一、 課前預習：

1. From the title “The Student Who Asked Questions”, guess what the passage is about?

Who is the student? _______________

2. What do you know about Yuan Longping?

Name Nationality Major Invention/Discovery Time of the discovery

Yuan Longping

3. Complete the passenge:

In rice-growing world, the Chinese scientist, Yuan Long-ping, is a _________ __________.(重要人士) Yuan Longping was born and _______ _______(撫養) in China. From an early age Yuan Longping _______ ___________ _______ plants（感興趣）. He devoted all his time to _______ ___________ _______ (發明雜交水稻). Now he is _______ ___________ _______ his inventions all over the world.

二、新課流程

1). Read the passage quickly and find out the answers to the questions.

1. What kind of student was Yuan Longping when he was young?

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2. What way did he think to produce rice more quickly?

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3. What did he discover?

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4. What did his discoveries result in?

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2). Read the passage again and decide whether the statements are True of False.

1. Rice is only grown in Asia. __________

2. Yuan Longping was educated at one school. __________

3. He developed a new kind of fast-growing rice. __________

4. Rice is the first most importance in China and Pakistan. __________

5. The new rice replaced vegetables in 50 thousand square kilometers. __________

3). Match the topic sentences.

Para 1 A. His discoveries have brought in great profit.

Para 2 B. As a boy, he was called “the student who asked questions.

Para 3 C. Yuan Longping is a leading figure in rice –growing world.

Para 4 D. The yield of the new hybrid rice is much greater than that of other types of rice grown in Pakistan.

Para 5 E. As a young teacher, he began experiments in crop breeding.

Para 6 F. He discovered a new type of rice.

4). Read the text carefully and complete the following chart.

In his childhood He 1.____________ in many schools and was given a nickname

2._____________ He was interested in plants.

In college He studied 3. ___________.

4._____________

__________ He began experiments in crop breeding.

In 1966

The results of his experiments 5. ______________ in China.

In 1970 A naturally sterile male rice plant 6. ______________.

In the 1990’s

Chinese rice production 7. __________ 47.5 percent. 8. ____________________

__________________ of the rice fields were converted to growing vegetables and 9. ________________

Later

Yuan Longping’s rice 10. _______________ other countries

課后反思：