(共25张PPT)
Unit
5
Working
the
land
1.
Indeed,
his
slim
but
strong
body
is
just
like
that
of
millions
of
Chinese
farmers,
to
whom
he
has
devoted
his
life.
事实上，他苗条但强壮的身躯就像他毕生为
之奉献的数百万中国农民一样。
devote
vt.
to
use
all
or
most
of
your
time,
effort
etc
in
order
to
do
something
or
help
someone
“致力，献身，倾注”。
[常用搭配]
devote
...
to
...
把……用在……上，为……付出……
devote
oneself
to
...
献身于，致力于，专心于……
【拓展】
devoted
adj.
献身的；忠实的
devotion
n.
献身，致力；忠实，热爱
【语境应用】翻译句子。
1)
我叔叔决定把余生献给科学研究。
2)
她欣然放弃了兼职工作，全身心地投入到艺
术事业中去。
My
uncle
decided
to
devote
the
rest
of
his
life
to
scientific
study.
She
gladly
gave
up
her
part-time
job
to
devote
herself
entirely
to
her
art.
2.
Yuan
Longping
realised
that
larger
fields
were
not
the
solution.
Instead,
farmers
needed
to
boost
yields
in
the
fields
they
had.
袁隆平意识到，更多的耕地并不是解决问题的
办法，农民们需要增加他们现有土地上农作物
的产量。
yield
n.
the
amount
of
profits,
crops
etc
that
something
produces
“产量；收益”
e.g.
high
yield
高产
low
yield
低产
It
will
bring
you
a
6%
yield
on
your
investment.
它会给你的投资带来6%的利润。
yield
v.
to
produce
crops, profits
etc;
to
allow
yourself
to
be
forced
or
persuaded
to
do
something
or
stop
having
something
“生产；产出”，
“屈服；放弃”
e.g.
The
fruit
trees
in
his
orchards
yield
a
large
amount
of
apples
and
pears
every
day.
他果园的果树每年产出大量的苹果和梨。
These
experiments
yielded
important
data
for
the
research.
这些实验为研究提供了重要的数据。
We
shall
never
yield
to
the
difficulties.
我们绝不会向困难低头。
3.
Yuan
was
convinced
that
the
answer
could
be
found
in
the
creation
of
hybrid
rice.
袁隆平坚信，在杂交水稻的创造中可以找
到答案。
convinced
adj.
feeling
certain
that
something
is
true
确信的，信服的
[常用搭配]
be
convinced
that
be
convinced
of
【语境应用】用两种搭配翻译句子。
我确信她是无辜的。
I
am
convinced
that
she
is
innocent.
I
am
convinced
of
her
innocence.
4.
The
common
assumption
then
was
that
it
could
not
be
done.
当时的普遍假设是这是做不到的。
assume
v.
to
think
that
something
is
true,
although
you
do
not
have
definite
proof
假定，设想
[常见结构]
assume
+名词，assume
sb.
to
be
...，assume
+
that从句
e.g.
Don’t
always
assume
the
worst.
不要总是做最坏的打算。
We
can’t
assume
the
suspects
to
be
guilty
simply
because
they’ve
decided
to
remain
silent.
我们不能仅仅因为嫌犯决定保持沉默就认为他们有罪。
Let
us
assume
for
a
moment
that
the
plan
succeeds.
让我们先假设这个计划成功了。
【拓展】assumption
n.
假定，设想。如：
These
calculations
are
based
on
the
assumption
that
prices
will
continue
to
rise.
这些计算是基于价格将继续上涨的假设。
5.
The
Qinghai-Tibet
Railway
is
a
record
of
all
of
our
efforts
to
overcome
the
most
difficult
engineering
challenges.
overcome
v.
to
successfully
control
a
feeling
or
problem;
to
fight
and
win
against
someone
or
something
克服（困难）；征服，战胜
e.g.
He
struggled
to
overcome
his
shyness.
China
overcame
the
Netherlands
2-1.
【语境应用】翻译句子。
1)
找出办法战胜困难。
Find
a
way
to overcome your
difficulties.
2)
她终于克服了上课时的羞怯。
Eventually
she
managed
to overcome her
shyness
in
class.
