Period 2 Language points
I. Before class, please try to preview some important words, phrases and sentences. If possible, please try to write out as many as you know about them .
Words:
hunger, sunburn, struggle, super, output, expand, circulate, satisfied, equip, freedom, violin, motorcycle, grain, export, suitable…
Phrases:
rid ... of, be satisfied with, lead a ... life, would rather, refer to, search for, thanks to, rather than, with the hope of ...
Sentences:
1) What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was no rice to eat？Page9
2) Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice.
3) Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.
4)This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.
Language points
【重点单词】
struggle v,n. 奋斗；拼搏；斗争
struggle against 与……作斗争 struggle for 为…… 而斗争
struggle with与……作斗争；与……并肩作战 struggle to do sth 努力做某事
struggle to one’s feet 挣扎着站起来
They struggled _______ freedom.他们为自由而战
The solider was badly wounded but _____ _____ ______ _____ at last.
这个战士受了重伤但最后还是挣扎着站了起来。
3） They had to _______ _______ all kinds of difficulties.
他们必须和各种各样的困难作斗争。
disturbing adj. 引起烦恼的；令人不安的
disturb vt. 打扰，妨碍；使烦恼，使焦虑 disturbed adj. 感到心烦意乱的；烦恼的
What he said was ________.
He felt ________ when he heard his mother was ill.
They were all ______ by the _______ news; that is to say, the news _______ all of them.
expand vt, vi 使变大，伸展，膨胀，指范围、体积的扩大。
Extend 扩充，伸长，指空间范围等的扩大，长度宽度的延伸及时间的延长。
Last year the hot weather_________ to October .
Water _______ when it freezes.
expand… into 把……扩展 expand into… 发展成，扩大成…… expansion n. 扩大，膨胀
circulate v 环流；传播；流传； 散步，指某物在一物体内循环流动，也可指在一定范围内传播物品，刊物或思想语言等。
spread 指传播疾病、思想、文化习惯或谣言等。
distribute 指把一定数量的东西分成若干等份进行分发、分散、散布等。
The news of the victory _______ throughout the country.
Textbooks were _______ free of charge.
Please open the window to allow the air to ________.
equip vt, 配备，装备
equip… for… 给某人、某物配备…… equip sb ,sth with … 用……装备起来
be equipped for 准备好，对…… 有准备
be equipped with 配备，安装
be fully/ specially/ poorly / well equipped 装备齐全/独特/简陋/完好
She was equipped ______ knowledge for the vocation.
The course is designed to equip students ______ a career in nursing.
短语精析
thanks to 幸亏，由于，因为 due to , as a result of , because of , owing to
It was ______ John ______ we won the game.
A. because; who B. because of ; whom
C. as ; that D. thanks to ; that
2. rid… of 使…… 摆脱，除掉…… get rid of 摆脱，除掉
1） It’s very hard for people ____________ the world _____ｗａｒ．
人们要是使世界免除战争很难。
２） It’s easy to get into the habit of smoking but hard _____________ it.
染上吸烟的恶习是很容易的，但要戒烟是很困难的。
be satisfied with… 对…… 满意
1) He was _______ ______ win the match. 他对赢得比赛感到满意。
2)_________________,they arrived on time. 令我们满意的是，他们按时到达了。
3)We are quite _______ ______ Xiao Shenyang’s performance.
我们对小沈阳的表演很满意。
重点句型
1. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was no rice to eat？
do you think 在句中作插入语。插入语被看作是修饰整个句子的状语，用来表示说话者对所要表达的意思的解释、强调或补充。常见的插入语还有 do you suppose/ imagine/hope/believe/guess/expect/ suggest…带有这种插入语的疑问句要用陈述语序。
1) What do you think he will do next？
2) Why do you think he has done such a job
2. Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. what is called super hybrid rice 做grows 的宾语，为名词性从句。 What 在从句中可做主语、宾语和表语。
We now live in ______ is called the Information Age.
We waited for ______ seemed to be an hour before he came out to see us.
3.Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.
本句中twice as large as是表示倍数的一种句型，意为“ 是…… 两倍”。
1）.This street is four times the length of that street.
2). There is three times as much water in this pot as in that one.
3). This room is twice bigger than that one.
4). Peter’s jacket looked just the same as Jack’s, but it cost _______ his.
A. as much twice as B. twice as much as
C. much as twice as D. as twice much as
5). It is reported that the United States uses ___ energy as the whole of Europe. A. as twice B. twice much
C. twice much as D. twice as much
4.This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.
make it … to do 使做某事成为……it 是形式宾语 possible是宾语补足语 to do是真宾语
The fine weather makes it possible for us to go outing next week.
有些动词后常跟这种结构，即： feel/ find/ think /consider/ make ＋it ＋ to do sth
We found _______ pleasant to work in this school.
She feels ______ her duty _____ take care of her sick mother.
5.He would much rather keep time for his hobbies.
1) would rather do I would rather sing than dance.
2)would rather not do He would rather not live in the city.
3） would rather do sth than do sth /would do sth rather than do sth 宁愿做…… 而不愿做……
I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema./ I would watch TV at home rather than go to the cinema.
4） would rather ＋that 从句（ 从句一般用虚拟语气，谓语动词一般用过去时表现在或将来； 用过去完成时表示过去。）
I would rather you knew that now.
—— I’m going out tonight.
—— Well , I’ d rather you ______. A. aren’t B. don’t C. didn’t D. didn’t
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---- Shall we go skating or stay at home
---- Which ____ do yourself (’05 全国）
do you rather B. would you rather
C. will you rather D. should you rather
答案B would rather do sth. 更喜欢做…
satisfied adj, 满意的，满足的 be satisfied to do sth 对做…… 感到满意
satisfy v. 使满足，使满意 to one’s satisfaction 令某人满意的是
satisfy one’s needs 满足某人的需求
表示倍数的常用句型有：
倍数＋ the size/height/length/weight/width/amount＋ of …
倍数＋as ＋adj/adv 原级＋ as …
倍数＋ adj/adv 的比较级＋ thanModule4 Unit2 Reading 课后知能提升题
I. 单词拼写
1.We should learn to __________ (斗争)with difficulties.
2. We must _________ (装备)the army for the modern war.
3.You can _________ (拓展)your knowledge by reading more books.
4. In our country, everyone has rights and ________（自由） to express his thoughts and ideas.
5. Don’t lie on the beach for a long time on such a hot day, or you will get ________.(晒伤的)
6.He was ill and _________(因此) he could not come.
7. How can I _________ （摆脱，除去）the room of the bad smell
8. The blood __________ （循环）around the body.
9. Every year, India _________ （出口）a lot of tea and cotton to many different countries.
10. The increase in the unemployment rate is _________ （令人不安的）in America.
II.选词填空
1._______________ the bad weather, our journey was very uncomfortable.
2. Teachers should ____________ the modern educational theories and methods.
3.We must _______ ourselves _______ the unhealthy living habits.
4. We must ______________ all sorts of difficulties.
5. The little boy ________________ the goal that he achieved.
III.单项填空
1.Our meeting room is ________ theirs.
A. three times as bigger as B. bigger than three times
C. three time as the size of D. three times the size of
2.To the surprise of many people, in ten years the city’s population_______ by 12%.
A. gained B. expanded C. developed D. spread
3. When do we think _______ back to our company
A. will Mr.Huang come B. Mr. Huang comes
C. does Mr. Huang come D. Mr. Huang will come
4. All flights were put off ________ the fierce typhoon—Marokot.
A. for the sake of B. as a result of C. thanks to D. because
5.—— I’m going out tonight..
—— Well, I’d rather you _________.
A. aren’t B. don’t C. won’t D. didn’t
6. Nick is looking for another job because he feels that nothing he does can ______ his boss.
A. serve B. satisfy C. promise D. support
7. Life was difficult for her, but she ________ to make ends meet.
A. fought B. made C. struggled D. covered
8. To celebrate the Lunar New Year, some Chinese people would rather return to their hometown to visit their families _________ travel around.
A. as B. to C. than D. while
9. We students should ________ ourselves with knowledge for the competition nowadays is very fierce.
A. supply B. equip C. relate D. feed
10. We do not have enough money. _______ we can not afford to buy the new car.
A. Therefore B. But C. Besides D. However
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11）（2011 陕西高考）The new stadium being built for the next Asian Games will be ________ the present one.
A. as three times big as B. three times as big as
C. as big as three times D. as big three times as
IV.阅读理解
Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air， water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air， water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us. If you look carefully at the plants around you， you will find that there are two kinds of plants： flowering plants and non-flowering plants.
Flowering plants can make seeds. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed， some have two， three or four， and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit. Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores（胚芽）。 Spores are very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores are all on wet and shady places， they usually grow into new plants.
6. The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______.
A. plants are important for life B. plants cannot grow without air
C. there are many plants in the world D. we can not live without water
7. Plants can make food from______.
A. flower， water and air B. water， sunlight and air
C. air， water and soil D. air， sun and light
8. What can we infer（推断） from the passage ？
A. Of all living things animals are most important B. Spores are seeds
C. All fruits of flowering plants have seeds D. Without plants， man will die out
9. This passage may be taken from______.
A. a medicine book B. a novel
C. a science magazine D. an experiment report
10. The underlined word “protected” in the third paragraph can be replaced by ______.
A. damaged B. polluted C. prevented D. guarded
be satisfied with, rid … of, struggle with, thanks to, be equipped withUnit2 Working the land
单元同步测试
I. 单项选择
1. It is advised by health experts that windows should be opened now and then for air to _____, which makes the air in your room fresher.
A. go though B. get through C. circulate D. spread around
2. --What do you think of bacteria, _____good or bad
--_____ to say, but one thing is certain: without bacteria, the world would be quite different from what it is.
A. Are they; hard B. Is it; hardly C. Is it; hard D. Are they; hardly
3. The widespread of super-hybrid rice around the world ______the lives of millions and millions of people suffering from hunger to a great level.
A. improved B. is improving C. has improved D. has been improving
4. Look! What has happened. I’d rather you ______ her about the bad news.
A. would not tell B. hadn’t told C. didn’t tell D. hasn’t told
5. Though the professor tried his best to explain the difficult question, the students still looked _____.
A. confusing B. being confused C. to confuse D. confused
6. You are given only half an hour to finish your speech on the subject, so you’d better not _____ it too far.
A. expand B. extend C. enlarge D. increase
7. Though famous all over the world, Yuan Longping, sunburnt, ______ with his simple life and ____ in plain clothes, is still busy with his experiment to improve his super-hybrid rice.
A. being satisfied; being dressed B. satisfying; dressing
C. satisfied; dressed D. to be satisfied; to be dressed
8. Organic food is produced from crops _____ chemicals, pests and so on. In one word, it is free from pollution of any kind.
A. that is free from B. free of C. free with D. which are free of
9. ---“Tom spends too much and I am going to rid him _____ his pocket money.” the father said angrily.
---“No, No, you can’t but you can _____ the amount.”
A. from; cut down B. of; reduce C. with; lessen D. for; decrease
10. Famous as he is, he still _____ a simple life, riding his motorcycle to do farm work and entertaining himself with his violin in his spare time. Which of the following is not OK
A. leads B. lives C. has D. makes
11. It is generally believed that ______a piece of field is, ______ it produces.
A. the more fertile; the higher output of grain B. more fertile; more output of grain
C. the fertile; the higher output of grain D. the fertile; the more grain output
12. The father has been ____ for many years in order that his only son can be ____ with higher education.
A. fighting; served B. struggling; equipped C. working; offered D. laboring; received
13. –What do you think of the bottled water
--I don’t like it at all. It is reported that much nutrition, including some minerals, _____ while it is being processed.
A. are ridded of B. are gotten rid of C. gets rid of D. is ridded of
14. Statistics show that in the past three decades grain production around the world has ______ sharply but it still can’t ______ the rapid growth of population, as a result, a lot of people in undeveloped countries have to go hungry.
A. expanded; keep in touch with B. increased; keep pace with
C. grown; keep up with D. accumulated; catch up with
I regret ______ you that my daughter has already regretted ______ out with you. So leave her alone and don’t bother her any more.
A. telling; dating B. to tell; to date C. to tell; dating D. telling; to date
16. It was reported that the plane I was to have taken crashed soon after it took off. _______ the traffic jam, I was
five minutes late for the plane.
