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Words revision. statistics sunburnt decade output disturbing expand circulate equip regret. 10. export 11. occupation 12. personality 13. hunger. hybrid rice. the ear of rice. the ear of corn. the grain of rice. peanut. sorghum. How to grow rice?. fertile field/ soil.
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Words revision • statistics • sunburnt • decade • output • disturbing • expand • circulate • equip • regret 10. export 11. occupation 12. personality 13. hunger
hybrid rice the ear of rice the ear of corn the grain of rice peanut
How to grow rice? fertile field/ soil fertilizer
warming up Are there any people in the world who still suffer from hunger, and even starve to death? Where?
Will we Chinese face such a food problem again ? Can the sad story happen in the future?
Over 70% More than half 3/4 1/32 1.3 billion 1.8 billion of the earth is covered by water. of the land is too hot , cold, dry or wet for farming. of the good land is used for roads and buildings. of the land is used for farming. In China there are 1.3 billion people, but only slightly over 1.8 billion mu of farming land. What’s worse, the farming land is decreasing rapidly. In 1978, we had more than 3 billion mu . However, the population is increasing fast. Statistics on land & population.
依据国家统计局网站资料 • 年份 出生人数 死亡人数1978年 1757万 602万1979年 1738万 6061980年 1797 6261981年 2092 6361982年 2265 6711983年 2080 7111984年 2077 7121985年 2227 7181986年 2411 7371987年 2550 7341988年 2307 7311989年 2432 7371990年 2407 7621991年 2279 7761992年 2137万 7781993年 2143万 7861994年 2121万 7771995年 2073万 7961996年 2078万 8031997年 2038万 801万1998年 1991万 807万1999年 1909万 810万2000年 1778万 817万2001年 1702万 818万2002年 1647万 821万2003年 1599万 825万2004年 1593万 832万2005年 1617万 849万2006年 1584万 892万2007年 1594万 913万2008年 1608万 935万2009年 1615万 943万 • How can we solve the food problem with limited farming land?
Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 What Yuan looks like and what he does. / (Yuan’s appearance and his achievements.) How he has got the achievements What Yuan likes and dislikes. / (Yuan’s personality.) What Yuan dreams of. / (Yuan’s dreams.) Scanning Summarize the main idea of each paragraph. Finish Ex. 1 on P.11 in 5 mins. Check your answers to the 5Qs on P 25 in 优化
Read the text loudly again and answer the questions in Ex. 3
Ex2 in 5mins • Even when he was a young man, he knew how important it was to produce bigger rice crops. • During his early years, much of the countryside was troubled by hunger. • As they use his hybrid rice, farmers are producing twice as much rice as before. • He is not interested in buying things for himself or in having a comfortable life. • It does not cost anything to dream for something.