Unit 5Working the land 阅读学案
Learning purpo:
By the end of this period, you will be able to achieve them.
1. to figure out the structure of the text with CBI and ABCDE template;
2. to judge the writing purpo and intended readers of the passage;
3. to express your ideas on the given topics through critical thinking.
Lead-in
地面硬化施工方案
长大做个好爷爷Watch the video:
A pioneer for all people
n. person who is the first to study and develop a particular area.先锋；先驱；带头人
people in China and abroad
Who is the man in the photo?
What crop is he holding in his hands?
What do you know about grandpa Yuan?
He makes China feed 21% people with 7% of the farmland.
He circulates his knowledge in less-developed countries.
He helps the UN to rid the world of hunger.
Do you want to know more about him?
Teaching Process:
Read the text and try to solve the questions. You may discuss with your deskmate.
1.What kind of text is it? 点头哈腰的意思
2.How are the events arranged?
3. Where can we probably read this passage?
4.What's the author's attitude to Yuan Longping?
TOPIC Analysis
lexis of the text
1.devote to
2.convince
3.conventional
4. inten
5. expand
6.estimate
7.domestic
8.consumption
9.be comprid of
10. generate
11.celebrity
12. vision
13. reality
14. salty
15.leisure
Read the text again loudly para.by para. try to solve the underlined parts, and conclude the main idea of each paragraph. You may discuss with your deskmate.
Topic 1: __________________________________________________________________.
Yuan Longping, known as the "father of hybrid rice", is one of China's most famous scientist. Yet, he considers himlf a farmer becau he continually works the land in his rearch. Indeed, his slim but strong body is just like that of millions of Chine farmers, to whom he has devoted his life.
Topic 2: ______________________________________________________________________.
Yuan Longping was born in 1930 in Beijing. His parents wanted him to pursue a career in science or medicine. However, what concerned him most was that farmers often had poor harvests and sometimes even had a rious shortage of food to eat. To tackle this crisis, he cho to study agriculture and received an education at Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing.
Topic 3: ______________________________________________________________________.
After graduating in 1953, he worked as a rearcher. Yuan Longping realid that larger fields were not the solution. Instead, farmers needed to boost yields in the fields they had. How this could be done was a challenging question at the time. Yuan was convinced that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. A hybrid is a cross间断的反义词 between two or more varieties of a species. One characteristic of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than conventional crops. However, whether it was possible to develop a hybrid of lf-pollinating plants such as rice was a matter of great debate. The common assumption then was that it could not be done. Through inten effort Yuan overcame enormous technical difficulties to develop the first hybrid rice that could be ud for farming in 1974. This hybrid enabled farmers to expand their output greatly.
Topic 4: _______________________________________________________________________.
Today, it is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is comprid of crops generated from Yuan's hybrid strains, and his strains have allowed China's farmers to produce around 200 million tons of rice per year. Yuan's innovation has helped feed not just China, but many other countries that depend on rice as well, such as India and Vietnam. Becau of his invaluable contributions, Yuan Longping has received numerous awards both in China and abroad.
Topic 5: ___________________________________________________________________.
Given that Yuan's hybrids have made him quite wealthy, one might think he would retire to a life of leisure. However, this is far from the ca. Deep down, Yuan is still very much月亮像 a farmer at heart. As a man of the soil, he cares little for celebrity or money. Instead, he makes large donations to support agricultural rearch.
Topic 6: ___________________________________________________________________ .
蒙牛产品
What impress people most about Yuan Longping is his ongoing ability to防地震 fulfil his dreams. Long ago, he envisioned rice plants as tall as sorghum, with each ear of rice as big as a broom, and each grain of rice as huge as a peanut. He succeeded in producing a kind of rice that could feed more people at home and abroad. His latest vision for "awater rice" has also become a reality, and potentially opened up nearly one million square kilometres of salty land in China for rice production. Despite his advanced years, Yuan Longping is still young at heart and full of vision, and everyone is waiting to e what he will dream up next.
Thread & Transition Analysis
Yuan’s life stages Yuan’s road to success
