选修六《Unit 6 The Great Wall Section 1： NEW WORDS, NEW IDEARS》优秀教案

选修六《Unit 6 The Great Wall Section 1： NEW WORDS, NEW IDEARS》优秀教案

refer to the chunks to complete blank-filling, resume, reading and writing tasks.

arouse the awareness of cherishing food and respecting farmers, especially the great scientist Yuan Longping.

have their own dreams in life to make contributions to our motherland.

Teaching procedures:

Lead in: Story-telling——teacher’s personal experience during youthhood.

Step 1 Homework——Chemical or organic farming

Mind map—1. Share mind maps with the chunks related to farming with the students. (Students can draw mind map-1 by themselves before the class.)

Blank filling. Send them the second article from the unit to finish blanks to see if they are familiar with the content of the text.

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Step 2 A pioneer for all people——Yuan Longping, “father of hybrid rice”

Mind map—2. Get students to finish mind map—2，and then invite two students to retell the article in English according to the mind map.

Resume. Change mind map—2 into a resume about Yuan, and then leave it their homework to fulfill their own resumes. (Resume template will be given. If time permits, this part can be done on the spot, or left as homework.)

Discussion——What qualities does Yuan have? Discuss with the students about the qualities Yuan have in different aspects: appearance/hobbies/achievements/dreams/personalities. According to the clues from the text, lead students to come up with as many adjectives as possible to describe Yuan to enrich mind map—3.

More information. Offer another new article about Yuan, let students read it loudly to get more details, and sum up more adjectives to describe Yuan’s qualities according to the underlined parts. Add them to mind map—3.

China’s “father of hybrid rice” becomes Internet sensation after speech in English

A video clip of China’s “father of hybrid rice,” Yuan Longping, speaking English has become a sensation on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter.

The 87-year-old spoke at the 9th Shandong high-level talents forum in Qingdao. Yuan presented hybrid rice to the world in a 20-minute speech. “I speak broken English,” the octogenarian（耄耋老人） started, but during the rest of his speech, Yuan neither paused nor made any mistakes.

It is expected that 60% more rice should be produced in 2030 than that in 1995. Currently， 1 ha. for rice production provides food for 27 people. By 2050， 1 ha.（每公顷） will have to support 43 people.

If 50% of the conventional rice is replaced by hybrid rice, and estimating on a 2 t/ha yield advantage of hybrid rice, it is estimated that the total rice production in the world will be increased by another 150 million tons, which can feed 400 million more people each year.

The audience applauded Yuan’s outstanding scientific contribution and the wonderful speech he presented. The video was searched 200,000 times and played over 100 million times by noon on July 12.

“Yuan has made huge contributions to the country’s agricultural development. He has fed generations of people,” one net user wrote. “It’s a surprise that Yuan can speak English at his age,” another commented.

Yuan in 2016 launched a research and development center focusing on "sea rice". When fully operational, the variety can produce 50 billion kilograms of grain, able to feed 200 million people.

Step 3 Practice

Reading. Read an article to practice how to describe a person’s qualities.

（2017高考北京卷，A篇）