高一英语课件下学期Unit4.pptVIP

Unit 2 Working the land  Warm up : 1. Have you ever grown any plants ? 2 Have you ever been to the countryside? What did you do there ? 3. Are you from a farmer’s family ? What do you know about farming ? A basic food that everyone eats everyday --- staple food England, Canada and USA ---- potatoes and bread South America and central America --- corn China, Italy, India and Japan --- rice and pasta Pre- reading 1.Rice is a main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat? 2.If you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ? Ex.1 T F 1 Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. 2 Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland. 3 Dr Yuan would rather work than relax. 4 Dr Yuan has dreams when he is asleep and also when he is awake. 5 Dr Yuan enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people. Answer the following questions Ex.3 on P11 1.Dr Yuan wanted to increase the rice output because he saw many people go hungry when he was young. 2. He helps the world get rid of hunger by producing a hybrid strain of rice which increases the harvest. 3. Dr Yuan is leading a simple , doing his research, listening to his music and riding his motor-bike . Find the following sentences from the reading passage and explain what the underlined words mean 4.It means that farmers growing his rice species are producing rice twice as much as they did in the past. The important sentences 1 This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. 2 You might guess that Dr Yuan, who is now rich and famous, is satisfied with his life. 3 Thanks to his research, the UN is trying to rid the world of hunger Retell the text according to time line 1931 1950 1953 1974 Last year Now Yuan Longping was born into a poor farmer’s family. Chinese farmers produced five and