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??????? ?? Module 4 Unit 2
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Reading
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Warming up
When we speak of farming, what words can we
think of?
sowing
crops
ploughing
Farming
weather climate
irrigating (??)
rice transplanting (??)
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plow the field
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grow some young plants
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insert the young plants into the field
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harvest
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rice
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Pre-reading
Answer the following questions
What is the main food in all East Asian and
Southeast Asian countries?
Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion
people to eat rice every day throughout the
world.
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What do you think would happen if there were
suddenly nothing to eat ?

• suffer from starvation and starve to death.
• feel scared / be panic(??).
• fight for food, even kill each other
• and the whole country would get into trouble.

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• The only way to solve the food shortage
  problem is to increase the yield of the grain
  crop per land area through the advancement of
  science and technology.

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Yuan Longping -- Father of Hybrid Rice
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New words and expressions

• 1. sunburnt adj sun-tanned
• 2. struggle v to make great efforts
• 3. super adj (infml) excellent splendid
• 4. disturbing adj ????,?????
• 5. expand v become larger in size, number or
  amount

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• 6. circulate v (cause sth. to) pass from one
  person, place, etc to another
• 7. equip v supply sb/ sth (with what is needed,
  for a particular purpose)
• 8. export v send (goods) to another country for
  sale

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• 9. get rid of ??, ??
• 10. be satisfied with be content with
• 11. would rather prefer to

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Listen to the passage and decide whether the
following statements are true or false.

1. Dr. Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.
2. Dr. Yuans kind of rice is the most suitable for
   Chinas farmland.
3. Dr. Yuan would rather work than relax.
4. Dr. Yuan enjoys a simpler life than most rich and
   famous people.

F
T
T
T
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Skimming
Skim the passage to figure out the main idea of
each paragraph.
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A pioneer for all people
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Why does he consider himself a farmer.

• He works the land to do his research.
• Sunburnt face and arms and his slim , strong
  body.
• Grow hybrid rice.
• The first agricultural pioneer in the world.

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Personal information
Careful Reading

• Name
• Nationality
• Age
• Occupation
• Education

Yuan Longping
Chinese
78 (as of 2008)
scientist/farmer
Graduated from Southwest Agriculture College in
1953
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to export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown
around the globe
Dream
In 1974, developed hybrid rice which produces 1/3
more than normal rice
achievements

• Listening to violin music,
• playing mah-jong, swimming
• and reading

hobbies
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Post reading

• 1. Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the
  rice output when he was young?
• 2. Is Dr Yuan more of a scientist or more of a
  farmer? Do you think he is a businessman?

Dr Yuan wanted to increase the rice output
because he saw many people go hungry when he was
young.
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• I think he is more of a scientist. His main
  purpose is not to make a profit for himself but
  to study agriculture
• and use that knowledge to improve farming for
  farmers everywhere. I do not think he is a
  businessman, because his goal is not to make
  money.

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3. How would you describe Dr Yuans personality?
Use three or four adjectives.
Because of his work with developing hybrid rice,
it seems that Dr Yuan must be a very patient and
careful man. He didnt give up but kept working
on his project. He Also seems to be a very kind
man, who cares for others. He wants to use his
invention to help hungry people around the world.
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• 4. What do you think is the main reason for his
  success?

I think Dr Yuan was successful because he kept
working and did not give up. He also grew up in a
poor family, so he was very motivated to succeed
and help other farmers around China.
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• 5. Dr Yuan thinks that a person with too much
  money has more rather than fewer troubles. Do you
  agree or disagree? Why?

I mostly agree. I think being rich can cause a
lot of problems, but it really depends on the
life and attitude of the person who is rich.
People who are rich certainly have different
problems from people who are not.
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6. Dr Yuan developed super hybrid rice to help
Chinese farmers and hungry people around the
world. Can you think of any other major
development that would make a great difference to
world hunger?
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• I think developing other hybrid grains would make
  a great difference in the problem of world
  hunger. Hybrid grains that can survive in very
  dry or very hot areas would be very useful in
  Africa and other areas. Hybrid grains that cannot
  easily be killed by insects and diseases would be
  useful around the world.