A. As a result of B. Thanks to C. Because of D. on account of
17. The operation room in every hospital has to _______bacteria of any kind so that the patient being operated on doesn’t get infected.
A. keep free from B. make it free from
C. to be made free with D. be kept free from
18. In his summary of the causes that _______the Industrial Revolution in England in the 18th century, he said it was the accumulated capital that played the most important part.
A. resulted from B. led to C. happened D. took place
19. Just as exercise helps _______our bodies, reading helps _____ our mind, broadening our vision into the world
A. found; found B. to put up; to put up
C. to build up; to build up D. to set up; to set up
20. ---Would you like to ______the performance of newly developed energy-saving device
---Sorry, but I am not in the position to ______.
A. make a comment on; comment B. have a comment with; comment on
C. build up comments on; comment on D. come up with a comment on; comment
21. ---I don’t know how to write the article assigned by our professor on international trade.
--You should have ______ your attention on the lecture that ______ how international situation affects exports and imports across the globe.
A. put; concentrate on B. paid; talked about
C. fixed; dealt on D. focused; focused on
22. People often make a mistake about my nationality. I was born of Chinese parents , _____, I look ______ but I was born and grew up in America, so I am an American.
A. however; Chinese B. therefore; Chinese
C. so; the Chinese D. therefore; a Chinese
23. It is really disturbing to me that my once best friend _______ to me recently. Worse still, I don’t know what I have done wrong.
A. avoids to talk B. escapes talking C. stops to talk D. avoids talking
24. Parents in China often choose universities or university majors for their will-be-university-student children ________ future occupation, expecting them to make a lot of money and live a happy life.
A. with the view of B. with the hope of C. with the account of D. with the opinion of
25. The young graduate ______ his vegetable farm so successfully that soon he became No 1 vegetable producer in the area.
A. made B. performed C. worked D. discovered
II 完形填空
Red roses were her favorites, her names was also Rose. And every year her husband sent them, tied with pretty bows. The year he died, the roses were still 26 to her door.
Each year he sent her roses, and the 27 would always say, “I love you even more this year, than last year on this day.” My love for you will always 28 , with every passing year. “She knew this was the last time 29 the rose would appear. Her loving husband did not know that he would 30 . he always liked to do things early. Then, if he got too busy, 31 would work out fine.”
A year went by, and it was 32 to live without her mate. Then, the very hour, as on Valentines before, the doorbell rang, and there were roses, sitting by her door. She brought the roses 33 , calling the florist shop. The owner answered, and she asked him , if he would explain, why would someone do this to her, 34 her such pain
“I know your husband passed away, more than a year ago,” The owner said, “I knew you’d 35 , and you would want to know. “ “ The flowers you received today, were 36 in advance.” “You husband always planned ahead, he left nothing to chance.”
She thanked him and 37 the phone, her tears now flowing hard. Her fingers shaking, as she slowly reached to 38 the card. Inside the card, she saw that he had written her a note. This is what he wrote: “Hello my love, I know it’s been a year 39 I’ve been gone, I hope it hasn’t been too hard for you to overcome.” “I know it must be lonely, and the pain is very 40 . for if it was the other way, I know how I would feel. The love we shared 41 everything so beautiful in life. I loved you more than words can say.”
“You were my friend and lover, I know it’s only been a year, 42 please try not to grieve. I want you to be happy, 43 when you shed your tears. That is why the roses will be sent to you for years.”
“When you get these 44 , think of all the 45 that we had together, and how both of us were blessed. I have always loved you and I know I always will. My love, you must go on, you have some living still.”
26. A. passed B. shown C. presented D. delivered
27. A. note B. message C. line D. information
28. A. disappear B. decrease C. grow D. keep
29. A. that B. / C. which D. what
30. A. pass by B. pass away C. pass down D. pass on
31. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
32. A. happy B. meaningful C. hard D. impossible
33. A. in B. out C. along D. up
34. A. curing B. healing C. causing D. killing
35. A. ask B. wonder C. doubt D. telephone
36. A. purchased B. grown C. planted D. designed
37. A. picked up B. turned up C. held up D. hung up
38. A. buy B. get C. read D. write
39. A. when B. that C. before D. since
40. strong B. weak C. true D. real
41. A made B. bad C. let D. left
42. A. so B. but C. though D. still
43. A. even B. only C. merely D. just
44. A. roses B. belongings C. congratulations D. remarks
45. A. sadness B. disappointment C. happiness D. sufferings
III 阅读理解
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I grew up in a small town. My father raised chickens and ran a construction company. I was barely 10 years old when my dad gave me the responsibility (责任) of feeding the chickens and cleaning up the stable. He believed it was important for me to have those jobs to learn responsibility. Then, when I was 22, I found a job in Natchbill at a country music club called the Natchbill Palace, I washed dishes and cooked from 4: 00 pm to 9: 00 pm and then went on stage and sang until 2:00 in the morning. It wasn’t long before I became known as a singing cook. I had been rejected so many times by record companies that it was hard not to be discouraged. One night, a woman executive (懂事) from a company named Warner Brothers Records came to hear me sing. When the show was over, we sat down and talked and after she left, I said to myself it was one more rejection. A few weeks later, my manager received a phone call — Warner Brothers wanted to sign me to a record deal. Soon after, I released my first record in June 1986. It sold over 2 million copies. My best efforts had gone into every job I’ve ever held. It was the sense of responsibility that made me feel like a man. Knowing that I had done my best filled me with pride. I still feel that way today, even though I have become a well-known singer.
46. Why was the writer once known as the singing cook
A. Because he was a cook at a country-music club.
B. Because he sang for guests while he worked as a cook.
C. Because he often sang while cooking.
D. Because he liked singing better than cooking.
47. Who first recognized his talents and helped make his career successful
A. Wamer Brothers. B. His manager.
C. His father. D. A businesswoman.
48. What made the writer proud of himself
A. His ability to live independently.
B. His sense of responsibility in whatever ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com / " \o "欢迎登陆21世纪教育网" \t "_blank ) he did.
C. His courage in the face of rejections.
D. His hard work in his early days.
B
Some people make you feel comfortable when they are around. You spend an hour with them and feel as if you have known them half your life. These people have something in common. And once we know what it is, we can try to do it ourselves.
How is it done Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, they’ll help you put people at their ease, and make friends with them quickly.
First of all, good talkers ask questions. Almost anyone, no matter how shy he is, will answer a question. One well-known businesswoman says, “At business lunches, I always ask people what they did that morning. It’s a common question, but it will get things going.” From there you can move on to other matters—sometimes to really personal questions. And how he answers will let you know how far you can go.
Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen to the answers. This point seems clear, but it isn’t. Your questions should have a point and help to tell what sort of person you are talking to. And to find out, you really have to listen carefully and attentively.
Real listening at least means some things. First it means not to change the subject of conversation. If someone sticks to one topic, you can take it as a fact that he’s really interested in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words, but to tones of voice. If the voice sounds dull, then, it’s time for you to change the subject.
Finally, good talkers know well how to deal with the occasion of parting. If you’re saying good-bye, you may give him a firm handshake and say, “I’ve really enjoyed meeting you.” If you want to see that person again, don’t keep it a secret. Let people know what you feel, and they may walk away feeling as if they’ve known you half their life.
49. Asking questions might be a quite good and suitable way _______.
A. for you to make more and more new friends
B. to begin your business talks
C. to get the conversation going smoothly
D. for you to make a deep and lasting impression on others
50. After having asked somebody a question, it’ll be polite of you to _______.
A. make clear what kind of person he is
B. listen to his reply attentively
C. wait quietly and patiently for his answer
D. go on asking him more questions
51. Generally speaking, good talkers are persons who _______.
A. are good at making any topic interesting
B. never talk too much or too little
C. always speak in a gentle way
D. know how and when they should change the topic of the talk
52. If you really take delight in meeting someone again, _______.
A. you may take him as your lifelong trustworthy friend
B. it seems necessary for you to let him know it
C. it’s proper for you to give him a second handshake
D. it’ll be helpful for you to have further understanding of him
C
__53__ .Being angry doesn’t really solve much, but what people do when they feel angry is important. The goal is to calm down and try to solve what is bothering you. This is hard for some kids and adults, too. Instead of calming down, some kids might keep getting more and more upset until they explode like a volcano!
__54___ .Their anger might be so strong that they lose control of their temper. They may act in ways unacceptable and hurtful. People may say that someone has trouble controlling their temper.__55___
Some kids might get so angry that they scream at their parents, break something , or even worse , hit their brothers or sisters._56____ .However, it’s not OK for a kid to do any of those things .Kids don’t want to act in this way , but sometimes angry feelings can be hard to manage. So what to do
Well, the good news is that kids don’t just have to keep making the same mistakes over and over again.__57___ .Imagine your temper as a puppy inside you that needs some training. The puppy is not bad ---- it will probably turn out a great dog. It just needs to learn some rules because, right now, that puppy is causing some problems to you.
A. You can train you temper.
B. You don’t want to cause trouble.
C. Kids should be allowed to express their feelings, even angry ones.
D. Everybody gets angry sometimes.
E. In fact, they usually mean that a kid behaves badly when feeling angry.
F. Instead of thinking of the person you’re angry with, think of something else.
G. Some kids get angry more often or more easily than some other kids.
IV 短文改错
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词作斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Helen was a twenty-years-old girl. She has never had a job before. Now she wanted to get a work. So she went to meet Mr Black, the manager of hotel. Mr Black told her it was getting very busy in the hotel at the evening. He ask her if she was interesting in a part-time job. The girl said that she did. Then Mr Black said she had to work very fast and that she must be there at six every
afternoon and work from six to ten, from Monday to Friday. He offered her with 4.5 dollars an hour. Hellen pleased with the offer and decided to start work the next day.
V 书面表达
近来，越来越多的学生在校外租房而不愿住大寝室。请根据下面提示，一分为二地用英语写一篇短文，说说两者各自的好处与坏处，并表明自己的观点。词数100左右。
1. 学习时间； 2. 安全； 3. 自由性； 4. 与同学交往； 5. 学习效果。
注意：可从其他角度阐述，但两方面的理由都至少要有两条；
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Unit Two Working the land
I. 单项选择
1—5 CACBD 6—10 ACDBD 11-15 ABDBC 16—20 BDBCA 21—25 DBDAC
完形填空
26-30DACAB 31-35ACACD 36-40ADBDD 41-45ABAAC
阅读理解
46—48 BDB 49—52 CBDB 53-57 DGECA
短文改错
Helen was a twenty-years-oldyear girl. She hashad never had a job before. Now she
wanted to get a workjob. So she went to meet Mr. Black, the manager of + a︿ hotel. Mr. Black
told her it was getting very busy in the hotel atin the evening. He askasked her
if she was interestinginterested in a part-time job. The girl said that she didwas. Then
Mr Black said she had to work very fast and that she must be there at six every
afternoon and work from six to ten, from Monday to Friday. He offered her with 4.5
dollars an hour. Hellen + was pleased with the offer and decided to start work the next day.
V. 书面表达
One possible version:
Nowadays, some students would not like to live in a dorm. Instead, they rent houses outside the school. There are advantages for both. Living in a dorm can increase friendship and cooperation between classmates. And of cause it is safer. A dorm is more like a society, which enables students to learn to adapt to each other, thus preparing for the social life later. As for renting houses to live alone , it’s better for study
as you can feel free in your own room without being interrupted by others. As a result, you can have more time and devote yourself to studying whole-heartedly. But there may appear some safety problems as you live outside of the school.
Anyhow, as a student, I prefer living in a dorm.Using Language of Module4 Unit2 的语言点
单词点击
1. confuse vt. 使迷惑，使为难
I was confused by their questions.
I confused her with her sister because they were so alike.
I was __________ about the __________ murder.
He looked at me in __________ and didn’t answer the question.
2. regret v/n. 遗憾，懊悔
一句多译 他后悔做了这样的事。
①_______________________________________________________ .
②_______________________________________________________ .
③_______________________________________________________ .
3.reduce vt 减少，缩减
1). We are ready to reduce our prices ____________ 5%.
2). The population has increase from 1.2million______ 1.8 million in this city this year.
