Book4 Unit 2 Working the land
A pioneer for all people
Class:_________ Name:___________ Date:____________
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1. Learning objectives
1) To learn some information about agriculture and Dr Yuan Longping； 2) To skim for the main idea of the text and scan for detailed information; 3) To realize the hunger problem and take actions to save food in daily life.
2. Learning steps Step1: Lead-in
1) Enjoy a poem 2) Look and say
3) Do you know how to grow rice? Watch the video and write down the farming steps:
_____ _→ _____ _→_____ _→_____ _→_____ _ →_____ _→_____ _→___________→___________... Step2 Skimming Task1: What’s the text mainly about?
A. How to rid the world of hunger. B. How super hybrid rice was developed.
C. A brief introduction to Yuan Longping and his super hybrid rice.
D. How super hybrid rice was circulated to other countries.
Task2 Read and Match
[来源:学科网] Para.1 A. Dr Yuan’s biography(传记).
Para.2 B. Dr Yuan’s appearance and achievements. Para.3 C. Dr Yuan’s dreams.
Para.4 D. Dr Yuan’s hobbies and personality.
Step3 Scanning
Para. 1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and achievement Fill in the blanks:
1) He has a _______________________ and _______________________, which looks like a farmer. (appearance)
2) He grows what is called__________________, which makes it possible to produce _______________more of the crop in the same fields. (achievement)
Para 2. Dr Yuan’s biography
Work out the right time order:____________________
a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family.
b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c. Chinese farmers produced fifty-six million tons of rice.
d. Nearly 200 million tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.
e. He searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields.
Para. 3 Dr Yuan’s personality and hobbies
True(T) or False(F)
1. Dr Yuan would rather work than lead a comfortable life. 2. He loves swimming, running and reading. 3. Money means little to him.
4. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.
Para 4: Dr Yuan’s dreams
1) His first dream: (rice plants) _________________________ (each ear) ___________________________ (each grain) _________________________ 2) His second dream:To _______________________________
__________a kind of rice that could ___________________
Step4 Post-reading
Task1 Complete the notes about Yuan Longping (Exercise1 on P11) Task2 Retelling
Yuan Longping is a famous scientist who considers himself a farmer，①_______ he works the land to do his research. ②__________ he was young, he wanted to increase rice harvests ③ _________expanding the area of the fields. ④ ________(use) his super hybrid rice, farmers can produce harvest⑤ ______ (two) as large as before,⑥ _________ helps to rid the world of hunger.
⑦__________(satisfy) with his life, he cares little about fame and wealth. He is now ⑧_____________(circulate) his knowledge in less⑨_______________(develop) countries and he dreams to export his rice so that it can be ⑩___________(grow)_all over the world.
Task3 Discussion
Q1：Why did Yuan Longping want to export his rice around the globe?
Q2：With so many problems, what can we do as students ?
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Step5 Homework
1) Read and review the text;
2) Underline the new words and phrases in the text.
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广东省廉江市实验学校人教版高中英语必修四Unit2Reading学案