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Language points
1. He wants everyone to call him a farmer, for
thats how he regards himself.

• 1) ??because, for
• because??????,???????, ????why??????

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• Why arent you coming with us to the concert?
  
• Because I have got a bad headache.
• ???????????????
• ??????

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• for (??,??),??????,??????????why???????
• The shop was quite new, for it had opened only
  the week before.

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• 2) regard
• regard...as... ?......??
• We regarded her as the best writer among us.
• in/ with regard to sb./sth. ??,?? a
  countrys laws in regard to human rights
  ???????????

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• 2. Although he is one of Chinas most famous
  scientists, Yuan Longping works the land to do
  his research.
• work vi./ vt. ??,??
• work the landgrow crops on it
  ????
• He works a big farm.
  ???????????

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• 3. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his
  slim, strong body are just like those of millions
  of other Chinese farmers.
• one, ones, that, those???

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• A. ????,one????????????????, that???????????????o
  nes???????????????(???????????,??????),
  those??????????????????

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• This is a point of idiom rather than one of
  grammar. (one a point)
• I prefer the classroom with enough light rather
  than that with little light. (that the
  classroom)
• I like peaches but I must have some ripe ones.
  (ones peaches)

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• He told me the stories of himself and those
  of his sister (those the stories)
• B. one?ones???????????,????????that?those????????
  ???
• He has got a new storybook, but I have got
  several old ones.
• The cost of oil is less than that of gas.

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• I prefer the English-English dictionaries to
  ___ with much Chinese explanation.
  A. that B. those C.
  one D. ones

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• 4. In many ways, he is one of them, and he has
  struggled for the past five decades to help them.
• ??????????????
• (1) already, yet, ever, just, recently, lately,
  never, before (adv.)
• The boy has already/just got home.

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• I havent heard from him yet /recently
  /lately.
• I have seen the old man somewhere before.

(2) since/for I have lived in Beijing since
2000. I have lived in Beijing since I
arrived here. I have lived in Beijing for 5
years.
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• struggle vi. ??, ??, ??, ??
• They were struggling to get out the
• burning car.
  
• ???????????????
• She struggled up the stairs with her
• heavy bags.
  
• ????????????????
• ?? struggle against
  
• ???,??????,
• struggle for ??????

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• 5. In 1974, he became the first agricultural
  pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high
  output.
• the first n. to do
• ???????????the first, the last, the best??the
  only, the very, the right????, ???????????????????
  

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?????????????????,??????? He is the first man
to win the Nobel Prize. The first book
written for teaching English came out in the 16th
century.
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• 6. This special strain of rice makes it possible
  to produce one-third more of the crop in the same
  fields.
• make it ??????????,it ?????,????????????it??
  ???, ?????????

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We consider it our duty to support good leaders.
consider, think, make, find, believe, count,
declare, deem, fancy, feel, guess, imagine,
judge, prove, see, show, suppose, understand,
take?.

• The new method makes it possible to complete the
  task faster.

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• Tom found it very embarrassing to be reminded of
  the long-standing debt.
• Susan deemed it advisable to keep the matter
  secret.
• We all feel it nice to be able to visit that
  distinguished university.

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• Who can prove it wrong to have a
  make-money-quick mentality?
• The guide thought ___ wrong to eat monkeys.
  A. this B. it is C. it D. that was

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• 7. Since then, he has devoted his life to finding
  ways to grow more and more rice.
• devote vt. ???????
• devote ones time/life/oneself to sth./doing
  sth. ?......???......
• be devoted to sth./doing sth.
  ?......???

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• He has devoted all his life to helping others.
• We should be devoted to our work.
• devoted adj. ???, ???
• a devoted worker ????? a devoted husband ????????

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• Her son, to whom she was so ___, went abroad ten
  years ago.
• A. loved B. cared
  C. devoted
  D. affected

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• 8. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice
  harvest without expanding the area of fields.
• ? search try to find by looking for ???

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• They searched everywhere but could not find the
  lost child.
  ????????, ???????????
• The home was searched but no one was found.
  
  ??????????????