3)
尤文图斯队(Juventus)在这场扣人心弦的比赛中，战胜了阿贾克斯队(Ajax)
。
Juventus
overcame
Ajax
in
a
thrilling
match.
6.
This
hybrid
enabled
farmers
to
expand
their
output
greatly.
这种杂交种使农民能够大幅度增加产量。
expand
v.
to
become
larger
in
size,
number,
or
amount,
or
to
make
something
become
larger;
if
a
company,
business
etc
expands,
or
if
someone
expands
it,
they
open
new
shops,
factories
etc;
to
give
more
details
about
something
you
have
said
or
written
扩大，增加；扩展，发展（业务）；细
谈，详述
【语境应用】翻译句子。
1)
Sydney’s
population
expanded
rapidly
in
the
1960s.
2)
The
hotel
wants
to
expand
its
business
by
adding
a
swimming
pool.
3)
I
repeated
the
question
and
waited
for
her
to
expand.
悉尼的人口在20世纪60年代迅速增长。
这家旅馆想增加一个游泳池来扩大业务。
我重复了这个问题，等她再问。
【拓展】
expand
on
/
upon
“详述，详细阐明”。如：
Could
you
expand
on
/
upon
that
point,
please
请你详述一下这一点好吗？
expansion
n.
①扩大；②扩展；③扩充物。如：
The
rapid
expansion
of
cities
can
cause
social
and
economic
problems.
城市的快速扩张会引起社会和经济问题。
The
industry
has
just
undergone
a
period
of
rapid
expansion.
这个行业刚刚经历了一段快速发展的时期。
The
novel
is
an
expansion
of
a
short
story
he
wrote
about
forty
years
ago.
这部小说是他四十年前写的一篇短篇小说的扩展。
7.
Today,
it
is
estimated
that
about
60
percent
of
domestic
rice
consumption
in
China
is
comprised
of
crops
generated
from
Yuan’s
hybrid
strains,
and
his
strains
have
allowed
China’s
farmers
to
produce
around
200
million
tonnes
of
rice
per
year.
据估算，现在中国国内消费的大米大约有百分
之六十来自袁隆平的杂交水稻，他的杂交水稻
品种让中国农民每年能够生产出大约两亿吨大
米。
这个句子真正的主语是从句that
about
…per
year。真正的主语太长，为了避免句子头重脚轻，所以用形式主语it。英语中还有很多类似It
is
estimated
that…这样的结构，用来将真正的主语后置。如：
It
is
said/
believed/
reported
that…
domestic
adj.
relating
to
or
happening
in
one
particular
country
and
not
involving
any
other
countries；relating
to
family
relationships
and
life
at
home
国内的;
家庭的，家务事的
e.g.
domestic
flights
国内航班
domestic
policy
国内政策
GDP（gross
domestic
product）国内生产总值
domestic
violence
家庭暴力
8.
Given
that
Yuan’s
hybirds
have
made
him
quite
wealthy,
one
might
think
he
would
retire
to
a
life
of
leisure.
However,
this
is
far
from
the
case.
考虑到杂交水稻使袁隆平变得相当富有，人们
可能认为他会退休享受闲适的生活。然而，事
实远非如此。
1)
given可作介词，表示“只要是；考虑到；假
定；已知”。“Given+that从句”“考虑到
”，相当于considering。如：
Given
his
age,
he
is
very
strong
and
healthy.
考虑到他的年龄，他可以说是非常健康强壮了。
Given
that
the
students
need
more
exercise,
the
head
teacher
has
decided
to
add
more
PE
classes.
考虑到学生们需要更多的锻炼，校长已决定增加更多的体育课。
2)
far
from
the
case
远非如此，也可以说far
from
being
the
case。case
“情况；情形”。
far
from
sth.
远远不；绝非
e.g.
His
work
is
far
from
(being)
satisfactory.
他的工作一点也不令人满意。
9.
Deep
down,
Yuan
is
still
very
much
a
farmer
at
heart.
事实上，袁隆平在内心深处依然是一个农民。
deep
down
实际上；在心底
e.g.
He
tried
to
behave
as
an
adult,
but
deep
down
he
was
still
a
child.
