罗远芬

2006.5.13

HungerHunger

0.8 billion people in the world suffer from hunger.

0.3 billion of them are children.

Every year 5.6 million children die of hunger.

Every day 18,000 children die of hunger.

China is a country whose population ranks the first in the world .

However, China only has 7% of the land

which can be used for farming on the earth.

Situation in China :

In the 2030s, Chinese population will add up to 1.6 billion

22%

the best way :

Look for better methods

and techniques to

produce more food.

The measures taken to deal with hunger

plant

fertilizer( 肥料 )

soil

hints:

The measures taken to deal with hunger

Develop a new strain 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.

kind

Father of Hybrid RiceFather of Hybrid Rice

He has developed

super hybrid rice.

What is the main idea of each para?

Para1

Para2

Para3

para4 His dreams

Dr. Yuan’s appearance

and his achievement

His personality

Sth about his life His biography

传记

:

1. Why does he want everyone to call himself a farmer?

2. What happened to him in 1974?

:

1. Why does he want everyone to call himself a farmer?

He has sunburnt face and arms,slim and strong body. He is a scientist who works the land to do his research. He himself considers :

He is more a farmer than a scientist.

与其说……不如说……

（强调前者）

That’s how he regards himself

:

2.What happened to him in 1974?

He is more a farmer than a scientist.

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

与其说……不如说……

（强调前者）

He is more a poet than a teacher.

He is more diligent than wise.

Name:_____________

Nationality:______Appearance :________________

Achievement:He became the______ agricultural to grow __________________.

Age_____

Education ___________________

_______ in the world

His way to solve the problem of hunger:

Personal Information Card

Name:_____________

Nationality:______Appearance :________________

Achievement:

Yuan LongpingChinese scientist/ farmer

sunburnt, slim, strong

He became the______ agricultural to grow __________________.super hybrid rice

firstpioneer

Age_____79

Education ___________________graduated from

Southwest Agricultural College

Occupation:____________

____in the worldHis way to solve the problem of hunger:

To increase rice harvests without expanding thearea of the fields.

Only 50 million tons of rice

Nearly 200 million tons of rice

Effect? 7% 22%

super hybrid rice

Poor rice

Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s 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.

Use one sentence to describe Dr Yuan’s personality.

Dr Yuan is a simple, academic man who is more interested in helping others than being famous.

学术的

Hobbies

Listening to violin music

Playing mah-jongSwimmingReading

Riding his motorcycle

1) The first dream

2) The second dream

Dr Yuan’s dreams

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

Plants

ear

grain

Dr Yuan’s another dream :

To export his rice so that it canbe grown around the globe.

To feed the ________!world

ambitious kind-hearted

an international scientist

He is now circulating his knowledge in India , Vietnam and many other less developed countries .

His contributions to the world:__________his research ,the UN has more tools in the battle __________

the world ____hunger.

Thanks to

to rid of

1.Although he is a famous scientist, Yuan considers himself a farmer.2.Yuan has struggles for farmers for the past five decades.. 3.Yuan believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. Therefore, he gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture. 4.He has many hobbies.5. Even though Dr Yuan is 78 years old ,he still works the land .

What kind of person is Dr Yuan?

modestdetermined

hard-working

generous

active

energetic

Yuan doesn’t care about being famous.

6. be satisfied with .

1.a pioneer , research,2. born graduate from 3. devote oneself to

4. thanks to 5. achievements rid

7. care about

8.rather than

Yuan Longping, a __________in hybrid rice research, was born in Beijing in 1930. He __________Southwest Agriculture College in 1957 and has since __________________research and development of a better rice breed. __________his research, farmers can now greatly increase the ________of rice. As a result, he was awarded with many international awards. His pioneering work in hybrid rice research ____________the feeding of 22% of the world population on only 7% of the world’s total arable land. The ___________of Yuan Longping greatly solved the food shortage, and _____the world of hunger.

pioneer

graduated from

devoted himself toThanks to

made possible

achievements

output

rid

In spite of a busy life, Yuan _________his lif

e.However, he doesn’t ___________being famous.He has managed to keep some interests besides working.___________________, he loves read

ing books and listening to music. He is also a go

od swimmer. He r________ himself as a farmer ________________________a scientist.

