1、Unit 2,Working the land,学习目标展示,背景知识链接,Yuan Longping Yuan Longping，a Chinese agriculturalist，was born in 1930.He graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 and has since devoted himself to agricultural education and research.Yuan Longping was a pioneer in hybrid rice research and made rema
2、rkable achievements in this area，first developing hybrid rice in the world.The achievement of Yuan Longping greatly solved the problem of food shortage，and provided as a solution to the worldwide starvation.Hybrid rice is regarded as the fifth invention after Chinas Four Major Inventions，and is accl
3、aimed as the Second Green Revolution.,He was awarded with many international awards，such as Gold Medal Award for the Outstanding Inventor of the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization，Science Prize of United Nations Educational，Scientific and Cultural Organization，Rank Prize for Agr
4、onomy and Nutrition of the United Kingdom，Medal of Honor for Food Security and Sustainable Development of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization，and Fukui International Koshihikari Rice Prize of Japan.,Task 1What is Yuan Longpings most famous achievement？ Developing hybrid rice 2Why is his achievement regarded as the fifth invention after Chinas Four Major Inventions？ Because it greatly solved the problem of food shortage，and provided as a solution to the worldwide starvation.,
