人教版高中英语必修4精品教案Unit2 Working the lan(5)

高中英语教案

Responsibility, & Yuan Longping, who invented hybrid rice.

Yuan Longping, who was born in September, 1930, graduated from Agriculture

Department in Southwest Agricultural Institute. He has been working on agriculture education & the research into hybrid rice since he left the institute.

In the 1960s, when China was suffering from serious famine, he came up with the idea of hybrid rice, which has a high yield ( or output). Ten years later, he succeeded in inventing a new species that produced a 20 percent higher yield than common types of rice.

Yuan devoted himself to the research into agriculture, & was honored by UNESCO & FAO(联合国教科文组织）. Although he is 74 years old, he is still working on the research into agriculture.

Period 2 Reading Step 1 Lead-in。

. Listen to the tape carefully then answer these questions.

1）When and who did become the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output?

2）What did Yuan Longping invent?

Step2. Read the passage once again,then find out these sentences true or false. 1） Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.

2 ）Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s 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 rich and famous people. Step3. Find out the topic sentences of each paragraph

Para. 1: He became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.

Para.2:He has devoted his life to finding ways to grow more and more rice..