Unit 2 Working the land
本单元的中心话题是“农业”， 学生通过讨论和阅读了解有关农业、农村和农作物种植的内容。让学生了解农业在整个人类生活中的重要性，了解农村生活，了解中国农民的生活现状，提高他们对农业的认识，并且帮助他们更深刻地理解农业科学家袁隆平的科学研究的价值。同时让学生了解organic farming 以及它对人们生活的重要性，进一步扩大学生的关于农业方面的词汇量，并通过写一则海报提高学生的写作水平。 WARMING-UP 通过提问有关农业、农村和农作物种植的内容，让学生谈谈自己对农村和农业劳动的认识或经验。教师可通过讨论让学生互相学习，相互交流经验以增加他们的农业知识。 PRE-READING 部分有两组问题。在第一组问题中，讨论大米在东亚和东南亚国家人民生活中的重要性；而第二组问题则提出世界部分地区所面临的饥饿问题。由此激发学生对世界的关注，培养学生的同情心。 READING 部分介绍中国著名的农业科学家袁隆平的生平和他的杂交水稻。第一段描述了袁博士的外表——他更像一个农民而不像一个科学家，农村就是他做科研的殿堂。他的科研成果就是超级杂交水稻。 第二段描述他的家庭出身，学业，献身水稻科研的原因及所取得的成就。第三段告诉我们袁博士过着跟普通人一样的生活却干着伟大的事业。即使在功成名就之后，他也淡泊名利，有着无私奉献的高尚精神。 COMPREHENDING 部分设计了三个练习。第一个是判断练习，学生根据课文中理解和收集的信息做出判断，甚至通过讨论才能做出判断。第二个是词语理解题。第三个练习提出问题，要求学生在阅读课文后作出回答，以检验他们的理解力和训练他们的归纳总结能力。 ? LEARNING ABOUT LANGUAGE 部分学习本单元重点词汇和语法项目。词语学习部分采用给出词义而让学生从课文中找出与之匹配的词，然后用所找的词汇完成第二个练习中的短文，以及用课文中意义相近的词汇替换练习三句中划线部分。通过这三种练习帮助学生理解并能熟练应用课文中所学的词汇。语法部分通过从课文中找同义句引出动词的-ing 形式，教师此时可引导学生找出其他的句子，以启发学生理解-ing形式的句法功能。练习二通过模仿例句，用-ing形式做主语代替动词不定式改写句子。练习三要求学生连接短语造句，让学生学习-ing形式作宾语的用法，并列举后面接动词-ing形式作宾语的动词。练习四则训练学生v-ing形式在实际生活中的应用能力。练习五则设计了一个游戏以丰富学生的想象力。 USING LANGUAGE 部分综合训练学生的听说读写能力。第一部分读写结合，学生先阅读文章，文章写的是 Organic Farming or green food,读完后要求学生写一个摘要。在此教师要首先强调写摘要时学生一定要抓住文章的主题并且运用所学的重要词语。听力部分通过回答问题来提高学生的理解能力和理解的正确性。Reading, speaking and writing 部分把读，说和写有机地结合在一起。假设你是一个“绿色食品” farmer，通过背景阅读，你要有充分的理由，利用所提供的句型，以对话的形式说服他人购买你的食品。最后为你的食品设计一个有说服力的广告。
1.Target Language?语言目标 a.词汇和短语 sunburn, struggle, super, expand, circulate, equip, export, rid…of, be satisfied with, lead a…life, search for, would rather, thanks to, with the hope of, rather than b.重点句子 This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. P10 He cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life. P10 He also doesn’t care about being famous. P10 He feels it gives him less freedom to do his research. P10 His other hobbies include playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. P10 Wishing for things, however, costs nothing. P10 2. Ability goals?能力目标 Enable students to learn more about agriculture, countryside and farming. By talking they can exchange their experience with each other. By reading they will realize the role that agriculture plays in human life. In fact this world faces a serious problem-starvation. So after reading the passage about Dr Yuan students will know the importance of his achievement to man. Of course they will learn from Dr Yuan some noble character. 3.Learning ability goals?学能目标 Help students learn how to describe Dr Yuan Longping including his personality.
1. Help to comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text. 2. How to grasp the words and phrases and be able to use them of the same topic
3.How to help students make up their minds to make contributions to motherland in the future like Dr Yuan.
Show questions, read fast, find the main ideas, and then read carefully and finish all the tasks
Step 1 Lead in
What do you think of when you see the word agriculture?
Do you know where food comes from and how crops are raised?
First, the farmers plow the field. They have to make the soil loose enough to plant crops.
Second, grow some young plants.
Third, they insert the young plants into the loose field. They fertilize the field.
At last, they will get the harvest.
Everyday food (表格)
Step2. Warming up
1. What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?
2. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there were suddenly no rice to eat?
Step3. Pre-reading
Look at the picture and read the statistics on P. 9.
Is the boy strong?
Is he healthy?
What lead him to this kind of situation?
How to solve hunger?
Prevent the pests from eating our crops. Develop agricultural science and technology. Improve the quality of the soil.
Make good use of the waste land.
Invent a new kind of food.
Who is he?
Yuan Longping
Father of Hybrid Rice
Professor Yuan Longping is famous in research on hybrid rice. He gave birth to a hybrid rice which output 30% more than ordinary ones, which has been widely used in the rice fields. The hybrid rice by Yuan and his co-researchers has made the earth produce extra rice equivalent to food for 80 million or more people.
Step4. Fast-reading
Look at the title of the passage and the picture. What do you predict this passage is going to talk about? Then skim the passage to check if you are fight.
What is the main idea of the passage?
It is about an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice.
Step 5 Careful- reading
Complete the notes about Yuan Longping.
Name ____________ Age ____________
Nationality __________
Occupation ___________________
Education ____________________________
Dream _______________________________
Achievement _________________________
Hobbies _____________________________
Find out the main idea of each paragraph：
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
True or False
1. Dr. Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.
2. Dr. Yuan’s rice is one of the most suitableways for China’s farmland.
3. Dr. Yuan would rather work than relax.
4. Dr. Yuan has dreams when he is asleep and also when he is awake.
5. Dr. Yuan enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.
Para. 1
1. What dose Dr. Yuan look like? Why?
2. What is his achievement?
Para. 2
Why did Dr. Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young?
