1、Dr Yuans personality His dreamsHis dreams Para4 1) The first dream 2) The second dream Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people As huge as a peanut The first dream As tall as sorghum As big as a corn To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world Revision.(personal informati
2、on) Name: Nationality: Born: Occupation: Education: Dream: Achievements: Hobbies: Personal information (Resume) Name: Nationality: Birth: Age: Occupation: Education: Personality: Dreams: Yuan Longping Chinese in 1930; in a poor family 77 Scientist of farming Southwest Agriculture College,in 1953 His
3、 first dream His second dream care little about money and fame Personal information Achievements: Hobbies: grow rice that has a high output circulate his knowledge abroad give money to equip others for their research playing his violin listening to violin music playing mah-jong swimming riding his m
4、otorcycle to his rice fields T or F 1 Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. 2 Dr Yuans rice is one of the most suitable ways for Chinas farmland. 3 Dr Yuan would rather work than relax. 4 Dr Yuan has dreams when he is asleep and also when he is awake. 5 Dr Yuan enjoys a simpler life than most r
5、ich and famous people. The following sentences are taken from the reading passage. Explain what the underlined words mean. 1.He wants everyone to call him a farmer, for thats how he regards himself. Key: It means he thinks of himself as a farmer but other people may think of him as a famous scientis
6、t or a rich man. Post reading 2. In many ways, he is one of them, and he has struggled for the past five decades to help them. Key: It means he does not only look like a farmer but also he works in the fields with farmers. In fact, he does scientific research for them. 3. At that time, hunger was a
7、serious problem in many parts of the countryside. Key: It means that many people were very hungry and they even became ill and died because there was not enough food. 4. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. Key: It means that farmers growing his rice species
8、 are producing rice twice as much as they did in the past. 5. Wishing for thongs, however, cost nothing. Key: It means that dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be. Discussion What is happening to these people? HungerHunger If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ? The measures taken to deal with hunger Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food. Find a sort of fertilizer(肥料)to give rice enough nutrition. Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field. etc.