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• ? search?????
• search sb./sth. ????/??
• search for sb./sth. ????/??
• search sth./sb. for????/?????
• in search of ??
• search out ??

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• ??
• search sb.?????, ?????????
• search for sb.?????, ????????????, ???look
  for???

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• The policeman searched the thief to see what he
  had in his pockets.
  ??????, ???????????
• The villagers are searching for the missing
  child.
  ???????????????

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• 9. Thanks to his research, the UN is trying to
  rid the world of hunger.
• 1) thanks to????,???????????, ?????,
  ??????????
• Thanks to your help,much trouble was saved.
  
• ??????, ????????

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• Animals living environments have been getting
  worse ___ the increase in industrial pollution.
  
  A. thanks to B. because
  C. as D.
  since

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• 2) ridof ???/??
• rid a house of mice ??????
• rid oneself of debt ????
• ??????
• inform/ warn/ cureof,
• The sales manager asked his men to inform him of
  everything concerning the sales in time.
  ??????????????????????????

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• 10. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing
  harvests twice as large as before.
• ???????????????
• (1) ?? ???/?????? than...
• (2) ?? as ???/????? as...

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• (3) ?? the ?? of...
• This building is five times higher than
  that one.
  ????????????
• This building is five times as high as that
  one.
  ????????????

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• This building is five times the height of that
  one. ????????????
• The new building is four times the size of the
  old one.
• It is reported that the United States uses ___
  energy as the whole of Europe. A. as
  twice      B. twice much  
  
• C. twice much as     D. twice as much

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• 11. However, he cares little about spending the
  money on himself or leading a comfortable life.
• lead ... a life, live ... a life
  ?......???
• Now we are leading a happy life.
• In the old days farmers led a terrible life
  in the country.

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• ?lead?????
• lead sb. away ???????
• lead sb. by the nose ????????
• lead up to sth. ???......???
• lead from the front ????

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12. Indeed, he believes that a person with too
much money has more, rather than fewer troubles.

• 1) too much ?much too???
• too much????????,????, too?much???,????????

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• She does talk too much, doesnt she?
• He has too much work to do.
• ?much too?????????????????????
• The dress is much too long for me.
  ?????????
• I got into the taxi and drove much too fast.
  ??????, ??????

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• 2) rather than ???
• Mary, rather than her roommates, is going to
  Beijing.
  ????????, ?????????

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• ?? rather than ?????????????,??????rather than
  ???????????????????
• She ran rather than walked.
  ?????????

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• He is a student rather than a worker.
  ????,????? 
• They lost some books rather than money.
  
  ???????, ?????
• I decided to write rather than (to) telephone.
  
  ???????????

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13. So he gives millions of yuan to equip others
for their research in agriculture. equip vt.
??,??,??,?? He equipped himself for a long
journey. ??????????? Proper education will equip
one for a job. ??????????????????
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14. And he would rather keep time for his
hobbies. would rather ??,?? Hed rather work
in the countryside. ??1would ratherthan
????,???? I would rather watch TV at home
than go to the cinema.
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??2would rather than would
ratherthan Facing the enemies, our soldiers
would die rather than surrender.
????, ?????????? Rather than
refuse to help you, I would borrow money from my
friends. ????????, ?????????
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??3would rather?????????????????????,??????????
,???????????????????????????????????????? Id
rather you hadnt told him the news that day.
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??4 would rather have done sth.
????????, ????????? Id rather have left a
note on her desk. ??????????????
(?????)
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• ????
• ---- Shall we go skating or stay at home?
• ---- Which ____ do yourself? (05 ??)
• do you rather B. would you rather
• C. will you rather D. should you rather

??B would rather do sth. ????
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Discussion
There is still hunger in the world.
If you had the chance to do something to help end
hunger in the world, what would you do ?
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The measures taken to deal with hunger.
Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food.
Find a new sort of fertilizer(??)to give
rice enough nutrition
Find some new ways to stop the pollution to the
environment and protect the soil in the field.
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Homework

• Writing practice
• Write a short biography about Dr.Yuan
• (130 words, a writing plan is required.)
• 2. Learned the words by heart.