Unit 2 Working the land Reading,A poem,Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day,1. What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries? 2. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there were suddenly no rice to eat,Every year 15 million children die of hunger,About 183 million children weigh less than they should for their age,If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do,Yuan Longping - Father of Hybrid Rice,袁隆平, 男, 1930年9月出生于北京, 1953年毕业 于西南农学院农学系。毕业后, 一直从事农业教育 及杂交水稻研究。 在中国人民正闹饥荒的20世纪60年代, 袁隆平 提出了杂交水稻的概念, 这种新型水稻具有高产量 的特点。10年后, 他研制成功了一种产量比一般 水稻高出20%的新型水稻。 袁隆平一生献身于农业研究, 先后受到联合国 教科文组织、粮农组织的称誉。袁隆平虽已年届 70岁, 仍然一如既往地从事农业研究,袁隆平人物简历,袁隆平, 一个属于中国, 也属于世界的 名字, 他发起的“第二次绿色革命”, 给整个 人类带来了福音。 袁隆平是中国国家杂交水稻工程技术 研究中心主任, 被誉为“杂交水稻之父”。 他的杂交水稻属于高秆类杂交水稻, 其优点在于每亩产量高达800多公斤, 远远高于传统水稻的产量,Poor rice,Super hybrid rice,杂交稻,这稻穗, 够分量,我国杂交稻高产新组合创世界一流亩产 达1195.2kg,A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE,Reading,Professor Yuan Longping is famous in research on hybrid rice. He gave birth to a hybrid rice which output 30% more than ordinary ones, which has been widely used in the rice fields. The hybrid rice by Yuan and his co-researchers has made the earth produce extra rice for 80 million or more people,Scanning: Find out the main idea of each paragraph,Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement. Dr Yuans biography Dr Yuans personality. Dr Yuans dreams,Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4,1. What dose Dr. Yuan look like? Why? 2. What is his achievement,Para 1,He looks like a farmer (his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body) because he always works under the sun for a long time,He produces super hybrid rice,Careful reading,He is more a farmer than a scientist,Personal information,Name: Nationality: Born: Age: Occupation: Education: Dream,Yuan Longping,Chinese,in 1930,79,scientist/farmer,Southwest Agriculture College, in 1953,To export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown around the globe,Para 2,Which of the following description about Dr Yuans 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 Yuans personality,A,Achievements,Hobbies,grow rice that has a high output,circulate his knowledge abroad,give money to equip others for their research,listening to violin music,playing mah-jong,swimming,reading,Para 4,What does “Wishing for things, however, costs nothing.” mean,Dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be,Describe the rice in Dr. Yuan Longpings first dream,As tall as sorghum As big as a broom As huge as a peanut,To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world,The second dream,1. Yuan Longping works the land because _. A. he is a farmer B. he is interested in farming C. he wants to do his research by farming D. he has a slim and strong body,Choose the best answer,C,B,2. According to the text, nearly _ million tons of rice was produced by Chinese farmers in a recent harvest. A. 20 B. 200 C. 50 D. 500 3. Dr Yuans hobbies include the following EXCEPT _. A. playing the violin B. playing mah-jong C. swimming and reading D. singing,D,4. How does Yuan Longping feel about money? A. Money is not important at all. B. One has to own a large sum of money. C. Too much money can only bring more troubles rather than happiness. D. One has to spend all his money on his own research,C,a farmer named Yuan Longping how Yuan Longping became rich and famous C. an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice,5. Which of the following statements tells the main idea of the text,C,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,Discussing,Fill in the blanks. 1.虽然他是中国最著名的科学家之一，但Dr Yuan更喜欢别人把他当作农民。 Although he is of the famous , Dr Yuan would much rather _ (consider) a farmer. 2. 被太阳晒黑的脸和手臂，瘦而结实的身 体，和别的农民没有什么两样。 His face and arms and his , strong body just the same other farmers,one,scientists,be considered,sunburnt,slim,are,as,3. 1930年，他出生于一个贫穷的农民家 庭，在1953年，他毕业于西南农学院。 He, was born into a farmers family, from _ Agricultural College in 1953. 4. 为了让人民摆脱饥饿，自从毕业后，他 一直从事杂交水稻研究。 In to help people get of hunger, _his graduation, he has his research on super rice,who,poor,graduated Southwest,order,rid,since,done,5. Dr Yuan淡泊名利，对于他来说，金 钱不是一切。 Dr Yuan cares about money and . _ him money is not . 6. Dr Yuan努力实现他的梦想。他的梦想 是让他的稻谷可以出口并长遍全球。 Dr Yuan tries his to his dream: he can his rice so that it can be _ around the,little,being famous,For,everything,best,realize,export,globe,grown,Translate the phrases into Chinese,gradua