高中英语人教版（新课标）必修4Unit 2 Working the land Warming up and Reading课件（23张ppt）

Unit 2 Working the land Farmers weeding(除草) at noon, Sweats(汗水) down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray(盘子), Due to their toilsome(辛苦的) day. What are they doing? They are planting the rice. Warming up Q1. Rice is a main food . What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was not enough rice to eat? Discuss with your deskmates： If you have the chance to do one thing to help the hungry children , what would you do? Pre-reading He is father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻），who was lately awarded “the Nobel Prize of Asia ”. He received the honor for his great contributions(贡献）to hybrid rice research in developing countries. Now he is head of the National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center in Hunan Province,China(中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中心).He is called a pioneer for all people. Dr Yuan Longping(袁隆平博士） Yuan Longping works the land to do his research. a farmer named Yuan Longping 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____ Paragraph One Q1: What does Dr Yuan look like? His sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong bodyare just like those of millions of Chinese farmers. Q2: What is his achievement? He became the first agriclutural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. True or False: 1.Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. 2.Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland. F T Farmer That’s how he considers himself. Yuan Longping is working the land. Para2 a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family . b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college . c. In 1950,Chinese farmers produced 5.5 billion tons of rice. d. 20 billon 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. Put Dr Yuan’s biography in right order. a c b e d f He wants to help other Chinese farmers. Yuan Longping is doing his research. Paragraph 3 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. What is his hobbies? Do you know? Paragraph 4 1.What does “Dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.” mean? 2.What did Dr Yuan’s rice look like in his dream? Dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be. The rice plants were as tall as sorghum. Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut. Super Hybrid Rice Review(Pairwork) ： Mat ... ...