人教版高中英语必修4《Unit2 Working the land》课件.ppt

1. What is being planted in the season? 2. Have you ever grown it? If so, how will you grow it? select the seeds plough the soil trench the soil sow the seeds cover the ground withthe plastic film Look!They are growing... farming steps Do you know what is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries? wheat rice sorghum 高粱 What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat? 2016-422 What problem do they show ? How to solve hunger? making good use of the waste land developing the technology to… inventing a new kind of food… improving the quality of the soil preventing the pests from eating our crops 2016-4-22 Dr. Yuan Longping Father of Hybrid Rice 2016-4-22 He gives us a good example . Do you know who is he? And what do you know about him? 2016-4-22 Now, lets know more about him. Read the text silently in 5 minutes , and finish the two tasks on your paper. 2016-4-22 定时 a farmer named Yuan Longping how Yuan Longping became rich and famous C. an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice D. a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice Task1:Which of the following statements tells the main idea of the text? It ’s about____ . Para 1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams. Para 2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality. Para 3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography. Para 4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement. A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Task2:Match the following headings with the right paragraphs. 2016-4-22 Q1: What does Dr Yuan look like? He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. Q2: How much of the rice produced in China each year is from Yuan Longping’s hybrid strain? Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain. Task 1 a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family . b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college.