2. How dose he help rid the world of hunger?
Put Dr Yuan’s biography in right order.
He was born into a poor farmer’s family.
b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture College.
c. In 1950, Chinese farmers produced fifty million tons of rice.
d. 2 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice.
e. He searched 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.
Proper order:
Para. 3 Dr Yuan’s personality
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.
Para. 4
1. What does “Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.” mean?
Dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be.
2. Dr Yuan has dreams not only when he is ______ but also when he is ______.
Personal information__________________________________
Hobbies___________________________________
Explain the following sentences from the reading passage.
1. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output.
2. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside.
3. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.
4. Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him.
Fill in the blanks.
1.虽然他是中国最著名的科学家之一，但Dr. Yuan更喜欢别人把他当作农民。
Although he is of the famous , Dr. Yuan would much rather __________ (consider) a farmer.
2. 被太阳晒黑的脸和手臂，瘦而结实的身体，和别的农民没有什么两样。
His face and arms and his , strong body just the same other farmers.
3. 1930年，他出生于一个贫穷的农民家庭，在1953年，他毕业于西南农学院。
He was born into a farmer's family, from ___________ Agricultural College in 1953.
4. 为了让人民摆脱饥饿，自从毕业后，他一直从事杂交水稻研究。
In to help people get of hunger, _____his graduation, he has his research on super rice.
Step7. Discussion
1.Is Yuan Longping more of a scientist than a farmer?
2. Is he more of a businessman than a farmer?
3. What were his dreams and how far did he achieve them?
4. Even if Dr. Yuan’s dreams come true, can this really solve starvation?
5. Dr Yuan thinks that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Step8. Homework
1. Review the reading passage and the new words.
2. Choose a topic from the discussion and write an article.
略。
Language points重点知识点讲练
1. Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them?
If so = If you have ever grown some plants
so 表示“象那样的，如前所说的”，用于代替已陈述的事。如：
— Can you pass the exam?
— I hope so.
2. …, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research.
consider 在这里的意思是“把(某人，某事)看作/认为……”
We consider it a shame.
I consider it a good habit to get up early.
I consider it to be inferior to robot.
Personally, I consider the CEO a qualified leader.
consider还有“考虑；思考；体谅；注视”等意思
Would you consider going north this summer?
Please take time to consider the problem.
They did not consider whether they could afford the time or not.
consider（考虑） wh- to do
doing something
consider （认为）sb. to be
to have done
as
adj.
3. considerable 重要的；相当大的；可观的
4. considering = giving = seeing that鉴于、考虑到
5. take sth. into consideration 顾及到某事, 考虑到某事
Practice
所给用适当形式填空。
1）.They have been considering ____ （work out） the problem.
Keys： Working out
2）. I consider Tom ____ （be） the finest basketball player today.
Keys：to be
3）. Our monitor ____ (consider) to be an honest man.
Keys: was considered
The majority of people in the town strongly ______ the plan to build a playground for children. (2010浙江）
A. consider B. support C. confirm D. submit
答案：B
解析：分析四个选项的意思：consider考虑，思考，认为等；support支持，拥护，维持；confirm证实，确认；submit使屈服，使经受。根据语境：镇上的大多数人都积极地拥护为孩子们建造运动场的计划。
3. 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.
句中的those是为了避免重复，代替前面出现的sunburnt face and arms、slim, strong body。
for whom he has struggled for the past five decades是非限制性定语从句，修饰Chinese farmers
4. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.
it是形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的动词不定式to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields。
We think it necessary to combine theory with practice.
it还可以代替动名词短语、宾语从句做形式宾语
I consider it foolish meeting him.
I think it important that we should keep calm.
it做形式宾语, 通常和下列动词连用: consider, think, make, find, believe, count, declare, deem, fancy, feel, guess, imagine, judge, prove, see, show, suppose, understand, take等.
We consider it our duty to support good leaders. The new method makes it possible to complete the task faster.
Tom found it very embarrassing to be reminded of the long-standing debt.
Susan deemed it advisable to keep the matter secret.
We all feel it nice to be able to visit that distinguished university.
5. Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.
句中的主语中心词rice是不可数名词，所以谓语动词用单数。
Two thirds of the earth’s surface is made up of water.
Two thirds of the workers are women.
过去分词短语produced in China each year作定语修饰rice, 属动宾关系。
I like reading the novels written by Mark Twain.
6. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvest without expanding the area of fields.
search = try to find by looking for 搜查search = try to find by looking for 搜查
They searched everywhere but could not find the lost child.
The home was searched but no one was found.
▲ search常用的搭配：
search sb. / sth. 搜查某人/某物
search for sb. / sth. 搜寻某人/某物
search sth. / sb. for… 搜查某物/某 人以寻找 …
in search of 寻找
search out 发现search sb.指“搜查某人”, 指对某人进行搜身。
search for sb.指“搜寻某人”, 指为了要找到某人进行搜寻, 相当于look for。
The policeman searched the thief to see what he had in his pockets.
The villagers are searching for the missing child.
7. … without expanding the area of the fields.
expand vt. 使变大；伸展；详述；增长
Metals expand when they are heated.
He is thinking of expanding his business.
The eagle expanded its wings.
They have expanded my view on the question.
In ten years the city’s population expanded by 12%.
8. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger.
1) thanks to表示“幸亏，多亏”，多用于表达正面意思，相当于感谢，在句中作状语和表语。
Thanks to your help, much trouble was saved．
thanks?to, because, because?of, since, for和as的用法
thanks?to?和because?of?都只能接名词或名词短语。thanks?to有“多亏了”的含义，而because?of则是“由于、因为”的意思。
because、?as、?since、?for 是连词，后面接从句，because语气最强，for的语气最弱。
Fill in the blanks with thanks?to, because (of), since, for or as.
1). Miss Gao didn't come to the meeting ________ she was ill.
2). _____ you all know, China has hosted the 2008 Olympic Games.
3). _____ everybody makes a mistake, we should give the boy a chance.
4). It must have snowed last night, _____the ground is covered with snow.
5). _________ your help, we could finish the job on time.
6). _____ you are so busy, I'll ask Lily to go with me.
2) rid … of … 使 … 摆脱；清除 …
I want to rid this city of pollution.
The man rid himself of debt.
get rid of 摆脱, 除去
类似结构的动词： inform / warn / cure … of …
The sales manager asked his men to inform him of everything concerning the sales in time.
9. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.
英语中的倍数表达法共有三种形式:
(1) 倍数 + 形容词/副词的比较级 + than...
(2) 倍数 + as +形容词/副词的原级 + as...
(3) 倍数 + the + 名词+ of...
This building is five times higher than that one.
This building is five times as high as that one.
This building is five times the height of that one.
The new building is four times the size of the old one.
10. And he would much rather keep time for his hobbies.
would rather 宁愿，宁可
He’d rather work in the countryside.
用法1：would rather…than… 宁愿……而不……，与其……不如……
I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema.
用法2: Would rather than… = would rather … than …
Facing the enemies, our soldiers would die rather than surrender.
Rather than refuse to help you, I would borrow money from my friends.
用法3：would rather后面也可跟从句表示主语宁愿某人做某事。
这时，从句谓语应用虚拟语气，即用一般过去时表示现在或将来要做的事；用过去完成时表示已经做过的事或过去要做的事。
I’d rather you hadn’t told him the news that day.
用法4: would rather have done sth.
表示主语要做某事, 而结果却事与愿违。
I’d rather have left a note on her desk. 我本想留张字条在她的书桌上。(事实上没有)
11. However, he cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life.
lead ... a life / live ... a life 过......的生活
Now we are leading a happy life.
In the old days farmers led a terrible life in the country.
与lead相关的短语:
lead sb. away 使某人误入歧途
lead sb. by the nose 牵着某人的鼻子走
lead up to sth. 是导致......的原因
lead from the front 带头，带动
12. Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles.
1) too much 与much too的区别
too?much可单独使用，也可修饰一个不可数名词，意思是“太多的，过分的”。
She does talk too much, doesn’t she?
He has too much work to do.
much?too通常用来修饰形容词或副词。
The dress is much too long for me.
I got into the taxi and drove much too fast.
2) rather than 而不是
She is a career woman rather than a housewife.
She ran rather than walked.
It is better to express your anger, rather than bottle it up.
注意：
rather than 连接两个名词或代词做主语时，谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。
Mary, rather than her roommates, is going to Beijing.
13. He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.
equip vt. 装备，配备，供给，提供
He equipped himself for a long journey.
Proper education will equip one for a job.
equipment n. 设备, 装备, 器材
14. … with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people.
with the hope of 怀有……的希望
in (the) hope of 希望做……
hope for sth. 希望得到……
他来到广州，希望找到一份工作。
He came to Guangzhou with the hope of finding a job.
He came to Guangzhou in the hope of finding a job.
He came to Guangzhou and hoped for a job.
语法讲解
动词ing形式做主语和宾语
一、动名词形式作主语
1．v.ing形式直接作主语，往往表示经常性、习惯性的动作，在口语中也可以表示具体的动作，通常直接置于句首。
Wasting a person’s time is the same as killing him for his property. 浪费别人的时间无异于谋财害命。
2．it作形式主语，v.ing形式放在其后。
It is no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。
It is no good learning without practice. 只学习而不实践是不好的。
It is a waste of time arguing about it. 争辩此事是浪费时间。
It is worthwhile making the experiment. 做这个实验是值得的。
二、动名词形式作宾语
1．v.ing形式作动词的宾语。接v.-ing作宾语的动词有enjoy，include，excuse，practise，advise，suggest，mind，delay，forbid，keep，consider，miss，finish，appreciate，can’t help(禁不住)，risk，admit，imagine等。
Mary is considering changing her job. 玛丽正在考虑换工作。
Xiao Wu suggests spending the evening with the workers. 小吴提议今晚和工人们一起过。
He admitted making a serious mistake. 他承认犯了一个严重错误。
Can you imagine living alone on a wild island? 你能想象单独生活在一个荒凉野岛上是什么样子吗？
2．在下面的短语中，动名词常用作介词的宾语，如：insist on, keep on, spend …(in) doing, prevent …from…, instead of…, succeed in, be busy (in) doing sth., be afraid of, feel like等。如：
I have never dreamed of visiting that place. 我从未幻想过要参观那个地方。
I insist on telling him how great you were. 我坚持告诉他你是多么棒。
Marx kept on studying English and using it. 马克思一直在学习和使用英语。
Do you have any difficulty (in) pronouncing English? 你在英语发音方面有困难吗？
Excuse me for ringing you so late in the evening. 请原谅我这么晚给您打电话。
Instead of going to the bank, we can use a computer and a telephone to pay the bill. 我们可以用电脑和电话付账，而不必去银行。
3. 以介词to结尾的动词词组后常接动词-ing形式或名词，易与动词不定式混淆。中学课本中此类动词词组有：look forward to, devote … to, be/get used to, lead to, stick to, get down to, prefer…to…, pay attention to, object to, refer to, belong to, pay a visit to, help yourself to, add to, thanks to等。如：
I’ve been looking forward to hearing from you. 我一直盼望着能收到你的来信。
They devoted all their hours to working in the lab. 他们把所有的时间都用在实验室里了。
The farmer hasn’t got used to living in the city yet. 这个农民不习惯在城市里生活。
4．既可接v.ing，又可接动词不定式作宾语，意义差别不大的有：hate，like，prefer，attempt，begin，start，continue，intend等。
Price will continue to rise/rising. 物价将持续上涨。
What do you intend to do/doing next? 你下一步打算做什么？
5．接v.ing形式和动词不定式作宾语，但意义差别较大的词或词组有：
(1) stop to do sth. 停下来去做某事，stop doing sth. 停止做某事，
(2) mean to do sth.想要做某事mean doing sth.意味着做某事
(3) try to do sth.努力/企图要做某事try doing sth.试图做某事（看会发生什么）
(4) remember/forget to do sth. 记得或忘记要去做某事 Remember/forget doing sth. 记得或忘记做了某事
(5) regret to do sth. 遗憾要去做某事regret doing sth. 后悔做了某事
(6) go on to do sth. 继续做另外一件事go on doing sth. 继续做原先没有做完的事
(7) advise/permit/allow sb to do sht .允许建议某人做某事advise + doing sth. 允许建议做某事
例如：
I remember to mail the letter but forget buying the stamp.我记得去寄信可忘了已买邮票了。
Please stop working and have a rest. 请停下工作，休息一下。
We stopped to talk.我们停下来开始说话。
I forget giving the letter to him. 我忘了已经把信给他了。
I’m afraid I will forget to give the letter to him. 我担心我会忘了把这封信交给他。
Never mind. Try doing in another way. 没关系，试试用另一种方法做。
You must try to do it well. 你必须尽力(设法)把它做好。
I don’t regret telling her what I thought．我不后悔给她讲过我的想法。(已讲过) I regret to have to do this，but I have no choice．我很遗憾必须这样去做，我实在没办法。(未做但要做)
6．下列动词可接v.ing形式的主动形式表示被动意义，相当于不定式的被动形式。need/want/require/deserve doing(＝need/want/require/deserve to be done)
This small room needs painting.(＝This small room needs to be painted)．这个小房间需要粉刷了。
The sick woman required examining.(＝The sick woman required to be examined.) 这位生病的妇女需要接受检查。
【高考链接】
非谓语动词在语法填空中的考查点
非谓语动词是高考的必考点，也是难点，主要涉及动词不定式、分词和动名词；从功能上看，非谓语动词作宾语、状语、宾补、表语、主语和定语是考查的主要项目。
高考典例
考查点
规律方法
①(2016·全国卷Ⅰ)My ambassadorial duties will include introducing (introduce) British visitors to the 120plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research centre in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.
