模块4 Unit 2 Working the land 学案

Unit 2 Working the land
PERIOD 1 TIME:
AIMES
1 了解农村，农业以及农作物耕种的基本知识，了解袁隆平博士的研究成果以及有机耕种的重大意义。
2.学习有关农业的词汇。
3.掌握动词ing 形式做主语和宾语的用法。
4.学习如何劝说他人。
ⅰVOCABULARY
1. stuggle to do sth _______________________
他努力控制住自己的脾气。 He _____ ____ control his temper.
Translate:
He struggled against the enemy for his freedom.
___________________________________________.
2. expnad (vi. vt. )
我们增开了两个商店以扩大业务。
We’ve ______ the business by opening two more stores.
Translate:
Why not try to expand your story into a novel
____________________________________________
3. equip sb with sth __________________ equip sb for sth ______________________
be equipped with _________________
你的训练使得你能够胜任将来的工作。
Your training will ______ you _____your future job.
Translate:
The worker equipped the bike with a head light. _________________________________.
4. regret 后面常跟动词的ing 形式，只有在对将谈到的事情表示遗憾时用动词的不定式。
Regret doing sth __________________ regret to do sth ______________________
她为自己发了脾气而深感后悔。She deeply _____ ______her temper.
Translate:
We regret to inform you that your passport application has been refused.
____________________________________________________________.
5. rid …of …___________________
我们试图清除这房子里的尘土。We wanted to ______ the house ____ dust .
Translate :
It’s not easy to rid oneself of a habit. ________________________________________.
6. would rather do sth _____________________
他宁愿到农村去工作。He ______ ______ work in the countryside .
Translate:
I would rather you had gone there,too. __________________________
I’d rather you came text weekend. ___________________________________
Summary:
Would rather +从句，常用虚拟语气。如表示与现在的事实或将来的愿望相反，谓语一般用__________时态；如表示的与过去的事实相反，从句中应用 _________________时态。
Answers:
1.挣扎做某事 struggled to 他为了自由而抗击敌人。 2.expanded 为什么不把你的故事扩展成为小说呢？ 3.用……装备 为……装备 装备有 equip for 那个工人给自行车装了一个前灯。 4.后悔做…… 遗憾做 regretted losing 我们遗憾的通知你你的护照申请被拒绝了。 5.清除 ； 摆脱 rid of 一个人改变自己的习惯是不容易的。 6.宁愿做…… would rather 我宁愿你也去那儿了。 我宁愿你下周末来。 一般过去时 过去完成时
ⅱWARMING UP
Discuss and answer
1.Look at the title of the unit “Working the land”. What does it mean
_________________________________________________________.
2. What words to do with agriculture can you think of
_____________________________________________________________.
ⅲ. Pre-reading
1.Discuss and answer:
What are the serious problems the world faces today
________________________________________________
2.read, translate and understand
1.More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day. - the World Health Organization (WHO) __________________________________________________________________.
2. One billion people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition.
____________________________________________________________________.
3. About 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes. Three-
fourths of the deaths are children under the age of five. -http://www.
________________________________________________________________________.
3. Discuss : What can we do to solve world hunger
___________________________________________________________________.
Answers:
To use the land to make money through farming or mining
plant, grow, produce, feed, harvest, farming, animal waste, tools …
agriculture
field, farm, rice, wheat, crops, fruit and vegetables, corn, peanuts …
Environment Population Natural resources Wars Poverty Hunger
8000000000多人每天饥饿入睡。 十亿人
Control the population Open more areas for growing Increase the output of crops
PERIOD2 TIME:
A Pioneer for All People
Read the passage and choose the best answers:
1. The whole passage mainly talks about ___________
A. how to solve the world’s hunger problem.
B. How to increase rice harvests\
C. Yuan Longping’s achievements in farming
D. Yuan Longping’s daily life
2. If you met Yuan Longping face to face,you would think him to be a farmer because ______.
A. he is one of the agricultural pioneers in the world
B. he works the land to do his research and has a sunbrunt face
C. he has made great achievements in farming
D. he wears simple clothes as other farmers
3. Although Yuan Longping is rich and famous ,he wants to ______
A. earn much more money to help others
B. spend more time on his hobbies
C. lead a simple life
D lead a comfortable life
4. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph
A. Yuan Longping’s another dream is to export his rice
B. Yuan Longping proves that one dream is not always enough .
C. Yuan Longping always has a lot of dreams when sleeping.
D.Dreams can help people make greater achievements.
5.What can we infer from the passage
A. Dr. Yuan is the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.
B. Dr. Yuan is not really satisfied with his life .
C. In the 1950’s ,many parts of the countryside were short of food.
D. His way of increasing rice harvest only works in some Asian countries.
Answers: CBCDC
Read the text again and complete the following notes about Yuan Longping.
