Unit2WorkingthelandSectionⅠWarmingUpReading--Pre-reading课件（人教必修4）.pptVIP

Unit 2 Working the land;1．A large number of people die of hunger in the world, especially in Africa, so agriculture plays an important role in our lives.Who do you think has made great contributions to growing rice that has a high output? 2．Why was Yuan Longping awarded the State Supreme Science and Technology Award? Please read the following passage to get the answer.; Yuan Longping, “father of hybrid rice”， has a dream that he cultivates rice as plump (饱满的) as peanuts, and farmers can relax in the cool shadow of big rice plants. Yuan won a 5-million-yuan State Supreme Science and Technology Award when he was 71 years old, known as the Nobel Prize in China, for his outstanding achievements in breeding high-yield hybrid rice, which has greatly increased Chinas grain output. A minor planet was named after him，which was the first time a Chinese scientists name is so valued.; Yuan came up with the idea of hybridizing rice for the first time in the 1960s. Since then, 50 percent of Chinas total rice cultivation fields have grown such rice, which added some 300 billion kilograms to the countrys grain output. Yuan in his 70s has devoted most of his life to growing rice. He hopes to popularize the hybrid rice around the world to remove starvation from the earth. In 1980, Yuan went to the United States to share his knowledge about the cultivation technology of hybrid rice. He has done a lot to bring his research methods to other countries.;1．What is happening to these people？What can we do to solve this problem?;2．If you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?;Scan the passage and then choose the best answers according to the passage. (1)Why does Yuan Longping work the land? A．Because he was born into a farmers family. B．Because he needs to do his research on farming. C．Because he is interested in farming. D．Becau