Step 1: Lead-in rice farmer pioneer China Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who...

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Step 1: Lead-in

rice farmer pioneer China

Farmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling

day.

Poem

---By Li Shen

I’m a Young P____!!!

A large number of its population still work on the land.

We always say 7% of its farmland feeds 22% of the world’s people.

Guess which country it is according to the following information

In China, there is a famous farmer who is a pioneer in growing rice.

Step 2: Warming up

Rules:

You will be provided with 6 orquestions.

XEach time you give a wrong answer, you have to sit down, which means you are out.

Dr Yuan is called “Father of super hybrid rice ( 杂交水稻 )”.

Dr Yuan prefers to call himself a scientist rather than a farmer.

Xa farmer rather than a scientist

Dr Yuan is fond of playing the piano.X violin

Dr Yuan learned to swim in his childhood hoping to save those who drown ( 溺水 ). Dr Yuan runs an agriculture company in Beijing,China.

X Changsha, Hunan provinceDr Yuan doesn’t need an interpreter( 翻译 ) when visiting a foreign country because he is quite good at English.

Step 3: Pre-reading Prediction I

If you are asked to write an article to introduce Dr Yuan,what aspects can you write about ?

Step 5: Careful reading

Information Card

Name:______

Nationality:_

Occupation:__________

Education:___________

Achievements:_______

Personality:_________

Hobbies:____________

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

Para 4

Age:________

Para 1

Personal Information CardName:_____________Nationality:________Occupation:________________Achievements:

Yuan LongpingChinese

scientist, farmer

He became the______ agricultural _______ in the worldto grow __________________.

firstsuper hybrid rice

pioneer

Para 2Years

1930

1950

1953

last year

now

what happened in these yearsin a loud voice focus on numbers & facts

1930 Born in _______

1950 Chinese farmers could only produce

about _____ ______ tons of rice.

1953 Graduated from ___________ ____________ College

Beijing

fiftymillion

SouthwestAgriculture

Last year

Nearly ____ ________ _______tons of rice was produced.

Now Dr Yuan is circulating his knowledge in ______, ________ and other less

___________ countries. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests ______ as large as before.

hundredtwo

India Vietnam

developed

twice

million

Para 3

Personal Information CardPersonality:①_________________________________________________

② ______________________

Hobbies:①_______________ ____________②___________ _________________ ________ ③ ④

⑤ ________ ________________________⑥ ⑦ ____________________

Care little about money or a comfortable life

Care little about fame

Play the violin Listen toviolin music Play mah-jong Swim

Read Walk to rice fieldsRide motorcycle

sunburntinteresting

……

Para 4

Personal Information Card

Dreams:①___________________________________________________________________②__________________________________

as tall as sorghum,as big as an ear of corn, as huge as a peanut

export his rice all over the world

Step 6: Post-reading 2004 “MOVES CHINA TOP 10”

Three---MC ( 主持人 )---awarding speech ( 颁奖词 )

One---Yuan Longping---return speech ( 答谢词 )

Work in groups of four

Awarding speech He is a strong man in face of all the difficulties of life. Eager for knowledge, responsible for his family, he is always friendly and brave. We can hardly imagine such a short man is filled with such a strong will.

Why is he called ?

important facts numbers new words

a pioneer for all people

60%1.Now more than _____ of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.

2._____ of the world’s population are fed from __ of the farmland in China.

22%7%

4. get rid of hunger in the world

3. spread his knowledge in

circulate his knowledge in

rid the world of hunger

The rice field is his stage for ever!

Great hopes make great man.

Hold a dream in your heart and prepare yourself for it.

homework

1. 复习课文2. 准备听写3. 完成课后练习 P12 1.2.3.

4. 完成英语周报42期

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