Enjoy a Enjoy a PoemBy Li ShenFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.Ploughing ( 犁田) seedingfertilizing( 施肥 )irrigating ( 灌溉 )transplanting 插秧harvestingwinnowing ( 扬 谷)riceWhat is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day throughout the world. Answer the following questions:Pre-readingWhat do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?• suffer from starvation and starve to death.• feel scared / be panic( 惊慌 ). • fight for food, even kill each other • and the whole country would get into trouble.If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?How to solve hunger?making good use of the waste landdeveloping the technology to… inventing a new kind of food…improving the quality of the soil preventing the pests from eating our cropsFather of Hybrid Rice Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams. Para2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality. Para3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography. Para4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.A.a farmer named Yuan Longping B.how Yuan Longping became rich and famousC. an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice D. a new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice Which of the following statements tells the main idea of the text? It ’s about____ .Find out the main idea of each paragraph.Careful ReadingRead the text and fill in the blanks. Yuan LongpingAppearance His________ face and arms and his slim, strong body are jus...
