(
课件网) Unit 5 WORKING THE LAND Reading and Thinking You Love the Land Entirely A life with no regret will not surrender to despair. Just close your hands on dreams when your heart gets broken. Enter the confused wind and rain Experience the death and grief that turns us into seeds harvested in spring, transformed into spun gold. Learning objectives Read about agricultural scientist Yuan Longping; Know about writing techniques of biography; Retell what you have learnt about Yuan Longping; Analyse why Yuan Longping is called “a pioneer for all people”. Pre-reading 行业PPT模板http:///hangye/ Pioneer the first to discover artemisinin (青蒿素) for malaria (疟疾) the first to discover General Theory of Relativity A person who was the first to study a new area of knowledge. produced China’s first missile ['m sl](导弹) Pre-reading 行业PPT模板http:///hangye/ Pioneer The first to to set up a complete obstetrics（产科学） and gynecology（妇科医学） system in China. A All Pioneer for People —A story of a dreaming seed My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger. —Yuan Longping What do you know about Yuan Longping What do you want to know about him Read for the structure A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Read for the structure A. Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice. Para.1 Para.4 Para.3 Para.2 Para.5 Para.6 B. Yuan worked hard to fulfil his dreams. C. Yuan considers himself a farmer. D. Yuan decided to study agriculture. F. Yuan cares little for fame or wealth. E. Yuan’s innovation has helped to feed more people. Skim the text and match the main idea with each paragraph. Birthdate Birthplace Appearance Major Occupations Title In 1930 In Beijing Slim but strong Agriculture A scientist & a researcher & a farmer Father of hybrid rice Education Read paragraph 1 & 2 and fill in the blanks Read for details Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing Why did Yuan study agriculture Read for details 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 that 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. Why did Yuan study agriculture (para 2) motivation food crisis After graduating in 1953, he worked as a researcher. Yuan Longping realised 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 varieties 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-polinating plants such ... ...
