unit 4 Warming up

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1、unit2warmingupEnjoyaPoemByLiShenFarmersweedingatnoon,Sweatdownthefieldsoon.Whoknowsfoodonatray,Duetotheirtoilingday.Doyouknowthesegrains(谷物)?wheatricesorghum高粱corncottonbroomcornpeanutsoybeanHaveyouevergrownanyplants?Ifso,whatdidyoudotogrowthem?Ifnot,

2、whatkindofplantwouldyouliketogrow?Howwillyougrowit?selecttheweedsploughthesoilturnoverthesoilsowtheseedsremovetheweedsfertilizefarmingstepsFarmingsowingploughingirrigating(灌溉)cropsweather&climatericetransplanting(插秧)Whenwespeakoffarming,whatwordscanwe

3、thinkof?Ploughing(犁田)seedingfertilizing(施肥)irrigating(灌溉)transplanting插秧harvestingwinnowing(扬谷)riceWhatisthemainfoodinallEastAsianandSoutheastAsiancountries?Rice.Itissaidthatthereare2.4billionpeopletoeatriceeverydaythroughouttheworld.Answerthefollowin

4、gquestions:Pre-readingWhatdoyouthinkwouldhappeniftomorrowtherewassuddenlynoricetoeat?sufferfromstarvationandstarvetodeath.feelscared/bepanic(惊慌).fightforfood,evenkilleachotherandthewholecountrywouldgetintotrouble.Ifyouhadthechancetodosomethingtohelpen

5、dhungerintheworld,whatwouldyoudo?Howtosolvehunger?makinggooduseofthewastelanddevelopingthetechnologyto…inventinganewkindoffood…improvingthequalityofthesoilpreventingthepestsfromeatingourcropsFatherofHybridRiceAPioneerForAllPeopleHeisfatherofhybridrice

6、(杂交水稻),whowaslatelyawarded“theNobelPrizeofAsia”.Hereceivedthehonorforhisgreatcontributions(贡献)tohybridriceresearchandworkhedidtoimprovericeproductionindevelopingcountries.NowheisheadoftheNationalHybridRiceResearchandDevelopmentCenterinHunanProvince,Ch

7、ina(中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中心).Heiscalledapioneerforallpeople.DrYuanLongping(袁隆平博士)他是一位真正的耕耘者。当他还是一个乡村教师的时候，已经具有颠覆世界权威的胆识；当他名满天下的时候，却仍然只是专注于田畴。淡薄名利，一介农夫，播撒智慧，收获富足。他毕生的梦想，就是让所有人远离饥饿。喜看稻菽千重浪，最是风流袁隆平！---袁隆平在2004感动中国中的颁奖词他在接受“感动中国”栏目组采访时说：“这不是我个人的荣誉，而是国家的荣誉，全国人民

8、的荣誉”。袁隆平：“我感到最愉快的是一个出新成果，能够在名分上得到安慰的，有所寄托的要出新成果，我不停留在原有的这个成绩的基础上，我相信我们古人讲的话，“谋事在人，成事在天”。有人曾经风趣地说，中国农民吃饭靠“两平”，一是靠邓小平的责任制，二是靠袁隆平的杂交水稻。今天中国水稻种植面积中，约有一半是采用袁隆平培育的杂交产品，每年生产的稻谷可以多养活6000多万人。2004年，袁隆平领导的超级杂交稻项目不断取得重大突破，在育种方面提前一年实现了大面积亩产超过800公斤的目标，这意味着每