Module 4 Great Scientists
Period 2 Reading and Vocabulary
教学目标：培养学生的阅读能力和提取信息的能力。
Step 1 fast reading
1. please decide True or False.
(1) Pakistan produces more rice than any other country.
(2) Yuan Longping asked a lot of questions at school.
(3) He developed a new kind of fast-growing rice.
(4) The government helped him in his research.
(5) The new rice replaced vegetables in 50 thousand square kilometers.
(6) The new rice is now grown in other countries, such as Pakistan.
Step 2 careful reading
一. Read Paragraph 1&Paragraph 2----According to the passages, tell us:
1. What do you know about the rice-growing in the world?
2. What do you know about Yuan Longping.
二. Read Paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks.
From an early age he ______________ plants. He studied agriculture in college and as a young teacher he began experiments______________. He thought that __________ feeding people was to have more rice and to _______ it more quickly. He thought there was only one way to do this--by_______ different species of rice plant, and then he could produce a new plant which could give a higher _____ than either of the ______ plants.
三. Read Paragraph 4 and choose the best answers.
1. What kind of new type of rice did Yuan Longping discover?
A. maleB. sterile C. male and sterile
2. Who supported the research?
A. Yuan himself B. His friend C. The government
3. What is the process of his discovery?
a. Experimented with different types of rice.
b. Began his research for a special rice
c. Discovered a naturally sterile male rice plant
A. b a c B. a b c C. b c a
反思：锻炼学生提取有用信息的能力，在有限的时间内有效的找出问题答案，从问题要求出发把握课文，有利于提高学生的阅读能力。