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I. Warming Up 1. What words to do with agriculture can you think of ? II. Pre-reading 1. What are the serious problems the world faces today? Suggested answers Yuan Longping, 79, Chinese Scientist / farmer Graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 Sunburnt face and arms, slim and strong body, like millions of Chinese farmers Listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe 4. Find the verbs or verb phrases from the text for each of these meanings. ________ to make sth or sb free of ________ to become larger in size, number or amount ________ to make information and ideas known to many people ________ to try extremely hard to achieve sth ________ to send things to foreign countries for sale ________ to provide with things necessary for a certain purpose * Working the land Look at the title of the unit “Working the land”. What does it mean? a. to work sth. to manage or operate sth to gain benefit from it: to work the land (= grow crops on it, etc.) to use the land to make money through farming or mining. b. to make a machine or piece of equipment do what it is supposed to do My parents can’t even work the video. agriculture plant, grow, produce, feed, harvest, farming, tools … field, farm, rice, wheat, crops, seeds, weeds fruit and vegetables, corn, peanuts … Environment Population Natural resources Wars Poverty Hunger … Pre-reading More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day. - the World Health Organization (WHO) One billion people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition. About 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes. Three- fourths of the deaths are children under the age of five. - More than 800 million people ________________________________ One billion people in the world _________________________________ About 24,000 people _____________________