Unit2 Working the land-

unit2 working the land
period 1 warming up and pre-reading.
step 1 lead-in.
poem by li shen
farmers weeding at noon,sweat down the field soon.
who knows food on a tray,due to their toiling day.

 then let one student recite the poem in chinese.
step 2 warming up by questioning
hello, everyone. we shall read about man who works the land today. have you ever grown any plants? if not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? how will you grow it?
(for reference: mr. li, i worked with my father in the rice field last year. we grow hybrid rice and use animal wastes to make the soil rich.)
has anyone of you ever been to the countryside? what did you do there?
(for reference: i went to chuankou the day before yesterday. it is a small mountain village 75 li north of beijing. i went there to visit my uncle’s family. i like that small beautiful village very much. )
who are from a farmer’s family? what do you know about farming?
step 3 pre-reading and talking
questioning and answering
rice is main food in south china. what do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?
(for reference: then the south people would have to change their eating habit. they could turn to potatoes, wheat flour, cow and sheep cheese, cabbage, onions and garlic for food. they are the bases of the traditional food in north china. )
if you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?
(for reference: i would try to end hunger by popularizing the advanced farming techniques. modern techniques could be introduced to increase the rice output, and expand the area of fields.)

giving background information about professor yuan longping
have you ever heard of a man called professor yuan longping? would anyone of you tell the class something about him?
(for reference: professor yuan longping is a chinese agricultural scientist. professor yuan's breakthrough scientific achievement led to the world's first successful and widely grown hybrid rice varieties, revolutionizing rice cultivation in china and tripling production over a generation. his approach to rice breeding then spread internationally throughout asia and to africa and the americas, providing food for tens of millions and leading to his becoming known as the "father of hybrid rice."
step 4. reading
reading aloud to the recording
comprehension—understanding what you are reading—is important. to read in thought groups is an easy, yet effective, way of improving reading comprehension. now turn to page 9 and read aloud to the recording of the text a pioneer for all people. pay attention to the thought groups in the sentences while listening and reading aloud.