浙江省天台县平桥第二中学高中英语 Unit 2 Warming up and reading （新人教版必修4）.ppt

Personal information (Resume) Name: Nationality: Birth: Appearance: Occupation: Education: Personality: Dreams: Yuan Longping Chinese in 1930 Sunburnt face, arms and slim, strong body Scientist of farming Southwest Agricultural College,in 1953 His first dream His second dream care little about money and fame Personal information Achievements: Hobbies: grow rice that has a high output circulate his knowledge abroad give money to equip others for their research listening to violin music playing mah-jong swimming reading A poem Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day. Warming up 1.Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them? How will you grow it? If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? Pepper Cotton pear Eggplant corn watermelon cabbage What do you know about “farming”? wheat sorghum rice corn Potatoes Staple food select the seeds plough the soil turn over the soil sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize farming steps First, the farmers plow the field. They have to make the soil loose enough to plant crops. Second, they grow some young plants. Third, they insert the young plants into the loose field. Father of Hybrid Rice Task 1 Scanning Find out the main idea of each paragraph. 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. Match the following headings with the right paragraphs. Para. 1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement Task 2 Careful reading Q1: What does Dr Yuan look like? He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. Q2: What is his achievement? He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. Para 2 His