1、Warming up & ReadingWarming up & ReadingPoemBy Li ShenFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.PoemFarmers weeding at noon,SwA poemFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.Warming up

2、A poemFarmers weeding at noon,1.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?1.Have you ever grown any plan What do you know about “farming”?wheat sorghumrice corn Potatoes Staple food What do you know abou

3、t “farmiselect the weeds plough the soil turn over the soil sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize farming stepsselect the weeds plough the soPre-reading What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day t

4、hroughout the world. Pre-reading What is the main If there was no rice one day, what would happen?If there was no rice one day, In the late 1990s, Brown, an American scholar, came up with the theory of Chinese Menace(威脅), which said that in the 2030s, Chinese population will add up to 1.6 billion, a

5、nd had the question who would feed the large population in China as well as in the world.In the late 1990s, Brown, an AJust 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.Just at that time, a Chinese

6、 sFather of Hybrid RiceA Pioneer For All PeopleFather of Hybrid RiceA Pioneer What kind of person is Dr YuanLongping in your mind?happy sad nervous shy prouddreaming What kind of person is DrTask 1 SkimmingTask 1 SkimmingHow can he solve this problem?Super Hybrid RiceHow can he solve this problem?Su

7、per Hybrid Ricethe rice that has a high outputSuper Hybrid Ricethe rice thatThats how he regards himself.Thats how he regards himself.Task 2 ScanningFind out the main idea of each paragraph.Task 2 ScanningFind out the ma Para1 A. Dr Yuans dreams. Para2 B. Dr Yuans personality. Para3 C. Dr Yuans biog

8、raphy. Para4 D. Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Match the following headings with the right paragraphs. Para1 A. Dr YPara. 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, stron

9、g body. He is more like a farmer than a scientist.Q2: What is his achievement?He grows what 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 sui

10、table for Chinas farmland.FTPara. 1 Dr Yuans appearance aPara 2His biographyTimeinformation19301953As a young manLast 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 knowledgeP

11、ara 2His biographyTimeinformaPara2a. He was born into a poor farmers family .b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college.c. In 1950,Chinese farmers produced fifty million tons of rice.d. 2 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched a way to increase rice outpu

12、ts without expanding the area of fields.f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.Proper order: Put Dr Yuans biography in right order. acbedfPara2a. He was born into a pooWhich of the following description about Dr Yuans personality is not true? He

13、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. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.Para. 3 Dr Yuans personalityWhich of the following descripPara 41.What does “Wishing

14、for things, however, costs nothing.” mean?2.Dr Yuan has dreams not only when he is _ but also when he is_.Dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be.asleepawakePara 41.What does “Wishing forHis dreamsPara41) The first dream2) The second dreamHis d

15、reamsPara41) The first drProduce a kind of rice that could feed more peopleAs huge as a peanutThe first dream As tall as sorghum As big as a corn Produce a kind of rice that coTo export his rice so that it can be grown all over the worldThe second dreamTo export his rice so that itRevision. (persona

16、l information)Name:Nationality:Age:Occupation:Education:Dream:Achievements:Hobbies:Revision. (personal informatioPersonal information (Resume)Name:Nationality:Birth:Age:Occupation:Education:Personality:Dreams:Yuan LongpingChinese in 1930; in a poor family77Scientist of farmingSouthwest Agriculture C

17、ollege,in 1953 His first dream His second dreamcare little about money and famePersonal information (Resume)NPersonal informationAchievements:Hobbies:grow rice that has a high outputcirculate his knowledge abroadgive money to equip others for their research playing his violinlistening to violin musi

18、cplaying mah-jongswimmingriding his motorcycle to his rice fieldsPersonal informationAchievemenhard-workingunselfishdeterminedenergeticintelligentconfidentactivemodesthard-workingunselfishdetermine & between Dr Yuan Longping and Jane Goodallsimilaritiesdifferences & 1. They spend their lifetime on t

19、heir researches.similarities2. They make great contributions to mankind and the whole world.3. They have their dreams and make great efforts to make them true.4. They both lead a busy life.5. They love their work with their pure love.6. Theyre selfless and seldom think of themselves. 7. During the w

20、ork, they never give up but just keep on, so theyre determined. . . .1. They spend their lifetime odifferencesThey have been doing their researches in different fields.2. They have different ways of working.3. Their receiving education is different.4. The difficulty in working is different for diffe

