高中英语教学资料--Reading.ppt

Unit 2 Working the land Reading I. Warming Up 1. What are they doing? What do you think this unit will cover? Warming Up 2. Look at the title of the unit “ Working the land ”. What does it mean? To use the land to make money through farming or mining. Warming Up 3. What words to do with agriculture can you think of ? agriculture plant, grow, produce, feed, harvest, farming, animal waste, tools … field, farm, rice, wheat, crops, fruit and vegetables, corn, peanuts … 1. What are the serious problems the world faces today? Environment Population Natural resources Wars Poverty Hunger … II. Pre-reading Pre-reading More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day. - the World Health Organization (WHO) One billion people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition. About 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes. Three- fourths of the deaths are children under the age of five. -http:// -reading 2. What can we do to solve world hunger? ? Control the population ? Open more areas for growing ? Increase the output of crops 1. Prediction Title: A Pioneer for All People What kind of person is Yuan Longping ? III. Reading simple, kind, committed, down- to-earth, careful, risk-taking, not afraid of failures, creative, serious, hard-working 2. Read the text quickly and fill in the chart. Reading Ambition Hobbies Appearance Education Occupation Nationality Age Name Reading Suggested answers ? Yuan Longping , 77, Chinese ? Scientist/farmer ? Graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 ? Sunburnt face and arms, slim and strong body, like millions of Chinese farmers ? Listening to violin music, playing mah-jong , swimming and reading ? To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe