新视野大学英语（第三版）读写教程B4U7 Section B-A worldwide food crisis.ppt

Criteria for self-evaluation and peer-evaluation Criteria Comments clear theme supporting evidence logical structure good words and expressions merits worth learning things to be improved Fulfilling your task * * * * 本课件答案建议客观题以完整的句子呈现，主观题可以完整段落、句子或要点形式呈现。 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Why food is different from other trade commodities? Food is different because it can cause people to overreact when the market is unstable. Why the growth of grain yields has been slow in the last decades according to the text? It has been slow because global funding for advances in agricultural technology has been insufficient. Step 3 Read Paras. 4-7 and answer the following questions. Inspiring your thoughts What does “a system of piracy” (Para. 8) refers indirectly to? It refers to a series of improper ways rich people consume food, such as hoarding food. What causes the huge gap between population growth and food demand increase? Because of the growing need for basic foods, the increasing need for bio-fuels and the gradual change of people’s diet. Step 4 Read Paras. 8-11 and answer the following questions. Inspiring your thoughts What is the key point to meet the tremendous need for food in the future? It is crucial to build the food production capacity of developing countries. What is the tone of the author toward the food price issue? The author is quite concerned about food price. Step 5 Read Para. 12 and answer the following questions. Inspiring your thoughts Translation skill Enhancing your skills Language highlighting Language learning Language focus turnout hoard wholesale volatile piracy affluent infrastructure subsidy appropriation be starved of run out of spike Find words and expressions from the text to talk about the influence of food crisis. Step 1 Enhancing your skills Language learning Task 1 Learning new words and expressions about food crisis Step 2 Match the words with their meanings. spike disclose intr