Unit 2 Working on landReading

A poem

• Farmers weeding at noon,

• Sweat down the field soon.

• Who knows food on a tray,

• Due to their toiling day.

• Today our world houses 6.55 billion people.

• Worldwide, more than 1 billion people currently live below the international poverty line, earning less than $1 per day.

• 854 million people across the world are suffering from hunger, up from 852 million a year ago.

• Six million children under the age of 5 die every year as a result of hunger.

• Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger

• One child every five seconds. 

A Chinese farmer is helping the hungry people. Who is he?

Father of super hybrid rice

the rice that has a high outputthe rice that has a high output

Super Hybrid RiceSuper Hybrid Rice

Reading ----skimming

• Find information according to the following figures

• One third

• The hybrid rice 60%• 22% • 7%

Reading ----scanning

1. In what way does Dr. Yuan look like a farmer?

• He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body.

2. What’s his achievement?What’s his achievement?

super hybrid rice, super hybrid rice, rid the world of hunger. rid the world of hunger.

Para 1 His appearance and achievement.

Para 2 His biography

Time information

1930

1953

As a young man

Last year

now

Born in Beijing

Southwest Agriculture College

Hunger was a great problem

Saw the great need for increasing the rice output

200 million tons produced

Circulating his knowledge

① Why doesn’t he care about money and fame ?

② What does he do with his money?

③ What are his hobbies?

Para 3 His personality.

The more money he has, the more trouble he getsThe more fame he has, the less freedom to do research he has

Give money to equip others for their research in agriculture

Listens to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming , reading riding his motorbike

Para 4 His dreams.

• What was his dream and what is his dream now?

• To produce a kind of rice that could feed more people

• To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world

Structure

Brief introduction

His personality.

His dreams

His biography

His appearance and achievement.

Resume • Name:• Nationality:• Date of birth:• appearance:• Education:• personality:• Achievements:• Dreams:• Hobbies:

• Yuan Longping• Chinese• 1930• Sunburnt, slim, strong• Southwest Agriculture College• Care little about money and fame• Super hybrid rice• Produce export • Violin, mah-jong, swimming,

writing

• The KFC are hunting one manager. You are suitable for the job. Write a resume to apply for the job. You might give reasons for it.