M4U2-Reading

Para 4: his dreams His first dream ▲As tall as sorghum ▲ As big as an ear of corn ▲As huge as a peanut His second dream
To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world

harvesting

winnowing ( 扬 谷 )
Let’s go to the farm!
First, buy or select the seeds from the store.
Second, we need to plough or turn over the soil.
Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray,
Due to their toiling day.
Warming up
Have you ever been to the countryside? Use some words to describe it.
Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true? A. He cares little about money and fame. B. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life. C. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people. D. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.
the area of the fields.
hybrid His ______ rice helps farmers produce harvests _________as twice large as before and _____ the rids world of hunger.
Para. 3: Dr Yuan’s personality
Yuan is circulating his knowledge ________________________in India, Now Vietnam and other less developed countries.
Put Dr Yuan’s biography in right order.
• Born: 1930 • Graduate: Southwest Agriculture College sunburnt slim • Appearance: He has _________ face and arms. His body is ____
but _______. strong farmer All this makes him look as a real _______.
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. True or False:
Third , we sow the seeds in the soil.
Finally, we can harvest our grain/sorghum/peanuts .
fertilize the soil
kill off the pest
In order to improve the output of the crop, we need to rid the soil of the weed, water output to improve the the crop, of the crop fertilize the soil and kill off the pest.
Para 2
Contributions
He produces nearly
He is now circulating _________ his knowledge in many other_____ less __________ developed countries.
___________ two hundred _________ million tons of rice without expanding __________
a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family . b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c. In 1950,Chinese farmers produced 5.5 billion tons of rice. d. 20 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries. Proper order: a c b e d f
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What do you know about “farming”?
sorghum
wheat
rice
Staple food
corn Potatoes

ploughing（犁田）

seeding

fertilizing
(施肥)

irrigating (灌溉)

transplanting 插秧
Task 1 Scanning
Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.
A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
Para1 Para2 Para3 Para4
A. Dr Yuan’s dreams. B. Dr Yuan’s personality. brief life experience C. Dr Yuan’s biography. D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement.
struggle for the past five decades… super hybrid rice…
Time & Events
Yuan Longping was born into 1930 ____________________ a poor farmer’s family.
50 Chinese farmers produced _______million 1950 tons of rice.
• Achievements: He succeeded in ________________________. growing supper hybrid rice
He became the first agricultural _______ in the pioneer rice world to grow ___ whose output is high. He helped the government highly increasing output the _______ of grain.
Task 2 Careful reading
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. He is more like a farmer than a scientist.
The world price of rice has risen by over 100 % compared with that of last year, which disturbs many countries now. worries
News 2. The hunger problem is expanding in the world. Therefore... Some poor people in Hayti have to eat the mud cakes as their main food now.
water the crop
rid the soil of the weed
select the seeds
plough the soil
farming steps
turn over the soil
sow the seeds
remove the weeds
fertilize
rice
News 1:
The starving Sudan
He is concerned about the hunger problem very much!
What’s your prediction about the text?
What may be the style of the passage? A. a story B. a travel journal C. a biography (An introduction to a person)
A poem
Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon.
Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day.
Warming up
A poem
Farmers weeding at noon,
1953 Yuan graduated from Southwest Agriculture ____ Institute.
the first agricultural pioneer Yuan became _________________________in 1974 the world to grow rice that has a high output. Recent 200 Nearly ____million tons of rice was produced.
News 3. To rid the India of hunger, the Indian government decided to cut down the export of rice. Facing the problem, people in India only have two meals one day.
money • Personality: 1. Cares little for _______.
simple 2. Would like to lead a __________ life.
1. Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.
2. Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland.
F T
Para 1
Farmer Scientist
work the land… sunburnt face… a slim, strong body