Working the land
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Transcript of Working the land
Step 1: Lead-in
rice farmer pioneer China
Farmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling
day.
Poem
---By Li Shen
I’m a Young P____!!!
A large number of its population still work on the land.
We always say 7% of its farmland feeds 22% of the world’s people.
Guess which country it is according to the following information
In China, there is a famous farmer who is a pioneer in growing rice.
Step 2: Warming up
Rules:
You will be provided with 6 orquestions.
XEach time you give a wrong answer, you have to sit down, which means you are out.
Dr Yuan is called “Father of super hybrid rice ( 杂交水稻 )”.
Dr Yuan prefers to call himself a scientist rather than a farmer.
Xa farmer rather than a scientist
Dr Yuan is fond of playing the piano.X violin
Dr Yuan learned to swim in his childhood hoping to save those who drown ( 溺水 ). Dr Yuan runs an agriculture company in Beijing,China.
X Changsha, Hunan provinceDr Yuan doesn’t need an interpreter( 翻译 ) when visiting a foreign country because he is quite good at English.
Step 3: Pre-reading Prediction I
If you are asked to write an article to introduce Dr Yuan,what aspects can you write about ?
Step 5: Careful reading
Information Card
Name:______
Nationality:_
Occupation:__________
Education:___________
Achievements:_______
Personality:_________
Hobbies:____________
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Age:________
Para 1
Personal Information CardName:_____________Nationality:________Occupation:________________Achievements:
Yuan LongpingChinese
scientist, farmer
He became the______ agricultural _______ in the worldto grow __________________.
firstsuper hybrid rice
pioneer
Para 2Years
1930
1950
1953
last year
now
what happened in these yearsin a loud voice focus on numbers & facts
1930 Born in _______
1950 Chinese farmers could only produce
about _____ ______ tons of rice.
1953 Graduated from ___________ ____________ College
Beijing
fiftymillion
SouthwestAgriculture
Last year
Nearly ____ ________ _______tons of rice was produced.
Now Dr Yuan is circulating his knowledge in ______, ________ and other less
___________ countries. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests ______ as large as before.
hundredtwo
India Vietnam
developed
twice
million
Para 3
Personal Information CardPersonality:①_________________________________________________
② ______________________
Hobbies:①_______________ ____________②___________ _________________ ________ ③ ④
⑤ ________ ________________________⑥ ⑦ ____________________
Care little about money or a comfortable life
Care little about fame
Play the violin Listen toviolin music Play mah-jong Swim
Read Walk to rice fieldsRide motorcycle
sunburntinteresting
……
Para 4
Personal Information Card
Dreams:①___________________________________________________________________②__________________________________
as tall as sorghum,as big as an ear of corn, as huge as a peanut
export his rice all over the world
Step 6: Post-reading 2004 “MOVES CHINA TOP 10”
Three---MC ( 主持人 )---awarding speech ( 颁奖词 )
One---Yuan Longping---return speech ( 答谢词 )
Work in groups of four
Awarding speech He is a strong man in face of all the difficulties of life. Eager for knowledge, responsible for his family, he is always friendly and brave. We can hardly imagine such a short man is filled with such a strong will.
Why is he called ?
important facts numbers new words
a pioneer for all people
60%1.Now more than _____ of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.
2._____ of the world’s population are fed from __ of the farmland in China.
22%7%
4. get rid of hunger in the world
3. spread his knowledge in
circulate his knowledge in
rid the world of hunger
The rice field is his stage for ever!
Great hopes make great man.
Hold a dream in your heart and prepare yourself for it.
homework
1. 复习课文2. 准备听写3. 完成课后练习 P12 1.2.3.
4. 完成英语周报42期