Introduction&Reading4ContentsIntroductionLead-inFast-reading312Careful-readingPost-reading5beautifulsentences6Whatishis/hername?Whatdidhe/sheinventordiscover?Name:____________________Nationality:_______________Major:___________________Inventions/discovers:__________________________Whendidtheyinvent/discover:__________________________QianXuesenChinesePhysicsChineseatombombIn1964Name:____________________Nationality:_______________Major:___________________Inventions/discovers:__________________________Whendidtheyinvent/discover:__________________________MarieCuriePolishPhysicsRadioactivityIn1898Name:____________________Nationality:_______________Major:___________________Inventions/discovers:__________________________Whendidtheyinvent/discover:__________________________ArchimedesSicilianPhysics,Mathematicianbuoyancy浮力About240BCName:____________________Nationality:_______________Major:___________________Inventions/discovers:__________________________Whendidtheyinvent/discover:__________________________AlbertEinsteinGerman/AmericanMathematicalPhysicsrelativityIn1905Name:____________________Nationality:_______________Major:___________________Inventions/discovers:__________________________Whendidtheyinvent/discover:__________________________YuanLongpingChineseAgriculturehybridriceIn1970Whatgreatscientistsdoyouknow?Matchthetwoparts.QianXuesenMarieCurieArchimedesStephenHawkingAlbertEinsteinTheoryofRelativityFatherofChina’saerospacediscoveredRadiumFatherofintegralcalculusABriefHistoryofTimeDoyouknowanyotherChinesescientistsexceptQianXuesen?HaveyouheardofYuanLongping?Matchthewordsanddefinitions.1.thestudyofanimals_______2.thestudyofplants_______3.thestudyofalllivingthings_______biochemistrybiologybotanychemistrygeneticsphysicszoologyzoologybotanybiology4.thestudyofphysicalobjectsandnaturalforces_______5.thestudyofchemicalprocessesinlivingthings_____________6.thestudyofthestructureofsubstancesandhowtheyreactwitheachother_________7.thestudyofinheritedcharacteristicsinlivingthings_______physicsbiochemistrychemistrygeneticsLookatthetitleofthereadingpassage.Guesswhatitisabout.Listentothepassageandcheckoutwhatitisaboutonearth.Para1A.Hisdiscoverieshavebroughtingreatprofit.Para2B.Asaboy,hewascalled“thestudentwhoaskedquestions.Para3C.YuanLongpingisaleadingfigureintherice–growingworld.Para4D.TheyieldofthenewhybridriceismuchgreaterthanthatofothertypesofricegrowninPakistan.Para5E.Asayoungteacher,hebeganexperimentsincropbreeding.Para6F.Hediscoveredanewtypeofrice.Thefirstparagraph1.Whichcountryistheworld’slargestriceproducer?2.Whereisricegrownintheworld?3.Whoistheleadingfigureintherice-growingworld?China.ManyAsianCountriesandsomeEuropeancountries.YuanLongpingThesecondparagraph1.WherewasYuanLongpingbornandbroughtup?2.Whatnicknamewashegiven?China.Thestudentwhoasksquestions.Tocrossdifferentspeciesofriceplant.Thethirdparagraph1.WhatdidYuanLongpingstudyincollege?2.Whatwasthekeytofeedingmorepeople?3.Whatistheonlywaytodoit?Agriculture.Tohavemorericeandtoproduceitmorequickly.ResearchersfromalloverChinaandthegovernment.Thefourthparagraph1.Whatdidthespecialtypeofriceplanthavetobe?2.WhendidYuanLongpingmakeabreakthroughinhisresearch?3.Whosupportedhisresearch?Ithadtobemaleandsterile.In1970.Thefifthparagraph1.Whatwastheresultofhisdiscoveries?2.Whatareotheradvantages?3.Wherewashisriceexportedto?Chinesericeproductionroseby47.5%.Ricefieldswereconvertedtogrowingvegetablesandothercrashcrop.Pakistan,thePhilippinesandsoon.Thelastparagraph1.WhatisthemostimportantcropinPakistan?2.What’sthefeatureofthenewhybridrice?Wheat.ItsyieldismuchgreaterthanthatofothertypesofricegrowninPakistan.Readthepassageanddecidewhetherthestatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F).1.Chinaproducesmorericethananyothercountry.2.YuanLongpingaskedalotofquestionsatschool.TT3.Hedevelopedanewkindoffast-growingrice.4.Thegovernmenthelpedhiminhisresearch.5.Thenewricereplacedvegetablesin50thousandsquarekilometres.6.Thenewriceisnowgrowninothercountries,suchasPakistan.TFTTReadthetextcarefullyandcompletethefollowingchart.InhischildhoodHe1.____________inmanyschoolsandwasgivenanickname.2.______________Hewasinterestedinplants.IncollegeHestudied3.___________.4._______________________Hebeganexperimentsincropbreeding.In1966Theresultsofhisexperiments5.______________inChina.waseducatedFromanearlyageagricultureAsayoungteacherwerepublishedIn1970Anaturallysterilemalericeplant6.______________.Inthe1990’sChinesericeproduction7.__________47.5percent.8.______________________________________ofthericefieldswereconvertedtogrowingvegetablesand9.________________LaterYuanLongping’srice10._______________othercountries.wasdiscoveredroseby50thousandsquarekilometresothercashcropswasexportedtoProfessorYuanLongpingisaleadingfigureinthe___________world.Heisfamousforhisgreatachievementsin__________andiswell-known__“theFatherofHybridRice”.rice-growingagricultureAfterlearningthetext,fillintheblanks:asAsaboyhebecameinterestedin______.Hestudiedagricultureincollege.After__________fromSouthwestAgricultureCollege,hehasdevotedhimselftoagricul