他试图表现得像一个大人，但是内心深处他
还是一个孩子。
very
much副词短语，表示“非常；确实是”。在文中表示程度，起强调作用，可以不翻。
e.g.
Kindness
is
very
much
a
part
of
her
character.
善良是她性格中一个重要部分。
Learning
English
is
very
much
a
step-by-step
process.
学习英语很大程度上是一个循序渐进的过程。
A:
Are
you
serious
你是认真的吗？
B:
Very
much
so.
再认真不过了。
1.
However
what
concerned
him
most
was
that
farmers
often
had
poor
harvests
and
sometimes
even
had
aserious
shortage
of
food
to
eat.
Translating
and
translating
back
2.
One
characteristic
of
hybrids
is
that
they
usually
attain
a
higher
yield
than
conventional
crops.
然而，他最关心的是农民经常收成不好，有时甚至严重缺粮。
杂交作物的一个特点是它们的产量通常高于常规作物。
3.
这种杂交品种使农民能够大幅增加产量。
4.
据估算，现在中国国内消费的大米大约有百
分之六十来自袁隆平的杂交水稻。
This
hybrid
enabled
farmers
to
expand
their
output
greatly.
It
is
estimated
that
about
60
percent
of
domestic
rice
consumption
in
China
is
comprised
of
crops
generated
from
Yuan’s
hybbnd
strains.(共44张PPT)
UNIT
5
WORKING
THE
LAND
To
obtain
and
integrate
Yuan
Longping's
life,
major
contributions
and
dreams.
Summarize
and
integrate
Yuan
Longping's
process
of
breeding
hybrid
rice.
To
appreciate
the
stylistic
features
and
rhetorical
devices
of
texts
and
explore
their
relevance
to
thematic
meaning.
Where
do
you
think
the
photo
was
taken
Have
you
ever
been
to
a
place
like
this
What
was
it
like
Farming
is
a
profession
of
hope.
—Brian
Brett
Min
Nong
By
Li
Shen
Farmers
weeding
at
noon,
Sweat
down
the
field
soon.
Who
knows
food
on
a
tray,
Due
to
their
toiling
day.
Have
you
ever
been
to
the
countryside
What
did
you
see
or
do
there
What
do
you
know
about
farming
seeding
播种
fertilizing
施肥
ploughing
(犁田)
irrigating
灌溉
transplanting
插秧
harvesting
收割
winnowing
扬谷
Have
you
ever
grown
any
plants
If
so,
what
did
you
do
to
grow
them
If
not,
what
kind
of
plant
would
you
like
to
grow
How
will
you
grow
it
Who
is
the
man
in
the
photo
What
do
you
know
about
him
Yuan
Longping—father
of
hybrid
rice
n.
杂交植(动)物;合成物;混合动力车
He
is
father
of
hybrid
rice,
who
received
the
honor
for
his
great
contributions
to
hybrid
rice
research
and
the
work
he
did
to
improve
rice
production
in
developing
countries.
He
is
called
a
pioneer
for
all
people.
“As
China
is
helping
them
develop
hybrid
rice,
African
countries
will
have
a
bright
future,”
said
Chinese
agronomist
Yuan
Longping,
also
known
as
the
“father
of
hybrid
rice”
for
developing
the
first
such
strains.
The
world-renowned
agricultural
scientist,
who
received
the
Medal
of
the
Republic
for
his
contribution
to
the
country
ahead
of
the
70th
anniversary
of
the
founding
of
the
People’s
Republic
of
China,
also
urged
the
youth
to
pursue
lofty(崇高的)
ideals
instead
of
simply
chasing
after
money.
n.
(动植物)系;品种;拉伤;压力
The
winner
for
the
first
State
Preeminent
Science
and
Technology
Award
1.
What
crop
is
he
holding
in
his
hands
in
the
picture
2.
What
else
do
you
want
to
know
about
him
3.
Do
you
know
how
the
hybrid
rice
has
been
discovered
Talk
about
the
following
questions.
1.
1930
A.
Yuan
developed
the
first
hybrid
rice
that
could
be
used
for
farming.
2.
1953
B.
Yuan
Longping
was
born.
3.
1974
C.
Yuan
Longping
graduated
from
college.
Read
the
text
and
match
the
time
with
the
events.
