Unit 2 Working the landHave you ever grown any plants? Do you know the steps of how to grow rice?select the weeds plough the soil turn over the soil sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize farming stepsWhen we speak of farming, what words can you think of?Ploughing ( 犁田 ) seedingfertilizing( 施肥 )irrigating ( 灌溉 )transplanting 插秧harvestingwinnowing ( 扬 谷)rice• What is happening to these people?• What can we do to solve this problem?Father of Hybrid Rice(EW)Task1. Match the main idea of each paragraph.Para1:1. Why does he want everyone to call him a farmer?2. What happened to him in 1974?He has sunburnt face and arms, slim and strong body.He is a scientist who works the land.He became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.Para2:1. Why did Dr Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young?2. How did he help rid the world of hunger?He saw the great need for increasing the rice output and hunger was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside.Thanks to his hybrid rice, the UN is trying to rid the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.Para3:What does he think of money and fame?2. He cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life.1. He doesn’t care about being famous and feels it gives him less freedom to do his research. He would rather keep time for his hobbies. What were his dreams?para4 ★ To produce a kind of rice that could ____ more people. ★ To ______his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.feedexport愿望是不花本钱的Achieve your goal !Homework1. Finish Task2 in EW2. Read the passage again and again and underline the important sentences.