Name:______________________ Nationality: ____________________
Age :_______________________ Occupation: ____________________
Education: __________________________________________________
Dream : ____________________________________________________
Achievement : _______________________________________________
Hobbies : ___________________________________________________
Answers:
Yuan Longping Chinese 77 scientist/farmer graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 to export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown around the globe in 1974,developed hybrid rice ,which produces1/3 more than normal rice listening to violin music,playing mah-jong ,swimming and reading
Read the text again and finish the following passage
Yuan Longping ,one of China’s most famous scientists,_______ for decades and developed new super hybrid rice which makes it _____ to raise more people in the same fields.
In the past ,hunger was a _____problem in many parts of the countryside.Dr.Yuan found a way to ______harvests after years of hard work . ______ to his research .a lot of people don’t go _______any longer.Though very famous ,he doesn’t ______about it and money . And he has _____of his own. He gave much money to ______others for their research in agriculture.
He also has a great dream that is to ______his rice to all the world .What a great man!
Answers:
Struggled possible disturbing increase Thanks hungry care hobbies equip export
Some difficult sentences
1.Indeed ,his sunburnt face and arm and his slim ,strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers,for whom he has struggled for the past five decades.的确，他那被太阳晒得黝黑的脸庞和手背，以及他那瘦削而又结实的身体，就跟其他成千上万的中国的农民一样，过去50年来，他一直在努力帮助他们。
For whom… 为______ +引导词 的结构的定语从句，注意，struggle 后面的for 的干扰，for the past five decades是 “过去50年来” Translate:
The man with whom you talked is our manager._______________________________________
They lived in a big house,in front of which stood a big tree.
___________________________________________________.
2. Dr. Yuan Longping grows what is called supper hybrid rice.
袁隆平博士培植出了超级杂交水稻。 What is called super hybrid rice 是由what 引导的______从句，在整个句子中充当______的_____语，。此外，此结构还可以作_____或_____.
如：请相信我的话。___________________________
他所说的话全是真实的。_______________________________.
3.In 1974,he became the first agriculture pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.1974年他成为世界上第一位种植高产水稻的农业先锋。
本句理解的难点是动词不定时to grow rice that has a high output 作_________,修饰先行词________,注意：前面的序数词first 一起了一定的作用，因为先行词前有__________,后面一般用动词不定时作定语。类似的还有 the second ,the last ,the only 等。翻译：
昨天晚上，约翰最后一个离开教室。______________________________________________.
4.The special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one –thire more of the crop in the same fields.这些特殊的水稻使得同样的田地多收获三分之一的产量。
Make it …to do sth 意思是____________________.it 在句中作_________,真正的宾语是_________________________________. 翻译：
好天气使我们下周的旅行成为可能。_____________________________________________.
Answers:
1.介词 你刚才给他说话的那个人是我们的经理。 他们住在一个大房子里，房子前面有一颗大树。 名词 grow 的宾语 主语 表语 Please believe what I said . What he said is true. 3.定语 pioneer 序数词 John was the last one to leave the classroom yesterday .4. 使做……成为 宾语 to produce one –third more of the crop in the same fields. Good weather makes it possible to make our trip next week.
Homework: Discussions:
1）What advantages do you see in YuanLongping’s life
2）What disadvantages do you see in YuanLongping’s life
3) Would you like to have a life like his Why or why not
高考链接
1.In some parts of London ,missing a bus means _____for another hour . (2002,上海 )
A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. to be waiting
2.Victor apologized for ______ to inform me of the change in the plan . (2004,上海 )
A. his being able B. him not to be able
C. his not being able D. him to be not able
3.The man insisted ____ a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby .
A. find B. to find C. on finding D. in finding (2004 江苏 )
4.According to a recent US sursey,children spend up to 25 hours a week ____ TV.
A. to watch B. to watching C. watching D.watch (2004 上海 )
5.He go well-prepared for the job interview, for he couldn’t risk ____ the good opportunity.
A. to lose B. losing C ,to be lost D. being lost (2005 上海 )
6.Progress so far has been very good.___,we are sure that the project will be completed on time.
A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Besides (2006 浙江 )
7.Ten years ago the population of our village was _____ that of theirs. (2008 陕西 )
A. as twice large as B. twice as large as
C. twice as much as D. as twice much as
8.Some children want to challenge themselves by learning a language different from ____their parents speak at home. (2008 浙江 )
A. what B. that C which D one
9.-Have you got any particular plans for the coming holiday
________,I’ll visit some homes for the old in the city. (2008 安微 )
A. If ever B. If busy C. If anything D. If possible
10.The chairman thought _____ necessary to invite Professor Smith to speak at the meeting .
A. that B. it C. this D. him
11.He found it increasingly difficult to read ,_____his eyesight was beginning to fail.
A. though B. for C. but D. so (2008 山东 )
12.What a table ! I’ve never seen such a thing before .It is _____ it is long.
A. half not as wide as B. wide not as half as
C. not half as wide as D. as wide as not half
13.A modern city has been set up in _____ was a wasterland ten years ago.
