福建省光泽县第二中学高中英语Book 4 Unit 2 Working the land Warming.docVIP

福建光泽二中 任建勤 Step1. Lead-in T: Good morning, class! Ss: Good morning, teacher!【 T: Today we are going to talk about an interesting topicFarming. When we speak of farming, what can we think of ? S1: I can think of farmers and crops.【S2: I can think of plowing and sowing. S3: Irrigating and fertilizing. S4: Harvesting T: How wonderful you are! I can think of rice transplanting. Spring is coming. Farmers are busy now. Please look at these pictures, what are these farmers doing? S5: They are ploughing the field.【来.源：全,品…中高*考*网】 S6: He is growing some young plants. S7: They are inserting the young plants into the field. S8: They are harvesting the rice. T: Im very proud of you! As is known to us all, rice is the main food in our daily life. It is said that 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day all over the world. Step2. Discussion T: Suddenly, if there were noting to eat, what do you think would happen? I’ll give you three minutes to discuss in pairs. Begin, please! T: Time is up! Any?volunteers? S9: I think if that happened , people would suffer hunger and stave to death. S10: Maybe people would feel scared. S11: People would fight for food , even kill each other. S12: I think the whole country would get into trouble. Step3. Pre-reading. T: You all did a good job! In 1942 in our country, this kind of thing happened. Have you ever seen the film “1942” , which showed us how terrible it was? Can you find a way to solve this problem? Ss: No. T: It doesn`t matter. One person can. Look at the screen, Let`s enjoy a piece of film about him. Who is he? Ss: He is Yuan Longping. T: Who can tell us something about him? S13: He is a Chinese agricultural scientist. S14: He is known as “Father of Hybrid Rice ”. T: I think he is China`s most famous farmer, a pioneer for all people. Do you want to know more about him? Ss: Yes. Step4 While-reading T: Let`s come to the readingA pioneer for all people. Please open your books to Page 10. I`d like you to skim the passage to find out