外研版必修四module4 Reading and vocabulary.ppt

* Module 4 Great Scientists Do you know him? The leading character of Chinese scientists. Wins the 2004 World Food Prize. The father of hybrid rice. Name: ____________________ Nationality: _______________ Major: ___________________ Inventions /discovers: __________________________ When did he invent/discover: __________________________ Yuan Longping Chinese Agriculture Hybrid Rice In 1970 Pre-reading Look at the title and guess what it is about. The Student Who Asked Questions 1. Will the passage be about something or about someone? 2. Do you think that the writer wrote about how the student studied in school? Did the writer write about what he did when he grew up? Why? Fast Reading Read the text quickly to find out the general idea of each paragraph. Para 1: Yuan Longping is a leading figure in the rice-growing world. Para 2: As a boy, he was called” the student who asked questions”. Para 3: As a young teacher, he began experiments in crop breeding. Para 4: He discovered a new type of rice. Para 5: His discoveries has brought in great profit. Para 6: The yield of the new hybrid rice is much greater than that of other types of rice grown in Pakistan. Read Para 1 Para 2 and answer the questions. 1. What do you know about the rice-growing in the world? 2. What do you know about Yuan Longping? Read Para 3 and fill in the blanks. From an early age he _______________ plants. He studied agriculture in college and as a young teacher he began experiments_______________. He thought that __________ feeding people was to have more rice and to ________ it more quickly. was interested in in crop breeding the key to produce He thought there was only one way to do this--by__________ different species of rice plant, and then he could produce a new plant which could give a higher _____ than either of the ________ plants. crossing yield original Read Para 4 and choose the best answers. 1. What kind of new type of rice did Yuan Longping discover? A. male B. steril