今年这个城市的人口已从120万增加到180万。
3). Production costs have been _____________ 30%. 生产成本降低了30%。
4. comment n. 评论，议论
1）---- Will you resign, Minister 部长，你要辞职吗
---- No comment! 无可奉告
2) After seeing the film, they made comments ________ some of the parts that they didn’t think good enough. A. in B. on C. for D. at
重点短语
1. These chemicals in the food supply build up in people’s bodies over time.
build up 逐渐增强，建立，开发
1). They build up this business after ten years’ struggle.
2).The boy plays basket to ________________________ every afternoon..
这男孩每天下午打篮球来增强体质
2. Many of these chemicals can lead to cancer or other illnesses.
lead to 导致，造成 （后果），通向
lead sb to do sth 引导某人做某事 lead a … life 过…… 的生活
1).The path ______________ that small village.
2). Too much work and too little rest often _____________ illness.
3. They focus on keeping their soil rich and free of disease.
focus on 集中（注意力，精力等）于
You must try to ____________ work and study.
4. This also keeps the air, soil, water and crops free from chemicals.
keep …free from/ of 使……免受（影响、伤害等）
__________ the children ___________ harm. 别让孩子们受到伤害。
free from意为“没有；不受……损害的”。如：
a city free from thieves 无贼的城市 a day free from wind 无风的一天
You are free from blame. 你没有过错。 I am free from care. 我没有烦恼。
重点句型
1. Recently, however, scientists have been finding that long- term use of these fertilizers can cause damage to the land and, even more dangerous, to people’s health.
have been finding 是现在完成进行时，表示一个动作开始于过去，持续到现在，并强调现在还在进行。
1）No wonder you are so tired. You have been working all day.
2). Because of illnesses, he ______________________ all day. 由于生病，他整天都躺在床上。
对点集训
1. There was a ________ look on his face when he met with the ________ problems.
A. confusing, confusing B. confused, confused
C. confusing, confused D. confused, confusing
2. He regretted ________ to attend the lecture the day before.
A. not going B. not to go C. not have gone D. to not going
3. By using the new technology they have managed to reduce the cost_________ 10%.
A. on B. by C. for D. at
4. （2010 天津高考） We _________ on this project for four hours. Let’s have a rest.
A. are working B. have been working C. worked D. had worked
5. （2010 陕西高考）I have to see the doctor because I ________ a lot lately.
A. having been coughing B. had coughed C. coughed D. cough
6. Practising Chinese Kung fu can not only ________ one’s strength, but also develop one’s character. A. bring up B. take up C. build up D. pull up
7. We firmly believe that war never settles anything. It only _______ violence.
A. runs into B. comes from C. leads to D. being with
8. ---- The cars give off a great deal of waste gas in the street.
---- Yes, but I’m sure something will be done to _______ air pollution.
A. reduce B. remove C. collect D. warn
阅读理解
“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him，and let him know that you trust him.” These words are from the black American educator，Booker Washington.He was saying that，“If you want people to grow up，you have to stop treating them like children.”
In America，families are close but children are encouraged to be independent，to make their own decisions，even at a very early age.It’s not unusual for a child of seven to be given an allowance (津贴) every week.The child is encouraged to save some of the money but he or she can spend it on whatever they choose，for example，buying clothes，school supplies or CDs.Some teenagers even have their own credit cards！That’s a big responsibility since even adults are tempted tooverspend when they have credit cards.
From an early age，American children are asked for their opinions and they are included in family decision making.At the dinner table，teenagers will be listened to on any topic，from politics to buying a new family car or where the family will go on vacation.In this way，teenagers are getting practice in becoming individuals：they are learning how to stand on their own two feet.
Many Chinese young people are becoming almost as interested as American teens in searching for independence.They want to express those qualities that make them unique human beings.You can see this in the way they dress，the music they listen to and the friends they choose.“Super Girl” Li Yuchun caught the imagination of Chinese teenagers on the “Super Girl” television contest.She was not the traditional “nice，young Chinese girl”．With her short，spiky hair and boy like clothes，she was telling everyone that she was different.She had the courage to be her own person and to stand on her own two feet...and she won!
There is an old saying，“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him and then choose that way with all his strength.” If you do this，step by step，over a period of time，you may find that you have become the person you always wanted to be.
1．The passage is intended to encourage the youth to________.
A．save money for useful things
B．become independent
C．express their great ambitions
D．make important decisions
2．A child of seven is given an allowance so that he can______.
A．be accepted as a popular guy
B．learn to decide how to use money
C．overspend money without care
D．have school supplies of his own
3．The author implies that many Chinese children________.
A．are more independent than Americans
B．should become interested in America
C．are happy with their present situation
D．are not satisfied to be nice，quiet ones
4．The main idea of the last paragraph is________.
A．that we should do things step by step
B．why we should understand our desires
C．what we should plan for our own life
D．how we can manage to realize our dreams
阅读答案： BBDD
confuse A with B/and B 把A 混为B
be confused about… 对……感到困惑
be confused by… 被……搞糊涂了
confused adj 困惑的，烦恼的 confusing adj令人困惑的，烦恼的 confusion n 混乱；困惑
regret to do sth 遗憾要做某事
regret doing /having done sth 后悔做了某事
to one’s regret 令某人感到遗憾的是
with regret 遗憾地
reduce … to… 减少（降低，缩小）……到……
reduce… by … 减少了（表示数量减少的幅度）
increase to 增加到 ……
increase by 增加了 ……
make comments on / upon sth. 议论某事
without comment 不必多说
no comment 无可奉告Working the land-Period 6 Assessment教案
人教版新课标 Unit 2 Working the land-
The General Idea of This Period
This period is to help the students to elevate their acquisition about farming and their ability of employing the expressions and grammar learned in this unit.
Teaching Important and Difficult Points?
Help the students learn to assess whether their knowledge about this topic has increased.
Teaching Methods?
Question-and-answer activity ?
Pair work and group work to make the students work in class.
Teaching and learning Aids?
A multimedia?
A blackboard
Three Dimensional Teaching Aims
Knowledge and Skills?
Elevate efficiently the students’ knowledge about farming.?
Elevate the students ability of using the expressions and grammar learned.
Process and Strategies?
Check up what they have learned in this module by evaluation and tests.
Feelings and Value?
Through this part the students will surely know what they have mastered and haven’t mastered,and thus work hard to consolidate it.
Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Greetings
T:Good morning,boys and girls.
Ss:Good morning,Miss/Mr...
Step 2 Revision
T:So far we have finished this unit which is about...
Ss:It’s about a story about Dr Yuan Longping and a passage about organic farming.
T:In this unit we also learnt some drills about giving suggestions and advice,do you still remember them
Ss:Yes.
Step 3 Assessment
T:Today we are going to see how hard you worked and how much more you know about farming.
非测试性评价
A quiz about farming.
Tick the statements according to what you do or think.
1.I can easily name ten kinds of agricultural production.
2.I have visited the countryside several times.
3.I can clearly tell the advantages of organic farming and the disadvantages of the chemical fertilizer.
4.I think everyone should know something about farming and the importance of the green food.
5.I believe the farming in China will be developed better and better.
测试性评价
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.H is one of the biggest problems in developing countries.
2.The o of grain has doubled in China in the last ten years.
3.He enjoys playing the v while his brother likes singing.
4.Are you s with your exam result
5.N fertilizers are better than chemical ones.
6.The American people (斗争)to get independence from Britain.
7.His skin is black because he got (日晒) in his holiday.
8.Middle school students are not allowed to drive （摩托）.
9.China is rich in （矿产） resources.
10.It is （肯定）that the weather is turning warm.
Ⅱ.句型转换
1.I don’t like playing football.But I like playing basketball.
I _________ playing basketball _________ playing football.
2.It is necessary for me to buy a new bike.
__________________ is necessary.
3.The new building is 200 metres high.The old building was only 50 metres high.
The new building is __________________ as the old building.
4.Bob awoke from his dream with the hope that he can could buy a new car.
Bob awoke from his dream with the hope of __________________.
5.Ben went closer to the painting in order to see it clearly.
Ben went closer to the painting __________________ he could see it clearly.
Ⅲ.用动词的正确形式填空
1.It was useless __________ (study) for such an examination.
2.I hate __________ (look) at when I am doing lessons.
3.He regretted __________ (make) the decision too hastily.
4.I forget __________ (see) you there.
5.He meant __________ (train) the boy to be a good swimmer.
6.It was time for work.They stopped __________ (play) cards.
7.The patient insisted on __________ (operate) on even if there is little hope of success.
8.He is devoted to __________ (set) up more schools for poor children.
9.He walked quietly,afraid of __________ (frighten) the snake.
10.I saw Tom __________ (lean) over the fire.
Ⅳ.阅读下面一段短文,用所给动词的正确形式填空。
born regard search for devote expand
thanks to rid satisfied with would rather lead
He wants everyone to call him a farmer.For that’s how he ___1___ himself. ___2___ into a poor farmer’s family in 1931,Dr Yuan graduated from SouthWest Agriculture college in 1953.Since then,he has ___3___ his life to finding ways to grow more and more rice.Dr Yuan ___4___ a way to increase rice harvests without ___5___ the area of fields. ___6___ his research,the UN is trying to ___7___ the world of hunger.You might guess that Dr Yuan,who is now rich and famous,is ___8___ his life.However,he cares about little spending the money on himself or ___9___ a comfortable life.Indeed,he believes that a person with too much money has more, ___10___ few troubles.
Ⅴ.单项选择
1.I know Bob is not much of a football player,but when it ________ to maths,he is among the top three in the class.
A.refers B.goes C.comes D.concerns
2.I know it’s not important,but I can’t help ________ about it.
A.to think B.and think C.thinking D.being thought
3. ________ several times the young scientist still kept on making his experiments.
A.Having been failed B.Having failed
C.Though failed D.Because of failure
4.You can’t imagine ________ great trouble we have taken ________ enough food and water to those suffering the terrible disease.
A.what;to provide B.so;to supply
C.how;to give D.what;to supplying
5.What he said suggested the murderer referred to ________ at once.
A.being shot B.be shot C.was shot D.be shot at
6.—What did you mean by saying that
—I mean no harm.I only ________.
A.mean helping B.want to help
C.meant to help D.want helping
7.Tom wanted his TV ________,but his wife would rather have it ________ off.
A.fixed;thrown B.to be fixed;be thrown
C.fixed;throwing D.to be fixed;throwing
8.The theory many scientists have stuck to ________ correct.
A.prove B.proving
C.being proved D.proves
9.—It’s getting colder and colder,and I have to buy some clothes.
—They’ve ________ the prices in the shop,so it’s a good time to buy.
A.increased B.reduced C.raised D.down
10. ________ the news of his father’s death,he burst into tears.
A After hearing B.On hearing C.Having heard D.Heard
11.Most of the artists ________ to the party were from South Africa.
A.invited B.to invited C.being invited D.had been invited
12.The secretary worked late into the night, ________ a long speech for the president.
A.to prepare B.preparing C.prepared D.was preparing
13.After moving into the town,my wife did some washing for the rich so that we had just enough to ________ our expenses.
A.support B.satisfy C.cover D.serve
14.The project will ________ the city’s telephone network to cover 1 000 000 users.
A.make B.broaden C.expand D.widen
15.The murderer was brought in,with his hands ________ behind his back.
A.being tied B.having tied C.to be tied D.tied
16. ________ a reply,he decided to write again.
A.Not receiving B.Receiving not
C.Not having receiving D.Having not received
17. ________ is a good form of exercise for both young and old.
A.The walk B.Walking
C.To walk D.Walk
18.We agreed to accept ________ they thought was the best tourist guide.
A.whatever B.whomever C.whichever D.whoever
19. ________ the new policy,we are now having a happy life.
A.Thanks to B.Because C.For D.Thanks for
20.It is ________ that he will attend this party.
A.certain B.sure C.uncertain D.surly
21.—Do you mind if I open the window
—________ I feel a bit cold.
A.Of course not. B.I’d rather you didn’t.
C.Go ahead. D.Why not
22.What a hard life they ________!You should have helped him.
A.had B.led C.played D.made
23.The news of enemy’s defeat quickly ________ round the town.
A.told B.said C.circulated D.spreaded
24.“ Can’t you read ”Lily said ________ to the notice.
