课文高中英语必修四第二单元

water the crop
rid the soil of the weed
What problem do they show ?
How do you feel when you see the pictures?
How to rid the world of hunger? China won’t feed themselves because of its large population!
A Pioneer for all People
• Pioneer n. person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge.
Fast reading
Who is Yuan Longping?
• • • • • • •
Yuan Longping China Name:_______ Nationality:___________ Farmer/ Scientist 80 Age:_________ Occupation(job):_______ Southwest Agricultural College Education: ___________________________ To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. Dream:______________________________ His super hybrid rice (this hybrid strain has a high Achievement:_________________________ ____ output) Listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming Hobbies:_____________________________ and reading.
Super hybrid rice (Special strain of rice)
Brown, (1990s)
We can solve the problem and we can help world to solve the problem!
Yuan Longping (He has struggled for the past five decades.He is circulating his knowledge in many countries.)
Paragraph 3
• Topic sentence? • Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life. Personality fame and _______. money He likes • He doesn’t care about ______
freedom for his search and hobbies.
kill off the pest害虫
In order to improve the output of the crop, we need to rid the soil of the weed, water the crop, fertilize the soil and kill off the to improve the output of the crop pest.
What do you know about “farming”?
sorghum
wheat
peanut
Potatoes
corn Plough/plow sunburnt face
rice
grains
farmer
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.
Finally, we can harvest our grain/sorghum/peanuts .
fertilize the soil
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Paragraph 4
Topic sentence?
Just dreaming fordreams things, however, costs nothing.
Dr Yuan’s dreams
Para 4: his dreams His first dream His second dream
To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world
creative modest
Thank you!
Careful reading
Paragraph 1
farmer Yuan Longping thinks he is a _____ as well as a scientist. He has ______ sunburnt Appearance strong body. slim ____ face and arms and a ___, He works hard and grows super ____ hybrid rice. In 1974, he became a pioneer to Achievement grow rice that has a ____ output .
Match the following headings(标 题）to each paragraph.
Para1 appearance and achievement Para1 A. dreams. Para2 biography (time and events) Para2 B. personality. Para3 personality Para3 C. biography (time and events). Para4 Para4 dreams D. appearance and achievement.
Pargraph 2
Time 1930 information
Born in Beijing Southwest Agriculture College Hunger was a disturbing problem. Saw the great need for increasing the rice output
▲(rice plants) As tall as sorghum ▲( each ear) As big as an ear of corn ▲(each grain) As huge as a peanut
Discuss in group of four: What can we learn from Dr Yuan? For example: open-minded He is selfless. Because he gives selfless straight forward plain millions of yuan to equip others for theirconsiderate research in agriculture. determined Personalities He is … pioneering devoted Thanks to him, we can feed generous strong-willed ourselves now. intelligent
1953
As a young man 1950 In a recent harvest now
biography
Only fifty million tons produced 200 million tons produced
Circulating his knowledge
Means? 22% UN 7% rid the world of hunger
体裁
A
Details
topic
B
development
C Details
Summary conclusion climax
概括——细节
主题——扩展——结论
细节——高潮
人物传记Biography: basic information—time and events— achievement or dreams--evaluation