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By Li Shen

Farmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.

Who knows food on a tray,

Due to their toiling （ hard ） day.

Lead-in

Treasure our rice and don’t waste it.

rice

A good way is to increase the output of

the crop .

A good way is to increase the output of

the crop .

What can we do to solve the food shortage( 缺少 ) problem?

To grow a different kind of rice.

super hybrid rice

Father of Hybrid Rice

his sunburnt face and slim arms

Find a word or phrase for them.

1.Brown skin from spending too

much time in the sun.

2. To become larger in size, number or

amount.

3. To send things to foreign countries for sale.

sunburnt

expand

export

Vocabulary

4. would prefer to

5. pleased by having what one wants or needs.

6. because of

would rather

satisfied with

thanks to

Fast reading

As a young man, why did Yuan Longping

want to increase the rice output?

Because he saw great need for increasing

the rice output.

Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams.

Para2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality.

Para3 C. Dr Yuan’s education and research.

Para4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance

and his achievement.

Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.

Careful Reading

Yuan Longping

Appearance

His________ face and arms and his slim,

strong body are just like Chinese farmers.

sunburnt

Achievements

★ In 1974, he became the first

_________________ in the world to

grow high output rice.

agricultural pioneer

facts about Yuan Longping

birth

education

personality

hobby

in 1930

graduate from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953

care little about fame or money

listen to violin music, play mah-jong, swim and read

________

★ Long ago,he dreamed of producing a

kind of rice that could ____ more peo

ple. ★ Now, many years later, his dream is to ______his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.

Dreams

feed

export

What’s the advantage of Yuan’s super hybrid rice?

To produce 1/3 more of the crop in the same fields; More than 60%of the rice in China is from this hybrid strain （品种） .

What does the word “battle” refer to in t

he second paragraph?

A. The low rice output.

B. Ridding the world of hunger.

C. Fighting against farming.

D. The freedom to do research.

Para2:

Further reading

Translate it into Chinese.He believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles.

Para3:

他认为，一个人有了太多的钱，麻烦只会更多，而不是少。

Which sentence has the same meaning as the sentence below: One needn’t spendany money in just dreaming, you know, it’s free.

Para4:

Just dreaming for things, however,costs nothing.

梦想是不化本钱的。

The title of our passage is “A Pioneer For All People”. What’s the meaning of it?

1.Dr. Yuan is the first person to grow super hybrid rice.

2.The rice he developed benefits people all over the world.

What do you think are the main reasons for Dr Yuan Longping’s success?

Dr. Yuan is a scientist and farmer who has strong determination. who works hard. who cares little about ________________. who has great _______________. who is patient and selfless.

So his sucuss is based on ______________.determination, hard work, great dreams….

fame or money

dreams

Output: discussion

Name:Nationality:Year of birth:Appearance:Education:personality:Achievements:Dreams:Hobbies:

• Yuan Longping• Chinese• 1930• sunburnt, slim, strong• southwest Agricultural College• care little about money and fame• super hybrid rice• produce; export • violin, mah-jong, swimming

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