高中英语-Unit_2Working_the_landAlMwqU

Summary and homework
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Proper order:
a c be d f
3 .Dr Yuan’s personality
Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true?
• Achievements: • Super hybrid rice
• Hobbies:
• Violin, mah-jong, swimming,reading
• Dreams:
• His first dream: His second dream:
•The first dream
Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people
Unit 2 Working the land
rice
What are they doing? They are planting rice.
Task1:Scanning:
Q1: What does Dr Yuan look like? He has a sunburnt face and arms and a
a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family . 1930 b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture colleg1e9. 53 c. Chinese farmers produced fifty million tons of1ri9ce5.0 d. He became the first agricultural pioneer 1974
• As tall as sorghum
• As big as a corn • As huge as a peanut
To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world
2.Put the following sentences in right order.
A. 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. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich
• Name:
• Yuan Longping
• Nationality: • Chinese nationality
• Date of birth: • in 1930
• Appearance: • Sunburnt, slim, strong
• Education: • Southwest Agriculture College
Para2
B. Dr Yuan’s personality.
Para3
C. Dr Yuan’s biographyearance
and his achievement.
.
Task3. careful reading
1.personal information
and famous people.
Discussion
What is happening to these people?
Hunger
The Peasant’s lot
❖ Farmers weeding at noon, ❖ Sweat down the field soon. ❖ Who knows food on a tray, ❖ Due to their toiling day.
slim, strong 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.
Task 2 Skimming
Find out the main idea of
each paragraph.
skimming:
Match the following headings(标题）to each paragraph.
A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
Para1
A. Dr Yuan’s dreams.
e. He searched for a way to increaseasricaeyoouutpnugtsman without expanding the area of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his