Lesson 35

　　China’s Most Famous “Farmer” Who is he ? Where is he ? What

　　is he doing? What do you know

　　about him? Lead in

　　“ Father” of Hybrid Rice The

　　Words farmer peanut

　　so that shadow

　　hybrid

　　graduate

　　southwest

　　agricultural

　　devote to

　　research develop

　　development variety worldwide honour/honor technology

　　produce

　　besides benefit( benefitted benefitted) spare

　　super

　　crossword

　　puzzle

　　Presentation

　　Listen to the text, and answer the questions below. 1.What was Yuan’s childhood dream? 2. What

　　university did he graduate from? 3. What

　　idea did he come up with in the 1960s? 4.What countries have benefited

　　from his work? 5.What does he do in his spare time? 6.What

　　does he care about？ 7.What is he doing now? What happened in these years? 1930 1953

　　1960

　　1973

　　1980 devote oneself to +名詞或動名詞

　　獻身于；致力于 Yuan Longping was born.

　　He graduated from Southwest Agricultural University. He has devoted himself to research and to the development of new varieties. He succeeded in the development of hybrid rice. The technology for hybrid rice was

　　introduced to the US. 1.

　　He wished to grow a new type of rice. The grain of this rice would be as big as a peanut so that farmers could rest in the cool shadows of big rice plants. so

　　that

　　目的是, 以便于 so …that

　　如此……以至于 Language Points : e.g. I get up so that I can catch the

　　early bus. 2.What

　　university did he graduate from?

　　He graduated from the Southwest Agricultural University in 1953. graduate from

　　畢業于…… e.g.:

　　He graduated from the Middle

　　School last year. 3. What

　　idea did he come up with in the 1960s? come up with

　　想出/提出辦法 = think of (

　　thought

　　thought

　　) = have

　　(

　　had

　　had

　　) have an idea

　　have a good idea He came up with an idea for a hybrid in the 1960s. 4.What countries have benefitted

　　from his work? benefit

　　from

　　從……中受益 China and many other countries including the U.S. e.g.: We

　　have benefitted from his words. The people benefitted from his invention. 5.What does he do in his spare time? Phrases:

　　play the violin

　　listen to music

　　half an hour

　　go to sleep He loves playing the violin，listening to

　　music, reading and swimming. Every night he reads for half an hour before he goes to sleep.

　　in his spare time =

　　in his free time 6.What

　　does he care about? He cares about nothing but his research. care about

　　關心 在乎 e.g. His parents care about his study very much.

　　He cares about his parents’ health. nothing but

　　僅僅

　　只 7.What is he doing now?

　　Now Professor Yuan is working on developing super hybrid rice. He goes to the fields twice a day.

　　working

　　on

　　從事

　　twice a day

　　一天兩次

　　devote oneself to +名詞或動名詞

　　獻身于;致力于 e.g. 1. The doctor devoted himself to helping the sick.

　　2. The teachers devoted themselves to the teaching.

　　Fill in the blanks: 1.The teacher devoted his life_____ teaching. 2.I graduated _____ No. 2 Middle School 16 years ago. 3.Bill Gates was honored ____ The Richest Man in the world. 4.All of us benefit _____

　　Yuan Longping’s Hybrid Rice. 5.Danny came up ______ a good idea. to from with from with Practice

　　Complete the sentences: 1.All the students studied hard _______(以便于)they could pass the exams. 2._______________(在二十世紀七十年代) we

　　couldn’t see the colorful TV. 3.___________(因為) his illness, he didn’t go to school last week. 4.________________(在業余時間), he likes to play basketball. 5._________(據說)Gong LI isn’t Chinese now. so that In the 1970s　 Because of In

　　his spare time It is said Exercises(被動語態) 1. More and more people _______ Chinese in the world today.

　　A. are spoken??

　　B. are speaking

　　C. speak??D. spoken 2. The letter _______ in Japanese. Can you read it for me?

　　A. writes??????? B. wrote?

　　? C. is writing??

　　?? ?D. is written? 3. --- Will you come to the dinner party?

　　--- I won’t come unless Jenny _______.

　　A. be invited

　　B. will be invited

　　C. were invited? ??

　　???D. is invited?????????

　　4. This painting _______ to a museum in New York in 1977. A. sells????

　　B. sold? ?

　　?C. was sold?

　　?? D. is sold? 5. Lily is often heard _______ in her bedroom. A. sing??????? B. sings???? ??C. to sing???? ? D. sang????? 6. When Father was young, he _______ from morning till night. A. was made work???

　　B. was made working?

　　C.

　　was made to work?

　　D. was made to working Exercises(詞語運用) It is bad for your eyes to read___________(在陽光下）. He _______________(畢業于）No.2 Middle School last year. Can you _____________(提出）an answer to the question? They devoted themselves to _________ (protect) our country. Li Ming, together with his classmates, _____ （go) to Beijing every year. We are all here _______(除了）Jim.