②(2016·四川高考)For 25 days, she never left her baby, not even to find something to_eat (eat)!
③(2015·广东高考)Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees to_sell (sell) the wood.
④(2015·全国卷Ⅱ)In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their ability to “air condition” a house without using (use) electric equipment.
考查非谓语动词的句法功能
“4步法”轻松搞定语法填空
第一步：利用“有无连词”原则确定是谓语还是非谓语
分析句子结构，判断出句子的主干——主语和谓语。如果题线处作谓语，则要用谓语动词；如果题线处不作谓语，则要用非谓语动词。
第二步：根据句意和作用确定句子成分
根据句意和题线处在句子中的位置和作用，确定其所充当的句子成分，从而确定空格内所需填入的非谓语动词的形式。
第三步：根据与逻辑主语的关系确定语态
如果非谓语动词表示的动作与其逻辑主语之间为主谓关系则用v.ing形式或不定式的主动式；若为动宾关系则用v.ing形式的被动式、不定式的被动式或过去分词。
第四步：根据与谓语动词的先后关系确定时态
非谓语动词表示的动作发生在谓语动词表示的动作之前用v.ing形式或不定式的完成式；如果非谓语动词表示的动作发生在谓语动词表示的动作之后用不定式或v.ing形式的一般式。
⑤(2016·全国卷Ⅱ)If you find something you love doing outside of the office, you'll be less likely to_bring (bring) your work home.
⑥(2015·全国卷Ⅱ)When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough to_cool (cool) the house during the hot day.
⑦(2014·全国卷Ⅱ)I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused to_stop (stop) until we reached the next stop.
⑧(2014·辽宁高考)Keep holding (hold) your position for a while.
⑨(2014·全国卷Ⅰ)It took years of work to_reduce (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water.
考查固定搭配中的非谓语动词
⑩(2015·全国卷Ⅰ)Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it regularly arranges quick getaways here for people living (live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
?(2015·全国卷Ⅰ)Yangshuo is really beautiful. A study of travelers conducted (conduct) by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world.
考查非谓语动词中的逻辑关系Z
【实战演练】. 用所给动词的适当形式填空
1. It’s no good _______(try) to remember grammatical rules. You need to practice what you have learned.
2. His illness could mean him ______ (miss) next week’s game.
3. We can never imagine her _______ (pass) the exam, for she has never reviewed the lessons.
4. The suspect (嫌疑犯) at last admitted ?________ (steal) the necklace.
5. I still remember __________ (take) to a concert by Liu Dehua when I was five.
写作课
How to write a（persuasive）poster ?
海报是用来告知广大群众有关戏剧，电影以及球赛等活动的一种带有宣传广告性质的招贴。
海报正中往往把有关内容作为大字标题，如：Football Match, Film News等字样以提示海报的内容或Poster（海报）等字样。正文部分要写清具体内容，活动时间，地点，以及参加规定，主持或举办单位等。出海报的单位署名通常放在右下角，日期位于署名的下一行，靠左下角。
海报的写法和书面通知的写法有点相似，但要注意的是海报不是口头通知，不能把海报的格式与口头通知的格式混为一谈。口头通知以That’s all. Thank you结尾。海报应以日期结尾。
海报的格式较灵活，一般没有太严格的要求，其布局设计要尽量新颖，以便引人注目。但一般的活动内容、时间、地点不放在同一行。例如下面的海报还有两种写法：
The structure of a persuasive article
What topic
reasons…
your suggestions
写作模板
As more and more people focus on healthy diet, people begin to pay more attention to green vegetables.
Why should we eat Green vegetables?
First, ____________________________________________________
What’s more,_____________________________________________
In addition, ______________________________________________.
We should eat more green vegetables. Only when you eat green vegetables can you have a good body! If you want to buy green vegetables, please dial the number 07425900580.
Are you ready to make your speech now? Let’s do it! Why should we eat green vegetables?
【经典考例】
假如你是班长，需要写一个海报，告诉同学们要听一场音乐会。
时间：本周六下午2：OOc，
地点：武汉剧院。
集合时间、地点：周六下午1：30，校门口。
音乐会内容：一些著名艺术家将表演独唱(包括流行音乐、古典音乐)、独奏(小提琴独奏)、合奏、舞蹈等。
要求：格式正确，短文需包含上述内容。
字数：100左右
生词：独唱、独奏：solo，合唱chorus，合奏imtrumental ensemble
【写作提示】
常见短语及句型运用：
There will be，be going to do，will be held， be to do something，Do come，Don’t forget，Everyone is warmly welcome，I have good news for you all，including… , and so on，have a wonderful time.
【佳作赏析】
Boys and girls,
I have some good news to tell you.
There will be a wonderful concert in Wuhan Theatre at 2:00 this Saturday afternoon. Some famous artists will play at the meeting. You can enjoy some solos, chorus, instrumental ensemble and dances, including popular music, classical music, violin solo and so on. Every one may attend the concert. I' m sure it is wonderful. You' ll have a wonderful time there. Let's gather at the school gate at 1:30 this Saturday afternoon.
