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rediction is is the text about? Ss:A famous scientist— Yuan Longping. T:Yes,you are quite you give us the main idea of each paragraph? (Encourage some student to tell about his or her idea.) Main idea of each paragraph: Paragraph 1:Yuan Longping is a leading figure on the ricegrowing world. Paragraph 2:As a boy,he was called “the student who asked questions”. Paragraph 3:As a young teacher,he began experiments in crop breeding. Paragraph 4:He discovered a new type of rice. Paragraph 5:His discoveries have brought in great profit. Paragraph 6:The yield of the new hybrid rice is much greater than that of other types of rice grown in Pakistan. Step 3 Careful reading T:Read the passage again and underline the new that,we’ll do some other exercises.(After a while)Look at the words on Page 33 in Activity the words in the box with the definitions. agriculture breakthrough breed crop feed producer publish species support people grow for food very important discovery produce new plants or animals give help give food to make information known,for example,in a report or a book who makes things or grows food type of plant or animal science of farming First,read through the words in the box and have the students repeat them chorally and attention to those words where the stress is not on the first syllable,such as agriculture producer, ask them to plete the activity individually and check with their last,call back the answers from the whole class,having one student read the definition and another give the correct word. Suggested answers: T:So much for Activity 3,now let’s e to Activity ’ll do another word the correct meaning of the words in italics. staple food is one you eat__________.(a)rarely (b)regularly you cross two plants you__________.(a)walk past them (b)produce a new plant yield refers to__________.(a)quantity(eg of food) (b)quality(eg of food) sterile plant is a plant which doesn’t__________. (a)grow quickly (b)produce seeds hybrid is a plant which es from__________.(a)one plant (b)two different plants Ask the students to plete the activity individually,then collect the answers from the whole class as plete sente