21、rent sexes.5. They two got different results of researches.6. They hold their different dreams. . . .differencesThey have been doinfacts about Yuans super hybrid rice capacity(能力)Applica-tion(應用)Contribu-tionfuturecan produce 1/3 more of the crop in the same fields; more than 60%of therice in China

22、from this hybrid strainbesides China, knowledge being circulated in India, Vietnam and otherless developed countries to increasetheir rice harvestrice harvests being produced twice aslarge; 22% of people fed from just 7%of the farmland in China; the UN ridding the world of hungerthe rice being grown

23、 all over theworldfacts about Yuans super hybriT 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 simple

24、r life than most rich and famous people.T or F 1 Dr Yuan is more a faLanguage Points1. workvt. 耕種(土地); 使工作; 開動; 創(chuàng)造(奇跡); 經營(工廠、農場等)vi. 工作; (機器等)開動; (辦法、計劃等)行得通work the land=grow crops on it 耕耘土地He works a big farm. 他經營著一個大的農場。They are working the land together.I dont think that your suggestion will w

25、ork.Language Points1. work2. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.這種特殊的稻種使得同樣的田地多收獲三分之一的產量。it 在句中作形式賓語, 真正的賓語為to produce, 結構為: 動詞(make, feel, think, regard)+it +adj+ to do.e.g. We think it important to learn English well.2. This speci

26、al strain of rice3. Born in a poor farmers family in 1931, Dr. Yuan graduate from Southwest Agriculture College in 1953. 袁博士1931年出身于一個貧苦農民的家庭, 1953年畢業(yè)于西南農學院。 graduate n. 畢業(yè)生undergraduate 本科畢業(yè)生post-graduate 碩士畢業(yè)生, 研究生3. Born in a poor farmers famgraduate vi. 常跟介詞from, 表示“畢業(yè)于”graduation n. 畢業(yè)e.g. Afte

27、r his graduation from college, he went to work as an engineer in a company.=After he graduated from college, he went to work as an engineer in a company.bachelors degree 學士學位masters degree 碩士學位doctors degree 博士學位graduate vi. 常跟介詞from, 表示“畢業(yè)于”4. Dr. Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests w

28、ithout expanding the area of fields.袁博士尋求一種在不擴大種植面積的情況下提高水稻產量的方法。1)search 強調搜查, 一般表示目標明確范圍較小。search sb. 搜身; search pl 搜查某地search for 強調尋找, 一般表示范圍較大。search for sb 尋找某人The police searched the woods for the lost child.Scientists are still searching for a cure to the common cold.4. Dr. Yuan searched for

29、 a waysearch/search for/in search ofThe officer went up _ the murder.The thieves are _ the hidden treasure in the museum.Birds fly to the south _ the winter sunshine.to search searching for in search ofsearch/search for/in search of6. circulate v. 循環(huán), 交流 circulation n.e.g. Rumors circulated quickly.

30、The blood circulates around the body.6. circulate v. 循環(huán), 交流 circu7. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.用他的雜交水稻種子, 農民們種出比以前多一倍的糧食。倍數(shù)詞(twice/half/three times/a quarter etc.)+as + 形容詞原級 +as 表示“是的多少倍”。e.g. The number of the students in our school is _ in their

31、school.我們學校學生的數(shù)量是他們學校的兩倍。twice as large as that7. Using his hybrid rice farme英語中的倍數(shù)表達法共有三種形式:(1) 倍數(shù) + 形容詞/副詞的比較級 + than.(2) 倍數(shù) + as +形容詞/副詞的原級 + as.(3) 倍數(shù) + the + 名詞+ of. This building is five times higher than that one. 這座樓比那座樓高出五倍。This building is five times as high as that one. 這座樓是那座樓的五倍高。英語中的倍數(shù)

32、表達法共有三種形式:This building is five times the height of that one. 這座樓是那座樓的五倍高。The new building is four times the size of the old one.It is reported that the United States uses _ energy as the whole of Europe. A. as twice B. twice much C. twice much as D. twice as muchD This building is five times th8. I

33、ndeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more, rather than fewer troubles.1) too much 與much too的區(qū)別too much通常位于動詞之后,修飾動詞,too做much的狀語, 后面也可接名詞。She does talk too much, doesnt she? He has too much work to do. 而much too則常用在形容詞或副詞之前修飾形容詞或副詞。8. Indeed, he believes that a The dress is much too long for me. 這衣服我穿太長了。I got into the taxi and drove much too fast. 我上了出租車, 并開得飛快。2) rather than 而不是Mary, rather than her roommate