Unit 5 Working the land Reading and Thinking 公開(kāi)課課件-高二英語(yǔ)人教版（2019）選擇性必修第一冊(cè)

ReadingandThinkingUnit5WorkingtheLandGettoknowanagriculturalscientistLearningObjectives

ToreadaboutagriculturalscientistYuanLongpingTosummarizeYuanLongping'sprocessofbreedinghybridriceToanalyzeandsummarizeYuanLongping’squalitiesLead-inYuanLongpingWhatdoyouknowabouthim?Pre-reading1.Whatisthepossibletypeofthistext?

A.Narration

B.Exposition

C.Practicalwriting

D.Biography(Anintroductiontoaperson)APioneerforAllPeopleLookatthepictureandthetitletomakeaprediction.thefirstpersontostudyanewareaofknowledge2.Whatdoesabiographyusuallyinclude?Skimthetextandmatchthemainideawitheachparagraph.Useonekeywordtosummarizeeachparagraph.Para.1Para.4Para.3Para.2Para.5Para.6A.Yuanconductedresearchand

developed

hybridrice.B.Yuanisoldbutstillworkinghardtofulfilhisdreams.C.Yuanconsidershimselfafarmer.D.Yuandecidedtostudyagriculture.E.Yuan’sinnovationhashelpedtofeedmore

people.F.Yuancareslittleforfameorwealth.identityEducation/experienceresearch/achievementsinfluencequalitiesdreamsWhile-readingtipYuanLongping,knownasthe“fatherofhybridrice”,wasoneofChina’smostfamousscientists.Yet,heconsideredhimselfafarmerbecausehecontinuallyworkedthelandinhisresearch.Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodywasjustlikethatofmillionsofChinesefarmers,towhomhehaddevotedhislife.APioneerforAllPeopletowhomhehaddevotedhislife.fatherscientistfarmerYuan’sdevotiontofarmersandfarming.Readpara.1andfindYuan’sidentitiesP1YuanLongpingwasbornin1930inBeijing.Hisparentswantedhimtopursueacareerinscienceormedicine.However,whatconcernedhimmostwasthatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadaseriousshortageoffoodtoeat.Totacklethiscrisis,hechosetostudyagricultureandreceivedaneducationatSouthwestAgriculturalCollegeinChongqing.P2WhydidYuanLongpingdecidetostudyagriculture?Readpara.2andanswerthequestion設(shè)計(jì)人員realizedboostyieldsworkedconvincedthecreationofhybridriceovercameasaresearcherin1953

technicaldifficultiesdevelopedhybridricein1974

HowdidYuanLongpingdevelophybridrice?Readpara.3andfindtheinformation

P3

verbsQ1:HowhasYuan’sworkhelpedChinaandothercountries?________domesticriceconsumption

produce_______tonsofriceperyear++Feed_______countries=received________awards60percent200millionmanyothernumerousReadpara.4andanswerthequestionQ2:whatisthefuntionofthenumbers?EmphasizeYuan'sinvaluablecountributionsP4GiventhatYuan’shybridshavemadehimquitewealthy,onemightthinkhewouldretireto

alifeofleisure.However,thisisfarfromthecase.Deepdown,Yuanisstillverymuchafarmeratheart.Asamanofthesoil,hecareslittleforcelebrityormoney.Instead,hemakeslargedonationstosupportagriculturalresearch.P5?awealthy&famousscientist?retiretoalifeofleisure?afarmeratheart?amanofthesoilBycontrastHowdoesthewriterdevelopPara.5?Readpara.5andfindYuan’schoiceafterbeingfamousP6▲riceplantsastallas________▲eachearofriceasbigasa______▲eachgrainofriceashugeasa______HisfirstdreamHislatervisionseawaterricepeanutbroomsorghumReadpara.6anddrawthepictureMylifelongpursuitistokeepallthepeopleawayfromhunger.--YuanLongpingFurtherreading

1.YuanLongping,knownasthe“fatherofhybridrice”,wasoneofChina’smostfamousscientists.

Yet,heconsideredhimselfafarmerbecausehecontinuallyworkedthelandinhisresearch.

Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodywasjustlikethatofmillonsofChinesefarmers,towhomhehaddevotedhislife.

2.YuanLongpingwasbornin1930inBeijing.Hisparentswantedhimtopursueacareerinscienceormedicine.

However,whatconcernedhimmostwasthatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadaseriousshortageoffoodtoeat.Totacklethiscrisis,

he

chose

tostudyagricultureandreceivedaneducationatSouthwestAgriculturalCollegeinChongqing.

3.Aftergraduatingin1953,heworkedasaresearcher.YuanLongpingrealisedthatlargerfieldswerenotthesolution.Instead,farmersneededtoboostyieldsinthefieldstheyhad.Howthiscouldbedonewasachallengingquestionatthetime.Yuanwasconvincedthattheanswercouldbefoundinthecreationofhybridrice.

Ahybridisacrossbetweentwoormorevarietiesofaspecies.Onecharacteristicofhybridsisthattheyusuallyattainahigheryieldthanconventionalcrops.However,whetheritwaspossibletodevelopahybridofself-pollinatingplantssuchasricewasamatterofgreatdebate.Thecommonassumptionthenwasthatitcouldnotbedone.

Throughintenseeffort,Yuanovercameenormoustechnicaldifficultiestodevelopthefirsthybridricethatcouldbeusedforfarmingin1974.

Thishybridenabledfarmerstoexpandtheiroutputgreatly.

4.Today,itisestimatedthatabout60percentofdomesticriceconsumptioninChinaiscomprisedofcropsgeneratedfromYuan’shybridstrains,andhisstrainshaveallowedChina’sfarmerstoproducearound200milliontonsofriceperyear.Yuan’sinnovationhashelpedfeednotjustChina,butmanyothercountriesthatdependonriceaswell,suchasIndiaandVietnam.Becauseofhisinvaluablecontributions,YuanLongpingreceivednumerousawardsbothinChinaandabroad.

5.GiventhatYuan’shybridsmadehimquitewealthy,onemightthinkhewouldhaveretiredtoalifeofleisure.However,thisisfarfromthecase.Deepdown,Yuanwasstillverymuchafarmeratheart.

Asamanofthesoil,hecaredlittleforcelebrityormoney.Instead,hemadelargedonationstosupportagriculturalresearch.

6.WhatimpressedpeoplemostaboutYuanLongpingwashisongoingabilitytofulfillhisdreams.Longago,heenvisionedriceplantsastallassorghum,witheachearofriceasbigasabroom,andeachgrainofriceashugeasapeanut.

He

succeededinproducingakindofricethatcouldfeedmorepeopleathomeandabroad.

Hislatestvisionfor“seawaterrice”

alsobecameareality,andpotentiallyopenedupnearlyonemillionsquarekilometresofsaltylandinChinaforriceproduction.Eveninhislateryears,

YuanLongpingwasstillyoungatheartandfullofvision,andeveryonewasalwaysexcitedtoseewhathewoulddreamupnext.APioneerforAllPeopleWhatareYuan’squalities?APioneerforAllPeopleWorkingtheLandworkonourownlandandpursuitourdreamsGroupworkIfyouareselectedasthevolunteeroftheLongpingRiceMuseum,howwillyoui