　　___________ (因為）he is ill today. in the sun graduated from come up with protecting goes except Because 1. care, nothing, they, about, research, their, but 2. reported, is, he, it, that, has, his, finished, research 3. so, they, could, pass, studied, that, hard, all, the, the, exam, students 4. was, everyone, a, yesterday, given, present Homework

　　連詞成句 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 光說空話不做事，猶如花園光長刺。

　　Lesson 35

　　China’s Most Famous “Farmer” Who is he ? Where is he ? What

　　is he doing? What do you know

　　about him? Lead in

　　“ Father” of Hybrid Rice The

　　Words farmer peanut

　　so that shadow

　　hybrid

　　graduate

　　southwest

　　agricultural

　　devote to

　　research develop

　　development variety worldwide honour/honor technology

　　produce

　　besides benefit( benefitted benefitted) spare

　　super

　　crossword

　　puzzle

　　Presentation

　　Listen to the text, and answer the questions below. 1.What was Yuan’s childhood dream? 2. What

　　university did he graduate from? 3. What

　　idea did he come up with in the 1960s? 4.What countries have benefited

　　from his work? 5.What does he do in his spare time? 6.What

　　does he care about？ 7.What is he doing now? What happened in these years? 1930 1953

　　1960

　　1973

　　1980 devote oneself to +名詞或動名詞

　　獻身于；致力于 Yuan Longping was born.

　　He graduated from Southwest Agricultural University. He has devoted himself to research and to the development of new varieties. He succeeded in the development of hybrid rice. The technology for hybrid rice was

　　introduced to the US. 1.

　　He wished to grow a new type of rice. The grain of this rice would be as big as a peanut so that farmers could rest in the cool shadows of big rice plants. so

　　that

　　目的是, 以便于 so …that

　　如此……以至于 Language Points : e.g. I get up so that I can catch the

　　early bus. 2.What

　　university did he graduate from?

　　He graduated from the Southwest Agricultural University in 1953. graduate from

　　畢業于…… e.g.:

　　He graduated from the Middle

　　School last year. 3. What

　　idea did he come up with in the 1960s? come up with

　　想出/提出辦法 = think of (

　　thought

　　thought

　　) = have

　　(

　　had

　　had

　　) have an idea

　　have a good idea He came up with an idea for a hybrid in the 1960s. 4.What countries have benefitted

　　from his work? benefit

　　from

　　從……中受益 China and many other countries including the U.S. e.g.: We

　　have benefitted from his words. The people benefitted from his invention. 5.What does he do in his spare time? Phrases:

　　play the violin

　　listen to music

　　half an hour

　　go to sleep He loves playing the violin，listening to

　　music, reading and swimming. Every night he reads for half an hour before he goes to sleep.

　　in his spare time =

　　in his free time 6.What

　　does he care about? He cares about nothing but his research. care about

　　關心 在乎 e.g. His parents care about his study very much.

　　He cares about his parents’ health. nothing but

　　僅僅

　　只 7.What is he doing now?

　　Now Professor Yuan is working on developing super hybrid rice. He goes to the fields twice a day.

　　working

　　on

　　從事

　　twice a day

　　一天兩次

　　devote oneself to +名詞或動名詞

　　獻身于;致力于 e.g. 1. The doctor devoted himself to helping the sick.

　　2. The teachers devoted themselves to the teaching.

　　Fill in the blanks: 1.The teacher devoted his life_____ teaching. 2.I graduated _____ No. 2 Middle School 16 years ago. 3.Bill Gates was honored ____ The Richest Man in the world. 4.All of us benefit _____

　　Yuan Longping’s Hybrid Rice. 5.Danny came up ______ a good idea. to from with from with Practice

　　Complete the sentences: 1.All the students studied hard _______(以便于)they could pass the exams. 2._______________(在二十世紀七十年代) we

　　couldn’t see the colorful TV. 3.___________(因為) his illness, he didn’t go to school last week. 4.________________(在業余時間), he likes to play basketball. 5._________(據說)Gong LI isn’t Chinese now. so that In the 1970s　 Because of In

　　his spare time It is said Exercises(被動語態) 1. More and more people _______ Chinese in the world today.

　　A. are spoken??

　　B. are speaking

　　C. speak??D. spoken 2. The letter _______ in Japanese. Can you read it for me?

　　A. writes??????? B. wrote?

　　? C. is writing??

　　?? ?D. is written? 3. --- Will you come to the dinner party?

　　--- I won’t come unless Jenny _______.

　　A. be invited

　　B. will be invited

　　C. were invited? ??

　　???D. is invited?????????

　　4. This painting _______ to a museum in New York in 1977. A. sells????

　　B. sold? ?

　　?C. was sold?

　　?? D. is sold? 5. Lily is often heard _______ in her bedroom. A. sing??????? B. sings???? ??C. to sing???? ? D. sang????? 6. When Father was young, he _______ from morning till night. A. was made work???

　　B. was made working?

　　C.

　　was made to work?

　　D. was made to working Exercises(詞語運用) It is bad for your eyes to read___________(在陽光下）. He _______________(畢業于）No.2 Middle School last year. Can you _____________(提出）an answer to the question? They devoted themselves to _________ (protect) our country. Li Ming, together with his classmates, _____ （go) to Beijing every year. We are all here _______(除了）Jim.

　　___________ (因為）he is ill today. in the sun graduated from come up with protecting goes except Because 1. care, nothing, they, about, research, their, but 2. reported, is, he, it, that, has, his, finished, research 3. so, they, could, pass, studied, that, hard, all, the, the, exam, students 4. was, everyone, a, yesterday, given, present Homework

　　連詞成句 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 光說空話不做事，猶如花園光長刺。