B4U2 Working the land

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Farmers weeding (锄 草) at noon, Sweat(汗水) down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray(盘子), Due to their toiling (辛苦工作的) day.
• What will you think of when you see the word “farming”? irrigate field / farmers (灌溉)) countryside plough (犁田)
fertilizer
farming
crops / plants grains
Do you know these crops?
wheat
corn
sorghum
rice
soybean
peanut
What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?
To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe
Dr Yuan and His Achievements
Yuan Longping is one of China’s most famous graduated ______________. Born in 1930, Dr. Yuan__________ scientists from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. hunger was a disturbing problem At that time, ________ in many parts of the countryside. Since then, finding goal In ways to grow more rice has been his life ________. 1973, he invented super _____________ hybrid rice and became the first agricultural _____________ in the world. pioneer Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in ___________ rid the world of hunger. Dr Yuan is the battle to _____ now ___________ circulating his knowledge in many ________ less developed countries.
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Hunger
Hunger is a disturbing problem in our world.
What is happening to these children?
•suffer from starvation and starve to death •feel scared / be panic (惊慌) •fight for food, even kill each other •and the whole country would get into trouble.
sorghum
Group Discussion
If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?
Stop the pollution to the environment prevent the pests and protect the soil from eating our in the field. develop the crops science and technology improve the quality of How to solve hunger? the soil Invent a new kind of plant make good use to produce more food. of the waste land
1.According to what we discussed, write an essay——how to save food? 2.Give a brief introduction about Yuan Longping : according to the questions on page 11.
Proper order:
Personality He doesn’t care about ______ money and ________________. He likes freedom being famous for his research and hobbies. Hobbies
Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.
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A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
Para1 Para2 Para3 Para4 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams. B. Dr Yuan’s personality (性格) . C. Dr Yuan’s life experience. D. Dr Yuan’s appearance(外表) and his achievement.
How can he solve this problem?
Super Hybrid Rice
the rice that has a high output
The main idea of this text is about an agricultural pioneer named ____________ Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new _________of rice strain that has a high _________. output
He grows what is called super hybrid rice, and became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.
Put the following sentences in right order. a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family . b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c. Chinese farmers produced fifty million tons of rice. d. He searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields. e. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.
listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading
Describe the rice in Dr. Yuan’s dream.
• As tall as sorghum
• As big as a corn
• As huge as a peanut
How can he solve this problem? China won’t feed themselves because of its large population! Yuan Longping
Brown, (1990s)
We can solve the problem and we can help the world to solve the problem!
appearance 1. 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.
achievement 2. What's his achievement?
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