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Reading and Thinking
Unit 5
Working the Land
A Pioneer For All People
At the end of this lesson, I will be able to
figure out the main idea of each paragraph.
identify Yuan Longping’s key contributions to hybrid rice research.
Recognize the value of scientific innovation in addressing real-world challenges (food security).
She is truly an extraordinary woman born in Xiamen, Fujian.
She devoted her entire life to delivering babies and caring for women’s health.
She is known as the “mother of ten thousand babies”.
Lin Qiaozhi
Lead-in
Guess
He is a brilliant and imaginative physicist from Germany.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.
His theory of relativity revolutionized humanity’s understanding of space, time, and gravity.
Albert Einstein
使发生革命性巨变
She is a committed and patient scientist born in Ningbo, China.
She was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015.
Her research led to the discovery of artemisinin, a crucial new treatment for malaria.
Tu Youyou
He is a devoted scientist born in Beijing, China.
He dedicated his whole life to researching hybrid rice and ensuring global food security.
He is honored as the “Father of Hybrid Rice”.
Yuan Longping
Thinking
1. Predict the main idea of the passage according to the title & illustration.
pioneer (n.): a person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge.
The text mainly talks about Yuan Longping, a __________ of agriculture in China. He ________ his life to producing _____ ___.
pioneer
devoted
hybrid rice
Yuan Longping
hybrid rice
2. According to the title, what may be the text type of this passage
A. A story
B. An expositon(说明文)
C. A biography
D. An argumentation (议论文)
3. Where can you find such a piece of writing
A. A letter.
B. A magazine.
C. A brochure.
D. A science report.
4. Read and underline the topic sentence of each paragraph.
5. Conclude the main idea of each paragraph in one word.
Identity
Education
Research
Contribution
Quality
Dreams
Careful-reading
Birthdate
Birthplace
Appearance
Major
Occupations
Title
In 1930 in Beijing
Slim but strong
Agriculture
A sicentist & a farmer
Father of hybrid rice
Read Para. 1&2 and finish the blank.
Why did Yuan decide to study agriculture
He was concerned that farmers had poor harvest and food shortage.
What does Yuan consider himself
Why does Yuan consider himself a farmer
He continually works the land in his research.
设计人员
realized
larger fields
boost yields
Read Para. 3 and find the information.
worked
convinced
the answer is the creation of hybrid rice
overcame
as a researcher
in 1953
technical difficulties
developed
hybrid
rice in 1974
How did Yuan Longping develop hybrid rice
a challenging question
What is the main advantage of hybrid rice
enabled farmers to expand their output greatly
21 years
From the process (过程)of developing hybrid rice, he is a ______________________ pioneer who conducted his research and developed the hybrid rice.
persistent / creative
Q1: In what ways does the writer develop Para 4
By providing convincing data.
By explaining the phenomenon.
By giving examples.
By analyzing the cause and effect.
Para.4
Para.4
Q2:How has Yuan’s work helped China and other countries
produce _______
tons of rice
per year
+
Feed
_______ countries
=
60 percent
200 million
many other
numerous
________
domestic rice
consumption
+
received
________
awards
Q3:What is the funtion of the numbers
Emphasize Yuan's invaluable countributions
If you had fame and wealth, what would you do
How did Yuan do
Given that Yuan’s hybrids have made him quite wealthy, one might think he would retire to a life of leisure. However, this is far from the case. Deep down, Yuan is still very much a farmer at heart. As a man of the soil, he cares little for celebrity or money. Instead, he makes large donations to support agricultural research.
Q:How does the author show Yuan Longping’s qualities
a wealthy & famous scientist
retire to a life of leisure
a farmer at heart
a man of the soil
cares little for celebrity or money
By contrast
Para.5
Yuan Longping is a ______ man who ______________.
He is a selfless man who makes large donations to support agricultural research.
Para.6
dreams
▲rice plants as tall as ________
▲each ear of rice as big as a ____
▲each grain of rice as huge as a ______
His first dream
His later vision
seawater rice
peanut
broom
sorghum
Yuam is old but still woking hard to fulfil his dreams.
He is a _________ and ___________ man who is still young at heart and fulll of vison.
visionary
perseverant
My lifelong pursuit is to keep all the people away from hunger.
--Yuan Longping
谷粒
穗
高粱
I heard you had a beautiful dream
I saw my super-hybrid rice plant as high as the sorghum and the panicle as large as the broom, and the grain as big as the peanuts. I was very happy, and I, with my assistant, to rest under these panicles.
That’s true. Several years ago, I had a dream.
禾下乘凉梦
Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, passed away on Saturday at a hospital in Changsha.
禾下乘凉梦
后辈不敢忘
For the well-being of all the people,
we need to aim high and study hard, learning Yuan Longping’s selfless and devoted qualities.
We should shoulder the mission of society.
A Pioneer
For
All
People
Summary
Identity
Education
Research
Contribution
Quality
Dreams
Thank you!

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