Unit 2     Working the land

2)more than 800 million people in the world suffer from malnutrition (營養不良)---799 million of them are from the developing world. more than 153 million of them are under the age of 5.at last ask the students to discuss:if you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?encourage the students to tell their opinions, then give a conclusion: the only way to solve the food shortage problem is to increase the output of the grain crop per land area through the advancement of science and technology. 3.      lead the students to pay attention to the people---yuan longpingask : what do you know about him?--------father of hybrid rice then lead to the topic of the reading passage. a pioneer for all peoplestep 3 listeninglisten to the tape, try to find out some information of the hero.name ____________age    ____________job    _____________education _________achievement _______hobbies __________step 4 fast readingread the passage quickly and answer the true-or- false questions•         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 simple life than most rich and famous people.step 5 careful readingread each paragraph and answer the following questions:para 1: 1.what dose dr. yuan look like? why?2.what is his achievement?para 2:why did dr. yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young?2.how does he help rid the world of hunger?para 3.41. what kind of life is dr. yuan leading?2.what is dr yuan’s dream?step 6 skimming: find out the main idea of each paragraph.paragraphmain idea1his  appearance and achievements2his birth, education and research3his personality4his dreamstep 7 homework1.learn the poemthe peasants’ lot        li shen (772-846)farmers weeding at noon, sweat down the field soon. who knows food on a tray,  due to their toiling day?2. finish the exercises in learning about language.3. retell the text in about 150 words.    notes:    a. use the first person to retell the story.