(
课件网) What do you think this unit will talk about? What are the three persons on P. 9 doing? What do you think of when you see the word agriculture? water farmer tool field seed machine cattle village rice Do you know where food comes from and how crops are raised? First, the farmers plow the field. They have to make the soil loose enough to plant crops. Second, grow some young plants. Third, they insert the young plants into the loose field. They fertilize the field. At last, they will get the harvest. ploughing growing some young plants insert the young plants fertilizing harvesting Sympathy for the Peasants (II) 悯农其二 By Li Shen Hoeing millet in mid-day heat, 锄禾日当午， Sweat dripping to the earth beneath: 汗滴禾下土。 Do you know the food on your plate 谁知盘中餐， Each grain was hard-earned? 粒粒皆辛苦？ Everyday food Country / Area Basic food England potatoes and bread Canada USA China rice and pasta Italy India Japan South America / Central America corn 1. What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries? 2. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there were suddenly no rice to eat? Look at the picture and read the statistics on P. 9. Is the boy strong? Is he healthy? What lead him to this kind of situation? Every year 15 million children die of hunger. About 183 million children weigh less than they should for their age. If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do? How to solve hunger? Make good use of the waste land. Develop agricultural science and technology. Invent a new kind of food. Improve the quality of the soil. Prevent the pests from eating our crops. Yuan Longping Father of Hybrid Rice Who is he? Professor Yuan Longping is famous in research on hybrid rice. He gave birth to a hybrid rice which output 30% more than ordinary ones, which has been widely used in the rice fields. The hybrid rice by Yuan and his co-researchers has made the earth produce extra rice equivalent to food for 80 million or more people. Look at the title of the passage and the picture. What do you predict this passage is going to talk about? Then skim the passage to check if you are right. Fast reading What is the main idea of the passage? It is about an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice. New words and structures 1. work the land: use the land to get its resources, such as through farming or mining. 2. twice as (large or many): two times 3. having more rather than fewer: You expect fewer troubles but in fact you get more than you thought you would. Name _____ Age _____ Nationality _____ Occupation _____ Education _____ Dream _____ Achievement _____ Hobbies _____ Yuan Longping 88 (as of 2018) agriculture scientist / farmer to export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown around the globe In 1974, he developed hybrid rice which produces 1/3 more than normal rice graduated f ... ...
