江苏省扬中市八桥中学牛津译林版九年级英语下册课件9BU2Task.ppt

9B Unit 2 Great people Task Father of Hybrid Rice Amy wants to write about Yuan Longping, a rice scientist. Super Hybrid Rice the rice that has a high output hybrid title agriculture hunger happen to adj. 杂交的 n . 标题 ; 职位名称 n . 农业 n . 饥饿 碰巧 advantage at present contribution increase production development n . 优势 , 有利条件 现在 , 目前 n . 贡献 vt . 增加 n. 生产 ; 产量 n . 发展 Read the information about Yuan Longping Amy has found, then answer the questions. 1. Who is Yuan Longping? 2. Why did he begin research into hybrid rice? He is a rice scientist, a member of the Academy of Engineering. He is called Father of Hybrid Rice. Because he saw people die of hunger in 1960. 3. Why does Amy admire him? Because Yuan Longping has spent all his life on the research and development of better rice plants and has solved the problem of hunger for many people. Amy is writing her article. Help her plete it. Use the information in Part A on page 32 to help you. I think Yuan Longping, a rice scientist and a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, is one of the greatest people that have ever lived. He was born on (1) ________________. In 1953, he began working as a (2) ________ in an agriculture school after he graduated from college. In 1960, he saw people die of (3) _______, so he began research into hybrid rice. In 1964, he happened to find a natural hybrid rice plant that had many (4) ____________ over others. After nearly 7 September 1930 teacher hunger advantages ten years of hard work, he and his team finally developed a (5) _________ of hybrid rice plant, which produced (6) _______________ per unit than other mon kinds. In 1979, this new type of hybrid rice was introduced into (7) __________. At present, over 100 countries in Asia, Africa and America have grown hybrid rice. Because of his new type 20% more rice the USA achievements, (8) ______________ h