Unit 2 Working the Land

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Unit 2

Working the Land

Have you ever been to the countryside? Use some words to describe it.

Warming up

ploughing（犁田）

seeding

fertilizing

(施肥)

irrigating (灌溉)

transplanting 插秧

harvesting

winnowing ( 扬 谷 )

Discussion ( group work )

1. What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?

2. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?

3. If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?

If that happened, people might die of hunger. The whole world would get into trouble.

What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?

Hunger

Do something to help end hunger in the world!!!

Hunger is a serious problem in the world. Many people even starve to death in Africa.

How to solve hunger?

making good use of the waste land

developing the technology toXXXXX

inventing a new kind of foodXXXXX

improving the quality of the soil

preventing the pests from eating our crops

Poor rice

Super hybrid rice

To increase the yield of the grain crop per land area through the advancement of science and technology.

What do you think is the most important and effective way to solve the food shortage problem?

Yuan Longping -- Father of Hybrid Rice

Name _____________ Nationality_________

Age _____ Occupation ________________________

Education _____________________________________

Dream: _______________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

Achievement ___________________________________

Hobbies ___________________________________

________________________________________

Yuan Longping

79

agriculture scientist

inventing hybrid rice

listening to violin music,

playing mah-jong, swimming, reading

college graduate, a doctor’s degree

Personal Information

China

① to produce a kind of rice that could

feed more people; ②To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe

Match the main ideas

Ex. 3 (p11)

1. Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was young?

2. Is Dr Yuan more of a scientist or more of a farmer? Do you think he is a businessman?

Because when he was a young man, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside.

hard-working

unselfish

determined

energetic

intelligent

confident

active

modest

3. How would you describe Dr Yuan’s personality? Use three or four adjectives.

4. What do you think is the main reason for his success?

His great determination and perseverance made him work hard and never give up.

5. Dr Yuan thinks that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

(free discussion )

1. New words.

2. Text Book: p12 Ex. 1,2,3.

3. BE.: preview language points

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