必修四Unit2Workingtheland阅读课件.pptx

1、Working the land Unit 2Warming up and reading1.Have you ever seen farms in the countryside(农村）农村）?2.Do you know how to work on a farm?Step 1:warming upLets go to the farm!Of course,I have.Because I live in the countrysideplough/turn over the soil(犁田)sow seeds(播种)Fertilize the crops(施肥)Water the fiel

2、d(灌溉)remove the weeds(除草)Kill off the pests(灭虫)Harvest the grains(收获)ricesorghumsoybeanwheatAlthough farming is dirty and hard work,it is necessary and important.Because people cant survive without food.And rice is the main food in all East Asia and Southeast Asia.According to the World Health Organ

3、ization(WHO）:1、The world produces enough food for everyone.2、More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day.Read the statistics below.Did you know these facts before?What problem do they show?One way to solve the problem of hunger is to increase the output of the crop through the advancemen

4、t of science and technology.How to deal with the problem of hunger?A Chinese scientist is helping the hungry people.Who is he?Yuan Longping-Father of Hybrid Rice Whats the meaning of“pioneer”?Pioneer n.person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Para1 A.Dr Yuans

5、 dreams.Para2 B.Dr Yuans personality.Para3 C.Dr Yuans biography.（生平）（生平）Para4 D.Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.Fast reading：Task 1 Scanning Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.Who is Yuan Longping?Name:_ Nationality:_Age:_ Occupation(job):_Education:_Dream:_Achievement:_

6、Hobbies:_Yuan LongpingChinese85Southwest Agricultural CollegeFinding ways to grow more riceTo export his rice and grow around the globe.His super hybrid rice(this hybrid rice has a high output)Farmer/ScientistListening to violin music,playing mah-jong,swimming and reading.uCareful reading:Read the p

7、assage carefully and finish the following activities.Para.1 Dr Yuans appearance and his achievementTask 2 Careful readingQ1: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.Q2:What is his achievement?He grows what is called

8、super hybrid rice,which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.True or False:1.Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.2.Dr Yuans kind of rice is the most suitable for Chinas farmland.FTAppearanceAchievementPara.2 His biographyTimeinformation19301953As a young m

9、anIn a recentharvestnowBorn Graduated from college 1.Hunger was a great problem.2.Saw the great need for increasing the rice output.200 million tons was produced Circulating his knowledge22%7%Means?UN rid the world of hungera.He was born into a poor farmers family.b.He graduated from Southwest Agric

10、ulture college.c.In 1950,Chinese farmers produced fifty million tons of rice.d.200 million tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice.e.He searched a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields.f.He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less de

11、veloped countries.Put the Dr Yuans biography in right order.acbedfParagraph 3 Topic sentence?Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life.He doesnt care about _ and _.He likes freedom for his search and hobbies.famemoneyPersonalityHobbies:listening to violin musicplaying mah-jongswimmingreadingParagraph

12、 4Topic sentence?Just dreaming for things,however,costs nothing.dreamsPara 4:his dreamsHis first dreamHis second dream(rice plants)As tall as sorghum(each ear)As big as an ear of corn(each grain)As huge as a peanutTo export his rice so that it can be grown all over the worldThe measures taken to dea

13、l with hunger:Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food.Find a sort of fertilizer(肥料肥料)to give rice enough nutrition.Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field.etc.Stop wasting foodEnjoy a PoemBy Li ShenFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.Homework 1.Recite new words and useful expressions of the text.2.What can we learn from Dr Yuan?