A.what B. which C.that D. where
Answers BCCCBCBBDBBCA
PERIOD3 TIME:
CHEMICAL OR ORGAINIC FARMING
Read the text and choose the best answers
1.What’s the main idea of the text
A. Organic farmers use many methods to keep the soil fertile.
B. Chemical fertilizer is better than natural fertilizer.
C. Natural fertilizer is better than chemical fertilizer.
D. Organic farmers prefer chemical fertilizer because it can improve the soil.
2.According to the text,which of the following is NOT the problem caused by chemical fertilizer
A. Crop diseases can be stopped.
B. Chemicals also stay in the ground and underground water for a long time.
C. The helpful bacteria and pests are killed as well as the harmful ones.
D. Many of these fertilizers are dangerous to people’s health.
3.Which of the following is true
A. Organic farmers prefer chemical fertilizers.
B. Organic farmers prefer using natural waste from animals.
C.All farming is organic farming
D. Farmers often grow the same crops year after year.
4.Farmers ______ so that the soil may absorb important minerals.
A. often change the kind of crop in each field every few years.
B. use chemical fertiliers
C. plant crops such as peas or soybeans
D. plant crops to use the same level of soil
5..How many ways do the organic farmers have to keep their soil fertile and healthy
A. 3 B.4 C.5 D.6
Answers: C A B C A
Read the text and translate the following phrases:
as well as ____________ for a long time ________________
build up ______________ lead to _______________
turn to _________________ focus on ______________
keep（prevent ）…from _______________
Answers:
也 好长时间 逐渐增强；建立；开发 导致； 造成 求助于 集中（注意力，精力等）于 阻止
PERIOD4 TIME:
Grammar
Look at these sentences and tell the functions of the ing form
1.Since then ,finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal.
2.As a young man,he saw the great need for increasing the rice output.
3.At that time,hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside.
4.Dr Yuan researched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields.
5.Using his hybrid rice ,farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.
6. He enjoys listening to violin music,playing mah-jong ,swimming and reading.
Answers: 主语 宾语 定语 宾语 状语 宾语
As the object
1. Read the sentences from the text and try to find some rules.
) As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output.
2) Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields.
3) He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading.
4) Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people.
2. Look at the following sentences. What have you found
1) He suggested doing it in a different way.
2) The president tried to avoid answering the reporter’s questions.
3) I admit having read your letter.
4) Mom agreed to lend me some money.
5) Jack pretended not to see me when he passed.
6) My friend offered to help when I was in trouble.
3. Compare the three pairs of sentences.
A. I forgot mailing your letter.
B. I forgot to mail your letter.
A. Being early may means wasting time.
B. You really mean to go
A. He tried working out the problem another way.
B. He tried to open the back door with the key.
A. You need to take more exercise.
B. The batteries in that toy need changing.
A. The teacher went on to talk about –ing form after a short break.
B. The headteacher went on talking for one hour.
4. Compare the three pairs of sentences.
I’d like to have a cup of coffee.
I like reading novels very much.
I prefer to take the next train.
I prefer going to work by bus.
Oh, I hate to leave you tomorrow.
I hate lying and cheating.
Fill in the blanks with the verbs given in their proper form.
I used to like to go to our local cinema. It was old and rather uncomfortable, but it had character. Now they’ve stopped ____ (show) films there. The owner would have liked to go on ______ (run) the cinema, but to do that he needed ________ (make) a lot of improvements, which meant ______ (spend) tens of thousands of pounds. I remember _______ (watch) the last film at the cinema. It was a murder mystery. Five minutes from the end, when we were trying ________(work) out who the murderer was when all the lights suddenly went out and the film stopped. We sat in the dark for a few minutes, and then the owner appeared with a torch. “I regret _____ (tell) you,” he said, “that we’ve had a power cut. I’m sorry _________ (disappoint) you, but I’m afraid we can’t show you the end of the film. We’ve tried _______ (phone) the electricity company, but they say they can’t help.” He went on _________ (explain) how the film ended. Despite this, I don’t regret ________ (go) to the cinema on its last evening.
Answers showing running to make spending watching to work to tell to disappoint phoning to explain going
高考链接：
1.Isn’t it time you got down to ______the papers (2006 重庆 )
A. mark B. be marked C. being marked D. marking
2.Ergene’s never willing to alter any of his opinions. It’s no use ____with him.
A. to argue B. arguing C. argured D. having argued (2006 江苏 )
3.The parents suggested ____ in the hotel room but their kids were anxious to camp out during the trip. (2006 上海 )
A. sleep B. to sleep C. sleeping D. having slept
4.Susan wanted to be independent of her parents .She tried _____ alone,but she didn’t like it and moved back home. (2008 湖南 )
A. living B. to live C. to be living D. having lived
5.-They are quiet,aren’t they
- Yes .They accustomed ______at meals. (2008 江苏 )
A. to talk B. to not talk C. to talking D. to not talking
6.You can’t imagine what diffculty we had ____ home in the snowstorm. (2007 辽宁 )
A. walked B. walk C. to walk D.walking
Answers: DBCADD