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Five questions to skim 1. When and who did become the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output? 2. What did Yuan Longping invent? 3. What does Dr Yuan look like? 4. What’s his achievement? 5. What do you think of him? personal information Name: Nationality: Age: Occupation: Education: Dream: Achievements: Hobbies: * * * Unit 2 Working the land Have you ever been to the countryside? What’s your impression of it? beautiful scenery golden field unbelievable peace What do you know about the farming in China? China is a large agricultural country; 80% of the population are farmers; We don’t have enough farmland; 22% of the world’s people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China because of growing hybrid rice. Farming What do you know about farming? soil ploughing crops weather climate irrigating(灌溉) …… What do you know about “farming”? wheat sorghum rice corn Potatoes Staple food select the weeds plough the soil turn over the soil sow the seeds remove the weeds fertilize farming steps Pre-reading Answer the following TWO 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. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat? If that happened, people there would suffer from starvation. People would be panic(惊慌) and the whole country would get into trouble. In the late 1990s, Brown, an American scholar, came up with the theory of Chinese Menace(威胁), which said that in the 2030s, Chinese population will add up to 1.6 billion, and had the question who would feed the large population in China as well as in the world. Just at that time, a Chinese scientist declared to the world that China can solve the problem by himself and help to solve the same problem in the world. 原子弹让中国人不再受恐吓！ 他使中国人不再挨饿！ Father of Hybrid Rice Who is the old man? Yuan Longping 1.When and