Unit2 working the land

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Unit2 working the land
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A quiz
Food

• ______ is the first necessity
• (???) of the people.

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hungry children
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Numbers

• 1 billion people in the world suffer from hunger.
• About 24000 people die every day from hunger.

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Imagine

• What do you think would happen if tomorrow
  there was suddenly no food to eat?

• suffer from starvation and starve to death.
• human beings would eat human beings.
• feel scared or panic(??).
• fight for food, even kill each other.
• and the whole country would get into trouble.

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Problem

• In the late 1990s, Brown, an American
  scholar(??), published the theory of Chinese
  Menace(??), which said that in the 2030s, Chinese
  population will add up to 1.6 billion and has the
  problem who would feed the large population in
  China as well as in the world.

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China could solve the problem by himself and
help to solve the same problem in the world.
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Reading
A pioneer for all people
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Fast reading

• Why is Dr Yuan called a pioneer for all people?
• What does Dr Yuan look like?
• What are his hobbies?

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1.Why is Dr Yuan called a
pioneer for all people?

• Because he is the first person in the world to
  invent super hybrid rice that has a high output.

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2.What does Dr Yuan look like?
He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim,
strong body. He is more like a farmer than a
scientist.
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3. What are his hobbies?
He enjoys listening to violin music, playing
mah-jong, swimming and reading.
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Careful reading

• Match them together.
• Para 1 A. Dr Yuans dreams.
• Para 2 B. Dr Yuans
  personality.
• Para 3 C. Dr Yuans life story.
• Para 4 D. Dr Yuans appearance
• and his
  achievement.

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Para1
Para 1appearanceachievement
Whats his achievement?
He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which
makes it possible to produce one-third more of
the crop in the same fields.
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Para 2 Life story

• Time
• 1930
• 1953
• As a young man
• 1950
• In a recent harvest
• Now

• Story

Born
Graduated from
He saw
Produced only
Produced
Circulating his knowledge.
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Para 3 personality

• Which of the following is not true?
• A. He is satisfied with his life because he
  is now rich and famous.
• B. He cares little about money and fame.
• C. He would rather work than lead a
• comfortable life.
• D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich
• and famous people.

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Para 4 dreams
To produce rice plants as tall as sorghum.

• The first dream

To export his rice so that it can be grown around
the globe.
The second dream
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Thinking
1.Use some adjectives to describe Dr Yuans
personality.
patient careful kind selfless
hard-working persistent (?????) be aloof from
fame and wealth(????)
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• 2.Dr Yuan thinks that a person with too much
  money has more rather than fewer troubles. Do you
  agree or disagree? Why?

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It depends on ones attitude to life and wealth.
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Homework

• Read the passage again.
• Finish part1 part2 on page 11.