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1、Do you know these grains (谷物)?wheat rice sorghum高粱第1页/共52页第一页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。corncottonbroomcornpeanutsoybean第2页/共52页第二页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。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3页/共52页第三页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二

2、分。select the weeds plough the soil turn over the soil sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize farming steps第4页/共52页第四页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。Do you still remember the advices that Jia Sixie gave on farming?第5页/共52页第五页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。Farming sowingploughing irrigating (灌溉)cropsweather &climaterice tran

3、splanting (插秧)When we speak of farming, what words can we think of?第6页/共52页第六页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。Ploughing (犁田犁田) some more expressions第7页/共52页第七页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。seedingfertilizing(施肥施肥)第8页/共52页第八页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。irrigating (灌溉灌溉)transplanting 插秧插秧第9页/共52页第九页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。harvestingwinnowing (扬谷扬谷)第1

4、0页/共52页第十页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。rice第11页/共52页第十一页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。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. Answer the following questions:第12页/共52页第十二页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。What do you thin

5、k would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat? suffer from starvation and starve to death. feel scared / be panic (惊慌). fight for food, even kill each other and the whole country would get into trouble.第13页/共52页第十三页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。If you had the chance to do something to help end hung

6、er in the world, what would you do?第14页/共52页第十四页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。How to solve hunger?making good use of the waste landdeveloping the technology to inventing a new kind of foodimproving the quality of the soil preventing the pests from eating our crops第15页/共52页第十五页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。What do you predict t

7、his What do you predict this passage is going to talk passage is going to talk about? about? 第16页/共52页第十六页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。Father of Hybrid Rice第17页/共52页第十七页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。 He is father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻), who was lately awarded “the Nobel Prize of Asia ”. He received the honor for his great cont

8、ributions (贡献) to hybrid rice research and work he did to improve rice production in developing countries. Now he is head of the National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center in Hunan Province, China (中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中心). He is called a pioneer for all people. Dr Yuan Longping (袁隆平博士)第18页/共52

9、页第十八页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。 他是一位真正的耕耘者。当他还是一个乡村教师的时候，已经具有颠覆世界权威的胆识；当他名满天下的时候，却仍然只是专注于田畴。淡薄名利，一介农夫，播撒智慧，收获富足。他毕生的梦想，就是让所有人远离饥饿。喜看稻菽千重浪，最是风流袁隆平！ - 袁隆平在2004感动中国中的颁奖词第19页/共52页第十九页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。 他在接受“感动中国”栏目组采访时说：“这不是我个人的荣誉，而是国家的荣誉，全国人民的荣誉”。 袁隆平：“我感到最愉快的是一个出新成果，能够在名分上得到安慰的，有所寄托的要出新成果，我不停留在原有的这个成绩的基础上，我相信我们古人

10、讲的话，“谋事在人，成事在天”。第20页/共52页第二十页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。 今天中国水稻种植面积中，约有一半是采用袁隆平培育的杂交产品，每年生产的稻谷可以多养活6000多万人。2004年，袁隆平领导的超级杂交稻项目不断取得重大突破，在育种方面提前一年实现了大面积亩产超过800公斤的目标，这意味着每年又可以多养活7500万人。第21页/共52页第二十一页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。第22页/共52页第二十二页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。第23页/共52页第二十三页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。 What kind of person do you think Dr Yu

11、an Longping is?happy sad nervous shy prouddreaming第24页/共52页第二十四页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。homework checking task 2 task 3第25页/共52页第二十五页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。Find out the main idea of each paragraph.第26页/共52页第二十六页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。 Para 1 A. Dr Yuans dreams. Para 2 B. Dr Yuans personality. Para 3 C. Dr Yuans biography

12、. Para 4 D. Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEMatch the following headings with the right paragraphs.第27页/共52页第二十七页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。The text is about _ who made a great contribution to producing better _.Yuan Longpingrice 第28页/共52页第二十八页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。Para.1: Appearance

13、& AchievementQ1: 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.第29页/共52页第二十九页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。What is his achievement?He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of t

