working the land课件

Para. 2 Dr Yuan’s biography
Time 1930 1953 information Born Southwest Agricultural College
As a young Saw the great need for increasing the rice output man
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 prefers others to call him a scientist, rather than a farmer. F 2.Now more than 50% of the rice produced in China each year is from the super hybrid rice. F
Para. 3 Dr Yuan’s personality
Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true? A. He cares little about money and being famous. B. Besides hard work, he has some hobbies, such as listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. C. Leading a comfortable life means a lot to him.
Finally, we can harvest our grain.
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谷雨前后， 立夏到小满， 过了芒种， 一步赶不上， 要使庄稼好， 头伏萝卜二伏菜， 节气抓不好， 宁可早一日归仓， 霜降不刨葱，
Growing should be done properly to the occasion.
Hybrid Rice: has a high output
Father of Hybrid Rice
Task 1: find out the main idea of each para.
Skim the passage and match the following headings with the right paragraphs.
Para. 1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement
Q1: What does Dr Yuan look like?
He has a sunburnt face and arms
and a slim, strong body.
Q2: What is his achievement?
• • • • • • • • • 种瓜点豆。 种啥也不晚。 不可强种。 步步不跟趟。 一年四季早。 有利没有害。 一年白拉到。 不可迟一日留场。 越长越心空。
It is said that there are 2.4 billion people who eat rice every day throughout the world.
How do farmers grow rice?
First, buy or select the seeds from the store.
Second, we need to plough or turn over the soil.
Third , we sow the seeds in the soil.
D. He gives much money to help others to do research in agriculture.
What is his attitude towards fame and wealth? Being famous gives him less freedom; care little about…
one third; 60%; 50 million; 200 million 22%; 7%
What can we know from the figures above?
increase the rice harvest rid the world of hunger
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What can we do to help those suffering from hunger?
• More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day !
Hunger
A Chinese scientist has found a way to help Chinese farmers to produce more rice with good quality in the same field than before.
Para1 Para2 Para3 Para4
A. Dr Yuan’s dreams. B. Dr Yuan’s personality. C. Dr Yuan’s biography D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement.
Find out the following pairs of figures.
Searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields
A recent harvest now
200 million tons of rice was produced Circulating his knowledge in less developed countries to increase the rice harvests