A.angrily pointing B.and point angrily
C.angrily pointed D.and angrily pointing
25.Charles Bablackboardage is generally considered ________ the first computer.
A.to invent B.inventing
C.to have invented D.having invented
26.Rather than ________ on a crowded bus,he always prefers ________ a bicycle.
A.ride;ride B.riding;ride C.ride;to ride D.to ride;riding
27.If you’re ________ about anything,phone my office.
A.confused B.confusing C.wonder D.wondering
28.After he was knocked down by a bike,he was badly hurt and had to ________ to his feet.
A.stand B.struggle C.run D.sit
29.—I must apologize for ________ ahead of time.
—That’s all right.
A.letting you not know B.not letting you know
C.letting you know not D.letting not you know
30.We agreed ________ here but so far she hasn’t turned up yet.
A.having met B.meeting C.to meet D.to have met
Keys:
Ⅰ.1.Hunger 2.output 3.violin 4.satisfied 5.Natural
6.struggled 7.sunburnt 8.motorcycles 9.mineral 10.certain
Ⅱ.1.prefer;to 2.Buying a new bike for me 3.four times as high 4.buying a new car 5.so that / in order that
Ⅲ.1.studying 2.being looked 3.making 4.seeing 5.to train 6.playing 7.being operated 8.setting 9.frightening 10.leaning
Ⅳ.1.regards 2.Born 3.devoted 4.searched for 5.expanding
6.Thanks to 7.rid 8.satisfied with 9.leading 10.rather than
Ⅴ.1.C come to 谈到,说到。例如:When it comes to tennis,you can’t beat her.说到打网球,你是赢不了她的。
2.C can’t help doing sth.意为 “忍不住,禁不住做某事”。该句的含义为“我知道这并不重要,但我忍不住总去想它”。
3.B 该句的含义是“失败了好几次之后,这个年轻的科学家仍然继续他的实验”。fail一词与该句的主语the young scientist逻辑上是主谓关系,所以fail应用现在分词形式;又因为fail这一动作在谓语动词keep on making his experiments动作之前,所以还要用现在分词的完成式。
4.B 句意为:你无法想像我们费了多大的劲向遭受严重疾病的人们提供足够的食物和水。We have taken是定语从句修饰先行词trouble,构成take great trouble to do sth.。提供某人某物用provide sth.for sb.或supply sth.to sb.。
5.B what he said在句中作主语,suggested是谓语动词,表示“建议”,在后面的宾语从句中,referred to作murderer的定语,谓语动词应该用虚拟语气。
6.C 该题问句中的mean表示“意思是……,含……意思”,后面要接名词或动名词,答句中的mean表示“意欲,意指,企图”,后面要接不定式。该句的含义是“你那么说什么意思 ”“我没有什么恶意,我只是想帮忙”。
7.A 该题第一个空既可以用fixed,也可以用to be fixed;使意动词have在高中英语中的作用与考查的频率相当高,在“have+宾语+宾语补足语”的结构中,宾语补足语既可以用do,也可以由doing,done来充当,要根据上下文灵活应用。在该句中因为it (代替前句的TV)与throw之间为被动关系,故用过去分词throw作宾补。
8.D 这句话的主语是the theory,proves作谓语动词。
9.B 句意为:商店已经降低了,商品的价格看来现在是买东西的时候。
10.B On hearing the news of his father’s death...意为As soon as he heard the news of this father’s death...。该题也可以用现在分词的一般式hearing作状语,但不可以用现在分词的完成式(C项),因为“他突然哭了”这一动作与“听到爸爸去世”这一动作几乎是同时发生的。
11.A 句中的Most of the artists与invite之间为被动关系,而且表示的是完成的动作,所以答案应选择A。句子的意思是:“应邀参加晚会的大多数艺术家均来自于南非。”过去分词invited在句中作定语,其作用相当于Most of the artists that were invited to the party were from South Africa.
12.B 用现在分词作伴随状语。A项不定式,可以作目的状语,但目的状语前不用逗号。C、D属语法错误。
13.B 本题考查动词辨析。根据语境,此处用satisfy表示“满足消费需要”。
14.C 本题考查动词辨析。expand表示“展开;在尺寸、体积或范围等方面变大”。
15.D 在with结构中,hands与tie之间是被动关系,故排除B项。tied不仅表示被动,还表示动作已完成,故排除A、C项。
16.C receive与主句的主语he之间有逻辑上的主谓关系,因此用现在分词,但主句中的again又暗示,分词的动作发生在主句谓语动词之前,因此用现在分词的完成式。not必须置于分词之前。此句可理解为As／Since he hadn’t received a reply,he decided to write again.
17.B 动名词作主语通常表示习惯性、经常性、不具体的动作。而不定式作主语则表示一次性、特指、未来、具体的动作。原题中的a good form暗示,这个动作是泛指的、经常性的。
18.D 本题考查连词的使用。根据对句子成分的分析,本句缺少引导宾语从句的连词,同时在宾语从句中作主语,表示人的连词,应选择whoever。
19.A B、C两项引导从句,且for常不能位于句首,无D项表达法。
20.A 本题主要辨析certain与sure。句意为:他肯定参加这次晚会。be certain of/about＝be sure of/about,但是在it is certain that...句型中不可以用sure 代替certain。
21.B 本题考查口语情景问答。从后面的意思分析,此处应该表示“不同意”,也就是“介意”,所以使用B项,表示委婉的拒绝。
22.B “they+空白处”作后置定语,修饰life,lead (led) a hard life“过着艰苦的生活”。
23.C 句意为:敌人战败的消息很快传遍整个镇。circulate循环,流传。spread过去时态是spread。
24.A “生气地”是用来说明说话时的表情,应放在被修饰词said的后面,选择A或C;“指着”这一动作的逻辑主语是Lily,应该用现在分词作伴随状语。全句意思是:“你不会看吗 ”莉莉指着布告生气地说。
25.C consider sb.to do sth.。“认为某人做某事”这是一惯用法,且原题中的the first computer这一信息词语暗示,invent这一动作发生在consider之前,因此用不定式的完成式,这句话可理解为People generally consider Charles Bablackboardage to have invented the first computer.原题是该句的被动语态。
26.C prefer后可接不定式,也可接动名词,接动词不定式通常与rather than连用,表示否定。其正常语序是:He always prefers to ride a bicycle rather than ride on a crowded bus.该句还可以这样表达:He always prefers riding a bicycle to riding on a crowded bus.即prefer后接动名词时,常与介词to连用,表示否定,意为:“喜欢做……而不喜欢做……”。
27.A 句意为:如果你对任何问题有疑问,打我办公室的电话。
28.B struggle to one’s feet挣扎着站起来。
29.B letting是介词for的宾语,且否定词not置于动名词之前。
30.C 动词agree只接不定式作宾语,不可以接动名词作宾语,所以答案要在C和D中选择。不定式一般式to meet表示动作发生在agree之后或与agree同时发生,而完成式to have met则表示该动作发生在agree之前,与题意不符。题意是:“我们约定在这儿见面,但她到现在还没来”。
The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 2 Working the landPeriod 6 Assessment1.Name ten kinds of agricultural production. 2.Tell the advantages of organic farming and the disadvantages of the chemical fertilizer. Record after Teaching
Activities and Research
The students may find more to consolidate their knowledge in this unit.And they may also find some topics about agriculture to discuss.
Reference for Teaching
高考链接
1.(2006北京高考,35) I can’t stand __________ with Jane in the same office.She just refuses talking while she works.
A.working;stopping B.to work;stopping
C.working;to stop D.to work;to stop
赏析:选C。stand意为“忍受”,后接动词-ing形式作宾语,表示忍受做某事。refuse意为“拒绝”,后接不定式作宾语,表示拒绝做某事。
2.(2006上海高考,31) Eugene’s never willing to alter any of his opinions.It’s no use __________ with him.
A.to argue B.arguing
C.argued D.having argued
赏析:选B。It’s no use 后接-ing 形式。It 是形式主语,动词-ing 形式作真正的主语,表示“做某事没有用处”。
3.(2006湖南高考,21) The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket ________ the desert.
A.covering B.covered C.cover D.to cover
赏析:选A。动词-ing形式作定语表示主动意义,即表示blanket是cover的动作执行者。说明野花就像橘黄色的柔软的地毯覆盖在沙漠上。
4.(2006重庆高考,26) Isn’t it time you got down to ________ the papers
A.mark B.be marked C.being marked D.marking
赏析:选D。get down to意为“开始,着手”,to是介词,后接动词-ing形式作宾语。表示“难道没有到你开始批改论文的时间吗？”
5.(2006 陕西高考,13) It is difficult to imagine his ________ the decision without any consideration.
A.to accept B.accept C.accepting D.accepted
赏析:选C。imagine后接动词-ing形式作宾语,表示“想像,设想;猜想,推测”。his accepting是动词-ing形式的复合结构。
6.(2005上海春季高考,33) Accustomed to ________ the steep mountains,he had no difficulty reaching the top.
A.climbing B.climb C.having climbed D.have climbed
赏析:选A。accustomed to表示“习惯于（某事）”,to是介词,后接“动词-ing形式”作宾语。
7.(2004福建高考) Having been ill in bed for nearly a month,he had a hard time ________ the exam.
A.pass B.to pass C.passed D.passing
赏析:选D。此题考查动词have的用法。have后可接宾语再接动词的-ing形式表示“遇到”。本题意为“他生病在床将近两个月,要通过考试很困难”。由句意可知,此处应用动词的-ing形式。故选项D为正确答案。
8.(2004全国高考) A cook will be immediately fired if he is found ________ in the kitchen.
A.smoke B.smoking C.to smoke D.smoked
赏析:选B。本题考查非谓语动词作主语补足语的用法。本题中的smoke是he发出的动作,所以应该用主动语态,故此空应填smoking。故选项B正确。
9.(2004江苏高考) 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
赏析:选C。此题考查固定词组的用法。insist on doing sth.为固定用法,意为“坚持干某事”,故正确答案为C。
10.（经典例题）________ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin.
A.Exposed B.Having exposed
C.Being exposed D.After being exposed
赏析:选C。从句意可看出,需选一词作主语,且expose与one’s skin构成动宾关系。故应选用动名词的被动式。
11.(2004上海春季高考) ________ the meeting himself gave them a great deal of encouragement.
A.The president will attend B.The president to attend
C.The president attended D.The president’s attending
赏析:选D。本题考查的是非谓语动词。句子缺少的成分是主语,在四个选项中,只有D符合。故选项D正确。
12.（经典例题）One learns a language by making mistakes and ________ them.
A.correct B.correcting C.corrects D.to correct
赏析:选B。本题考查的是动名词形式。根据文中的并列连词and可知,and前后连接相同的成分,所以此空应填correcting。故选项B 正确。
13.（经典例题）—How do you deal with the disagreement between the company and the customers
—The key ________ the problem is to meet the demand ________ by the customers.
A.to solving;making B.to solving;made
C.to solve;making D.to solve;made
赏析:选B。the key to...意为“……的关键”,to 为介词;而且 demand与 make 构成动宾关系。14.(2004上海高考) According to a recent U.S.survey,children spend up to 25 hours a week ________ TV.
A.to watch B.to watching C.watching D.watch
赏析:选C。spend...doing sth.花费时间做某事。 (共14张PPT)
Unit 2
Grammar
Verb-ing Form as Subject and Object
Welcome to our class!
A SONG
LOVE
---By John Lennon
Love is real; real is love. Love is ________; ________ love. Love is ________ to be loved.
Love is touch; touch is love. Love is ________; ________ love. Love is ________ to be loved.
Love is you, you and me. Love is ________ we can be.
Love is free; free is love. Love is ________; ________ love. Love is ________ to be loved.
feeling
feeling
wanting
reaching
reaching
asking
knowing
leaving
leaving
needing
Please rewrite the sentences following the example.(Page 12 Ex. 2)
1. Helping people in need of help is nice.
2. Growing super hybrid rice is not easy.
3. Learning more about farming is not difficult.
4. Doing research in the countryside is not as easy as in the city.
5. Getting rid of hunger is very important in some African countries.
6. Explaining this again is important or we will get confused.
Join the two halves to make sentences. (Page 12 Ex. 3)
Now please make your own sentence using the –ing form as its object and share it with your parnter.
Good job!
