Working the land

Para 4
His dreams
1) The first dream
2) The second dream
要求：1.独立思考，小组内讨论，形成统一意见，组长掌握进度， 选出一名代表，展示合作成果，其他小组补充。 2.时间：3分钟。
•His first dream
Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people
要求：1. 自主探究和小组合作探究相结合。 2. 组长调控好，统一意见，以备抢答。 3. 时间：3分钟
Task 2 Skimming
Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.
Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.
课前预习成果展示
Word spelling
1.In the old days, many children suffered from h__________ for lack of food. 2.Though he is young, he is s_____________ to support a large family. 3.As is known to all, when heated, things will e___________. 4.He wants to c___________ his knowledge all over the world. 5.Each classroom in our school is e___________ with a computer, which is helpful to our study. Answers: 1. hunger 2. struggling 3. expand 4. circulate 5. equipped
News 2. 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.
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. (Line 4,7 )
要求：1. 自主探究和小组合作探究相结合。 2. 组长调控好，统一意见，以备抢答。 3. 时间：5分钟

The Peasants’ Lot
By Li Shen (772-846)
Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day?
Reading
Task 1 Listening and scanning(浏览) Task 2 Skimming（略读） Task 3 Careful reading（精读）
Task 1 Listening and scanning Try to finish a biography
Name:__________ Yuan Longping Nationality:__________ China Appearance:_______________ sunburnt, slim, strong 82 Age:_____ Occupation:________________ Scientist of farming Education:_____________________ Southwest Agricultural College Achievement:________________ rid the world of hunger Hobbies:___________________________________ reading Listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and Two Dreams (how many):______
• 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 globe
Retell the text
（测验）
Retell the text
Translation of expressions
1.幸亏，由于，因为 _____________ 2.摆脱，除去_____________ 3.对……感到满意 _______________ 4.宁愿，宁可_____________ 5.怀有……的希望_______________ Answers:1. thanks to 2. rid...... of 3. be satisfied with 4. would rather 5. with the hope of
Proper order: a
c
b
e
d
f
Para. 3 Dr Yuan’s personality
Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true? 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 and famous people.
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 achievements.
Task 3 Careful reading
Book4 Unit 2 Working the land
主讲教师：青州三中 赵耀华
Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target Language知识目标 Master the important words and expressions. Try to make use of them. 2. Ability goals 能力目标 Enable Ss to learn more ways of reading. By reading, they will realize the role that agriculture plays in human life. 3. Emotional goals 情感目标 The Ss can learn some noble character from Dr Yuan and learn to cherish life.
Para. 1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievements 要求：1. 自主探究和小组合作探究相结合。
Q1: What does Dr Yuan look like?
2. 组长调控好，统一意见，以备抢答。 3. 时间：3分钟
He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim , strong body. He is more like a farmer than a scientist. (Line 2 and 3)
Leading-in
What is happening to these people?
News 1. The hunger problem is expanding in the world. Therefore, some poor people in have to eat the mud cakes as their main food now.
Make a prediction
What may be the style of the passage? A. a story B. a travel journal C. a biography (An introduction to a person)
要求：1. 迅速浏览，自主探究。 2. 时间：2分钟。
P来自百度文库e-reading
Answer the following questions:
What is the main food in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?
Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day throughout the world.
Para. 2 Put Dr Yuan’s biography in the right order
a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family . b. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural college. c. In 1950, Chinese farmers produced 50 million tons of rice. d. 200 millon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of fields. f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.

Yuan Longping, born in a poor family, saw the great need for1( increasing ) the rice 2( output ) when he was young. He has 3( struggled ) for the past five 4( decades ) to grow 5( super ) hybrid rice 6( Thanks to ) his research, the UN has more tools in the 7( battle ) to 8( rid ) the globe 9( of ) hunger. Dr Yuan is quite10( satisfied ) with his life. Though he is famous, he cares little about money and fame. 11( Therefore ) he gives millions of yuan to 12( equip ) others for their research in 13( agriculture ).