Unit2workingtheland-reading课件（新人教版必修4）.pptVIP

Warming up Reading;A poem;1.Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them? If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? How will you grow it?; What do you know about “farming”?;select the weeds;plow the field;grow some young plants;insert the young plants into the field;harvest;rice;Pre-reading ( 4ms ) Answer the following questions:;;;;Father of Hybrid Rice;1.When and who did become the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output?; 袁隆平被誉为中国的“杂交水稻之父”. 中国农民说，吃饭靠“两平”，一靠邓小平----制定了生产承包责任制的政策，二靠袁隆平----发明了杂交稻。 袁隆平，男，１９３０年９月出生于北京，１９５３年毕业于西南农学院农学系。毕业后，一直从事农业教育及杂交水稻研究。 在中国人民正闹饥荒的20世纪60年代，袁隆平提出了杂交水稻的概念，这种新型水稻具有高产量的特点。10年后，他研制成功了一种产量比一般水稻高出20%的新型水稻。 　　袁隆平一生献身于农业研究，先后受到联合国教科文组织、粮农组织的称誉。袁隆平虽已年届７０岁，仍然一如既往地从事农业研究。;Task 2 Scanning; Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams. Para2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality. Para3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography. Para4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement.;;Para 2;;Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true? He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous. B. He cares little about money and fame. C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich  and famous people.;His dreams;Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people;;Revision.(personal information);Personal information (Resume);Personal information;T or F;The following sentences are taken from the reading passage. Explain what the underlined words mean.;2. In many ways, he is one of them, and he has struggled for the past five decades to help them.;4. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.;; Hunger;If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?;The measures taken to deal with hunger