Period 2　文本研读课

学习目标

　　1.Comprehend the story of Yuan Longping.

　　2.Learn from Yuan's story and come to the idea that great personality is of importance to one's success.

　　3.Learn and master some important words,phrases and sentence patterns in this period.

课堂探究

　　➡Step 1　Warming up

　　Questions:

　　1.Have you ever grown any plants?If so,what did you do to grow them?

　　2.Has anyone of you ever been to the countryside?What did you do there?

　　3.Who is from a farmer's family?What do you know about farming?

　　Look at pictures and discuss

　　What is the man doing in the field?

　　What is the man driving the tractor doing in the photo?

　　What's the new way?

　　➡Step 2　Pre-reading

　　Question and answer

　　1.Rice is the main food in South China.What do you think would happen if tomorrow there were suddenly no rice to eat?

　　2.If you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world,what would you do?

　　Discuss Yuan Longping,and then the teacher gives background information about the great scientist.

　　Have you ever heard of a man called Yuan Longping?

　　Would anyone of you tell the class something about him?