人教版高中英語(yǔ)必修4 Unit2 Reading 名師精品課件

1、 By Li ShenFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.Do you know these grains (谷物谷物)?wheat rice sorghum高粱高粱corncottonpeanutsoybean 大豆大豆Are you from a farmers family? What do you know about farming?Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what d

2、id you do to grow them?If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow?How will you grow it?select the seeds plough the soil turn over the soil sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize farming stepsFarming sowingploughing irrigating (灌溉灌溉)cropsweather &climaterice transplanting (插秧插秧)ploughing

3、 (犁田犁田) seedingfertilizing(施肥施肥)irrigating 灌溉灌溉transplanting 插秧插秧harvestingwinnowing (揚(yáng)谷揚(yáng)谷)riceWhat is the main food in all 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. Answer the following questions:What do y

4、ou think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat? suffer from starvation and starve to death feel scared / be panic (驚慌驚慌) fight for food, even kill each other and the whole country would get into trouble.Do you think people have enough food to eat in the world? If you had the cha

5、nce to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?How to solve hunger?making good use of the waste landdeveloping the technology to inventing a new kind of foodimproving the quality of the soil preventing the pests from eating our cropsWhen you eat rice, what do you think of?Say

6、 something about Yuan Longping. What do you predict this passage is going to talk about? Father of Hybrid RiceHe is father of hybrid rice (雜交水稻雜交水稻), who was awarded “the Nobel Prize of Asia”. He received the honor for his great contributions (貢獻(xiàn)貢獻(xiàn)) to hybrid rice research and work he did to improve

7、 rice production in developing countries. Now he is head of the National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center in Hunan Province, China (中國(guó)湖南中國(guó)湖南省國(guó)家雜交水稻研究與發(fā)展中心省國(guó)家雜交水稻研究與發(fā)展中心). He is called a pioneer for all people. Dr Yuan Longping (袁隆平博士袁隆平博士)The text is about a(n) 1. _ _ named Yuan Longping

8、who made a great contribution to finding ways to 2. _.agriculturalgrow more rice pioneer Para 1 A. Dr Yuans dreams. Para 2 B. Dr Yuans personality. Para 3 C. Dr Yuans biography. Para 4 D. Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEMatch the following headings with the right para

9、graphs.Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks. Yuan LongpingAppearanceu_ face and arms, slim and strong bodysunburnt_u developed super hybrid riceu became the first _ in the world to grow high output riceu helps the UN reduce _ in the worldagricultural pioneer Achievements hunger Experiences

10、 uborn in 1930 and _ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953ufinding ways to grow more rice has been his life _ uto _ his knowledge in less developed countries such as India and Vietnamcirculate graduatedgoalPersonalitiesuis satisfied with his life udoesnt care about being famousugives a large a

11、mount of money to help others to do their research in _uhas many dreams and never gives upuloves and _ his peopleagriculture care foruto produce a kind of rice that could _ more peopleuto _ his rice so that it can be grown around the globe_ feedDreamsexportRead the text and decide whether the follow

12、ing statements are True (T) or False (F).1. Yuan Longping became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow super hybrid rice at the age of 40.2. More than 60% of the rice in the world is from the hybrid strain.FF3. According to the text, farmers in China are producing rice harvests nearly

13、4 times as large as that in 1950.4. Yuan Longping was a farmer when he was young. 5. The super hybrid rice can produce 20% more of the crop without expanding the field.TFT6. Yuan Longping was determined to find ways to grow more rice as a young man. 7. Yuan Longping is now teaching his knowledge in

14、many countries to get more honours. 8. The UN is more confident about getting rid of hunger in the world now. TTF9. Yuan Longping is trying to live a comfortable life. 10. Yuan Longping is now seeking to realise his dream of growing his rice around the world.FTRead the text and match the time with t

15、he events.Time Events1. 1930 A. Only fifty million tons of rice could be produced in China.2. 1950 B. Yuan Longping became the first person to grow super hybrid rice. 3. 1953 C. Yuan Longping was born.4. 1973 D. Yuan Longping graduated from college. Choose the best answers.1. What does the word “bat

16、tle” refer to in the second paragraph?A. The low rice output.B. Ridding the world of hunger.C. Fighting against farming.D. The freedom to do research.2. From the passage, we can know _.A. Yuan Longping is not a pioneer but a scientist in the research of the hybrid riceB. Yuans parents are both agric

17、ultural scientistsC. more than 60% of the rice produced in the world is from the hybrid strainD. using the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before 3. It can be inferred from the text that _.A. Yuan knew the importance of rice importB. Yuan is interested in playing the vi

18、olin C. Yuan is proud of his achievementsD. Yuans rice are grown in many countries Even if Dr.Yuans dreams come true, can this really solve starvation?1. Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was young? Yuan Longping wanted to increase the rice output because he saw many peo

19、ple go hungry when he was young. Answer these questions based on your understanding of the passage.2. Is Yuan Longping more of a scientist or more of a farmer? Do you think he is a businessman? Give your reasons. I think he is more of a scientist, although he works in the fields like a farmer. His m

20、ain purpose is not to make a profit for himself but to study agriculture and use that knowledge to improve farming for farmers everywhere. I do not think he is a businessman, because his goal is not to make money.3. How would you describe Yuan Longpings personality? Use three or four adjectives. Bec

21、ause of his work with developing hybrid rice, it seems that Yuan Longping must be a very patient and careful man. He didnt give up but kept working on his project. He also seems to be a very kind man, who cares for others. He wants to use his invention to help hungry people around the world.4. Yuan

22、Longping was able to develop a successful agricultural product when thousands of other farmers could not. What do you think is the main reason for his success? I think Yuan Longping was successful because he kept working and did not give up. He was also very motivated to succeed and help other farme

23、rs around China.5. Yuan Longping thinks that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. Do you agree or disagree? Why? I mostly agree. I think being rich can cause a lot of problems, but it really depends on the life and attitude of the person who is rich. People who are rich certainly have different problems from people who are not.6. Yuan Longping developed super hybrid rice to help Chinese farmers and hungry people around the world. Can