英语Unit 5 Working the Land课文内容课件ppt

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1.Wh is the man in the pht? What crp is he hlding in his hands?2.What d yu knw abut the man? What else d yu want t knw abut him?
The pht is f Yuan Lngping, hlding sheaves f his hybrid rice.
Task1 Read the title and the first sentence f each paragraph. What kind f writing d yu think this is? Where can yu find such a piece f writing?
A brief bigraphy
In a jurnal
(A stry f a persn's life written by smene else)
Fast reading
A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
Task 2 Read the text. Match the main idea with each paragraph.Para.1 A. Yuan cnducted research and develped hybrid rice.Para.2 B. Yuan is ld but still wrking hard t fulfil his dreams.Para.3 C. Yuan cnsiders himself a farmer.Para.4 D. Yuan decided t study agriculture.Para.5 E. Yuan’s innvatin has helped t feed mre peple.Para.6 F. Yuan cares little fr fame r wealth.
A tip fr reading: pay attentin t the transitinal wrds.
Read the bigraphy carefully and try t fill in the fllwing table.
Careful reading
Yuan Lngping, knwn as the"father f hybrid rice", is ne f China's mst famus scientists. Yet, he cnsiders himself a farmer because he cntinually wrks the land in his research. Indeed, his slim but strng bdy is just like that f millins f Chinese farmers, t whm he has devted his life.
Father f hybrid rice VS farmer
mdest/devted
a typical way t start a bigraphy
his research field and his appearance
Yuan cnsiders himself a farmer.

His great cntributin
use the writing technique: cntrast t highlight Yuan’s mral qualities
Yuan Lngping was brn in 1930 in Beijing. His parents wanted him t pursue a career in science r medicine. Hwever, what cncerned him mst was that farmers ften had pr harvests and smetimes even had a serius shrtage f fd t eat. T tackle this crisis, he chse t study agriculture and received an educatin at Suthwest Agricultural Cllege in Chngqing.
Yuan wanted t help get rid f the shrtage f fd.
Cntrast: his parents’ wish vs his wn decisin
caring/sympathetic/determined
A bigraphy is usually written in time rder frm birth.
Yuan decided t study agriculture.
After graduating in 1953, he wrked as a researcher. Yuan Lngping realised that larger fields were nt the slutin.Instead, farmers needed t bst yields in the fields they had. Hw this culd be dne was a challenging questin at the time. Yuan was cnvinced that the answer culd be fund in the creatin f hybrid rice. A hybrid is a crss between tw r mre varieties f a species. One characteristic f hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than cnventinal crps. Hwever,whether it was pssible t develp a hybrid f self-plinating plants such as rice was a matter f great debate. The cmmn assumptin then was that it culd nt be dne. Thrugh intense effrt, Yuan vercame enrmus technical difficulties t develp the first hybrid rice that culd be used fr farming in 1974. This hybrid enabled farmers t expand their utput greatly.
Cntrast: the general assumptin abut hybrid rice vs his belief
Q1: What is hybrid rice?Q2: What’s the main advantage f hybrid rice? Q3:Hw did Dr. Yuan develp hybrid rice? Is it an easy r tugh task?
Hybrid rice is rice prduced by crssbreeding different kinds f rice.
It attains a higher yield than cnventinal rice.

unique thinking f the prblem
creative slutin t the prblem
devted t vercming difficulties
succeed finally
an unprecedented task
brave creative innvative cnfident devted cmpassinate
Tday, it is estimated that abut 60 percent f dmestic rice cnsumptin in China is cmprised f crps generated frm Yuan‘s hybrid strains, and his strains have allwed China’s farmers t prduce arund 200 millin tns f rice per year. Yuan‘s innvatin has helped feed nt just China, but many ther cuntries that depend n rice as well, such as India and Vietnam. Because f his invaluable cntributins, Yuan Lngping has received numerus awards bth in China and abrad.
receive numerus awards
achievement
Q1: What’s the main idea f the passage?Q2: Hw has Yuan’s wrk helped China and ther cuntries?
The hybrid rice he was devted t develping enables farmers t bst yields in the situatin when the fields are limited.
tackle the crisis f fd shrtage
Given that Yuan's hybrids have made him quite wealthy, ne might think he wuld retire t a life f leisure. Hwever, this is far frm the case. Deep dwn, Yuan is still very much a farmer at heart. As a man f the sil, he cares little fr celebrity r mney. Instead, he makes large dnatins t supprt agricultural research.
view f life
Cntrast: retire t a life f leisure vs cntinue t wrk the land
Cntrast: care fr fame and wealth vs dnate mney t supprt …
plain simple caring generus
①What impresses peple mst abut Yuan Lngping is his nging ability t fulfil his dreams.② Lng ag, he envisined rice plants as tall as srghum, with each ear f rice as big as a brm,and each grain f rice as huge as a peanut.③ He succeeded in prducing a kind f rice that culd feed mre peple at hme and abrad. ④His latest visin fr “seawater rice” has als becme a reality, and ptentially pened up nearly ne millin square kilmetres f salty land in China fr rice prductin. ⑤Despite his advanced years, Yuan Lngping is still yung at heart and full f visin, and everyne is waiting t see what he will dream up next.
Q1: Draw ut the structure chart f the passage.Q2: Use a sentence t summarize Yuan’s dream.
… make the impssible t pssible… make dream t reality…make peple get rid f hunger and live a wealthy life
A persn with dreams is ___________________________________
visinary, ptimistic and perseverant.
Hw can we understand the title f the passage “A Pineer fr All Peple”?
Yuan is willing t cnsider himself as a farmer.
Cncerned abut the farmers, Yuan decided t study agriculture.
Faced with the challenges, Yuan was devted t his hybrid rice research and succeeded.
Yuan's innvatin has helped peple get rid f hunger.
Yuan cares little fr celebrity and wealth.
Thugh ld, Yuan is still dreaming and fulfilling his dreams.
Theme Analysis
My lifelng pursuit is t keep all the peple away frm hunger. ---Yuan Lngping
A Pineer Fr All Peple
Further Infrmatin
Other than hybrid rice, what ther hybrid prducts d yu knw? Can yu think f new hybrid ideas?
The cncept f a hybrid is nt restricted t plants and animals, but every aspect yu can imagine.
Critical Thinking
D yu want t make great cntributins t thers like Yuan Lngping,Tu Yuyu, LinQiazhi? If s, what preparatins are yu suppsed t make?
Have dreams and strive fr them.Be devted, and dn't let the precius time leak away frm yu.Be interested and have a wide range f knwledge.Have the bravery t questin, challenge and take up respnsibility.…
First f all, study hard t be admitted int a tp university.
Assignment
Read the text twice and try t write expressins t replace the fllwing: shrtage, tackle this crisis, bst yields, be cnvinced, attain, cnventinal, intense effrt , be cmprised f, generated, a life f leisure, envisin, visin.2. Write a passage titled “Yuan Lngping’s Devtin t Hybrid Rice” within 100 wrds frm these aspects: mtivatin, prcess, achievement, view f life and visin. If pssible, try t use the expressins abve.