Unit 2 Working the land

period one

Lead-in

What did you have for lunch today?

Do you know how the ready-to-eat rice comes into the form that we have on the table everyday? Can you give us the process?

Working the land

ploughing （犁田） seeding

fertilizing ( 施肥 )

irrigating ( 灌溉 )

transplanting ( 插秧 )

harvesting

winnowing ( 扬 谷 )… hulling ( 去壳 )

Can you imagine what would happen if there was suddenly no rice to eat tomorrow?

If that happened,

people might die

of hunger.

The whole world

would get into trouble.

Reading

A pioneer for all people.

If you are asked to write an article to introduce Dr Yuan. What aspects can you write about ?

Yuan Longping

Words and expressions

sunburnt

rid…of

expand

circulate

struggle

export

satisfied with

equip

crops

thanks to

to become larger in size, number or amount

plants grown in large amounts by farmers

to send things to foreign countries for sale

to make something or somebody free of

pleased by having what one wants or needs

because of

brown skin from spending too much time in the sun

to try extremely hard to achieve something

to make information and ideas known to many people

to provide with things necessary for a certain purpose

Fast reading

Quickly go through the text and use one word to summarize each paragraph.

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

Para 4

achievement

biographypersonality

dreams

Careful reading

Listen to paragraph 1 and fill in the following blanks about Dr. Yuan’s personal information.

nationality:

appearance:

achievement:

occupation:

Chinesesunburnt faces and arms, slim and strong body

scientists/farmer

He grows super hybrid rice.

He became the first agricultural pioneer.

Para 2

Find out the information that the following time and numbers refer to.

1930: 1953:1950:22%

:7%

now:

As a young man:

Ask and answer

Para 3-4

Dr. Yuan is an ordinary person?

Dr. Yuan is an extraordinary person?

Please find the facts to support that.

ActivityPress conference

A press conference is a media event in which many journalists and a speaker are invited to ask and answer questions. Now, we will hold a press conference in which Dr. Yuan will be the speaker and he will answer the questions about his life experiences, work achievements, future dreams, etc from journalists. One of you are supposed to act as the speaker, Dr. Yuan, and others the journalists.

Homework: 1.Textbook P12EX1.2.3

2.Period 1 单选