第1个回答 2012-04-11
Step 4 Summary
Activity1 Get students to read the passage again and know the facts about Dr Yuan Longping and his hybrid rice to complete the forms.
facts about Yuan Longping
birth
in Beijing in 1930
education
graduate from Southwest Agriculture College in 1953
personality
regard himself as a farmer; care little about spending money on himself and being famous;
hobby
play the violin, play mah-jong, swim and read
ideal(dream)
export his rice to be grown all over the world
facts about Yuan’s super hybrid rice
capacity
produce 1/3 more of the crop in the same fields; more than 60% of the rice in China from this hybrid strain
application
besides China, knowledge being circulated in India, Vietnam and other less developed countries to increase
their rice harvest
contribution
rice harvests being produced twice as large; 22% of people fed from just 7% of the farmland in China; the UN ridding the world of hunger
future
the rice being grown all over the world
Activity2 Supposing you are a reporter from China Daily, have an interview with Dr.Yuan according to the information in the form.
Step5 Consolidation
Retell the text according to the writing on the blackboard
The Pioneer For All People
Para1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and achievement
like a farmer
Super hybrid rice
simple/honest
determined
Para2 Dr Yuan’s biography
birth
education
research
intelligent
well-educated
hard-working
Para3 Dr Yuan’s noble personality
care little about money donate it to the research
selfless
noble
Para4 Dr Yuan’s dream
export his rice
throughout the world
ambitious,
great
Step6 Homework
1. Further discussion
The question: do you want to end the famine(饥荒)in the world ?If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?
2. Write a short passage about Yuan Longping. (100 words)
3. Underline the following sentences and pay attention to the use of the phrases in bold
A. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. (paragraph 2)
B. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same field
C. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.
Writing on the blackboard
The Pioneer For All People
Para1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and achievement
like a farmer
Super hybrid rice
simple/honest
determined
Para2 Dr Yuan’s biography
birth
education
research
intelligent
well-educated
hard-working
Para3 Dr Yuan’s noble personality
care little about money donate it to the research
selfless
noble
Para4 Dr Yuan’s dream
export his rice
throughout the world
ambitious,
great