is quite satisfied with

care about

In his spare time

rather than regards

I am afraid of fame,” said Yuan, his face wrinkled and s_______, “Too big a fame, too little f___.”unburnt reedom

Road to Super Hybrid Rice Yuan Longping, a p______ in hybrid rice research, was born in Beijing in 1930. He g_______ from Southwest Agriculture College in 1957 and has since d________ himself to research and development of a better rice breed. T___ ____ his research, farmers can now greatly increase the o______ of rice. As a result, he was a_________ with many international awards. His p_________ work in hybrid rice research made possible the feeding of 22% of the world p________ on only 7% of the world’s total arable land. The a__________ of Yuan Longping greatly solved the food shortage, and r___ worldwide h_____. In spite of a busy life, Yuan has m_______ to keep some i_______ other than working. In his spare time, he loves reading books and listening to music. He is also a good swimmer. He r______ himself as a farmer r_______ t_____ a scientist. “ I am afraid of fame,” said Yuan, his face wrinkled and s________, “Too big a fame, too little f________.”

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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 that’s how he regards himself.

Key: It means he thinks of himself as a farmer but other people may think of him as a famous scientist or a rich man.

Post reading

2. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.

Key: It means that farmers growing his rice species are producing rice twice as much as they did in the past.

3. 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.

One dream is not always enough, especially for a person who loves and cares for his people.Dreaming for things costs nothing.

袁隆平 : 他是一位真正的耕耘者。当他还是一个乡村教师的时候，已经具有颠覆世界权威的胆识；当他名满天下的时候，却仍然只是专注于田畴。淡薄名利，一介农夫，播撒智慧，收获富足。他毕生的梦想，就是让所有人远离饥饿。喜看稻菽千重浪，最是风流袁隆平 .

Awarding speech ( 颁奖词 )

论 坛Topic: If you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?

Spokesman/Spokeswoman ( 代言人 ):If we had the chance to help end hunger in the world , first,….. Then ,… In addition , What’s more ,… Finally ,……

Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food.

Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field.

…

improve the quality of the soil

develop the technology

make good use of the waste land

Measures taken to deal with hunger

Farming can be cool.

The rice field is his stage for ever!

1.What is Dr Yuan’s life goal?

2. Why did he want to increase the rice output when he was young?

3.What was his way to solve the problem of hunger ?

4. Do you think Dr Yuan is an international scientist ?

1.What is Dr Yuan’s life goal?

2. Why did he want to increase the rice output when he was young?

His life goal is to grow more rice.

Hunger was a disturbing problem.

袁隆平被誉为中国的“杂交水稻之父” . 中国农民说，吃饭靠“两平”，一靠邓小平 ---- 制定了生产承包责任制的政策，二靠袁隆平 ---- 发明了杂交稻。 袁隆平，男，１９３０年９月出生于北京，１９５３年毕业于西南农学院农学系。毕业后，一直从事农业教育及杂交水稻研究。 在中国人民正闹饥荒的 20 世纪 60 年代，袁隆平提出了杂交水稻的概念，这种新型水稻具有高产量的特点。 10 年后，他研制成功了一种产量比一般水稻高出 20% 的新型水稻。　　袁隆平一生献身于农业研究，先后受到联合国教科文组织、粮农组织的称誉。袁隆平虽已年届７０岁，仍然一如既往地从事农业研究。

袁隆平人物简历

hybrid rice;System of Production Responsibility;institute;suffer the famine;yield;UNESCO, FAO.

1.Dr Yuan is called “Father of hybrid rice ( 杂交水稻 )”.

2.Dr Yuan prefers to consider himself a scientist rather than a farmer.

3.Dr Yuan is fond of playing the piano.

4.Dr Yuan learned to swim in his childhood hoping to save those who drown (溺水 ).

a farmer rather than a scientist

violin

6. Dr Yuan used to be a maths teacher .

7.Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953.

Russian

8.The name/brand of Yuan Longping is worth one thousand billion ( 一千亿 ).

5.Dr Yuan runs an agriculture company in Beijing, China.Changsha, Hunan province

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 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 musicplaying mah-jong

swimming

riding his motorcycle to his rice fields