February 4, 1999
Unit 2 Working the land
教材分析
本单元的中心话题是“农业”， 学生通过讨论和阅读了解有关农业、农村和农作物种植的内容。让学生了解农业在整个人类生活中的重要性，了解农村生活，了解中国农民的生活现状，提高他们对农业的认识，并且帮助他们更深刻地理解农业科学家袁隆平的科学研究的价值。同时让学生了解organic farming 以及它对人们生活的重要性，进一步扩大学生的关于农业方面的词汇量，并通过写一则海报提高学生的写作水平。
Period 1 Warming up & Reading
教学目标
1. 能力目标
（1）学生能够利用文章信息填表格，归纳文章的中心思想，并找出文中的支撑句。
（2）学生能够比较描写人物的文章的不同点。
（3）学生能够针对文章内容发表自己的见解和观点。
2. 语言目标
（1）重点词汇和短语
sunburnt, struggle, decade, super, output, crop, hunger, disturbing, expand, circulate, battle, freedom, equip, therefore, grain, export, nationality, occupation
work the land, thanks to, rid … of …, be satisfied with …, would rather
（2）重点句子
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.
This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.
Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields.
Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger.
Dr Yuan is satisfied with his life. However, he doesn’t care about being famous.
He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.
3. 文化目标
学生能够了解我国的著名农业科学家、中科院院士袁隆平及其科研成果，以及他的杂交水稻技术对我国乃至世界其他国家的巨大影响。
重点难点
【教学重点】
1. 学习并掌握本单元重点单词和短语。
2. 阅读并理解课文和掌握文章大意。
【教学难点】
阅读并理解课文“A Pioneer for All People”。
教学准备
Tape recorder, Multimedia, PPT等。
教学过程
步骤一 热身
1. 给学生展示几幅照片，问：What are they doing?让学生从图中人们的动作和行为预测本节课的话题（agriculture）。
2. 从话题（agriculture）引入，引导学生理解本单元的题目：Working the land。提问学生对该题目的理解。
3. 启发学生思考以前学过的有关农业的词汇。
【设计意图】
这一步骤是为了唤醒学生已有的关于农业方面的知识以及所学过的有关该话题的词汇，为整个单元的学习做好准备。
步骤二 读前
1. 首先从第一单元涉及到的wildlife protection引入，让学生思考除了环境问题之外，我们这个世界还面临着什么样的问题，从而引出饥饿问题。
(1) In Unit 1, we have learned about Jane Goodall and her research into chimps.
(2) Besides environmental protection, what other problems is the world facing today?
2. 然后让学生讨论：What can we do to solve the hunger problem?
3. 介绍本课主人公正是一个致力于解决这个问题的人，引起学生阅读的兴趣。
【设计意图】
这一部分是让学生意识到世界饥饿问题的严重性，一方面激发学生阅读文章的兴趣，另一方面也更加深刻地感受到了袁隆平教授对世界的贡献之大。
步骤三 阅读
1. 学生小组合作学习，预测文章内容。让学生看文章标题和袁隆平的照片，问：
Can you guess what kind of person Yuan Longping is from the title and the picture? Write down a few sentences to describer him.
鼓励学生使用第一单元所学过的描写人物的形容词。启发学生从外貌、面部表情、以及pioneer这个词的含义等方面来考虑。
2. 教师选择两组学生，展示他们对袁隆平教授的描述。
3. 查读信息。让学生快速阅读文章，填写表格。提醒学生这些信息分布于文章的不同段落，要想找到信息，关键是从每段的第一句话来判断本段是否涉及要查找的信息。
4. 再把文章题目呈现给学生，让他们认真阅读文章后，小组讨论：
Why did the author call Yuan Longping “a pioneer for all people”？
Could you find any evidence to support your idea?
教师可抽查两组学生的讨论结果。其他小组记录发言小组同学的讲话。
5. 讲解词汇。学生经过两遍阅读，对文章的基本意思已经了解，但还不能学会或明白其中的生词。学生凭借已有的构词法知识能够猜出某些词的词义，如sunburnt, super, output, freedom, hunger, disturbing等。如果学生的构词法知识有限，教师也可以先把这些词写在黑板上，考察学生是否能够猜出，给与适当的点拨。本节课应重点讲解一些动词，如struggle等。教师呈现这些词的英语释义后，提醒学生在课文里寻找这些动词或动词词组，并注意其在课文语境中的使用是否具有相同的意义。
6. 教师就文章信息对学生提问，并在黑板上写下重点词汇。然后学生可以再提出若干问题，相互提问。
7. 小组活动。让学生再次回到第四步的讨论题 目（Why did the author call Yuan Longping “a pioneer for all people”？），利用刚刚学过的动词和动词词组补充完善自己的讨论结果。小组整理完毕后，在全班展示。
8. 小组讨论：同是描写著名人物的文章，本单元的课文和第一单元的课文有什么不同之处？
【设计意图】
通过这次阅读活动，学生训练了查读信息的能力。在掌握了文章的信息以后，让学生体会不同的作者在描写人物时有不同的写法，这样既可以训练学生的思辨能力，也可以拓展学生的写作思路。
步骤四 读后
1. 小组合作学习。全班分成8组，4组同学讨论第一个问题，另外4组同学讨论第二个问题。
(1) What advantages do you see in Yuan Longping’s life?
(2) What disadvantages do you see in Yuan Longping’s life?
2. 教师就每个问题提问两组学生展示他们的讨论结果，持相同问题的小组同学可以进行记录，持不同问题的小组同学可以对他们进行提问。
3. 让学生根据上一步的展示和提问，继续整理本小组的讨论结果。
4. 教师再提出问题，引导学生发表自己的观点。
Would you like to have a life like his?
Why or why not?
