英语：阅读（教学设计）

2.To encourage students to predict what the text is mainly about. 

3.The teacher can pick out some students to report their answers.  

Step 3: While-reading (15 mins)    

1.Skimming   

Skim the text quickly and find out the main idea of each paragraph and match the following headings with the right paragraphs.     

Para1(C)   Para2(A)      Para3(D)     Para4(B)               

A.Dr Yuan’s dreams.                 B.Dr Yuan’s personality.                    

C.Dr Yuan’s biography                D.Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement.   

2.Scanning    

Task1:Let students read the article again and judge the right and wrong.

1.Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist. (F)    

2.Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in many other developed countries to increase their rice harvests. (F)    

3.Dr Yuan would rather work than relax.(T)    

4.Dr Yuan enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.(T) 

Task2: (Let students read each paragraph detailedly and answer the following questions)

Paragraph 1: Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement.   

Appearance:Yuan Longping is more like a farmer than a scientist. 

He has sun-burnt face and arms and a slim, strong body.   

Achievement: He works hard and grows super hybrid rice. In 1973, he became a pioneer to grow rice that has a high 

Paragraph 2: Put Dr Yuan’s biography in right order.   

a.He was born into a poor farmer’s family .                                      

b.He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college.                                        

c.In 1950, Chinese farmers  produced fifty million tons of rice.                              

d.He became the first agricultural pioneer.                                                 

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.   

Proper order: a c b e d f 

Paragraph 3: personality  

1.Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true? 

A. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.