I insist on you seeing him off now.
Please translate the two sentences.
他的迟到使老师很生气。
你介意我关窗吗？
your
pron./n.+Verb-ing
Mary/Mary’s
His being late made the teacher very angry.
Would you mind my closing the window
Do you remember giving me this shirt for your birthday
Remember to tell him the news.
“to do” can also be OBJECT. Let’s find out more about it.
Complete these sentences:
1. If you can keep ________(read) English newspapers, your English will be improved.
2. He has promised __________(come) to my birthday party.
3. I hate _________________(tell) lies!
4. * I will never forget __________(go) to Beijing with him last summer.
* I forgot ________(tell) her the news; so she knew nothing about it.
reading
to come
telling/to tell
going
to tell
Can you say something about them
He/She devotes … to …
He/She is concerned about …
Let’s talk about our friends! Remember to use Verb-ing as much as possible.
…is his/her job every day.
He/She enjoys …
He/She is interested in …
He/She dreams of …
He/She hates …
… makes him/her happy/sad.
He/She cares about …
Write about a person you love or respect very much. Here is a sample for you.
Changchang is a smart boy. Playing model cars is his favourite. he also likes running. It seems playing is his job every day. , he enjoys talking so much that it seems that he never stops talking until he goes to sleep. Maybe that is why he is good at telling stories.
And
Besides
Do some research on verbs following the questions:
*Which verbs should be followed by verb-ing form as object
*Which verbs should be followed by “to do ”
*Which verbs can be followed by both forms
Thanks for joining us!(共35张PPT)
Words preview
chemical
production
bacteria
pest
nutrition
mineral
adj. 化学的；关于化学的
n. 生产；制造
n. 细菌
n. 害虫；害兽；害鸟
n. 营养；滋养；食物
n. 矿物；矿石
discovery
focus
soil
reduce
root
n. 发现；发觉
n. 焦点；中心点
vt. 集中；聚焦
n. 土壤
vt. 减少；减缩
n. 根；根源
Words preview
skim
underline
summary
comment
vt. 浏览；略读
vt. 画底线标出；强调
n. 总结；摘要；概要
n. 评论；议论
vi.& vt. 表达意见;
做出评论
Words preview
Expressions preview
build up
lead to
focus on
keep… free
from/of
逐渐增强; 建立; 开发
导致; 造成 (后果)
集中 (注意力，精力等) 于
使…免受(影响，伤害等)；
使…不含(有害物)
Organic Farming
What are genetically-modified foods
The term GM foods or GMOs (genetically-modified organisms) is most commonly used to refer to crop plants created for human or animal consumption using the latest molecular biology techniques.
What are some of the advantages of GM foods
The world population has topped 6 billion people and is predicted to double in the next 50 years. Ensuring an adequate food supply for this booming population is going to be a major challenge in the years to come. GM foods promise to meet this need in a number of ways:
1).pest resistance
2).disease resistance
3).cold tolerance
4).drought tolerance/salinity
tolerance
5).nutrition
What are some of the criticisms against GM foods
Most concerns about GM foods fall into three categories: environmental hazards, human health risks, and economic concerns.
Read and answer:
What is the main idea of this passage
This passage tells us something about
organic farming. It means growing crops
without chemical fertilizers which damage
the soil. The organic farmers keep the
soilrich and healthy in several ways.
1 Why are chemical fertilizers so popular
in farming today
2 What problems can be caused by using
chemical fertilizers
3 What is organic farming
4 What is the main reason for using
organic farming methods
Read the passage and answer the following questions.
1 Why are chemical fertilizers so popular in farming today
They are a great way to stop crop disease and increase production.
2 What problems can be caused by
using chemical fertilizers
They can damage the land by killing helpful bacteria and pets and by staying in the ground and underground water for a long time, They damage people's health by building up in their bodies and leading to cancer or other illnesses.
3 What is organic farming
4 What is the main reason for using
organic farming methods
Organic farming means growing crops
without using any chemicals.
The main reason for using organic farming methods is to grow good food and to avoid damaging the environment or people’s health.
Find and write down the methods and
advantages in the passage.
Methods of organic farming Advantages of methods
Farmers use natural waste from animals. This makes the soil richer in minerals and so more fertile.
Methods of organic farming Advantages of methods
1 Farmers use natural waste from animals. 1 This makes the soil richer in minerals and so more fertile.
2 Farmers often change the kind of crop in each field every few years. 2 Changing the crops renews the minerals in the soil and helps it become rich and healthy.
Methods of organic farming Advantages of methods
3 Farmers plant crops with different lengths of roots. 3 This uses different levels of soil.
4 Farmers sometimes plant grass between crops and leave it in the ground. 4 This prevents wind or water from carrying away soil and acts as a natural fertilizer.
Language points
1 These chemicals in the food supply
build up in people’s bodies over time.
build up 增强; 建立；开发
Hard working conditions build up
character.
艰苦的工作条件能磨练人的性格。
2 Many of these chemicals can lead to
cancer or other illnesses.
lead to: 导致；造成
Too much work and too little rest
often lead to illness.
过量的工作和过少的休息会引起疾病。
All roads lead to Rome.
条条大道通罗马。
3 They focus on keeping their soil rich and free of disease.
focus on:集中(注意力，精力等）于
You should focus your attention on
your work. 把注意力集中在你的工作上。
Olympus: Focus on life. 奥林巴斯：瞄准生活。
4 This also keeps the air, soil, water and crops free from chemicals.
keeps… free from /of: 使…免受（影
响，伤害登）；使不含（有害物）
keep from: 阻止; 妨碍
I hope you will keep from doing
anything rash.
我希望你不要做出任何鲁莽的事情来。
Listening
chemical fertilizer
cow dung
用化学肥料和有机肥料的区别:
The possible bad effects of chemical
fertilizers on the fruit and vegetables
that we eat today.
As you listen to this dialogue, keep in mind what you have just read about chemical fertilizers. What is the main topic of the conversation
Listen to the dialogue a second time.
Decide if the following statements are
true or false, according to the conversation.
Give your reasons.
1 Paul thinks that Carrie is not telling
him the truth.
2 Using chemical fertilizers always
makes vegetables empty inside.
True
False
3 Today’s fruit is not as healthy for
people as fruit fifty years ago.
4 Eating more vegetables might not
always be good for us.
5 All of today’s vegetables look
healthy but in fact are not.
False
True
True
Listening text
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE
VEGETABLES
Girl: Hey, Paul, listen to this … a
magazine article about a farmer
who used too much chemical
fertilizer on his fields. When his
vegetables were picked, they were
all found to be empty!
BOY: Empty You’re joking, Carrie …
that can’t be true!
Girl: I didn’t believe it either! This article
says this can happen sometimes with
vegetables like cucumbers, carrots
and pumpkins. This chemical
fertilizer makes the vegetables grow
fast to look big and beautiful, but
they’re empty inside!
BOY: You know, I’ve noticed that
sometimes my mum buys carrots
from the supermarket that have big
holes down the center. I guess that
must be from using chemical
fertilizers!
GIRL: Yeah, that’s what the magazine says!
The main point of the article, though,
isn’t about holes in our vegetables.
It’s talking about why the fruit and
vegetables we eat today aren’t as
nutritious as the ones our
grandparents ate.
BOY: What My mum is always telling me
to eat more vegetables, because
they’re good for me!
GIRL: Yeah, I know – my mother says that
same thing! And it’s true -
they are good for us… but the problem is that they aren’t healthy enough! All these chemical fertilizers – they kill off both the bad and the good things in the ground. The ground doesn’t have enough vitamins and minerals any more to help crops grow healthy.
BOY: So … if our fruit and vegetables
were grown with chemical
fertilizers, they might look
healthy, but probably aren’t
really healthy I guess we’ve got
to stop using so many chemical
fertilizers to grow our food!
Write a summary of the
text following the
procedure on page 15.动名词-ing形式作主语和宾语
定义：动名词是动词的一种非限定形式，兼有动词和名词的特征，它可以带宾语，也能被状语修饰。动名词接宾语或状语构成动名词短语。动名词有时态和语态的变化。
基本形式：由动词原形家词尾-ing构成，与现在分词形式相同。动名词已经名词化了，而现在分词常表示动作或状态。如：a sleeping chair 躺/睡椅（动名词，表用途） a sleeping child 正在睡觉的孩子（现在分词，表状态）
动名词的句法功能
动名词具有名词的性质，因此在句中可以作主语、表语、宾语、定语等。
一、动名词-ing 形式作主语
1. 动名词-ing 形式作主语时，常表示习惯性动作，谓语动词用单数。
Reading is an art. 读书是一种艺术。
Climbing mountains is really fun. 爬山真是有趣。
Saying is easier than doing.
2.在It is no use/no good/useless/worthwhile/dangerous/a waste of time/ fun 等后需用动名词作真正的主语。
It’s no use waiting for him any longer.
3.当句型表示“不允许、禁止某种行为的发生或存在”时，需用动名词作主语。
There is no joking about such matters.
二、动名词-ing 形式作宾语
1.可接动名词作宾语的常见动词可用下面的口诀;
避免错误少延期 ( avoid, miss, postpone )
建议完成多练习 (advise, finish, practice )
喜欢想象禁不住 (enjoy, imagine, can’t help )
承认否定与嫉妒 (admit, deny, envy )
逃避冒险莫原谅 (escape, risk, excuse )
忍受保持不介意 (stand, keep, mind )
Would you mind opening the window？ / I can’t stand being treated like that.
2.有些动词短语也常跟动名词-ing 形式作宾语。常见的跟动名词-ing 形式作宾语的动词短语有 insist on, object to, be good at, lead to, put off, give up, look forward to, feel like, devote to, get used to, pay attention to, be worth 等。
He insisted on doing it in his own ways./ I have never dreamed of visiting that place.
3.下列动词可接动词-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
*在下面的结构中，介词in常可省略：
（1）S + have + trouble/difficulty/problems/fun/a struggle/ a good time/a hard time + (in) +v.ing
（2）S + spend time/money + (in) +V.ing
（3）S + be busy + (in) +V.ing
（4）S + lose no time + (in) +V.ing （立即… …）
We are busy (in) preparing for the coming sports meet. 我们正为马上到来的运动会忙着做准备。
Do you have any difficulty (in) understanding spoken English 要听懂英语口语你有困难吗？
三、动名词-ing 形式的否定形式、复合结构
动名词-ing 形式的否定形式常在其前面加not, 带有逻辑主语是应放在动名词-ing 形式之前。 Excuse me for my not coming on time./ I’m sorry for not having kept my promise.
Her coming to help encouraged all of us. （黑体部分属于动名词-ing 形式的复合结构）
带有逻辑主语的动名词称为动名词的复合结构。当动名词的逻辑主语与句子的主语不一致时，要在动名词之前加上物主代词或名词所有格，这便构成了动名词的复合结构。其中物主代词（名词所有格）是逻辑上的主语，动名词是逻辑上的谓语。
Her coming to help encouraged all of us. 他来帮忙鼓舞了我们所有人。
(=That she came to help encouraged all of us.)
Jane’s being careless caused so much trouble. 简的粗心惹来了不少麻烦。
(=That Jane was careless caused so much trouble.)
知能提升题——动名词-ing 形式作主语和宾语
I 用所给的动词适当形式填空
1. There is no point _________ ( tell ) what will happen.
2. It’s no use ________ ( argue ) with Tom because he will never change his mind.
3. The girl practises _________ ( play ) the piano for 2 hours per day.
4. Hearing the news , he couldn’t help ________ ( jump ) with joy.
5. I think I’ll have to give up ________ ( play ) football because of the coming examination.
6. They are considering _________ ( go ) to Hainan for the summer holiday.
7. The cat ran away to avoid ______________ ( catch ).
8. The book is worth _________ ( read ).
9. We all regretted __________ ( dismiss ) him after we knew the truth.
10. The car is dirty and wants __________ （ clean）。
11. We succeeded in _________ ( finish ) the task ahead of time.
12. Tom could not help ________ ( jump ) when he heard the news.
13. I should say sorry to Kate, I regret _________ （refuse）to help her that day.
14. Everybody was made unhappy because he insisted on _______ ( stop ) the work..
15. It’s not worth _________ ( see ) the movie for the second time.
II. 完成句子
1. 这本书值得再读一次。
This book _______________________________ .
