课件33张PPT。Unit 2 Working the land
Period 1 Warming Up & Reading
文本研读课Ⅰ. 根据课文语境写出黑体单词的汉语意思
1. Read the statistics below. ( )
2. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim,
strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese
farmers. ( )数据;统计数字晒黑的3. For whom he has struggled for the past five decades.
( )( )
4. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in
many parts of the countryside. ( )(
)拼搏;努力十年;十年期饥饿引起烦恼的;令人不安的5. Yuan Longping is now circulating his knowledge in
India. ( )
6. He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others
for their research in agriculture. ( )(
)循环;流传因此;所以配备;装备Ⅱ. 词义匹配
1. thanks to A. 宁愿;宁可
2. rid. . . of B. 毕业于
3. would rather C. 使……摆脱或除去
4. struggle for D. 有影响/起(重要)作用
5. make a difference E. 怀有……的希望6. graduate from F. 由于,幸亏
7. with the hope of J. 为……而斗争
答案:1~5. FCAJD 6、7. BEⅢ. 阅读导引
1. 查阅有关袁隆平的相关资料,了解籼型杂交水稻的情况和成就;
2. 找出课文中含有动词-ing形式的句子,体会动词-ing形式作主语和宾语的用法;
3. 找出课文中袁隆平设想的描述水稻的优美句子。Step 1 Leading in
Ⅰ. The title of this unit is “Working the land”. Have you ever worked the land? Discuss in pairs and put the farming steps in order. 答案:A→E→F→D→B→CⅡ. Does your hometown grow rice? Do you like to eat rice? Who do you know is Father of Hybrid Rice?
___________________Yes. Yuan Longping.Step 2 Fast Reading
Ⅰ. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. A farmer named Yuan Longping.
B. How Yuan Longping became rich and famous.
C. An agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice.
D. A new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice. Ⅱ. Match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para. 1 A. Dr. Yuan’s dreams.
Para. 2 B. Dr. Yuan’s personality.
Para. 3 C. Dr. Yuan’s biography.
Para. 4 D. Dr. Yuan’s appearance and his achievement.
答案:Paras. 1~4. DCBAStep 3 Careful Reading
Ⅰ. Read the passage carefully and finish the following tasks.
1. Why does Yuan Longping want everyone to call him a farmer?
A. Because his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of other farmers. B. Because he comes from countryside.
C. Because he thinks of himself as a farmer and he works as a farmer and he works the land to do his research and in many ways, he is like a farmer.
D. Because he made many contributions to Chinese agriculture. 2. Why did Dr. Yuan want to increase the rice output?
A. Because he graduated from agricultural college.
B. Because he liked to study the rice.
C. Because he saw the great need for increasing the rice output.
D. Because he knew he would become famous. 3. Which of the following descriptions about Dr. Yuan’s personality is NOT true?
A. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.
B. He cares little about money and fame.
C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.
D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people. 4. From the passage we can know that Yuan Longping’s hybrid rice______.
A. helps the farmers produce larger harvests
B. can be only grown in China
C. is not accepted by the UN
D. is now grown around the globe5. How does Yuan Longping feel about money?
A. Money is not important at all.
B. Too much money can only bring more troubles rather than happiness.
C. One has to own a large sum of money.
D. One has to spend all his money on his own research. Ⅱ. Read the passage and put the sentences in right order.
a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family.
b. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural College.
c. Chinese farmers produced about fifty-six million tons of rice.
d. He became the first agricultural pioneer. e. He searched for a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields.
f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.
答案:a→c→b→e→d→fⅢ. Sentence explanation
1. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past five decades. 分析:(1)本句中含有一个定语从句for whom he has
struggled for the past five decades,修饰先行词
_______________。该定语从句的引导词是“介词
+whom”的形式。Chinese farmers(2)those代替前面的名词________________________
______________________。
句意:的确,他那被太阳晒得黝黑的脸庞和手臂,以
及他那瘦削而又结实的身躯,就跟其他千百万中国农
民一样,过去50年来,他一直在努力帮助他们。his sunburnt face and armsand his slim, strong body2. Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid
rice.
分析:(1)本句中what is called super hybrid rice是名词
性从句,在整个句子中充当______的宾语,同时what
又在从句中作主语。grows(2)what is /was called或what people call/called是习惯
用法,意为“___________________”,其中引导词what
在此句中相当于“the+n. +that”结构。
(3)句中what相当于the rice that。
句意:___________________________________所谓的;人们常说的袁隆平种植人们所称的超级杂交水稻。3. In 1973, he became the first agricultural pioneer in
the world to grow rice that has a high output.
分析:(1)不定式短语to grow rice. . . 作后置定语,修饰
_________________________,且pioneer与不定式to
grow有逻辑上的主谓关系。the first agricultural pioneer(2)基本结构为:the first/last/best/only/very/right. . . +n.
+ to do sth. 。
句意:_________________________________________
_____________1973年,他成了世界上第一个种植高产量水稻的农业先锋。Step 4 Retelling
Fill in the blanks according to the passage.
Dr. Yuan Longping was born in a poor farmer’s
family in 1. _____. When he was young, he saw many
people go hungry often. So he has devoted himself
2. __ finding ways of increasing rice harvest without
3. _________ the area of fields since he graduated from 1930toexpandingSouthwest Agricultural College in 1953. Now over 60%
of the rice 4. _________ in China each year is from this
hybrid strain. He is circulating his 5. __________ in
India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries
to increase their harvests.
He cares little about money and lives a simple life.
In his opinion, a person with too much 6. ______ will producedknowledgemoneyhave more troubles. He doesn’t care about being
7. _______ because he would rather keep more time to
do his research. In his free 8. ____ he loves listening to
music,9. _______ (play) mah-jong and reading. Now he
dreams of 10. _________ (export) his rice so that it can
be grown all over the world. famoustimeplayingexportingStep 5 Discussion
If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?_____________________________________________
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_______________________________(1)Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food.(2)Find a sort of fertilizer(化肥)to give rice enoughnutrition(营养).(3)Stop the pollution to the environment and protectthe soil in the field.(4)Make good use of the wasteland.