高中英语Unit-5Working-the-land-阅读学案

1、Unit 5Working the land 阅读学案Learning purpose:By the end of this period, you will be able to achieve them.to figure out the structure of the text with CBI and ABCDE template;to judge the writing purpose and intended readers of the passage;to express your ideas on the given topics through critical thin

2、king.Lead-inWatch the video:A pioneer for all peoplen. person who is the first to study and develop a particular area.先锋； 先驱； 带头人 people in China and abroadWho is the man in the photo?What crop is he holding in his hands?What do you know about grandpa Yuan?He makes China feed 21% people with 7% of t

3、he farmland.He circulates his knowledge in less-developed countries.He helps the UN to rid the world of hunger.Do you want to know more about him?Teaching Process:Read the text and try to solve the questions. You may discuss with your deskmate.What kind of text is it?.How are the events arranged?. W

4、here can we probably read this passage?.Whats the authors attitude to Yuan Longping?TOPIC Analysislexis of the text. de vote to.convince.conventional. intense.expand.estimate.domestic.consumption.be comprised of. generate ll.celebrity 12. vision 13. reality 14. salty 15.leisureRead the text again lo

5、udly para.by para, try to solve the underlined parts, and conclude the main idea of each paragraph. You may discuss with your deskmate.Topic 1: .Yuan Longping, known as the father of hybrid rice, is one of Chinas most famous scientist. Yet, he considers himself a farmer because he continually works

6、the land in his research. Indeed, his slim but strong body is just like that of millions of Chinese farmers, to whom he has devoted his life.Topic 2:. Yuan Longping was born in 1930 in Beijing. His parents wanted him to pursue a career in science or medicine. However; what concerned him most was tha

7、t farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a serious shortage of food to eat. To tackle this crisis, he chose to study agriculture and received an education at Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing.Topic 3: . After graduating in 1953, he worked as a researcher. Yuan Longping real

8、ised that larger fields were not the solution. Instead, farmers needed to boost yields in the fields they had. How this could be done was a challenging question at the time. Yuan was convinced that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. A hybrid is a cross between two or more vari

9、eties of a species. One characteristic of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than conventional crops. However, whether it was possible to develop a hybrid of self-pollinatin plants such as rice was a matter of great debate. The common assumption then was that it could not be done. Th

10、rough intense effort Yuan overcame enormous technical difficulties to develop the first hybrid rice that could be used for farming in 1974. This hybrid enabled farmers to expand their output greatly.Topic 4:. Tod a v, it is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is com

11、prised of crops generated from Yuans hybrid strains, and his strains have allowed Chinas farmers to produce around 200 million tons of rice per year. Yuans innovation has helped feed not iust China, but many other countries that depend on rice as well, such as India and Vietnam. Because of his inval

12、uable contributions, Yuan Longping has received numerous awards both in China and abroad.Topic 5: .Given that Yuans hybrids have made him quite wealthy, one might think he would retire to a life of leisure. However, this is far from the case. Deep down. Yuan is still very much a farmer at heart. As

13、a man of the soil, he cares little for celebrity or money. Instead, he makes large donations to support agricultural research.Topic 6: . What impresses people most about Yuan Longping is his ongoing ability to fulfil his dreams. Long ago, he envisioned rice plants as tall as sorghum, with each ear o

14、f rice as big as a broom, and each grain of rice as huge as a peanut. He succeeded in producinu a kind of rice that could feed more people at home and abroad. His latest vision for seawater rice has also become a reality, and potentially opened up nearly one million square kilometres of salty land i

15、n China for rice production. Despite his advanced years. Yuan Longping is still young at heart and full of vision, and everyone is waiting to see what he will dream up next.Thread & Transition AnalysisYuan s life stagesYuans road to successTeenagercared about farmersYouthafter graduationin his advan

16、ced yearsTheme Analysis1.Background information2.Yuans devotion and achievements in agriculture.He had a great deep concern in when he was youngHe was devoted to the agriculture.He developed the first.He proved to be a great man with many good.He made continual contributions in his yearsABCDE Templa

17、teGroup work:Rearrange this passage according to ABCDE template.(discuss )Admiration Yuan was known as “Background Yuan was concerned about and chose to study,Characteristics compassionate;devoted; enthusiastic; committedDeeds: He developed the first hybrid rice that enabled farmers to expand their

18、output around 200 million per year; He made large donations to support agricultural research; He succeeded in producing a kind of rice that could feed more people;Seawater rice “ has become a reality, and potentially opened up nearly one million square kilometers of salty land.Evaluation: A for all

19、people, /father of hybrid riceCritical Thinking (discuss)Why did the author write this article?Who did the author write this article to?Work in groups, and list all the elements that led to Yuan s achievements. Among them, which do you think is the most important? And why?The elements that led to Yu

20、an s achievements:compassionate有同情心的devoted忠诚的；全心全意的enthusiastic有热情的；满腔热忱的 committed尽心尽力的;坚定的hard-working工作努力的active积极的;活跃的;忙碌的simple简朴的;朴素的ambitious有进取心的;心态年轻的 innovative革新的；创新的After-class activitiesRead the passage about Mr Yuan in old textbook version to know more about him.assignmentWrite a comp

21、osition between 120-150 words on a famous person, following the ABCDE template.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEAlthough he is one of Chinas most famous scientists, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body

22、 are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past five decades. Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. This special strain of rice makes it

23、possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.Born into a poor farmers family in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice h

24、as been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could p

25、roduce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however; nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These increased harvests mean that 22% of the worlds people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many o

26、ther less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life. However, he doesnt care about being famous. He feels it gives him less freedom to do his research. He would much rather keep