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1、Unit2 Working the landVocabulary and Useful ExpressionsStep1.重点难点 1. In many ways, he is one of them, and he struggled for the past five decades to help them. In a way; in one way; in some ways 在某种程度上 2However, he cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life. carev.

2、 在乎,在意，喜欢，有兴趣 spend sth. on 在某方面花费 spend (in) doing sth. 花费做某事 3Wishing for nothing, however, costs nothing. wishing for nothing 动名词短语做主语，谓语动词用单数。however是插入语，表示语气的一种转折。 4It also refers to crops growing with natural rather than chemical fertilizers. refer to 与有关，关系到某人、某事；提到，涉及；参考 5Instead, organic fa

3、rmers insist on changing crops every two or three years. insist on 坚持要求；insist后面可以跟从句，其中谓语动词常用should + 动词原形构成 6Dr. Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could fees more people. with the hope of 带着某种希望 7He used to walk to his fields twice a day, but now he prefers t

4、o ride his motorcycle. used to 过去常常（现在已经不是如此） be used to doing 意思是“习惯于” prefer to do (rather than do) 相比之下更喜欢做某事 8But whatever they grow they make sure that what is left in the ground after harvesting becomes a natural fertilizer for the next years crop. whatever引导让步状语从句，表示“无论怎样”，相当于no matter what.

5、Eg: Whatever you do, dont give up. Step 2功能句型 建议（Suggestion & advice） I would rather I dont like because Id prefer because Its a great pity that Should we/I ? Its better to If I have a choice Id choose because You need to May I suggest ? Let me suggest because Perhaps we should suggest because But w

6、hat/how about ? Step 3. 重点单词及短语 单词 hungern. 饥饿，食欲；v. 渴望得到某事物，某人 hunger for/after sth./sb. strugglevi. stuggle with sb. 与某人争斗，搏斗 struggle (against/with sb./sth.) struggle against/with sb./sth. (for sth.) 争斗，拼搏，奋斗，努力 expandvi. (使某事物)变大，增强，伸展，张开 expand on sth. 阐述或详述 expansionn. 扩大，扩展，膨胀 equipvt. equip

7、sb./sth. (with sth.) 配备，装备 equipmentn. 设备，装备 exportvt. 输出；n. 出口业，出口品 importvt. 进口 circulatevi. vt. 使某物循环，流通，传播；vt. 发侧知告知某人 circulationn. 循环，流传，传播 confusevt. 把某人弄糊涂，使为难，打乱 confusionn. 混乱，混淆 reducevt. 缩减，减小，降低 reductionn. 减少，缩小 supplyvt. 供给，供应，满足；n. 供应，供给之物 exchangevt. 交换，交易；n. 交换，更换，互访，交流 exhange sth

8、. with sth. exchangeableadj. 可交换的，可退换的，可兑换的 短语 rid of清除，摆脱 be satisfied with = be contented 感到满足，满意的 would rather do sth. 宁可做某事 refer to 与有关，关系到某人，某事，提到，参考 search for 寻找，搜寻 thanks to 多亏，由于 rather than 而不，宁愿而不 Unit2 Working the landWarming Up, Pre-reading and ReadingPeriod 1 Warming up and pre-readin

9、g. 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. Then let one student recite the poem in Chinese.Step 2 Warming up by questioningHello, everyone. We shall read about man who works the land today. Have you ever gr

10、own any plants? If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? How will you grow it?(For reference: Mr. Li, I worked with my father in the rice field last year. We grow hybrid rice and use animal wastes to make the soil rich.)Has anyone of you ever been to the countryside? What did you do there?

11、(For reference: I went to Chuankou the day before yesterday. It is a small mountain village 75 li north of Beijing. I went there to visit my uncles family. I like that small beautiful village very much. )Who are from a farmers family? What do you know about farming?Step 3 Pre-reading and talking Que

12、stioning and answeringRice is main food in South China. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?(For reference: Then the south people would have to change their eating habit. They could turn to potatoes, wheat flour, cow and sheep cheese, cabbage, onions and garl

13、ic for food. They are the bases of the traditional food in North China. )If you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?(For reference: I would try to end hunger by popularizing the advanced farmingtechniques. Modern techniques could be introduced to increas

14、e the rice output, and expand the area of fields.)Giving background information about Professor Yuan LongpingHave you ever heard of a man called Professor Yuan Longping? Would anyone of you tell the class something about him?(For reference: Professor Yuan Longping is a Chinese agricultural scientist

15、. Professor Yuans breakthrough scientific achievement led to the worlds first successful and widely grown hybrid rice varieties, revolutionizing rice cultivation in China and tripling production over a generation. His approach to rice breeding then spread internationally throughout Asia and to Afric

16、a and the Americas, providing food for tens of millions and leading to his becoming known as the Father of Hybrid Rice.Step 4. ReadingReading aloud to the recordingComprehensionunderstanding what you are readingis important. To read in thought groups is an easy, yet effective, way of improving readi

17、ng comprehension. Now turn to page 9 and read aloud to the recording of the text A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE. Pay attention to the thought groups in the sentences while listening and reading aloud. A brief introduction: Yuan Longping is known as Chinas “father of hybrid rice”. Its said that in China, w

