1. Reading for funLesson 13 RicePeople all over the world eat rice. Millions of people in Asia, Aftica, and South America eat it every day of their lives. Some people eat almost nothing but rice.Rice is a kind of grass. There are more than 7,000 kinds of rice. Farmers grow rice in many countries, even in the southern part of the United States and in eastern Australia.No one really knows where rice came from. Some scientists think that it started to grow in two places. They think that one kind of rice grew in southern Asia thousands of years ago. Someone in China wrote about it almost 5000 years ago. Another kind probably grew in West Africa. Other scientists think that rice came from India, and India travelers took it to other parts of the world.There are two main ways to grow rice. Upland rice grows in drsoil. Most rice grows in wet soil. People in many countries do all of the work of growing rice by hand. This is the same way farmers worked hundreds of years ago. In some countries, people now use machines on their rice farms. The farmers all use fertilizer. Some insects are enemies of rice. Farmers poison them.People use every part of the rice plant. They make animal feed and rice oil from it. They also make basket, brooms, rugs, sandals, and roofs for their houses. They burn dry rice plants in fires for cooking.(241 words)rugbroomsandalA. Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.broomsgrassprobablyWestricerugseasternsoilsandalevenroofsinsectsand1. They also make baskets:2. Rice is a kind of .3. People all over the world eat .4. Farmers grow rice in many countries, in the southern part of United States and in Australia.5. Some are enemies of rice.6. Another kind grew in Africa.7. Upland rice grows in dry .B. Vocabulary: New ContentPut the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.evenprobablyriceeasternrugsandalsgrassinsectsroofsoilWestbroom1. In the summer, people like to wear .2. Chicken, , and salad make a good dinner.3. Frank is two years old. He wants to play basketball, but he cant pick up the ball.4. We can have our picnic on the under that tree.5. Paul cleaned the garage floor with a .6. The rain comes through the of the old house.7. Korea is in the part of Asia.8. Some live together in a group.9. Lebanon is in Aisa.10. There are a lot of black clouds in the sky. It will rain.11. Plants must have sun, water and good .C. Vocabulary ReviewMatch each word in Colunm A with the word orphrase in Column B that means the opposite. Write the letter on the line following the word in Column A.Column A Column B1. bored a. easy2. large b. cold3. quickly c. slowly4. enemy d. northern5. difficult e. small6. hate f. friend7. cheap g. interested8. collect h. pass out9. heat i. expensive10. southern j. loveD. QuestionsThe asterisk (*) means you have to think of the answer. You cannot find it in the text.*1. Why do some people eat almost nothing but rice?*2. In what countries is rice an important food?3. What kind of plant is rice?4. How many kinds of rice are there?5. Scientists have two ideas about where rice came from. What are they?*6. What does upland mean?*7. Why do rice farmers use fertilizer?*8. Why do rice farmers do the work of growing rice by hand?9. How do farmers kill insects?10. People eat rice. What are other ways people use the rice plant?E. Write T if the sentence is true. Write F if the sentence is false. Write NI if there is no information about the sentence in the text. 1. Rice is a kind of grass. 2. Rice grows on dry land in wet soil. 3. Scientists know that rice came from India. 4. Rice grows in the United States. 5. There are more than 7,000 kinds of rice. 6. Maybe Chinese travelers took rice to India. 7. More people grow rice with machines than by hand. 8. Farmers use fertilizer to kill insects. 9. Chinese farms need more fertilizer than Indian farms. 10. People use every part of the rice plant.品立曾立万F. Main ideaCircle the number of the main idea of the text.1. Rice is a very important crop, but nobody knows where it came from.2. People grow rice in many countries.3. Today rice farmers use machines, fertilizer, and poisons.语法：过去进行时时态讲解：过去进行时1. 构成: was/were + 动词的现在分词We were watching TV from seven to nine last night.2.过去进行时的否定式直接在be动词后面加上not、疑问式是把be动词提到主语之前。以watch为 例，其否定式、疑问式和简单回答形式如下：否定式疑问式简单回答（肯定/否定）You were not watching.Were you watching.?Yes, you were. / No, you werent.He/she was not watching.Was he/she watching.?Yes, she/he was. / No, she/he wasnt.3. 现在分词变化规则1. 在动词原形后直接加-ing look-looking; cook-cooking; read-reading2. 以不发音字母e结尾的动词，去掉e再加-ing write-writing; live-living* 3.以重读闭音节结尾且末尾只有一个辅音字母的动词，双写