第四册第二单元第一课时 阅读

Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

今日事，今日毕。

BOOK4 Unit 2 Working the land

Warming up & Reading

I. Learning Goals:

1.To learn about Yuan Long Ping and his great achievement

2.To discuss how to solve the problem-starvation

Researching in class(课堂探究)

Step1 leading in

1.Enjoy the following poem and translate it into Chinese

Sympathy for the peasants

By li Shen

Farmers weeding at noon Sweat down the field soon

Who knows food on a tray Due to their toiling day

This poem informs people of the work of the

and remind people to value the and not to waste it

2.Answer the following questions:

1) What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?

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2)What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?

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Step2. Reading, Listening ＆Thinking

(1)Fast-reading

1.Skim the reading passage and answer the following questions.

1)Who is the pioneer?

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2)What's his appearance?

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2.Find out the main idea of each paragraph:

Para1( ) A. Dr Yuan's dreams

Para2( ) B. Dr Yuan's personality

Pars3( ) C. Dr Yuan's biography(传记)

Para4( ) D. Dr Yuan's appearance and his achievement