Unit 2 reading
Working the land

Pre-reading
1. What makes you interested about the text? Why?
The information:
1) However, he doesn't care about being famous. He feels it gives him less freedom to do his research.
2) He would much rather keep time for his hobbles.
3) Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles.
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Pre-reading
The language
1) Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice.
2) This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.
3) …, for whom he has struggled for the past five decades.
…
Pre-reading
2. How can you understand the following new words? Can you read them correctly?
1) sunburnt (sun+burnt; heart + broken; man-made; strong-minded; well-educated)
2) output (out+put; income; overcome; breakthrough; handshake; haircut)
Pre-reading
2. How can you understand the following new words? Can you read them correctly?
3) freedom (free+dom; wisdom; boredom)
4) satisfy (satisfied/satisfying)
5) produce-producer-product-production
6) supermarket; superstar; superman
3. Can you read the following new words correctly?
statistic(s); decade;
disturbing (disturb); expand; export; circulate;
nationality; personality; occupation; bacteria(bacterium);
nutrition; mineral; comment
Super Hybrid Rice
Dr Yuan Longping
A Pioneer for all People
While-reading
Learning aims
1. To get some information about Dr Yuan Longping;
2. To practice some useful reading skills;
3. To acquire some important expressions used to describe a great person.
1.What is the main idea of the passage? Give one sentence to summarize it.
The passage is mainly about an _________ pioneer named ____________ who worked hard to produce _____rice.
2.Why is Dr.Yuan a pioneer for all people?
_________________________________
_________________________________
Skimming
hybrid
agricultural
Yuan Longping
Dr. Yuan developed super hybrid rice to help Chinese
farmers and hungry people around the world.
Scanning: Comprehending paragraph by paragraph
(1).The first paragraph:
Yuan Longping thinks he is a _______. He has _________face and arms and _____ ,_______
body . →Dr. Yuan’s ___________
He works hard and grows super _______ rice. In 1973, he became a pioneer to grow rice that has a high ______. →Dr. Yuan’s ___________
The paragraph is mainly about _____________
______________________________________.
farmer
sunburnt
hybrid
slim
output
strong
appearance
Dr. Yuan’s appearance and his achievement
achievement
Paragraph 2
________ in a farmer’s family
Southwest Agricultural College
________ was a disturbing problem. Saw the great need for increasing the rice output .
200 million tons produced
_____________ his knowledge
Only _________ million tons produced
Means?
22%
7%
UN
rid the world of hunger
The paragraph is mainly about ___________________
Dr.Yuan’s biography.
Born
1953
Hunger
fifty-six
Circulating
(1) He is satisfied with his life because
he is now rich and famous.
(2) He cares little about money and fame.
(3) He would rather work than lead a
comfortable life.
(4) He enjoys a simpler life than most
rich and famous people.

The paragraph is mainly about ________________.
Paragraph Three:( True or false)
he doesn’t like money and fame.
True
True
True
False
Dr.yuan’s personality
Paragraph Four
(1)The first dream : _________________
_______________
(2)The second dream:_____________________________________________
rice plants as tall as
sorghum
to export his rice so
that it can be grown around the globe
Post-reading: I. Read aloud the text and try to fill in the blanks according to the passage.
When he was young, Yuan Longping saw the great need for increasing the rice _______ and then hunger was a __________problem in China.
He wanted to increase rice harvests without ___________the area of the fields. In 1973, a special strain of rice could produce 20%more of the ____ in the same fields. __________ his research, the UN has more tools to rid the world of ______.
He is now ___________ his knowledge in less developed countries and he wants to ______ his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. Though he has been __________for the past five decades, Dr. Yuan is quite_________ with his life.
output
disturbing
expanding
Thanks to
crop
hunger
circulating
export
struggling
satisfied
Show time
Imagine you are a journalist. You have a task to
interview Dr Yuan Longping, according to what
we have learned today. Make up a short dialogue
with your partner.
III. Explain the following sentences using different grammar structure and your own words.
1. As a young man, he saw the great need for
increasing the rice output.
_____________________________________
_____________________________
2. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem
in many parts of the country.
________________________________________
________________________________________
Even he was a young man, he knew how important
it was to produce bigger rice crops.
During his early years, much of the countryside
was troubled by hunger.
III. Explain the following sentences using different grammar structure and your own words.
3. Using hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. _____________________________________
_____________________________
4. Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him. ________________________________________
________________________________________
As they use his hybrid rice, farmers are producing
twice as much rice as before.
He is not interested in buying things for himself
or in having a comfortable life.
Write a short passages about Dr. Yuan’s achievements and how he succeeded?