5. 课堂评价：开展学生小组评价，评价量表 请参考第一单元。
【设计意图】
培养学生的交际能力，回顾所学的知识，开展学生的世界观教育。
步骤五 小结与作业
1. 复习重点词汇。可以呈现课文中的重点句子，要求学生翻译，在翻译的过程中再一次体会这些重要词汇的用法。
2. 作业
（1）完成练习2 （p.11）。
（2）整理步骤四中讨论的结果，简述袁隆平教授的事迹，并简单陈述自己的观点。
3. 收交评价记录表。
Period 2 Language Points
教学目标
Learn the new words and expressions
教学重点
The usage of important words and expressions
教学过程
Step 1 Have a check about the last lesson.（检查上节课内容 ）
Step 2 读单词----词汇表所有单词。
Step 3 Learn the following words by yourselves（自学词汇表）
1. statistics n. 数据，统计数字
I happen to have the official statistics with me. 我碰巧身边有官方的统计数字。
2. sunburnt adj. 晒黑的
3. struggle n. 竞争，努力，奋斗 v. 努力，奋斗，挣扎
struggle to do sth (=make great efforts to do sth.) 努力做某事
He has struggled for the past five decades to help them. 他在过去50年来一直在努力帮助他们。
She struggled to keep back the tears. 她努力忍住泪水。
Several people were hurt in the struggle. 在打斗中，有几个人受伤。
搭配：struggle for争夺；struggle with /against同……斗争
4. decade n. 十年
Prices have risen steadily during the past decade. 在过去十年里，物价一直在上涨。
5. super adj. 特级的，超级的
I've discovered a super restaurant near here! 我在附近找到一家一流的餐馆!
Now that's absolutely super! 这简直好极了。
I'll be a super secretary for you. 我将成为你极好的秘书。
6. output n. 产量， 输出
We must increase our output to meet demand. 我们必须提高产量满足需求。
7. hunger n. 饥饿，渴望 v. 使饥饿 hungry adj. 饥饿的
go hungry挨饿 be hungry for knowledge 渴望知识 die of hunger死于饥饿
The student has a hunger for learning. 这个学生有强烈的求知欲。
8. expand v. 使扩大，伸展 expansion n. 扩大，膨胀
Metals expand when they are heated. 金属受热会膨胀。
His company expanded into a big one. 他的公司扩大规模而成为大公司。
9. circulate v. 循环，流传 circulation n. 循环，流传
Blood circulates through our bodies. 血液在我们体内循环。
Circulate his knowledge in India在印度传播知识
10. rid v. 摆脱，除去 rid ... of 摆脱 get rid of 除掉
I used weed-killer to get rid of the weeds in the garden. 我用除草剂除掉花园的杂草。
rid the house of mice 把房里的老鼠消灭光
rid the world of famine 使世界不再有饥荒
11. satisfy v. 使满意 be satisfied with对..... 感到满意
I’m very satisfied with you. 我对你很满意。
I’m not at all satisfied with the present situation. 我对目前的情况一点都不满意。
She is never satisfied with what she got. 她对她的所得从不满意。
satisfy one's demands 满足某人的要求
12. would rather 宁愿
(1) 表示宁愿做某事，直接接动词原形。注意否定式、疑问式及其回答。
He would rather keep time for his hobbies. 他宁愿把时间花在自己业余爱好上。
I’d rather not go there. 我宁愿不去那里。
(2) would rather do sth. than do sth. 宁愿做某事而不愿做某事
I’d rather stay at home than go. 我宁愿呆在家里也不愿去。
(3) 后接从句，从句谓语动词用一般过去式表示现在或将来，用过去完成时表示过去。
I’d rather you came tomorrow than today. 我宁愿你明天来，不要今天来。
I’d rather you hadn’t done that. 我真希望你没做过那事。
13. therefore 因此
It rained, therefore the sports meeting was put off. 因为下雨，所以运动会被推迟。
He was ill, and therefore he didn't go to school.
14. equip vi. & vt. 使(某人)具备条件；装备，配备
(1) equip sb. for/to do sth.使某人具备做某事的条件，使某人能够做某事
Your training will equip you for your future job. 你的训练使得你能够胜任将来的工作。
Your education will equip you to earn a good living. 你受的教育能够使你能谋上好生计。
(2) equip…with… 用……装备……
He equipped his bike with a head light. 他给自行车装上了前灯。
We should equip our children with a good education. 我们应让孩子应到良好的教育。
equipment n.（不可数） a piece of equipment一件设备
medical equipment医疗器械 sports equipment运动器材
15. export v.&n. 出口，输出
Wool is one of the chief exports of Australia. 羊毛是澳大利亚主要出口货物之一。
Columbia exports coffee to the US. 哥伦比亚向美出口咖啡。
16. confuse vt. 使某人迷惑；把某事搞乱
They confused me by asking so many questions. 他们提了一大堆问题上，把我弄糊涂了。
Her unexpected arrival confused all our plans. 她的突然到来把我们的计划全打乱了。
confuse ... and / with ... 把 ... ... 和 ...... 混淆
People often confused me and my twin sister. 人们常把我和我的孪生妹妹混淆。
比较：confused感到迷惑的；confusing令人迷惑的
confusion n. 迷惑，混乱 confuse ... and /with ... 把......和......混淆
17. regret v. / n. 遗憾，惋惜
regret doing sth. 后悔做过某事 regret to do sth. 遗憾地做某事
to one's regret 令某人遗憾的是
I regret saying（having said）that. 我后悔那样说
I regret to tell you that I can't help you. 很遗憾我不能帮你。
I did so without regret. 我毫不后悔地这样做了。
18. build up 逐渐增强，建立，开发
build one's strength（body）增强体质
build up one's reputation使自己逐渐出名
19. lead to 导致，造成
We firmly believe that war never settles anything. It only lead to violence. (07浙江）
lead a ... life =live a ... life 过 ...... 样的生活 lead the way 引路
All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
These are the roads leading to the sea.这些是通往大海的路。
20. discovery n. 发现 discover v. 发现discoverer 发现者
make a new discovery做出新发现
21. focus n. 焦点 v. 集中，聚焦
focus on =concentrate on集中于，专心于 focus one's attention on 集中注意力
You must try to focus your attention on study. 你必须集中精力学习。
in focus 焦点对准 out of focus 焦点没对准
adjust the focus of the camera调一下相机的焦距
22. reduce v. 减少，简化
He is trying to reduce expenses. 他正试图减少开支。
We must gradually reduce the wage gap. 我们必须缩小工资差别。
同义：bring down, cut, cut down 降低，削减
reduce by 缩减了 reduce to 缩减到
Costs will be reduced by 90%. 费用将减少90%.