2. 我们必须设法避免犯同样的错误。
We must try to ___________________________________ .
3.人们忍不住嘲笑那个愚蠢的人。
People ______________________________ that foolish man.
4.我永远不会忘记见到过那位著名作家。
I shall never _________________ the famous writer.
5. 我们不允许在办公室吸烟。
We don’t allow ________________________.
III.单项填空
1. It’s no use ________ without taking any action. （ 2011，上海高考试题）
A. complain B. complaining C. being complained D. to be complained
2. To improve you spoken English, you should practice _______ it every day.
A. speak B. to be spoken C. speaking D. to speak
3. When she heard that I couldn’t help _______ the problem, the poor girl couldn’t help________.
A. to solve, crying B. solving, to cry
C. solving, crying D. to solve, to cry
4. That is the only way we can imagine _______ the overuse of water in students’ bathrooms.
A. reducing B. to reduce C. reduced D. reduce
5. We don’t allow _______ here, but we can allow you _______ in the next room.
A. smoking, smoke B. smoke, smoking
C. smoking, to smoke D. smoke, to smoke
6. ---- Why did Bob weep
---- He couldn’t bear _______ like that before the whole class.
A. making fun of B. being made fun of
C. to be laughed at D. being made fun
7. I have to go to work on foot, for my bike needs _______ .
A. repair B. to repair C. repairing D. being repaired
8. The old man has been used to _______ in the countryside.
A. live B. to live C. lived D. living
9. I regret _______ that I’m too busy ______ in the talk.
A. to say, to participate B. saying, participating
C. to say, participating D. saying, to participate
10. It’s said that Singapore is really a beautiful country. I’m considering _______ it.
A. to visit B. visiting C. to visiting D. being visited
11. He made up an excuse for his failure in order to avoid _______ .
A. to be punished B. being punished C. to punish D. punishing
12. Tom is very stubborn, so it’s no use _______ with him.
A. to argue B. arguing C. argued D. having argued
13. While shopping, people sometimes can’t help _______ into buying something they don’t really need.
A. to persuade B. persuading C. being persuaded D. be persuaded
14. The Smiths consider _______ a computer, which is commonly considered _______ a great help in their work and study.
A. to buy, to be B. buying, to be C. to buy, being D. buying, being
15. _________ on January 20, 2009 let American people see the hope of their economic recovery.
A. The president took place B. The president to take place
C. The president has taken place D. The president’s taking place
16. Never mind. Please try _______ the problem in another way.
A. solve B. to solve C. being solved D. solving
17. ________to the station on time made everyone worried last week.
A. Him not getting B. Not his getting
C. His not getting D. Not getting
18. ---- Why were you so late for work today？
---- _________ to the office was very slow this morning because of the traffic.
A. Driving B. Drive C. I drove D. I driving
19. Ann said in her letter that she’d appreciate ________ from you sometime.
A. to hear B. having heard C. hearing D. to hearing
20. In western countries, ________ too early for a dinner is considered to be bad manners.
A. arrive B. arriving C. to arrive D. having arrived
21.( 2010 上海高考) I had great difficulty _______ the suitable food on the menu in that restaurant.
A. find B. found C. to find D. finding
22. ( 2009 陕西高考) I still remember _______ to the Famen Temple and what I saw there.
A. to take B. to be taken C. taking D. being taken
23. ( 2009 上海高考) Bill suggested _______ a meeting on what to do for the Shanghai Expo during the vacation.
A. having held B. to hold C. holding D. hold
以下几题为辨析题
1．Progress so far has been very good. We are________confident that the work will be completed on time.
A．otherwise B．therefore
C．however D．somehow
2．Nowadays everyone is responsible for________a harmonious society in China.
A．making up B．taking up
C．opening up D．building up
3．The population of Africa is________so rapidly as to cause concern of the whole world.
A．expanding B．stretching
C．extending D．spreading
4．At times the balance in nature is________，resulting in a number of possibly unforeseen effects.
A．confused B．puzzled
C．disturbed D．troubled
5. (2009年山东德州模拟)—Shall I give you a ride as you live so far away
—Thank you，________.
A．it couldn’t be better B．of course you can
C．if you like D．it’s up to you
6．You’d better go there by train.The train ticket is________the airplane ticket.
A．as cheap three times as B．as three times cheap as
C．three times cheaper than D．cheaper three times than
Keys； 1---6 BDACAC
如何写英语海报
〔题目要求〕
写一篇推销绿色食品的海报。
要求：主旨鲜明，语言简洁，能突出产品的优势。
〔词汇搜索〕 写出下列短语
1、绿色食品__________________ 2、安全（又）健康的__________________
3、保持健康__________________ 4、在……的路上 ______________________
5、健康饮食__________________
〔由词连句〕 完成下列句子
1、绿色食品对你和你的家人既安全又健康。
Green food is ______________ safe _____________ for you and for your family.
2、如果吃绿色食品，你和你的家人会保持健康。
You and your family will stay ________ and ________ if you eat green food.
3.这是通向健康饮食的第一步。
This is _______________ on the road to the healthy diet.
〔联句成篇〕
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Period 1 Warming up and reading
I. Before class, you are wanted to finish the following exercises.
1. Go through the words and phrases and try to write down those you can’t understand well.
Words:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Phrases:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.完成下列短语
1）由于，幸亏 2）为……而奋斗
3）摆脱，除去 4）对……感到满意
5）宁愿 6）毕业于
7）寻找 8）怀着……的希望
2.Discussion
(1) What do you know about farming
(2) Have you ever grown any plants If so, what did you do to grow them If not, what kind of plants would you try growing How would you grow it
II. During the class
1. Leading-in
Ask Ss the following questions. They can talk as much as possible.
(1) How much do you know about farming
(2) Read the statistics below on Page9. Did you know these facts before
What problems do they show
(3) Rice is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat
(4) Look at the title of the passage and the picture on the next page. What do you predict this passage is going to talk about
Students exchange ideas about preview questions and then teacher check their work.
2. While reading
I. Skim the text and answer the following questions.
(1) What is Yuan Longping’s main achievement
(2) What happened to him in 1974
II. Match the following headings with the right paragraph.
Paragraph 1. his personality
Paragraph 2. his dreams
Paragraph 3. his appearance and his achievement
Paragraph 4. his birth, education and research
III. Ask Ss to read the text quickly and try to tell whether the following sentences are right or wrong according to the text.
① Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.
② Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable 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.
Suggested answers:
① F ② T ③ T ④T ⑤ T
IV. Read the text carefully and then answer the following questions.
What does Dr Yuan look like
What is his achievement
(3) How did he help rid the world of hunger
(4) What does he think of fame and money
V. Use the information in the passage to complete the following notes about Yuan Longping.
Name: Nationality:
Age: Occupation:
Education:
Dream:
Achievement:
Hobbies：
VI. Read the text carefully and then try to write down the main idea of the text.
The text is about ____________________ who made a great contribution to finding ways________________, but he considers ________________.
Suggested answers:
Yuan Longping; to grow more rice; himself a farmer
VII. Post reading Summary of the passage
Famous scientist as he is, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer. As a young man, Yuan Longping saw the great need for increasing the rice ___1___. At the time,____2____ was a disturbing problem in China. He wanted to increase rice harvests without ____3___ the area of the fields.In 1974,a special strain of rice made it possible to produce one-third more of the ____4____ in the same fields.____5____ to his research, the UN has more tools in the ____6____ to rid the world of hunger. He is now ___7_____ his rice knowledge in less developed countries to increase their rice harvests and he wants to ___8____ his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. Though he has ___9____ for the past five decades, Dr.Yuan is quite ____10___ with his life. In his spare time, he enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading.
Suggested answers:
1.output 2. hunger 3.expanding 4.crop 5. Thanks
6. battle 7.circulating 8. export 9. struggled 10. satisfied
VIII. post-reading (Discussion)
If you had the chance to do something to rid the world of hunger, what would you do
IX. After class, please finish the following exercises:
Sum up as many the phrases and useful expressions as you can in the passage.
2. Read the text again and finish Ex3 of Comprehending on P11.
3.Choose five new words to make five new sentences.
1)_____________________________________________________________________________2)_____________________________________________________________________________3)_____________________________________________________________________________4)_____________________________________________________________________________5)_____________________________________________________________________________
4.try to recite paragraph 1 & 2.
5. Translate the following words and expressions.
1) 认为他自己是…… 2）在过去的50年里
3）使得做某事成为可能 4)一个令人烦恼的问题
5) 寻找一个方法 6)在印度传播知识
7）是以前的两倍 8）为……配备某物
9）过一种舒适的生活 10）关心，在意
IV． 单句改错
1. Dr Yuan grows that is called super hybrid rice.
2. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body is just like those of millions of Chinese people.
3. Dr Yuan is quite satisfying with his life.
4. Our dream is not always enough, especial for a person who loves and cares for his people.
5. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as bigger as before.
6. This special strain of rice makes possible to produce one third more of the crop in the same field.
Keys: 1. that--- what 2. is--- are 3. satisfying---satisfied
4.especial---especially 5. bigger---big 6.makes 后加itUnit 2 Working the land
Ｉ．单元教学目标
技能目标Skill GoalsTalk about agriculture: a pioneer in farming -Yuan LongpingTalk about organic farming & green foodHow to write a brief summaryTry to consolidate how to express suggestions & adviceMaster the usage of the -ing form as the subject and objectLearn how to design English posters
II． 目标语言
功 能 句 式 建议（ Suggestions & advice）I would rather ... If I have a choice I’d choose because ...I don’t like ... because ... You need to ...I’d prefer ... because ...May I suggest ...It’s a great pity that ...Let me suggest Leng Jianli because...Should I/We ... Perhaps we should consider Leng Jianli because...It’s better to ...But what/how about ...
词 汇 1. 四会词汇 hunger, sunburn, struggle, super, output, expand, circulate, satisfied, equip, freedom, violin, motorcycle, grain, export, suitable, chemical, confuse, mineral, reduce, supply, bacteria, pest, level, whatever, summary, exchange, nutrition, certain2. 认读词汇 hybrid, strain, sorghum, peanut, darken, organic, fertilizer, fertile, soybean3. 词组rid ... of, be satisfied with, lead a ... life, would rather, refer to, search for, thanks to, rather than, with the hope of ...
语法 动词的 -ing 形式作主语和宾语的用法（The -ing form as the subject & object）a. Wishing for things, however, costs nothing.b. His other hobbies include playing mah-jong,swimming and reading.
重 点 句 子 1. However, he cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life. P102.His other hobbies include playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. P103. Wishing for things, however, costs nothing.P104. It also refers to crops growing with natural rather than chemical fertilizers. P135. Putting this in their fields, they argue, makes the soil ... P136. This is important because developing a healthy soil reduces diseases ...P137. However, using chemical fertilizers is a big problem. P138. Instead, organic farmers insist on changing crops every two or three years.P149. These put the minerals back into the soil, making it rich and healthy ...P1410. ... make sure that what is left in the ground after harvesting becomes a ...P1411. He advised farmers to clear weeds from the ground before planting crops. P5212. He suggested changing crops in the field every year. P52
Ⅲ. 教材分析与教材重组
1． 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。
1.1 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。
1.2 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。
1.3 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——他更象一个农民而不象一个科学家，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。
1.4 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。
1.5 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。
1.6 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。
1.7 SUMMING UP部分要求学生归纳总结本单元内容、词汇和语法结构三个方面。
1.8 LEARNING TIPS 部分对如何提高表达能力提出建议。
2. 教材重组
2．1 把Warming up 和Pre-reading 作为reading 的导入内容，将这三部分与Comprehending整合成一节阅读课。
2.2 将 Learning about Language on Page 11, USING STRUCTURES (P50)设计成一节词汇和语法课。
2.3 将 Using Language 中的 Reading 和 READING TASK in Workbook (P51) 还有USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS on P51设计成一节泛读课。
2.4 将Using Language 中的Listening（P14），LISTENING TASK（P50）和LISTENING（P48）设计成一节听力课。
2.5 将 Speaking and Writing（P15）和SPEAKING AND WRITING TASK（P53）及TALKING（P48）设计成一节写作课。
2.6将 SUMMING UP (P16), USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS (P49), PROJECT和CHECKING YOURSELF (P47) 设计成一节复习课。
3. 课型设计与课时分配 （经过教材分析，本单元可用五课时完成。）
1st period Reading
2nd period Words and grammar
3rd period Reading
4th period Listening
5th period Writing
6th period Summary
Ⅳ. 分课时教案
The First Period Reading
Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target Language 目标语言
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 Ss 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 Ss learn how to describe Dr Yuan Longping including his personality.
