(
课件网) Unit 5 Working The Land Reading and Thinking 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 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 some writing techniques of biography; Understand Yuan Longping’s devotion to the whole world; Show our respect to the great scientist. Great people we’ve learnt She is a mother of ten thousand She was awarded Prize in 2015. He changed our understanding of the Lin Qiaozhi Tu Youyou Albert Einstein Nobel babies universe Pre-reading 行业PPT模板http:///hangye/ A Pioneer for All People 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. The first Chinese scientist who developed The people all around the world hybrid rice Prediction 1. What’s the main idea of the passage A.Ways to increase the rice output. B.Yuan Longping’s dreams. C.Yuan Longping—an agricultural pioneer 2. What may be the writing style of the article A. A story B. Travel journal C. Biography 3. Where can you find this article A. A letter. B. A magazine. C. A science report. An introduction to a person Read the title and the first sentence of each paragraph and answer the following questions People column/personality feature人物专栏 While-reading Skim the text and then match the main idea with each paragraph. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice. Yuan worked hard to fulfil his dreams. Yuan considered himself a farmer. Yuan decided to study agriculture. Yuan’s innovation has helped to feed more people. Yuan cared little for fame or wealth. Read Para. 1 & 2 and find the information Birthdate Birthplace Appearance Major Occupations Title In 1930 In Beijing Slim but strong Agriculture A scientist & a researcher & a farmer Why did Yuan decide to study agriculture He was concerned that farmers had poor harvest and food shortage. What did Yuan consider himself Why did Yuan consider himself a farmer He continually worked the land in his research. He devoted all his life to Chinese farmers. Father of hybrid rice While-reading Para. 3 realized larger fields boost yields worked convinced the creation of hybrid rice overcame as a researcher in 1953 technical difficulties developed hybrid rice in 1974 How did Yuan Longping develop hybrid rice 21 years perseverant(有毅力的) While-reading Para. 4 Why does the author list numbers Emphasize Yuan’s invaluable contributions & make the text more convincing and accurate. feed Ch ... ...
