Unit 2

Working the land

Farmers weeding at noon,

Sweat down the field soon.

Who knows food on a tray,

Due to their toiling day.

Warming up

1.Do you know a Chinese poem which is about farming?（ Enjoy a poem by Li Shen ）

2.What are they doing ?

plow the field 犁田

plow: v. 犁；耕 n. 犁；似犁的工具field: n. 田地

They are plowing the field.

grow some young plants 育秧He is growing some young plants.

grow: v. 生长；栽培

young plants : 幼苗

Insert the young plants 插秧They are inserting the young plants into the field.

Insert: v. 嵌入

young plants : 幼苗

plow: v. 犁；耕 n. 犁；似犁的工具soil:n. 土；土壤sow: v. 播（种）；播种seed: n. 种子

Plow the soil 犁地 Sow the seeds 播种

He is plowing the soil.

She is sowing the seeds.

Remove the weeds 除草

remove: v. 移动；清除；脱掉

weed: n. 野草 v. 除杂草

They are removing the weeds in the field.

Fertilize 施肥

fertilize:v. 使肥沃；使多产

fertilizer: n. 肥料，化肥

chemical fertilizer

化工肥料

organic fertilizer 有机肥

He is fertilizing in the field.

harvestn. 收获；成果

vt& vi 收割；收获

harvest crops

收割庄稼They are harvesting crops.

Read these sentencesRead these sentences

They are plowing the field.

He is growing some young plants.

They are inserting the young plants into the field.

She is sowing the seeds.

Read these sentences

•They are plowing the field.•He is growing some young

plants.•She is sowing the seeds.•They are inserting the young

plants into the field.

Read these sentencesRead these sentences

They are plowing the field.

He is growing some young plants.

They are inserting the young plants into the field.

She is sowing the seeds.

Read these sentences

•They are removing the weeds in the field.

•He is fertilizing in the field.•He is plowing the soil.•They are harvesting crops.

3.Do you know these 3.Do you know these grains(grains( 谷物谷物 )?)?

wheat sorghum

rice

高粱

corn

rice

cottonbroomcorn peanut

soybean

wheat

Pre-reading Answer the following questions:

1.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.

2.If there was no rice one day, what would happen?

If that happened, people would suffer from starvation. And the whole country would get into trouble. Because food is a basic need for man.

In the late 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.

Just at that time, a Chinese scientist declared to the world that China can solve the problem by himself and help to solve the same problem in the world.

Father of Hybrid RiceFather of Hybrid Rice

A. a farmer named Yuan Longping

B. how Yuan Longping became rich and famous

C. an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice

D. a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice

Which of the following statements tells the main idea of the text? It ’s about____

While readingTask 1 Fast reading

Task 2 Scanning

Match the following headings( 标题 )to each paragraph.

A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams. Para2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality. Para3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography( 传记 ). Para4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement.

Para1: Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement.

Q1: 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 achievement?He grows what is called super hybrid

rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crops in the same fields.True or False:

1.Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.

2.Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is very suitable for China’s farmland.

FT

Task 3 Detailed reading

Para2a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family .

b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college.

c. In 1950,Chinese farmers produced 50 million tons of rice.

d. 200 million tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice.

e. He searched 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 developed countries.

Proper order:

Dr Yuan’s biography

a c b e d f

Para3: Para3: Dr Yuan’s personalityDr Yuan’s personality

Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality （个性） 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 （名声） .C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich

and famous people.

Para4 DreamsPara4 Dreams

1.What did Dr Yuan’s rice look like in his dream?

2.Dr Yuan has dreams not only when he is _____ but also when he is_____.

The rice plants were sorghum. Each ear of rice was an ear of corn and each grain of rice was a peanut.

asleepawake

as tall as

as big as as huge as

One will dream what he thinks during the day. One will dream what he thinks during the day. 日有所思日有所思 ,, 夜有所梦夜有所梦

His dreams:

(1)The first dream is his hope of p_______ a kind of rice that can f____more people.

(2)The second dream is to e_____his rice so that it can be grown all ______ _.

roducingee

dxportover the world

Post readingPost readingTask1 ConsolidationTask1 Consolidation

• Name:________        • Age:________________________ • Nationality:______   

• Education:_________________

• Dream:_________    

• Main Achievement:_________________

• Hobbies:_________   

• Occupation:___________________

Yuan Longping81

ChineseGraduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953

To export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown around the globe

In 1974,developed hybrid rice which produces 1/3 more than normal rice

Listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming, and reading

Scientist of farming

1 ） resume about Dr Yuan 2 ） According to the

resume about Dr Yuan,Please retell the story

about him.

Task 2 Discussion

1.What is happening to these people ？

HungerHunger

2.Even if Dr.Yuan’s

dreams come true, can

this really solve

starvation?

Discussion

3.If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?

Discussion

How to solve hunger?

◎ making good use of the waste land

◎ developing the technology to…

◎ inventing a new kind of food…

◎

improving the quality of the soil

◎ preventing the pests from eating our crops

◎ controlling the population

◎ increasing the output of crops

Discussion

HomeworkHomework• Go over the text and try to

learn all the useful words and expressions in this part by heart.

• Surf the Internet to get more information on Dr Yuan.