18、e 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 agri

19、culture 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

20、 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 ReadingStep 1 Lead-in。 . Listen to the tape carefully then answer these

21、 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? Step2. 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 Yuans kind of ri

22、ce is the most suitable for Chinas 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. Step3. Find out the topic sentences of each paragraph Para. 1: He became the fir

23、st 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. Yuans dreams. Step4. Write down Yuan

24、Longpings personal information In pairs, read the text, find information to complete the following form. Facts about Yuan LongpingFacts about Yuans super hybrid riceagecapacityeducationapplicationmajorcontributionhobbyoverseasidealfutureStep 5 Language points: 1. Struggle for为争取而斗争 Struggle against为

25、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 ru

26、n 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 wi

27、th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 sunburn face and arms and his slim, strong body are like those of millions of other Chi

28、nese 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 pro

29、duce 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).

30、 e.g: He went to the U.S with the hope of finding a better job there. Step 6 Closing down by having a dictationTo end the period you will take a dictation. It is about Yuan Longping, “Father of Super hybrid rice”. Yuan Longping, Chinas Most Famous FarmerYuan came up with the idea of hybridizing rice

31、 for the first time in the world in 1960s. Since then, 50 percent of Chinas total rice cultivation fields have grown such rice, which added some 300 billion kilograms to the countrys grain output. Furrows grown on his sunburnt face, a slim figure and coiled-up trousers legs would confuse foreign rep

32、orters who came to interview the most famous scientist in China, who would rather be called “a farmer”. Indeed, like many Chinese farmers, Yuan in his 70s and has devoted most of his life growing rice in paddy fields, but unlike those farmers, he reaps the seed from experimental fields only for hybr

33、idizing rice. Unit2 Working the landListening, Speaking and WritingLearning AimsTo help students read the passage Organic Farming.To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing.ProceduresIWarming up by listening and reading aloudLanguage is created to be listened to

34、 and spoken first. So open your book to page 13 and read it aloud while listening to the recording. Watch your pauses between the thought groups. II. Guided reading1. Reading and translatingRead the text sentence by sentence, and put it into Chinese. Who will be the first to try. I will only have fo

35、ur of you to do this task. .Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.Collocations from textgain a meaning, refer to, make the soil fertile, natural waste from animals, putin

36、 the field, make the soil rich, become healthy, develop a healthy soil, reduce diseases, grow strong and healthy, keepfree from, leavein the ground, as a result, get exhausted, kill bacteria and pests, insist on, change crops, be followed by, putback into , need a deeper level of soil, prefer doing

37、sth., plantbetween crops, preventfrom, carry away, make sure that 2. Doing exercisesNow you are going to do exercises No. 1, 2 and 3 on page 14 following the article. 3. ListeningFor listening turn to page 14 and then 15 for the listening exercises 1, 2 and 3. Are you ready? 5. Reading, speaking and

38、 writingWhen trying to argue people into or out of doing something we may use the following expressions: I would ratherI dont likebecauseId preferbecauseIts a great pity thatShould I / we?Its better toThis is good value becauseIf I have a choice Id choosebecauseWhat is the advantage of?You need toIn

39、 pairs you are to make up a dialogue to argue each other into or out adopting organic farming. I will argue with your monitor, Liang Bochao. Get started. III. Guided writing 1. Writing a posterWriting a poster which includes all the information about the uses of computer so that you will encourage m

40、ore farmers to buy and use. You are asked to base your poster on the overall pattern of the article you learned Organic Farming. Limit your poster to between 200 and 250 words. 2. Writing a speech Write a speech for Professor Yuan Longping. He is to attend an international conference on modern agric

41、ulture. You may also make use of the library and network resources for the task. IV. Further applying Finding informationRead online to find as much information as possible about Professor Yuan Longping and his research group. Share your findings with you partner next time you are here. Writing a re

42、portGo back home to interview your parents or your grandparents about Chinas agriculture, its past and present situations. Write a report in English in about 500 words as a weekly project. Acting a text playTurn either one of the two articles into a text play. Rehearse it and play it in front of the

43、 class. The play shall last at least 10 minutes.IV. Closing downClosing down by filling a formTo end the period, please fill in the form below.What is organic farming?definitioncharacteristicspotentialsClosing down by imagingImagine and write about what the agriculture will be like 50 years from now

44、 in the future. Use your imagination to compete for “wild thinking prize”.Unit2 Working the landGrammar and Useful StructuresLearning AimsTo help students learn about The ing form as the Subject & Object.To help students discover and learn to use some useful words and expressions.To help students di

45、scover and learn to use some useful structures.ProceduresI. Warming upWarming up reading aloud the text A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLELanguage is learned in context. So lets first review the text learned yesterday by reading it aloud. Try to force out your English slowly and clearly. II. Discovering usefu

46、l words and expressionsIn pairs do the exercises 1, 2 and 3 . You must finish them in 5 minutes.III. Learning about grammar1.Read and identifyRead the text about Yuan Longping again, paying attention to the sentences which use the ing form as the subject and object. In the sentence “Wishing for things, however, cost nothing. “the ing is used as subject. It can be also used as object of the sentence. For example: Yuan Longping likes playing his violin. 2.Consolidating by do exercisesTo consolidate your understanding you will be given 10 minutes to go over exercis