Time
Events
Fill
in
the
blanks.
Name
Yuan
Longping
Professional
Birthplace/year
Graduated
from
Main
contribution
Dreams
Scientist
Long
ago,
rice
plants
were
as
tall
as
sorghum,
with
each
ear
of
rice
as
big
as
a
broom.
His
latest
vision
for
“seawater
rice”
has
also
become
a
reality.
Beijing
1930
Southwest
Agricultural
College
60%
domestic
rice
consumption
200
million
tonnes
of
rice
per
year
help
other
countries
adj.
国内的;家庭的
n.
消耗;消费
n.
高粱
n.
扫帚;金雀花
n.
想象;视野;影像
n.
现实;事实
Skim
the
text
and
match
the
main
idea
with
each
paragraph.
A
Yuan
conducted
research
and
developed
hybrid
rice.
B
Yuan
is
old
but
still
working
hard
to
fulfil
his
dreams.
C
Yuan
considers
himself
a
farmer.
D
Yuan
decided
to
study
agriculture.
E
Yuan's
innovation
has
helped
to
feed
more
people.
F
Yuan
cares
little
for
fame
or
wealth.
Problem
One
possible
solution
Another
possible
solution
Difficulty:
Through
intense
effort
in
1974,
Advantages
In
China:
outside
China:
Fill
in
the
chart.
poor
harvest,
short
of
food
impossible
larger
fields
hybrid
rice
whether
to
develop
hybrid
of
self-pollinating
plants
Yuan
overcame
technical
difficulties
and
developed
hybrid
rice
60%,
200
million
feed
other
coutries
v.
授粉;传粉
adj.
热切的;激烈的
vt.克服;解决;战胜
1.
Why
does
Yuan
Longping
consider
himself
a
farmer
Because
he
continually
works
the
land
in
his
research.
2.
Why
did
Yuan
Longping
decide
to
study
agriculture
He
concerned
that
farmers
often
had
poor
harvests
and
even
had
a
serious
shortage
of
food
to
eat,
he
wanted
to
tackle
the
crisis.
Read
the
text
again
and
answer
the
questions.
n.
不足;短缺
vt.解决;应付;处理
n.危机
3.
What
is
main
advantage
of
hybrid
crops
They
usually
attain
a
higher
yield
than
conventional
crops.
4.
How
has
Yuan’s
work
helped
China
and
other
countries
His
strains
have
allowed
China’s
farmers
to
produce
around
200
million
tonnes
of
rice
per
year.
It
has
helped
feed
not
just
China,
but
many
other
countries
that
depend
on
rice
as
well.
vt.努力获得;得到
n.产量vt.出产;产生vi.屈服
adj.传统的;习惯的
5.
What
is
Yuan’s
latest
vision
His
latest
vision
is
seawater
rice,
and
potentially
opened
up
nearly
one
million
square
kilometers
of
salty
land
in
China
for
rice
production.
adj.咸的;含盐的
Complete
the
sentences
with
the
correct
forms
of
the
words
in
the
box.
create,
estimation,
education,
generation,
graduate
Use
word
formation
to
guess
the
meaning
Often,
new
words
are
not
really
“new”—
they
are
just
different
forms
of
words
that
you
may
already
know.
For
instance,
a
word
ending
with
–ate
is
often
a
verb,
while
a
word
ending
in
–tion
is
often
a
noun.
Thus,
we
have
communicate
(verb)
and
communication
(noun).
English
has
many
word
patterns
like
this.
1.
This
school
has
___________
thousands
of
bright
young
students
over
years.
2.
Most
students
look
for
jobs
after
university
__________.
3.
Because
of
the
_________
of
new
strains
of
hybrid
crops,
people
in
many
parts
of
the
world
now
have
more
food
to
eat.
educated
graduation
creation
create,
estimation,
education,
generation,
graduate
4.
Last
year,
this
new
electric
power
plant
_________
enough
energy
to
power
the
whole
city.
5.
It
was
difficult
to
calculate
exactly
how
many
trees
had
been
cut
down.
However,
a
general
_________
was
possible.
generated
estimation
create,
estimation,
education,
generation,
graduate
1.
What
is
the
purpose
of
the
text
2.
