Unit 2 Great People.Lesson 9 China’s Most Famous Farmer. 教案

Unit 2 Great People
Lesson 9 China’s Most Famous Farmer
1. Analysis of the Students
The students of Grade 9 have mastered certain vocabularies，expressions and structures. They also have the abilities of self-teaching and working in groups. Most of them are willing to express their opinions in English.【出处：21教育名师】
2. Analysis of Teaching Content
Lesson 9 is the third lesson in Unit 2, Book 5.This unit focus on the subject great people. Students cares about the subject because it is close to everyone. Lesson 9 mainly talks about Yuan Longping’s achievement. You will succeed in the long run only by studying hard every day.

【知识目标】
1. Peanut hybrid variety introduction. Leader production produce super【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
2. To master the phrases:
be known as “作为……而闻名” be known for “因为……而闻名”
be known to “对于……而闻名” allow sb. to do “允许做某事”
【能力目标】
Improve their ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing. 21教育名师原创作品
【情感目标】
To be hard work and never give up.
【教学重点】
Development their ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing.21*cnjy*com
【教学难点】
How to use the phrases and structures of sentences.

Tape recorder, Multimedia
Step 1. Warm-up
Free talk: Say the famous people in China you know.21教育网
Step 2. Presentation
Introduce Yuan Longping.
Free talk: Did you have a dream when you were a child? What was it?
Do you think great people work all the time and have no other interests at all?
Explain the new words.
4. Read the lesson and write true (T) or false (F).21·cn·jy·com
(1)He grew a new type of rice as a child.
(2) He had an idea for hybrid rice in the 1960s.
(3) He studied agriculture at university.
(4) He is working hard on developing super hybrid rice.www.21-cn-jy.com
(5) He plays the violin for half an hour before he goes to bed.21世纪教育网版权所有
5. Check the answers and underline the key sentences.21cnjy.com
6. Explain the language points:
本句含有由that引导的定语从句。that was as big as a peanut作rice的后置定语。
“as+形容词/副词原级+as…”意为“与……一样……”。“not so+形容词/副词原级+as…”意为“不如……”。
in the 1960s意为“在20世纪60年代”。表示“在……世纪……年代”时用介词in，在整十的年代后加“s”或“s”，并在年代前加定冠词the。
a few意为“一些，几个”，用于可数名词复数前，相当于several或some，表示肯定概念。few意为“很少，几乎没有”，表示否定概念。www-2-1-cnjy-com
come up with意为“找到，想出(答案、解决问题的办法等)”，后面常接名词或代词作宾语，相当于think up。
since then意为“从那时起(到现在)”，常用于现在完成时。
spend… doing sth.意为“花费时间/金钱做某事”,
spend的另一个重要搭配是spend… on sth.意为“在某事/物上花费时间/金钱”，spend的主语是人。
make China a leader为“make+宾语+名词”结构，名词作动词make的宾语补足语，这种结构表示“使/让某人成为……;使某人当……”。2-1-c-n-j-y
be known as意为“作为……而闻名”，be known for意为“因为……而闻名”，be known to意为“对于……而闻名”。其中known可以用famous代替。21*cnjy*com
how引导的感叹句。how引导的感叹句一般有两种形式:
①How+形容词或副词+主语+谓语！
②How+形容词+a/an+可数名词的单数形式+主语+谓语！
because of意为“因为，由于”，为介词短语,其后只能接名词、代词或动名词，不能接从句。
【Extension】　
because意为“因为”，为从属连词，用来引导原因状语从句或用于回答以why引导的特殊疑问句。enough在本句中为形容词，意为“足够的，充足的”。修饰名词时，可以放在名词之前，也可以放在名词之后。21·世纪*教育网
(1)enough作副词时，意为“足够地”。修饰形容词或副词时，必须放在形容词或副词之后。
(2)enough作代词时，意为“充分，足够”。
feed表示“喂(养)”时，可用于动物或人。
Step 3. Practice
1. Read the lesson again and fill in the blanks. 【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
People call Yuan Longping the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. In 1973, together with (和……一起) other scientists, he succeeded in _________hybrid rice. The _______________ of this new product (产品) made China a leader in rice production(生产). Because of Dr. Yuan’s hard work, China now ________ enough rice to feed its people every year. He also has many other interests. He loves playing the ________, listening to music, reading and swimming.
2. Match and complete the sentences.
3. Work in groups:
Can you think of an invention or a good way to make life better? What is it? Talk about it with your group members.【版权所有：21教育】
Show the pictures of the new products.
Step 4. Consolidation
Writing: My invention.
Step 5. Homework
Composition: “The famous person/hero in my heart”.2·1·c·n·j·y
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