Teaching important points 教学重点
a. Help to comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text.
b. Grasp the usage of some words and expressions.
c. How to help students make up their minds to make contributions to motherland in the future like Dr Yuan.
Teaching difficult points 教学难点
a. How to help students learn more about agriculture.
b. Help students really master the usage of words and expressions.
Teaching methods 教学方法
Talking, questioning-and-answering activity and reading.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A tape recorder, a projector and a computer.
Teaching procedures && ways 教学过程与方式
Step Ⅰ Greeting and leading in
T: Hello, everyone.
Ss: Hello, teacher.
T: In last unit we learnt some great women. Today we’ll learn a famous man. Who will it be At first let’s look at the two pictures on Page 9. What are the people doing
Ss: They are planting rice.
T: Can you tell me something about rice
S: Rice grows in the south.
S: But in some place of the north we can also find rice.
T: Yeah. You are right. In fact rice is a cereal grain that has been grown for at least 5,000 years and is eaten by 2.4 billion people everyday throughout the world. In Australia, farmers have had to struggle with their harsh environment to grow rice.
Ss: Really
Step Ⅱ Warming up
T: Have you ever grown any plants If so, what did you do to grow them If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow How will you grow it
S: I have ever grown corn and potatoes. In autumn, my father and I ploughed the soil deep for the first time, then in the next spring, we ploughed the soil for a second time, this time I put the corn seeds into the tunnel following my father. Finally my father covered the corn seeds by ploughing again.
S: I never grow any plant. I’d like to plant sunflowers. They look beautiful. They always face the sun when they are young. I dig some holes in my garden, put some sunflower seeds in them, water them and finally cover them with some more soil.
T: Very well. Have you ever been to the countryside What did you do there
S5: Yes, I went there to see my grandfather. In the village I played with other boys in the little stream and caught little fish. I even helped my grandfather get in the corn by cutting the corn stems, which made me tired.
T: Are you from a farmer’s family What do you know about farming
S: Yes, my father is a farmer. In my view, farming is hard work. People have to plant crops, smooth away weeds and get in the crops at the right time. They have to get up early to work in the field so as to protect themselves from the sunshine.
T: That’s right. In the north, the biggest worry that farmers have is the drought. When it doesn’t rain, and they can’t irrigate the crops, the crops will die and they will have nothing after hard working.
Step Ⅲ Pre-reading
The purpose of this step is to let students know the importance of rice. By answering the two questions, students can easily understand why we call Dr Yuan Longping a pioneer for all people, and why he devotes all his life to the rice research.
T: Food is the basic need for man. Rice is a main food in all Eastern Asian and Southeastern Asian countries. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice everyday throughout the world. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat
S: I think if that happened, people there would suffer from starvation. They would be panic and the whole country would get into trouble. Maybe the situation that human beings eat human beings will happen.
T: That’s too terrible. But this kind of thing once happened in history. Well, if you had the chance to do one thing to help end famine in the world, what would you do
S: I would invent a new kind of plant to produce more food.
S: I’ll make a kind of fertilizer to give rice enough nutrition and let them grow quickly and have high product. But first without pollution to our environment.
T: A great idea! Your idea is just the same with Dr Yuan Longping. Do you know Yuan Longping
S: I heard that he is an expert on agriculture.
T: Yeah, today we are going to read a passage about him. Let’s see how he helped the world to solve the problem- starvation. Please open your books to Page 9.
Step Ⅳ Fast Reading
The reading material is about an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard at a new strain of rice. It has proved so successful that his technology spread into other countries. The purpose of fast reading is to let students find some useful information, and get familiar with the text. So in this step, teacher can design some questions for students, so that they can easily find the answers and finish the reading task.
T: Please scan the passage and find out the answers to the questions on the screen. Then I’d like to ask you to answer them.
Show the questions on the screen and give students three minutes to read the text quickly.
1. What does Dr Yuan look like
2. What’s his achievement
3. What do you think of him
Three minutes later.
T: Now who’s the first volunteer to answer Question 1
S: He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. He is more like a farmer than a scientist.
T: Good! What about his achievement
S: He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. Thanks to his research, the UN is trying to rid the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice farmers’ producing harvests twice as large as before.
T: What do you think of Dr Yuan
S: It isn’t a quick question. I think Dr Yuan doesn’t like money. He gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture. He doesn’t like fame too. Because he feels it gives him less freedom to do his research, and he would rather keep time for his hobbies. Besides, he is a man with colourful dreams. He wants to produce a kind of rice that could feed more people, and he can export his rice so that it can be grown all of the world.
T: I think that your eyes are like a scanning machine. You can find so many good points of Dr Yuan Longping in such a short time. That’s very good. But I can describe Dr Yuan in one word. Guess which word
S: I don’t know.
T: Wise. In this world, many people warship material and fame. But just as you said Dr Yuan didn’t like money and fame. Because he knows he can’t own these things forever. All the money and fames are chains, which can trip a person’s happiness and freedom. So he is a wise man. Giving up all the fame and money means liberation. Here I’d like to praise him using a Chinese poem. That is “有如莲花出于水, 又如日月不住空。”. Don’t you agree with me
Ss: Yes, we agree with you.
T: Thank you. Now let’s read the text again to find the main idea of the text. Doing this we can find how the writer designed the text. This can give us an idea to write an biography.
Step Ⅴ Careful Reading and Explanation
Give students 3 minutes to read and find the main idea of the text. While students are doing this, teacher can show the chart on the screen. After they have finished their task, ask them to look at the screen and fill in it.
T: Well. In last unit, we learn how to make a poster to tell everyone about a theme. Do you remember Make a large heading, then make a smaller heading giving a little more information. Write down most of the information using the smallest size writing. Now, let’s practice it again. Look at the chart on the screen, in which I have written the large heading of each paragraph. What you should do is to fill in the smaller headings to finish the poster. Now, let’s begin. You may work in pairs to have a discussion to see what you should fill in. Should I give you some suggestions to finish this task
Ss: Yes.
T: OK, 5 minutes is enough, I think.
Show the chart on the screen:
A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
1. He wants everyone to call him a farmer.
2. His biography.
3. His personality.
4. His dreams.
Five minutes later, teacher can ask some of them to fulfil the chart. They can use words, phrases, or sentences to do this. Here is a sample for teacher to refer to.
A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
1. He wants everyone to call him a farmer.
1) A scientist works the land.
2) Sunburnt face and arms, slim, strong body.
3) Grow hybrid rice.
4) The first agricultural pioneer.
2. His biography.
1) In 1931, born.
2) In 1953, graduated and devoted his life to finding ways to grow rice.
3) Last year, twenty billion tons of rice was produced. Now, Dr Yuan is circulating his knowledge.
3. His personality.
He is satisfied with his life. Because he doesn’t like
money and fame.
4. His dreams.
1) The first dream.
2) The second dream.
T: Wonderful! I believe that you have mastered the way to write a biography. Now do you have any trouble in understanding the sentences Please go ahead.
S1: Yes, I don’t understand the sentence “... for that’s how he regards himself”.
S2: Can you explain the sentence “... has more, rather than fewer troubles.”
T: OK, the phrase, “how he regards himself”, means how he thinks of himself. It refers to a person’s self-image; while“... has more, rather than fewer troubles” means that you expect fewer troubles but in fact you get more than you thought you would.
T: Now please look at the screen. Here are some explanations about the boldface words in our text. Copy the English explanation of these words and read the examples.
Show the following points on the screen.
1. struggle v to make great efforts
e.g. They have struggled for years to free their country from the enemy.
I’m struggling to finish the huge helping you gave me.
2. sunburnt adj sun-tanned
e.g. His sunburnt skin looks healthy.
3. super adj (infml) excellent; splendid
e.g. You’ll like her, she’s super.
You look super in your new clothes.
It was super of you to help.
4. expand v
(cause sth to) become greater in size, number or importance
e.g. Metals expand when they are heated.
Why not try to expand your story into a novel
5. circulate v
(cause sth to ) pass from one person, place, etc to another
e.g. People who circulate false news are to be blamed.
Yet reports of this kind have been circulated by our newspapers.
The news of the enemy’s defeat quickly circulated round the town.
6. equip v
supply sb/sth (with what is needed, for a particular purpose)
e.g. Now all fishing boats are radio-equipped.
They can’t afford to equip their army properly.
Please equip yourself with a sharp pencil and a rubber for the exam.
7. export v
send (goods) to another country for sale
e.g. India exports tea and cotton to many different countries.
This company has a large home market but doesn’t export.
8. rid ... of make sb/ sth free from (sb/ sth unpleasant)
e.g. We all wish that we would rid the world of famine.
The farmer recently tried to rid the house of rats.
9. lead ... a life, live ... a life
e.g. Now we are leading a happy life.
In the old days farmers led a terrible life in the country.
10. be satisfied with, be content with
e.g. The young lady isn’t satisfied with the peaceful life.
Are you satisfied with his answers
11. would rather, prefer to
e.g. I’d rather walk than take a bus.
I’d rather you knew that now, than afterwards.
Step Ⅵ Listening and Post-reading
At first, let students listen to the tape, and then finish the exercise in Comprehending. In Step Ⅳ and Ⅴ, we have involved some questions in Exercise 3, so teacher can choose some questions to do. For Ex 1 and 2, teacher can leave some time for students to finish and then check the answers with the whole class.
Step Ⅶ Summary and Homework
T: Today we talked about agriculture. And we also read about Dr Yuan Longping. We have known much about the great scientist. Of course we have learned some words and expressions about farming. Please try to grasp these words and expressions after class. Now please look at the poem on the screen:
Farmers weeding at noon,
Sweat down the field soon.
Who knows food on a tray,
Due to their toiling day
T: Do you know it Read it and say what does it mean
Ss: Of course. It’s 悯农 written by Li Shen.
T: Right. The title is A HARD - WORKING FARMER. This is my gift to you. Please read it together. OK, hope you can remember it when you are having your dinners. Besides, I’d like you to think: even if Dr Yuan’s dreams come true, can this really solve the starvation Why This is the homework. Think it over. Next time I’ll ask some of you to give your opinion in the class. Another one is to finish the exercises in Learning about Language. Exercise 1, 2 and 3 are about useful words and expressions. Finish them. Next time we’ll check the answers. Ok, class is over. See you next time.
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课文复述
Retell the text in about 150 words.
Notes:
1. Use the first person to retell the story.
2. Try to use the proper conjunctions.
3. Refer to the chart while retelling.
4. The possible version below can be used as a material for both retelling and dictation.
One possible version:
I’m Yuan Longping. Look at my sunburnt face and arms and my slim, strong body and you will think I’m more like a farmer than a scientist. In fact I have struggled for the past five decades to help farmers. In 1974, I began to grow a so-called super hybrid rice. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.
I was born into a poor farmer’s family in 1931. When I was young, I saw many people go hungry often. So I have devoted myself to finding ways to increasing rice harvest without expanding the area of fields since I graduated from Southwest Agriculture College in 1953. Now more than 60 % of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain. I am circulating this knowledge in India, Vietnam and other less developed countries to increase their harvest. Perhaps you think I am rich. Actually I live a simple life. I care little for money. In my opinion a person with too much money will have more troubles. I don’t want to be famous because I prefer to have more time to do my research. In my free time I love listening to music, playing mah-jong and reading. I once had a dream, in which I saw rice plants as tall as sorghum and each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut. Now I have another dream—to export my rice so that it can be grown all over the world.(共51张PPT)
Unit 2 Working the land
Words preview
statistic
sunburnt
struggle
decade
super
output
crop
n. 统计；统计数字；
统计资料
vi. 晒黑的
vt. & vi. 斗争；努力
n. 十年；十年期
n. 特级的；超级的
n. 产量；输出
n. 庄稼；农作物 ；产量
hunger
disturbing
expand
circulate
Vietnam
n. 饥饿；欲望
vt. & vi. (使）饥饿
adj. 引起烦恼的；
令人不安的
vt. & vi. 使变大；伸展
vt. & vi. 循环；流传
n. 越南
Words preview
battle
rid
freedom
therefore
equip
grain
n. 战役；战斗；较量；斗争
vt. & vi. 搏斗；奋斗
vt. 摆脱；除去
n. 自由；自主
adj. 因此；所以；因而
vt. & vi. 配备；装备
n. 谷物；粮食；颗粒
Words preview
export
nationality
occupation
confuse
regret
vt. & vi. 输出；出口
n. 国籍
n. 工作；职业；占领
vt. 使迷惑；使为难
vt. 遗憾；惋惜
n. 遗憾；懊悔
Words preview
Expressions preview
thanks to
rid… of
would rather
幸亏；由于；因为
摆脱；除去
宁愿；宁可
According to the World Health Organization:
The world produces enough food for everyone.
