英语 Module 4Introduction and reading

The first paragraph 1. Which country is the world’s largest rice producer? China. 2. Where is rice grown in the world? Many Asian Countries and some European countries. 3. Who is the leading figure in the ricegrowing world?
Yuan Longping
The second paragraph
1.Where was Yuan Longping born and brought up? China. 2.What nickname was he given? The student who asks questions.
The third paragraph 1.What did Yuan Longping study in college? Agriculture. 2. What was the key to feeding more people? To have more rice and to produce it more quickly. 3. What is the only way to do it? To cross different species of rice plant.
Match the two parts.
Qian Xuesen Marie Curie Archimedes Theory of Relativity Father of China’s aerospace discovered Radium
Stephen Hawking Father of integral calculus Albert Einstein A Brief History of Time
Introduction and reading
What is his/her name? What did he /she invent or discover?
What great scientists______________ Qian Xuesen Marie Curie Name: ____________________ Name: ____________________ Archimedes Albert Einstein Name: ____________________ Name: ____________________ Nationality: _______________ Yuan Longping Chinese Nationality: _______________ Polish Nationality: _______________ Sicilian Nationality: _______________ German / American Physics Nationality: _______________ Chinese Major: ___________________ Major: ___________________ Physics Physics, Mathematician Major: ___________________ Major: ___________________ Agriculture Mathematical Physics Major: ___________________ Inventions /discovers: Inventions /discovers: Inventions /discovers: Inventions /discovers: Chinese atom bomb Inventions /discovers: __________________________ Radioactivity __________________________ buoyancy 浮力 __________________________ relativity __________________________ hybrid rice __________________________ When did they invent/discover: When did they invent/discover: When did they invent/discover: When did they invent/discover: In 1964 When did they invent/discover: __________________________ __________________________ In 1898 About 240 BC __________________________ In 1905 __________________________ In 1970 __________________________
Do you know any other Chinese scientists except Qian Xuesen? Have you heard of Yuan Longping?
Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4
Para 5 Para 6
A. His discoveries have brought in great profit. B. As a boy, he was called “the student who asked questions. C. Yuan Longping is a leading figure in the rice –growing world. D. The yield of the new hybrid rice is much greater than that of other types of rice grown in Pakistan. E. As a young teacher, he began experiments in crop breeding. F. He discovered a new type of rice.