(共19张PPT)
Unit 5 Working the Land
Build up your vocabulary
1 Replace the underlined words with the correct forms of the words from the text.
________1 To deal with this crisis, he chose to study agriculture.
tackle
tackle: to make a determined effort to deal with a difficult problem or situation 应付,处理,解决(难题或局面)
The government is determined to tackle inflation. 政府决心解决通货膨胀问题。
1 Replace the underlined words with the correct forms of the words from the text.
________ 2 He is a very good actor and he commits himself to every role that he takes on.
devote: to give most of your time, energy, attention, etc. to sb/sth 献身;致力;专心
devotes
搭配
1 Replace the underlined words with the correct forms of the words from the text.
______________________ 3 Yuan Longping strongly believed that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice.
was (strongly) convinced
convince vt. 说服;使确信,使信服
convince sb to do 说服某人做某事
convince sb of sth 使某人信服某事
convincing adj. 令人信服的;有说服力的
convinced adj. 确信的;深信的(描述人的感受)
1. I think you will help me convince my parents
to leave (leave).
2. He managed to convince the students of
the need for wider reading.
3. Sam nodded but he didn’t look convinced
(convince).
4. Nobody could come up with a convincing (convince) reason why the dinosaur died out.
1 Replace the underlined words with the correct forms of the words from the text.
___________ 4 Yuan Longping, through intense effort, solved enormous difficulties and developed the first hybrid rice that could be used for farming.
overcome: to succeed in dealing with or controlling a problem that has been preventing you from achieving sth 克服;解决
She overcame injury to win the Olympic gold medal.
她战胜了伤痛,赢得了奥运会金牌。
The two parties managed to overcome their differences on the issue.
两个政党设法弥合了在这个问题上的分歧。
overcame
1 Replace the underlined words with the correct forms of the words from the text.
___________ 5 This hybrid enabled farmers to increase their output greatly.
expand:to become greater in size, number or importance; to make sth greater in size, number or importance 扩大,增加,增强(尺码、数量或重要性)
Metals expand when they are heated. 金属受热会膨胀。
Student numbers are expanding rapidly. 学生人数在迅速增加。
A child's vocabulary expands through reading.
孩子的词汇量通过阅读得到扩大。
expand
1 Replace the underlined words with the correct forms of the words from the text.
________ 6 Students are encouraged to try a variety of free-time activities to reduce the intense stress from studying.
leisure
time that is spent doing what you enjoy when you are not working or studying 闲暇;空闲;休闲
These days we have more money and more leisure to enjoy it.
如今我们有更多的钱和空闲时间来享受了。
leisure activities/interests/pursuits 业余活动
leisure
2 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words from the text.
Then use these words to make your own sentences.
1 The c______________of a person are the special qualities that make him or her different from others.
2 Scientists from different countries have been pursuing various possibilties to overcome food s__________.
3 Many of us a___________that earthquakes would never happen in our area.
4 With more and more farm machines being used in the fields, the c____________of fuel has been increasing.
haracteristics
hortage
ssume
onsumption
2 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words from the text. Then use these words to make your own sentences.
5 Newspapers should pay less attention to media c______________ and more attention to our national heroes.
6 Our general manager tried his best to help overcome the difficulties we were facing during the financial c___________.
7 My mother is very c___________and finds it hard to accept the modern lifestyle that I enjoy.
8 The government has decided to boost the programme to g__________more new jobs.
elebrities
risis
onventional
enerate
考点:shortage n. 不足; 缺少; 短缺
short adj. 短的; 不足的; 缺乏的
be short for 是……的简称 / 缩写
be short of 缺乏; 不足
shortly adv. 立刻; 马上; 不久
1. Call me Jo — it’s short for Joanna.
2. He is short of money, and can’t afford a
new car to replace his old one.
3. There is a possibility of severe water
shortages (short) in the future.
4. Shortly (short) after he left the bus station,
came a bus.
generate:to produce or create sth 产生;引起
to generate electricity/heat/power 发电;产生热╱动力
to generate income/profit 产生收益╱利润
We need someone to generate new ideas.
我们需要有人出新主意。
A vast underground shelter built during World War Ⅱ has been turned into an urban farm, supplying supermarkets and restaurants in London. The shelter, which could protect up to 8,000 people from wartime bombs, ____________ two large tunnels that were intended to one day become an extension of the London Underground. But that never became ______ and the shelter was left for 70 years. Then businessmen decided to make use of it to grow green vegetables to meet increasing ____________demands.
3. complete the news report below with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box
is comprised of
real
consumption
1. bomb: a weapon designed to explode at a particular time or when it is dropped or thrown 炸弹
2. extension:the act of making sth longer or larger; the thing that is made longer and larger 延长;扩大;延长(或扩大)的事物
The tunnels are lit with pink LEDs as there is no natural light ____________ below the ground. The vegetables are grown in special liquids instead of the earth that is used as in____________ farming. Many experts share a ____________that this kind of urban farming could help not only in _________ the problem of population growth, but also in adapting to climate change.
3. complete the news report below with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box
deep down
conventional
vision
tackling
1. deep down 隧道深处
2. vision 愿景;构想
3. adapt to 适应
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