More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day.
Read the statistics below. Did you know these facts before What problem do they show
Pre-reading
Food is the basic need for man. Rice is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast countries. It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice everyday throughout the world.
If that happened, people might die of hunger. The whole world would get into trouble.
What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat
The only way to solve the food shortage problem is to increase the yield of the grain crop per land area through the advancement of science and technology.
Yuan Longping -- Father of Hybrid Rice
A PIONEER FOR
ALL PEOPLE
Reading
袁隆平被誉为中国的“杂交水稻之父”. 中国农民说，吃饭靠“两平”，一靠邓小平----制定了生产承包责任制的政策，二靠袁隆平----发明了杂交稻。
袁隆平，男，１９３０年９月出生于北京，１９５３年毕业于西南农学院农学系。毕业后，一直从事农业教育及杂交水稻研究。
袁隆平
在中国人民正闹饥荒的20世纪60年代，袁隆平提出了杂交水稻的概念，这种新型水稻具有高产量的特点。10年后，他研制成功了一种产量比一般水稻高出20%的新型水稻。
袁隆平一生献身于农业研究，先后受到联合国教科文组织、粮农组织的称誉。袁隆平虽已年届７０岁，仍然一如既往地从事农业研究。
Personal information
Name:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:
Education:
Dream:
Yuan Longping
Chinese
78 ( as of 2008 )
scientist / farmer
graduated from Southwest
Agriculture College in 1953
to export his hybrid rice so that it
can be grown around the globe
Personal information
Achievement:
Hobbies:
listening to violin music,
playing mah-jong,
swimming and reading
in 1974, developed hybrid
rice which produces 1/3
more than normal rice
What does Dr Yuan look like
He has sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body like those of millions of other Chinese farmers.
A poem
Farmers weeding at noon,
Sweat down the field soon.
Who knows food on a tray,
Due to their toiling day.
Paraphrase these sentences from the
reading passage , ie write the same
meaning using different grammar
structure and your own words.
1 As a young man, he saw the great need
for increasing the rice output.
Even when he was a young man, he knew
how important it was to produce bigger
rice crops.
2 At that time, hunger was a disturbing
problem in many parts of the countryside.
During his early years, much of the
countryside was troubled by hunger.
3 Using his hybrid rice, farmers are
producing harvests twice as large as
before.
As they use his hybrid rice, farmers are
producing twice as much rice as before.
4 Spending money on himself or leading a
comfortable life also means very little to
him.
5 Just dreaming for things, however, costs
nothing.
It does not cost anything to dream for
something.
He is not interested in buying things for
himself or in having a comfortable life.
1 Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was young
Dr Yuan wanted to increase the rice
output because he saw many people go hungry when he was young.
Answer these questions based on your
understanding of the passage.
2 Is Dr Yuan more of a scientist or more
of a farmer Do you think he is a
businessman Give your reasons.
I think he is more of a scientist, although
he works in the fields like a farmer. His
main purpose is not to make a profit for
himself but to study agriculture and use
that knowledge to improve farming for
farmers everywhere. I do not think he is a businessman, because his goal is not to
make money.
3 How would you describe Dr Yuan’s
personality Use three or four adjectives.
Because if his work with developing hybrid rice, it seems that Dr Yuan must be a very patient and careful man. He didn’t give up but kept working on his project. He also seems to be a very kind man, who cares for others. He wants to use his invention to help hungry around the world.
4 What do you think is the main reason
for Dr Yuan’s success
I think Dr Yuan was successful because he kept working and did not give up. He also grew up in a poor family, so he was very motivated to succeed and help other farmers around China.
5 Dr Yuan thinks that a person with too
much money has more rather than fewer
troubles. Do you agree or disagree Why
I mostly agree. I think being rich can cause a lot of problems, but it really depends on the life and attitude of the person who is rich. People who are rich certainly have different problems from people who are not.
Dr Yuan developed super hybrid rice
to help Chinese farmers and hungry people around the world. Can you think of any of other major development that would make a great difference to world hunger Write out your idea and then compare it with your partner.
Please write down the
smaller heading giving
a little more
information according
to the large headings as
follows:
He wants everyone to call him a farmer.
His biography
His personality
His dreams
A pioneer for all people
He wants everyone to call him a farmer.
A scientist works the land.
Sunburnt face and arms, slim ,strong body.
Grow hybrid rice.
The first agricultural pioneer.
Large headings
His personality
His dreams
He wants everyone to call him a farmer.
His biography
His biography.
In 1931, he was born.
In 1953, he graduated and devoted his life to finding ways to grow rice.
Last year,twenty billion tons of rice was produced. Now, Dr Yuan is circulating his kownledge.
Large headings
His biography
His personality
His dreams
He wants everyone to call him a farmer.
His personality
He is satisfied with his life.
Why is he satisfied with his life
Because he doesn’t like money
and fame.
His dreams
His biography
His personality
His dreams
He wants everyone to call him a farmer
The first dream
The second dream
rice plants as tall as
sorghum
to export his rice
so that his it can be
grown around the
globe
Growth of major farm products 1991-1995 compared with 1986-1990 percentages.
Agriculture has been greatly developed nowadays.
Discuss in groups of four. What advantages and disadvantages do you see in Yuan Longping’s life Would you like to have a life like his Why or why not
Discussion
1 …for whom he has struggled for the
past decades.
struggle: v. 斗争，拼搏，努力
He struggled to control his temper.
他努力控制住自己的脾气。
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。
2. Dr. Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of fields.
expand: to become larger in size 使变大
The population of China expanded quickly in the 1960s.
You can expand your knowledge by reading more books.
expansion n.
expandable adj.
3. Dr. Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India...
circulate: to move around within a
system循环
became known by others交流
Rumors circulated quickly.
The blood circulates around the body.
circulation n.
4. Thanks to his research, the UN has
more tools in the battle to rid the world
of hunger.
thanks to: due to/because of 幸亏/由于
Thanks to your help, I passed the exam.
rid sb./sth. of sth. 摆脱，除去
She is trying to rid herself of a dependence on drugs.
You should rid yourself of the bad habits.
= You should get rid of the bad habits.
5. Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life.
be satisfied with: 对…感到满意
One shouldn't be satisfied with only a
little success.
一个人不应该只因一点小成就而感到满足。
satisfy: v. 使...满意,赔偿
I had to explain the reasons to satisfy his
curiosity.
我只好解释原因来满足他的好奇心。
6. He would much rather keep time for his hobbies.
would rather: 宁可; 宁愿
would rather do sth
They would rather go fishing than stay at
home.
他们宁愿去钓鱼，也不愿待在家里。
I would rather fail than cheat in the
examination.
我宁愿考不及格，也不愿意考试作弊。
7. He therefore gives millions of yuan to
equip others for their research in
agriculture.
therefore:因此；所以；因而
We have a growing population and therefore we need more food.
我们的人口在增长，因此我们需要更多的食物。
equip: to provide with things 配备；装备
We want our son to have an education that will equip him for later life.
8. …to export his rice so that it can be
grown around the globe.
export: v 输出; 出口
Africa is exporting beef to Europe.
非洲向欧洲出口牛肉。
import: v. 进口; 输入
It is profitable to import food.
进口食品可赚钱。
Homework
Surf the Internet to find more
information about farming and
you are expected to present it to
your classmates in the next class.
Thank you!必修4 Unit2 Working the land 教学指导
Unit2 Working the land
Period 1 Warming up and pre-reading.
Step 1 Lead-in.
Poem By Li Shen
Farmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.
Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.
Step 2.Warming up (Questions)
1. Have you ever grown any plants If so, what did you do to grow them If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow How will you grow it
2. Have you ever been to the countryside What did you do there
3. Are you from a farmer’s family What do you know about farming
Step 3 Pre-reading and talking
1. Rice is a main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat
Tips: It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day throughout the world；suffer from starvation/die of hunger; panic, get into trouble
2. If you had the chance to help end hunger in the world, what would you do
3. Do you know who Yuan Longping is
A brief introduction:
Yuan Longping is known as China’s “father of hybrid rice”. It’s said that in China, we eat depending on “Two Ping” ---- Deng Xiaoping, who made the policy of System of Production Responsibility, & Yuan Longping, who invented hybrid rice.
Yuan Longping, who was born in September, 1930, graduated from Agriculture Department in Southwest Agricultural Institute. He has been working on agriculture education & the research into hybrid rice since he left the institute.
In the 1960s, when China was suffering from serious famine, he came up with the idea of hybrid rice, which has a high yield ( or output). Ten years later, he succeeded in inventing a new species that produced a 20 percent higher yield than common types of rice.
Yuan devoted himself to the research into agriculture, & was honored by UNESCO & FAO(联合国教科文组织）. Although he is 74 years old, he is still working on the research into agriculture.
Period 2 Reading
Step 1 Lead-in。
1. Listen to the tape carefully then answer these questions.
1）When and who did become the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output
2）What did Yuan Longping invent
2. Read the passage once again,then find out these sentences true or false.
1） Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.
2 ）Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable 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.
3.Find out the topic sentences of each paragraph
Para. 1: He became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.
Para.2:He has devoted his life to finding ways to grow more and more rice..
Para.3:He cares little about spending the money on himself and would rather keep time for his hobbies.
Para.4 Dr. Yuan’s dreams.
4.Write down Yuan Longping’s personal information
Name:
Nationality:
Born:
Age:
Occupation:
Education:
Dream:
Achievements:
Hobbies:
Period 3 Language points:
1. Struggle for…为争取……而斗争
Struggle against…为反对……而斗争
Struggle with… 与……争斗
1）The swimmer struggled against the tide.
2）We had to struggle with/against all kinds of difficulties.
3）The slaves struggled for the freedom
2. 使做…成为… make +it +adj./n. +to do
好天气使游泳成为可能
The fine weather makes it possible( for us )to swim.
他将每早跑步做为一个规则
He makes it a rule to run every morning.
其他可用这种结构的词:
feel, find, think, consider…
3.搜查,搜索 search (sb. / sth.) for …
He searched all the rooms for the missing person.
They searched the man all over for money.
4.由于,多亏 thanks to 相当于 because of
5.是从前两倍那么多 twice as large as before
相当于once larger than before
6.对……感到满意
be satisfied with…相当于 be pleased with
adj. satisfactory/satisfying
n. satisfaction
7.在乎，在意 care about
比较 care for
My aunt cared for me when my parents were away last week.
Dr Yuan never cares about money and fame.
8. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are like those of millions of other Chinese farmers.
e.g: The streets in Beijing are wider than those in my hometown.
The number of students in our school is larger than that in their school.
9. Dr Yuan grows what is called super hybrid rice.
e.g: He came to what is called America.
10. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one -third more of the crop in the same fields.
e.g: That made it possible for life to begin to develop.
The development of science makes it possible for us to know more about the universe.
11. Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice (that could feed more people).
e.g: He went to the U.S with the hope of finding a better job there.
Fill in the proper phrases or words to complete the following:
1.In a way,the accident was a good thing because it taught us a good lesson.
2.It was because of his advice that I succeeded.
3.I am satisfied with the result of the experiment.
4.They have struggled for years to drive the invaders out of their country.
5.We all wish that we could rid the world of crime.
6.In some less developed areas in China, some farmers are still lead a poor life.
7.The output of corn this year is double that of last year.
After graduating from college, he went to Shenzhen with the hope of getting a chance to become rich soon .
