sparentsarebothagriculturalscientistsC morethan60 ofthericeproducedintheworldisfromthehybridstrainD usingthehybridrice farmersareproducingharveststwiceaslargeasbefore 3 Itcanbeinferredfromthetextthat A YuanknewtheimportanceofriceimportB YuanisinterestedinplayingtheviolinC Yuanispr