高一英语WorkingthelandPPT课件

1、A poemFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.Warming up第1页/共42页1.Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them?If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow?How will you grow it?第2页/共42页 What do you know about “fa

2、rming”?wheat sorghumrice corn Potatoes Staple food 第3页/共42页select the weeds plough the soil turn over the soil sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize farming steps第4页/共42页plow the field第5页/共42页grow some young plants第6页/共42页insert the young plants into the field第7页/共42页第8页/共42页harvest第9页/共42页rice第1

3、0页/共42页Pre-reading ( 4ms )Answer the following questions:What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day throughout the world. 第11页/共42页If there was no rice one day, what would happen?第12页/共42页In the late

4、1990s, Brown, an American scholar, came up with the theory of Chinese Menace(威胁), which said that in the 2030s, Chinese population will add up to 1.6 billion, and had the question who would feed the large population in China as well as in the world.第13页/共42页Just at that time, a Chinese scientist dec

5、lared to the world that China can solve the problem by himself and help to solve the same problem in the world.第14页/共42页第15页/共42页1.When and who did become the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output?2. What did Yuan Longping invent?In 1974,Yuan LongpingHybrid rice

6、Task 1 Skimming第16页/共42页 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;Syste

7、m of Production Responsibility;institute;suffer the famine;yield;UNESCO, FAO.第17页/共42页Task 2 ScanningFind out the main idea of each paragraph.第18页/共42页 Para1 A. Dr Yuans dreams. Para2 B. Dr Yuans personality. Para3 C. Dr Yuans biography. Para4 D. Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.A PIONEER FOR

8、 ALL PEOPLE Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.第19页/共42页Para. 1 Dr Yuans appearance and his achievementTask 3 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 achievem

9、ent?He grows what is called 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.FT第20页/共42页Para 2His biographyTimeinformation193

10、01953As a young manLast yearnowBorn in Beijing Southwest Agriculture College Hunger was a great problem Saw the great need for increasing the rice output 200 million tons produced Circulating his knowledge第21页/共42页a. He was born into a poor farmers family . b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture

11、 college. c. In 1950,Chinese farmers produced 5.5 billion tons of rice. d. 20 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched for 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

12、developed countries.Proper order: acbedfPut Dr Yuans biography in right order. Dr Yuans biography第22页/共42页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 r

13、ather work than lead a comfortable life.D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.Para. 3 Dr Yuans personality第23页/共42页Para41) The first dream2) The second dream第24页/共42页Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people As huge as a peanutThe first dream As tall as sorghum As big

14、 as a corn 第25页/共42页To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world第26页/共42页Revision.(personal information)Name:Nationality:Born:Occupation:Education:Dream: Achievements: Hobbies:第27页/共42页Personal information (Resume) Name: Nationality: Birth: Age: Occupation: Education: Personality: D

15、reams:Yuan LongpingChinese in 1930; in a poor family77Scientist of farmingSouthwest Agriculture College,in 1953 His first dream His second dreamcare little about money and fame第28页/共42页Personal informationAchievements:Hobbies:grow rice that has a high outputcirculate his knowledge abroadgive money t

16、o equip others for their research playing his violinlistening to violin musicplaying mah-jongswimmingriding his motorcycle to his rice fields第29页/共42页T or F 1 Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. 2 Dr Yuans rice is one of the most suitable ways for Chinas farmland. 3 Dr Yuan would rather work

17、than relax. 4 Dr Yuan has dreams when he is asleep and also when he is awake. 5 Dr Yuan enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.第30页/共42页The following sentences are taken from the reading passage. Explain what the underlined words mean.1.He wants everyone to call him a farmer, for tha

18、ts how he regards himself.Key: It means he thinks of himself as a farmer but other people may think of him as a famous scientist or a rich man.Post reading第31页/共42页2. In many ways, he is one of them, and he has struggled for the past five decades to help them.Key: It means he does not only look like

19、 a farmer but also he works in the fields with farmers. In fact, he does scientific research for them.3. At that time, hunger was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside.Key: It means that many people were very hungry and they even became ill and died because there was not enough food.第32页/共42页4. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.Key: It means that farmers growing his rice species are producing rice t