李越workingontheland.ppt

Questionnaire How many of you were born in countryside Questionnaire Who is the most famous farmer in China ? A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Name: Nationality: Birth: Appearance Occupation: Education: Dreams: Achievements: Hobbies: write a biography(传记) Preview the language points The measures taken to deal with hunger Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food. Find a sort of fertilizer to give rice enough nutrition. Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field. … etc. Life Inspirations (人生感悟) Just dreaming for things costs nothing. One dream is not always enough, especially,for a person who loves and cares for his people. Salute(致敬) to our dear peasant friends. Step8:Homework: * * Welcome 李 越 900 Million Father of Hybrid Rice Brief Introduction Yuan Longping is known as China’s “father of hybrid rice”. Yuan Longping, who was born in September, 1930, graduated from Agriculture Department in Southwest Agricultural Institute. He has been working on agriculture education the research into hybrid rice since he left the institute. In the 1960s, when China was suffering from serious famine, he came up with the idea of hybrid rice, which has a high yield. Ten years later, he succeeded in inventing a new species that produced a 20 percent higher yield than common types of rice. Yuan devoted himself to the research into agriculture, was honored by UNESCO (联合国教科文组织）. Although he is 74 years old, he is still working on the research into agriculture. Sunburnt Knowledgeable Pioneer Slim Strong Body “Superman” Honorabl Listen to the record and finish the exercise a c b e d f a.He was born into a poor farmer’s family . b.He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college. c.In 1950,Chinese farmers produced 5.5 billion tons of rice. d.20 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice. e.He searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expandin