14、he crop in the same fields.第30页/共52页第三十页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。Para.2: Put Dr Yuans life experience in right order.Keys: a c b e d fa. He was born into a poor farmers family .b. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural college.c. In 1950, Chinese farmers produced 50 million tons of rice.d. 200 million tons

15、 of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of fields.f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.第31页/共52页第三十一页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。Para.3: Personality & HobbiesWhich of t

16、he 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.A第32页/共52页第三十二页

17、，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。The first dream: The second dream: Produce a kind of rice that could feed more peoplePara.4: DreamsTo export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.第33页/共52页第三十三页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。1. Yuan Longping became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow super hybrid rice a

18、t the age of 40.2. More than 60% of the rice in the world is from the hybrid strain.3. According to the text, farmers in China are producing rice harvests nearly 4 times as large as that in 1950.True (T) or False (F):FFT第34页/共52页第三十四页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。Read the text carefully and choose the best answer

19、s.1. What does the word “battle” refer to in the second paragraph?A. The low rice output.B. Ridding the world of hunger.C. Fighting against farming.D. The freedom to do research.第35页/共52页第三十五页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。2. From the passage, we can know _.A. Yuan Longping is not a pioneer but a scientist in the

20、research of the hybrid riceB. Yuans parents are both agricultural scientistsC. more than 60% of the rice produced in the world is from the hybrid strainD. using the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before 第36页/共52页第三十六页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。3. It can be inferred from the text

21、that _.A. Yuan knew the importance of rice importB. Yuan is interested in playing the violin C. Yuan is proud of his achievementsD. Yuans rice are grown in many countries 第37页/共52页第三十七页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。Even if Dr.Yuans dreams come true, can this really solve starvation?第38页/共52页第三十八页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。1

22、. Why did Yuan Longping 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.Answer these questions based on your understanding of the passage.第39页/共52页第三十九页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。2. Is Yuan Longping more of a

23、scientist or more of a farmer? Do you think he is a businessman? Give your reasons. I think he is more of a scientist. His main purpose is not to make a profit for himself but to study agriculture and use that knowledge to improve farming for farmers everywhere. I do not think he is a businessman, b

24、ecause his goal is not to make money.第40页/共52页第四十页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。3. How would you describe Yuan Longpings personality? Because of his work with developing hybrid rice, it seems that Dr Yuan must be a very patient and careful man. He didnt give up but kept working on his project. He Also seems to be

25、 a very kind man, who cares for others. He wants to use his invention to help hungry people around the world.第41页/共52页第四十一页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。4. Yuan Longping was able to develop a successful agricultural product when thousands of other farmers could not. What do you think is the main reason for his su

26、ccess? I think Dr Yuan was successful because he kept working and did not give up. He also grew up in a poor family, so he was very motivated to succeed and help other farmers around China. 第42页/共52页第四十二页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。5. Yuan Longping thinks that a person with too musch money has more rather than

27、fewer troubles. Do you agree or disagree? Why? I mostly agree. I think being rich can cause a lot of problems, but it really depends on the life and attitude of the person who is rich. People who are rich certainly have different problems from people who are not.第43页/共52页第四十三页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。6. Yuan

28、 Longping developed super hybrid rice to help Chinese farmers and hungry people around the world. Can you think of any other major development that would make a great difference to world hunger? Write out your idea and then compare it with your partner.第44页/共52页第四十四页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。I think developin

29、g other hybrid grains would make a great difference in the problem of world hunger. Hybrid grains that can survive in very dry or very hot areas would be very useful in Africa and other areas. Hybrid grains that cannot easily be killed by insects and diseases would be useful around the world.第45页/共5

30、2页第四十五页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。1. Choose one of these questions and discuss in groups. 1) What advantages do you see in YuanLongpings life? 2) What disadvantages do you see in Yuan Longpings life? 第46页/共52页第四十六页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。2. Discuss in groups. Would you like to have a life like his? Why or why not? 第47页/共52页第四十七页，编辑于星期日：七点 二十二分。Summary Born into a _ _ family in 1930, Dr. Yuan _ _ Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. From _ _ finding ways to grow more rice has been his _ _. Because at