Unit 2 Working the land导学一、Reading﹙1﹚A pioneer for all people一、Scan the text and then choose the best answer1.Why has Yuan Longping struggled for many years?A.He wants to become one of the top scientists.B.He wants to prove farmers can also become scientists.C.He wants to do something for the farmers.D.He wants other countries to know him.2.When did he begin to make a study of the ways to increase the riceoutput?A.More than 60 years ago.B. More than 50 years ago.C. About 40 years ago.D. About 30 years ago.3.When Yuan Longping was a young man, .A. many people in the countryside didn’t have enough food to eatB. all the people in the countryside were living a happy lifeC. no one in the cities were able to help the poor in the countrysideD. he di dn’t like the life in the countryside4. From the passage we can know that Dr Yuan’s hybrid rice .A. helps the farmers produce larger harvestsB. can only be grown in ChinaC. is not accepted by the United NationsD. is now grown around the globe5. What’s the right order of the events related to Dr Yuan?a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family.b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture College.c. In 1950, Chinese farmers produced 50 million tons of rice.d.200 million tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice.e. He searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields.f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.A. a c b e d fB. a c b e f dC. c a b e d fD. a c e b d f6.Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true?A. He cares little about money and fame.B. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.C. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.D. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.二、Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.1.Why does he want everyone to call him a farmer?2.What happened to him in 1974?3.What were his dreams?三、Read the text and match each paragraph with the main idea.1.Para.1﹙﹚ A. Dr Yuan’s dreams.2. Para.2﹙﹚ B. Dr Yuan’s personality.3.Para.3﹙﹚ C. Dr Yuan’s biography.4.Para.4﹙﹚ D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievements.四、Complete the following notes about Y uan Longping.Name:Nationality:Age:Occupation/job:Education:Dream:Achievements:Hobbies:五、SummaryFamous scientist as he is, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer. As a young man, Yuan Longping saw the great need for increasing the rice 1 . At the time, 2 was a disturbing problem in China. He wanted to increase rice harvests without 3 the area of the fields. In 1974, a special strain of rice made it possible to produce one-third more of the 4 in the same fields. 5 to his research, the UN has more tools in the 6 to rid the world of hunger. He is now 7 his rice knowledge in less developed countries to increase their rice harvests and he wants to 8 his rice so that it canbe grown around the globe. Though he has 9 for the past five decades, Dr Yuan is quite 10 with his life. In his spare time, he enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading.导学二、Words Expressions and Structures1. supply1) 用作名词时①指“供给;供应”等,其反义词为demand (需求)。
supply and demand 供与求be in short supply 供应缺乏,供应不足food supply 食物供应water supply 供水②当“供应品;生活用品;补给品”等讲时,常用复数supplies。
military supplies 军需品household supplies 家庭用品medical supplies 医用品2) 用作动词时,指“供给,提供,备办”等。
supply sb. (with) sth.supply sth. to /for sb.They supplied food to/for him. 他们供给他食物。
The library is well supplied with books. 图书馆备有充足的书籍。
【辨析】supply, provide 和affordsupply向群众、市场、城市、工厂等供应物品。
provide 主要指为某人、某物供应物品, 尤其指生活必需品。
afford 指为一定的目的而提供所需要的东西。
They provided the refugees with food and medicine.他们为难民提供食品和药品。
These efforts afforded us useful experience.这些努力使我们得到一些有用的经验。
【即学即练】All the rooms are ___ with electric lights.A. suppliedB. givenC. offeredD. burnt2. build up 逐渐积聚; 增进，增强Traffic on this road is building up.He has built up his business over years.【即学即练】Practising Chinese k ung fu can not only ___ one’s strength, but also develop one’s character.A. bring upB. take upC. build upD. pull up3. lead to 导致; 通向His mistakes led to his failure.This road leads to the railway station.【即学即练】Though plastic bags really brought convenience to us，they also______ many problems for the environment.A. led toB. referred toC. contributed toD. resulted from4. focus on 聚集；集中Please focus your mind on the following problem.All eyes were focused on him.5. k eep… free from 远离或避免Keep free from emotional reactions.Keep free from restrictions.6. Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them?if so = if you have ever grown some plantsso 表示“像那样的，如前所说的”，用于代替已陈述的事。