He reduced his weight from 98 to 92 kilos. 他把体重从98公斤减少到92公斤。
23. root n. 根，根源 v. 使生根
be rooted in 起源于 root in 扎根于 the root of trouble 苦恼的根源
24. skim v. 浏览，略读；掠过
A seagull skims the water. 海鸥掠过水面。
It took me an hour to skim the book. 我花了一小时把这本书浏览了一遍。
25. underline v. 画出，强调 underlined adj. 划线的
Those words are underlined in the English book.
那本英语书中有些单词下画着线进行强调。
26. summary n. 总结summarize v. 总结
Please write me a summary of this report. 请替我把这份报告写一份摘要。
27. comment n. / v. 评论，做出评论
make comments on 对…...做出评论
No comments. 无可奉告。
The king refuses to comment on the election results. 国王拒绝评论选举的结果。
What comments have you about my son's behavior?
你对我儿子的行为有什么意见？
Period 3 Grammar
教学目标
1. 学生能够识别动词-ing形式在句子中作主语或宾语，并能够使用这种结构。
2. 学生能够区分某些常用动词后面跟不定式作宾语还是动词-ing形式作宾语。
重点难点
掌握动词-ing形式作主语和宾语的用法。
如何灵活运用动词-ing形式作主语和宾语。
教具准备
Tape recorder, Multimedia, PPT等。
教学过程
步骤一 热身
给学生呈现几幅有趣的公示牌，提醒学生注意其中使用的-ing形式。
【设计意图】
从日常生活中的现象入手，一方面激起学生学习语言知识的兴趣，另一方面告诉学生这种语言知识在实际生活中的应用。
步骤二 发现与探究
1. 让学生在课文里划出带有动词-ing形式的句子。可以先呈现给学生一个例子。
2. 小组活动。让学生从这些句子中，找出动词-ing形式短语作主语和宾语的句子，分成两大类。
【设计意图】
培养学生的探究和归纳能力。
步骤三 动词-ing形式作主语
1. 先让学生集中精力观察动词-ing形式短语作主语的句子，看看能否发现动词-ing形式的特点。教师可以通过提问，引导学生发现动词-ing形式既有名词的特点，又有动词的特点。
2. 教师给学生展示一些课外材料中的例子，让学生再体验一下动词-ing形式的用法。并且继续总结归纳其使用规则。从这些例句中，学生还可以得到三个启发：一是可以用It作形式主语；二是动词-ing形式可以有逻辑主语（即独立主格结构），三是可以有否定形式。后两种形式在高一阶段可以只让学生作一般的了解。
3. 做课本练习2（p. 13）。巩固动词-ing形式作主语的用法。
【设计意图】
让学生通过熟悉的课文中的句子，自己归纳动词-ing形式作主语的规律。然后提供新的例句，让学生继续发现和归纳，一步一步地不断加深。最后再通过练习题巩固。
步骤四 动词-ing形式作宾语
1. 呈现课文中的动词-ing形式作宾语的句子。让学生能够发现动词-ing形式既可作动词的宾语，也可以作介词宾语。
2. 给学生提供课本以外的例子，在这个过程中，引起学生注意有些动词后面用-ing形式作宾语，有些动词后面用不定式作宾语。
3. 小组活动。一部分学生讨论哪些动词后面常跟动词-ing形式作宾语，其余学生讨论哪些动词后面常跟不定式作宾语。执行相同任务的小组之间可以展开竞赛。最后教师总结归纳。
4. 让学生比较一下有的动词后跟动词-ing形式作宾语和不定式作宾语时的意义不同。
5. 再让学生比较有的动词后跟动词-ing形式作宾语和不定式作宾语时的意义差别不大或没有差别。
6. 做课本练习4（p. 13），巩固动词-ing形式作宾语的用法。
步骤五 总结
1. 让学生自己回顾本课所学的语言知识，并做出总结。
2. 综合练习。
【设计意图】
学生在本节课学习了很多关于动词-ing形式的知识，让他们自己回顾并总结比教师总结更有利于学生掌握知识。最后的环节是让学生在语境中综合运用所学知识，以便及时发现自己仍存在的问题和不足。
步骤六 小结与作业
1. 完成练习册中的练习1和练习2（p. 50）。
2. 翻译若干谚语或名言。
Period 4 Extensive Reading
教学目标
1. 目标语言
a. 重点词语
chemical, bacteria, pest, lead to, discovery, nutrition, keep…free from, root
b. 重点句型
With these discoveries, some farmer and many customers are beginning to turn to organic farming.
Over the past half century, using chemical fertilizers has become very common in farming.
2. 能力目标
Enable Ss to master the main idea of the text and know the ways of organizing articles.
3. 学能目标
Help Ss learn how to enlarge the words and structures of the same topic.
重点难点
1. How to grasp the main idea of the passage.
2. How to grasp the words and phrases and be able to use them freely.
教学方法
Show questions, read fast, find the main ideas, and then read carefully and finish all the tasks.
教学准备
A recorder and a projector.
教学过程
Step Ⅰ Greeting and revision
T: Morning, boys and girls! Do you still remember the poem I gave you last time?
Ss: Yeah!
T: Who’d like to recite it to the whole class?
S1: Me. Listen! 心平何劳持戒，行直何用修禅，恩则孝养父母，义则上下相怜。让则尊卑和睦，忍则众恶无喧。若能钻木取火，淤泥定生红莲。
T：Very good! Thank you. I think knowledge is important. But wisdom is more important. If a person only knows how to invent and creat something, but doesn’t think over whether his inventions can bring people the true happiness; or he only does thing for his or his group’s interest. Moreover, sometimes what he made can do harm to society, then he will be the most dangerous person in the world. The poem above is very easy to understand. If you do things as it tells us, you can turn out to be a wise man who will bring the world the happiness.
Well, today we are going to do some reading. Please turn to Page 13. We’ll read this material first.
Step Ⅱ Reading
There are three tasks in this step. First, teacher can ask students to read the articles one paragraph by one paragraph. Ask them some questions about these passages. There are three paragraphs in the article. In each passage, there are one or two questions. When students finish these questions, they will find that the structure of the text has turned up.
T: Wonderful! Homework check is over. In the last two periods we talked about agriculture. As people’s living condition improves, more and more people are concerned about what they eat. In fact more and more people become worried about the quality of the food they eat. Because more and more farmers use chemical fertilizer instead of natural waste from animals and they use poison to kill insects to protect their plants. So people now all want to eat green food which does no harm to their health. They are more concerned about organic farming. Now let’s read the text and know something about organic farming.
