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The student who asked questions
YuanLongping
The Student Who Asked Questions
Fast reading 1. What’s the main idea of the passage? A. Yuan Longping’s education at his early age. B. Yuan Longping’s hard life when he was young. C. Yuan Longping and his rice and his contribution to agriculture. D. Yuan Longping’s great work in geography.
Advantages
Practice
leading figure in the ___________ rice-growing Yuan Longping is a _______ born field. He was ______and brought up in China. As a boy, he student who asked questions ”. had the nickname “the ______________________________ plants and agriculture. He wanted to He was interested in ______ crossing have more rice and to produce it quickly by _______ experimented with different species of rice. So first he _____________ search for a different types of rice. Then he began his _________ special type of rice. Finally, a naturally sterile male rice discovered plant was ____________. staple food in China and China is the His rice: (Rice is a _______ largest world’s ______ rice producer.) Since Yuan Longping rose in discovered his rice, Chinese rice production ______ growing 1990’s. More fields were converted to _______ vegetables yield of this new rice is and other cash crops. And the _______ much greater than that of other types.
Para. 2
his early age and education
4) Where was he born and brought up? He was born and brought up in China. He is a native Chinese. 5) Why had he the nickname “the student who asked questions”? Because he often asked many questions. He was curious about nature and the world.
He was a boy who asked questions.
• What kind of figure is he now?
He is a leading figure in the rice growing world.
Intensive reading
Para. 1 Questions
1) Which country is the largest rice producer? China 2) Is it the only country growing rice? No. Rice is also grown in many other Asian countries and in some European countries. 3) How important is Yuan Longping in the ricegrowing field? He is a leading figure in this field.
Finally
He began his search for a special type of rice plant.
Para. 5-6
What are the advantages of the new rice?
1. Chinese rice production rose by 47.5 percent in the 1990’s. 2. More fields have been converted to growing vegetables and other cash crops. ______________________________________. exported to other countries. 3. The rice was ________ 4. In Pakistan, the new crop’s yield is much greater than that of other rice. ___________________________________.
Consolidation
1. Can you give me another title of the text? Yuan Longping and his crop. A great Chinese scientist in agriculture.
2. Which of the following can be Yuan Longping’s breakthrough achievements in his field? A. Developing of a new method for increasing hybrid √ seed yields. B. Spreading the new rice to other countries all over the world √ C. Training lots of scientists and researchers from China √ and all over the world D. Discovering new rice growing quickly and having a √ higher yield. E. He has done a lot for geography. F. He made the discovery of the genetic basis of √ crossing different crops.
Para. 3-4
his experiments and research work
6) What was he interested in from his early age and what did he study in college? He was interested in plants and he studied agriculture in college. 7) What did he do as a young teacher? As a young teacher, he began experiments in crop breeding. 8) What was the key to feeding people? To have more rice and to produce it more quickly. 9) What was the only way to do that in his opinion? The only way to do this is to cross different species of rice. 10) What were the three steps for him to discover the new rice? (match) First Then He discovered a naturally sterile male rice plant. He experimented with different types of rice.
2. Try to get the main idea of each paragraph by பைடு நூலகம்illing in the blanks.
Paragraph 1: Rice is a leading crop in China and Yuan Longping is a__________ leading figure in the rice-growing __________ world. Paragraph 2: As a boy he____________ was educatedand was given his nickname. _________ Paragraph 3: he began experiments in__________ breeding new species. Paragraph 4: He ____________ discovered a new type of rice. Paragraph 5: The new type of rice has many advantages _____________. yield of the new Paragraph 6 In Pakistan, the _______ _______ rice is ________than_______of other greater that hybrid types.