[中学联盟]浙江省杭州市塘栖中学高中英语必修四教学课件：B4U2 warming reading.ppt

Food is the basic need for man. Rice is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast countries. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice everyday throughout the world. The only way to solve the food shortage problem is to increase the yield of the grain crop per land area through the advancement of science and technology. T or F 1. Dr Yuan is not a scientist but a farmer. 2. Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland. 3. Dr Yuan sometimes cares about being famous. 4. Dr Yuan enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people. 1. In what way does Dr. Yuan look like a farmer? He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. Para 2 Why doesn’t he care about money and fame ? What does he do with his money? Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people As huge as a peanut  To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world Name: Nationality: Age: Occupation: Education: Dream: Achievement: Hobbies: * Unit 2 Working the land Have you ever grown any plants? Do you know the steps of how to grow rice? Warming Up select the weeds plough the soil turn over the soil sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize farming steps Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day. According to the World Health Organization: The world produces enough food for everyone. More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day. Did you know these facts before? What problem do they show? Pre-reading 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? He is concerned about the hunger problem very much! Match the main ideas with each paragraph. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 His biography His dreams His appearance and achievements His personality and hobbies Fast reading Yes or No? 1.Read the passage once