1、高一英語(yǔ)Working-the-land課件61.Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them?If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow?How will you grow it? What do you know about “farming”?wheat sorghumrice corn Potatoes Staple food select the weeds plough the soil turn over the soil sow th

2、e seeds remove the weeds fertilize farming stepsplow the fieldgrow some young plantsinsert the young plants into the fieldharvestricePre-reading ( 4ms )Answer the following questions:What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion peo

3、ple to eat rice every day throughout the world. If there was no rice one day, what would happen?In the late 1990s, Brown, an American scholar, came up with the theory of Chinese Menace(威脅威脅), which said that in the 2030s, Chinese population will add up to 1.6 billion, and had the question who would

4、feed the large population in China as well as in the world.Just at that time, a Chinese scientist declared to the world that China can solve the problem by himself and help to solve the same problem in the world.1.When and who did become the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that

5、has a high output?2. What did Yuan Longping invent?In 1974,Yuan LongpingHybrid riceTask 1 Skimming 袁隆平被譽(yù)為中國(guó)的袁隆平被譽(yù)為中國(guó)的“雜交水稻雜交水稻之父之父”. 中國(guó)農(nóng)民中國(guó)農(nóng)民說(shuō)，吃飯靠說(shuō)，吃飯靠“兩平兩平”，一靠鄧小平，一靠鄧小平-制定了制定了生產(chǎn)承包生產(chǎn)承包責(zé)任制責(zé)任制的政策，二靠袁隆平的政策，二靠袁隆平-發(fā)明了雜交稻。發(fā)明了雜交稻。 袁隆平，男，年月出生于北京，袁隆平，男，年月出生于北京，年畢業(yè)于西南農(nóng)年畢業(yè)于西南農(nóng)學(xué)院學(xué)院農(nóng)學(xué)系。畢業(yè)后，一直從事農(nóng)學(xué)系。畢業(yè)后，一直從事農(nóng)業(yè)教育及雜

6、交水稻研究。農(nóng)業(yè)教育及雜交水稻研究。 在中國(guó)人民在中國(guó)人民正鬧饑荒正鬧饑荒的的20世紀(jì)世紀(jì)60年代，袁隆平提年代，袁隆平提出了雜交水稻的概念，這種新型水稻具有高產(chǎn)量的特出了雜交水稻的概念，這種新型水稻具有高產(chǎn)量的特點(diǎn)。點(diǎn)。10年后，他研制成功了一種年后，他研制成功了一種產(chǎn)量產(chǎn)量比一般水稻高出比一般水稻高出20%的新型水稻。的新型水稻。袁隆平一生獻(xiàn)身于農(nóng)業(yè)研究，先后受到袁隆平一生獻(xiàn)身于農(nóng)業(yè)研究，先后受到聯(lián)合國(guó)教聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織科文組織、糧農(nóng)組織糧農(nóng)組織的稱(chēng)譽(yù)。袁隆平雖已年屆歲，的稱(chēng)譽(yù)。袁隆平雖已年屆歲，仍然一如既往地從事農(nóng)業(yè)研究。仍然一如既往地從事農(nóng)業(yè)研究。袁隆平人物簡(jiǎn)歷袁隆平人物簡(jiǎn)歷hybri

7、d rice;System of Production Responsibility;institute;suffer the famine;yield;UNESCO, FAO.Task 2 ScanningFind out the main idea of each paragraph. Para1 A. Dr Yuans dreams. Para2 B. Dr Yuans personality. Para3 C. Dr Yuans biography. Para4 D. Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.A PIONEER FOR ALL P

8、EOPLE Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.Para. 1 Dr Yuans appearance and his achievementTask 3 Careful readingQ1: What does Dr Yuan look like?He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. He is more like a farmer than a scientist.Q2: What is his achievement?He grows wh

9、at is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.True or False: 1.Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.2.Dr Yuans kind of rice is the most suitable for Chinas farmland.FTPara 2His biographyTimeinformation19301953As a young manLast

10、yearnowBorn in Beijing Southwest Agriculture College Hunger was a great problem Saw the great need for increasing the rice output 200 million tons produced Circulating his knowledgea. He was born into a poor farmers family . b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c. In 1950,Chinese farm

11、ers produced 5.5 billion tons of rice. d. 20 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched for 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.Proper order:

12、 acbedfPut Dr Yuans biography in right order. Dr Yuans biographyWhich of the following description about Dr Yuans personality is not true? He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.B. He cares little about money and fame.C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.D. H

13、e enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.Para. 3 Dr Yuans personalityPara41) The first dream2) The second dreamProduce a kind of rice that could feed more people As huge as a peanutThe first dream As tall as sorghum As big as a corn To export his rice so that it can be grown all over

14、 the worldRevision.(personal information) Name: Nationality: Born: Occupation: Education: Dream: Achievements: Hobbies:Personal information (Resume) Name: Nationality: Birth: Age: Occupation: Education: Personality: Dreams:Yuan LongpingChinese in 1930; in a poor family77Scientist of farmingSouthwest

15、 Agriculture College,in 1953 His first dream His second dreamcare little about money and famePersonal informationAchievements:Hobbies:grow rice that has a high outputcirculate his knowledge abroadgive money to equip others for their research playing his violinlistening to violin musicplaying mah-jon

16、gswimmingriding his motorcycle to his rice fieldsT or F 1 Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. 2 Dr Yuans rice is one of the most suitable ways for Chinas farmland. 3 Dr Yuan would rather work than relax. 4 Dr Yuan has dreams when he is asleep and also when he is awake. 5 Dr Yuan enjoys a simp

17、ler life than most rich and famous people.The following sentences are taken from the reading passage. Explain what the underlined words mean. He wants everyone to call him a farmer, for thats how he regards himself.Key: It means he thinks of himself as a farmer but other people may think of him as a

18、 famous scientist or a rich man.Post reading2. In many ways, he is one of them, and he has struggled for the past five decades to help them.Key: It means he does not only look like a farmer but also he works in the fields with farmers. In fact, he does scientific research for them.3. At that time, h

19、unger was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside.Key: It means that many people were very hungry and they even became ill and died because there was not enough food.4. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.Key: It means that farmers growing his rice species are producin