Unit 2 Working the land,Reading A Pioneer For All People,新快报 2000年十大新闻人物 之一,袁隆平：中国最著名的“农民”,他的品牌价值千亿,袁隆平被誉为中国的“杂交水稻之父”. 中国农民说，吃饭靠“两平”，一靠邓小平-制定了生产承包责任制的政策，二靠袁隆平-发明了杂交稻。 袁隆平，男，年月出生于北京，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。袁隆平虽已年届岁，仍然一如既往地从事农业研究。,袁隆平人物简历,hybrid rice; System of Production Responsibility; institute; suffer the famine; Yield; UNESCO, FAO.,Poor rice,Super hybrid rice,listen to get the main idea and answer: In what ways is Yuan Long-ping talked about in the passage?,His appearance His occupation (his job) his achievements his education his childhood his way of living his hobbies his wish his weakness,1.What does Dr Yuan look like? 2.Whats his achievement? 3.What do you think of him?,Fast reading ( 5ms ) Read the text fast and answer the following questions:,1.What does Dr Yuan look like?,He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. He is more like a farmer than a scientist.,2.Whats his achievement?,He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. Using his hybrid rice farmers producing harvests twice as large as before.,3.What do you think of him?,He doesnt like money because he gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture. He doesnt like fame too though he has made great contributions to the world. Hes really respectable.,father of hybrid rice,Read the text more carefully, then answer the following questions.,Why did Dr. Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young? How does he help rid the world of hunger? What kind of life is Dr. Yuan leading? Use a few words to describe Dr. Yuans personality.,1.Why did Dr Yuan 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.,2.How does he help rid the world of hunger?,He helps the world get rid of hunger by producing a hybrid strain of rice which increase the harvest.,3. What kind of life is Dr Yuan leading?,Dr Yuan is leading a simple life, doing his research, listening to his music and riding his motor-bike.,4. Use a few words to describe Dr Yuans personality.,Dr Yuan is a simple, academic man who is more interested in helping others than being famous.,Born: Graduate: Appearance: Achievements: Personality: Hobbies:,He has _ face and arms. His body is _ but _. All this makes him look as a real _.,He succeeded in _. He became the first agricultural _ in the world to grow _ whose output is high. He helped the government highly increasing the _ of grain.,Cares little for _. Would like to lead a _ life.,Listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming, reading, walking to his rice fields, riding his motorcycle.,1930,Southwest Agriculture College,sunburnt,slim,strong,farmer,growing supper hybrid rice,pioneer,rice,output,money,simple,Describe the rice in Dr. Yuan Longpings dream.,As tall as sorghum As big as a broom As huge as a peanut,1.work vt. 耕种(土地);使工作;开动;创造(奇迹);经营 (工厂、农场等） vi. 工作;（机器等）开动；（办法、计 划等）行得通 They are working the land together. I dont think that your suggestion will work.,Explanations,2.Dr Yuan grows what is called super hybrid rice.,袁博士种植了被人称作超级杂交水稻的稻谷。,e.g. I dont quite understand what you are explaining. Please watch what I am doing carefully.,What =the thing(s) that,1._the emperor saw was quite different from_ the old minister told him. A. What, that B. That, what C. Which, that D. All, all 2. It is pretty well understood _controls the flow of carbon dioxide in and out the atmosphere today. A. that B. when C. what D. how,3. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.,这种特殊的稻种使得同样的田地多收获三分之一的产量。,it 在句中作形式宾语，真正的宾语为to produce, 结构为：动词（make, feel, think, regard）+it +adj+ to do.,e.g. We think it important to learn English well.,4.Born in a poor farmers family in 1931,Dr. Yuan graduate from Southwest Agriculture College in 1953. 袁博士1931年出身于一个贫苦农民的家庭，1953年毕业于西南农学院。,graduate n. a person who has completed a university degree course. 毕业生 undergraduate 本科毕业生 post-graduate 硕士毕业生，研究生,graduate vi. complete an educational course. 常跟介词from，表示“毕业于”,graduation n. 毕业,e.g. After his graduation from college, he went to work as an engineer in a company.,=After he graduated from college, he went to work as an engineer in a company.,bachelors degree 学士学位 masters degree 硕士学位 doctors degree 博士学位,5. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvest without expanding the area of fields.,袁博士寻求一种在不扩大种植面积的情况下提高水稻产量的方法。,注意：search强调搜查，一般表示目标明确范围较小。search sb 搜身；search pl 搜查某地 search for 强调寻找，一般表示范围较大。 search for sb 寻找某人,The police searched the woods for the lost child. Scientists are still searching for a cure to the commo