Which
paragraph
or
sentence
do
you
like
most
Why
3.
Which
part
of
the
passage
impresses
you
most
Why
4.
How
do
you
like
the
title
of
the
passage
Why
Can
you
make
a
new
one
1.
Where
would
you
most
likely
find
the
passage
A.
In
an
advertisement.
B.
In
a
book.
C.
In
a
letter.
D.
In
a
newspaper.
2.
Passage
like
this
are
mostly
often
written
in
______
and
______.
A.
the
active
voice;
offer
many
opinions
B.
the
first
person;
talk
about
feelings
C.
both
active
and
passive
voices;
mostly
contain
facts
Choose
the
best
answers
to
the
questions.
3.
Which
of
the
writing
methods
are
employed
A.
illustration
举例
B.
classification
分类
C.
comparison
比较
D.
listing
numbers
数字
4.
Which
two
pieces
of
information
were
not
included
in
the
passage
A.
A
quote
from
Yuan
Longping.
B.
The
background
of
why
Yuan
Longping
decide
to
grow
hybrid
rice.
C.
Yuan
Longping’s
important
contributions.
D.
Yuan
Longping’s
dreams.
E.
Yuan
Longping’s
hobby.
If
you
had
the
chance
to
do
something
to
help
end
hunger
in
the
world,
what
would
you
do
How
to
solve
hunger
making
good
use
of
the
waste
land
developing
the
technology
inventing
new
kinds
of
food
improving
the
quality
of
soil
preventing
the
pests
from
eating
our
crops
Apart
from
rice,
what
are
some
other
important
crops
in
China
What
do
you
know
about
them
Other
than
hybrid
rice,
what
other
hybrid
products
do
you
know
Can
you
think
of
new
hybrid
ideas
shortage,
crisis,
yield,
convince,
characteristic,
attain,
conventional,
assumption,
intense,
overcome,
expand,
estimate,
domestic,
consumption,
comprise,
generate,
leisure,
soil,
celebrity,
grain,
vision,
reality,
salty
devote
...to,
be
known
as,
be
convinced
that,
It
is
estimated
that,
be
comprised
of
Choose
the
correct
meaning
of
the
words
in
red.
1.
To
deal
with
a
crisis
is
you
are
______.
(a)
confident
(b)
in
trouble
2.
A
shortage
is
______.
(a)
lack
of
something
(b)
full
of
something
b
a
3.
A
yield
refers
to
_____.
(a)
quantity
(eg
of
food)
(b)
quality
(eg
of
food)
4.
Molly
had
fought
and overcome her
fear
of
flying.
She
has
_____.
(a)
solved
the
problem
(b)
lost
something
5.
A
hybrid
is
a
plant
which
comes
from
_____.
(a)
one
plant
(b)
two
different
plants
a
a
b
1.
However,
what
concerned
him
most
was
that
farmers
often
had
poor
harvests
and
sometimes
even
had
a
serious
shortage
of
food
to
eat.
Translate
and
translate
back.
2.
One
characteristic
of
hybrids
is
that
they
usually
attain
a
higher
yield
than
conventional
crops.
然而，他最感关心的是农民经常收成不好，有时甚至严重缺粮。
杂交物种的一个特点是，它们的产量通常高于传统作物。
3.
这种杂交品种使农民能够大幅增加产量。
4.
据估计，中国国内消费的大米约60%来自袁隆平的杂交水稻。
This
hybrid
enabled
farmers
to
expand
their
output
greatly.
It
is
estimated
that
about
60
percent
of
domestic
rice
consumption
in
China
is
comprised
of
crops
generated
from
Yuan's
hybrid
strains.
Yuan
Longping,
“father
of
hybrid
rice”,
and
his
team
are
working
hard
to
improve
the
yields
of
rice,
not
only
in
China,
but
also
in
other
developing
countries.
Enjoy
the
video
to
find
more
about
him.
“Knowledge,
practice,
inspiration
and
opportunity”
are
the
four
elements
behind
his
past
accomplishments.
袁隆平的八字方针：知识、汗水、灵感、机遇。
What
qualities
of
Yuan
Longping
impress
you
most
Write
a
short
passage
in
80
words
and
give
your
reasons.