Task 1: Questions about the text.
Show the questions on the screen:
1. What is the organic farming?
2. What is the advantage of using natural fertilizer?
3. What is the disadvantage of using chemical fertilizers?
4. What’s the main idea of paragraph 3?
5. Why do farmers grow their crops in such ways?
T: Boys and girls, today we’ll read the text one paragraph by one paragraph. Now please read the first paragraph quickly, and find the answer to the first question: what is the organic farming?
S1: Organic farming refers to crops growing with natural rather than chemical fertilizers.
T: Good. Now read the second paragraph quickly and find the answer to this question: what are the advantage of using natural fertilizer?
S2: Make the soil richer in minerals and so more fertile.
T: anything else?
S3: Reduce diseases in crops and help them grow strong and healthy. Besides, keep the air, soil and water as well as the food supply free from chemical.
T: What is the disadvantage of using chemical fertilizers?
S4: Let me answer it. There are three disadvantages. Firstly, leaving chemicals in the ground for a long time is not good for the soil or the water supply. Secondly, farmers often grow the same crop year after year. As a result, the soil gets exhausted. Thirdly, chemical fertilizers kill both helpful and harmful bacteria and pests.
Main idea of the passage
Chemical fertilizers can cause many problems, so organic farming is becoming
more popular.
Structure of the text
I. Using chemical fertilizers for a long time can hurt the land and also people’s health
II. Problem caused by chemical fertilizers
1. Damage the land by killing the helpful bacteria and pests as well as the harmful ones
2. Lead to cancer or other illness.
3. Food grown with chemical fertilizers look beautiful, but inside there is usually more water than vitamins and minerals.
Ⅲ. Organic farming is becoming more popular with some farmers and many customers after these discoveries came out.
IV Other methods to keep the soil fertile.
Period 5 Listening and Speaking
教学目标
By listening the materials, require the students to grasp the ways of listening and try to improve their listening ability.
重点难点
1. The usage of the important words and the -ing form used as subject and object.
2. How to use the words and expressions and the -ing form freely.
教学准备
Computer-slide sheets-papers
教学过程
Step Ⅰ Lead-in
T: Hello, boys and girls! Where did you go over your weekend?
S1: I went to my grandma’s.
T: Can you tell us something about your weekend?
Step Ⅱ Listening on Page 14
T: In the first listening part, you will hear about two excellent farmers. They grow the same plants in different ways. When they heard of the local harvest competition, they both worked hard and were determined to win. They gave their plants fertilizer, watered them and watched them grow. On the competition day, only one of them won while the other failed. Can you find out why ? Oh, by the way before you listen I’d like to tell you some words.
Teacher shows the following words and asks students to tell their meanings in Chinese.
T: In the first listening part, you will hear about two excellent farmers. They grow the same plants in different ways. When they heard of the local harvest competition, they both worked hard and were determined to win. They gave their plants fertilizer, watered them and watched them grow. On the competition day, only one of them won while the other failed. Can you find out why ? Oh, by the way before you listen I’d like to tell you some words.
Teacher shows the following words and asks students to tell their meanings in Chinese.
valley competitor determined pour carrots cucumbers pumpkins attack wildfire sigh solid
Show the answer chart on the screen for students so that they can check it quickly.
Farming Practices Mr Jone’s farm Mr Smith’s farm
Crops grown Carrots, cucumbers, pumpkims Carrots, cucumbers, pumpkims
Fertilizer chemical natural
Other plant nutrition water water
Results Empty inside Solid and healthy inside
Step Ⅲ Listening on Page 48
T: Well done! How about doing another listening practice? In this practice you will hear a different topic from the one you just heard. Do you still remember the sandstorm which spread across northern China several years ago?
S1: Yes, I remember. In 2001, I was travelling in Dun Huang, Gan Su province. The storm was so big, that all the visitors couldn’t breath, or breath. It’s too bad.
T: Do you know the reason of sandstorm?
S2: Maybe people cut down too many trees.
T: Yeah. That’s one reason. Do you remember the poem in South and North Dynasty?天苍苍，野茫茫，风吹草低见牛羊。Can we see this beautiful scene again? Now let’s listen to the tape and find what it will tell us. Before listening, you’d better read the exercises first, so that you can know what are the main tasks in the listening.
Students do what teacher tells them.
Step IV Homework
Finish all Exercises on Page 49.
教学反思
本堂课重难点是让同学们通过听力练习，提高学生对农业方面的听力词汇的掌握，加强对语速，句意的理解。
Period 6 Writing
教学目标
Enable students to know something about Joan and let students realize women can be the same success as men and know something about the International Campaign to Ban landmines.
Help students learn how to get required information by listening.
教学重点
1. Train to get the key words by reading the questions before listening.
2. Teaching difficult points: How to use the proper form of verbs in the Subject-Verb Agreement.
教学准备
Computer-slide sheets-papers
教学步骤
Step I Leading-in
Ask Ss to think of the introduction of the important person they are familiar with.
The main steps for wiring a person :
Birth date and place
Family background
Education and work experience
Contribution (invention, works research)
5) Influence and evaluation
Step II Ask them to write the person using the words and phrases below:
Was born on ... in
Was born into a poor rich family, grow up, be educated, be admitted to ...college
The expression of the their looks: lovely, round face, long waving hair, good-looking, with a thick moustache
The hobbies and career: be fond of , devote his lifetime to, concentrate himself on , do research into , win a prize in ... Competition, have a gift for ...
Contributions: make a contribution to , make progress, due to
Evaluation: be considered as, be remembered forever, gain respect, be remembered forever,
Step III Ask Ss to write an article using the important words and phrases above for the famous scientist-Albert Einstein, using the sample as below:
Do you know about Albert Einstein? He is generally considered as ... What’s more, he ... Working for ... Einstein, born in Germany in 1879, graduated from college at 17. After that... He received ...
Such was ... ---a great scientist with ...
Step IV Homework
Write an article on Exercise-book.
教学反思
本堂课重难点是训练学生写人的基本技巧和基本表达方式。通过运用常用短语的介绍，来引入写人的方法，由于词汇的运用是比较难，所以在句型的讲解方面没有到位，包括非谓语的运用、定语从句的运用等。
