A Poem

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A Poem By Li Shen
Farmers weeding at noon,
Sweat down the field soon.
Who knows food on a tray,
Due to their toiling day.
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A Poem By Li Shen
Farmers weeding at noon,
Sweat down the field soon.
Who knows food on a tray,
Due to their toiling day.
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Have you ever been to the countryside? What did
you see there?
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Do you know the farming steps?
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ploughing(??)
transplanting ??
winnowing (??)
seeding (??)
harvesting (??)
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irrigating (??)
fertilizing (??)
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Ploughing (??)
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seeding
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transplanting ??
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fertilizing (??)
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irrigating (??)
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harvesting
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winnowing (??)
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rice
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What is the main food in all East Asian and
Southeast Asian countries?
Rice. It is said that there are 2.4 billion
people who eat rice every day throughout the
world.
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What do you think would happen if tomorrow there
were suddenly no food to eat?
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If that happened, people might die of hunger. The
whole world would get into trouble.
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Today our world houses more than 7 billion
people.
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Six million children under the age of 5 die
every year as a result of hunger. One child
dies every five seconds. Seeing this , what can
we do?
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• At present, the only way to solve the food
  shortage problem is to increase the output (??)
  of the crops per land area through the
  advancement of science and technology.
• A Chinese scientist has been doing that. Who is
  he?

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A Pioneer For All People
Father of Hybrid Rice
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Skimming
Find out the main idea of each paragraph.
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Match the following headings with the right
paragraphs.
A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
Para1 A. Dr Yuans dreams. Para2 B. Dr Yuans personality. Para3 C. Dr Yuans biography.(??) Para4 D. Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.
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Careful Reading
Read the passage carefully paragraph by paragraph
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Paragraph 1Dr Yuans appearance and his
achievement.
Read the text and fill in the blanks.
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Appearance His________ face and arms and his
slim, strong body are just like Chinese farmers.
sunburnt
Achievements ? In 1974, he became the first
_________________ in the world to grow high
output rice. ? Thanks to his research, the UN has
more tools in the _____ to rid the world of
hunger.
agricultural pioneer
battle
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Paragraph 2Dr Yuans biography(??)
Put Dr Yuans biography in right order.
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Put the events in right order.
a. He was born in 1930. b. He graduated from
Southwest Agriculture college. c. In 1950,Chinese
farmers produced fifty million tons of
rice. d. 200 million tons of rice was produced by
growing his hybrid rice. e. He searched a
way to increase rice outputs without
expanding the area of fields. f. He helps rid the
world of hunger by circulating his
knowledge in less developed countries.
a
c
b
e
d
f
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Paragraph 3 Dr Yuans personality

• Which of the following description about
• Dr Yuans personality is not true?
• A. He is satisfied with his life because he is
• now rich and famous.
• B. He cares little about money and fame.
• C. He would rather work than lead a
• comfortable life.
• D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich
  and famous people.

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• Dr Yuan is a great scientist.
• Not only does he have the
• outstanding achievements
• in academic, but also he has
• a lofty (???) personality.

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Paragraph 4 Dr Yuans dreams
He has two dreams.
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Describe the rice in Dr. Yuan Longpings first
dream.
sorghum

• As tall as _________
• As big as _________
• As huge as________

a corn
a peanut
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The second dream

• ? To ______his rice so that it can be
• grown around the globe.

export
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Personal information
Name Nationality Born Age Occupation Educatio
n Dream
Yuan Longping
Chinese
in 1930
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scientist/farmer
Southwest Agriculture College, in 1953
To export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown
around the globe
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In 1974, he became the first agricultural
pioneer in the world to grow high output rice.
Achievements
listening to violin music playing
mah-jong swimming reading
Hobbies
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Speaking Practice
Make a dialogue
Make a dialogue with your partners to talk about
Dr Yuan. One asks questions, the other answers
them. You can refer to the personal information
on P11.
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Homework
Write a short passage to retell the text in
about 120 words. Notes 1. Use the first
person to retell the story. 2. Try to use the
proper conjunctions. 3. Refer to the chart
while retelling.