Learning about Language名师教学视频（文字实录）

Unit 2 Working the land

Teaching aims:

To revise words and phrases in Unit 2(Book3) Main and difficult points: 1.To revise the key words:regret, focus & reduce; 2.To revise the key phrases:would rather ,build up& lead to; Teaching tools:

Multimedia & papers; Teaching steps: 佳句共享

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Our time is so limited that we’d better try our best to make full use of it. ★Outdoor activities can build up our bodies. Meanwhile, it is also helpful for our character training. Ⅰ.单词必记

◆单词自检

1．______vi.& n斗争；拼搏；努力

2．reduce vt.& vi.

_______ 3．circulate vt.& vi. _______ 4．________n.

自由；自主

5．________adv.

因此；所以；因而

6．________ n.

工作；职业；占领

7．________vt.

遗憾；惋惜n.

遗憾；懊悔

8．________n.

焦点；中心点vt.

集中；聚焦

9．________n.

评论；议论vi.& vt.

表达意见；作出评论

10．hunger n．饥饿；欲望vt.& vi.(使)饥饿→

______ adj.饥饿的；渴望得到的

11．_____vt.& vi.输出;出口→______反义词)vt.& vi.输入；进口

12．______ n．发现；发觉→_______ vt.发现；发觉

13．_______ n．总结；摘要；概要→summarize vt.总结

14．______vt.& vi.配备；装备→_________n．设备(不可数)

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15．confuse vt.使迷惑；使为难→______adj.令人迷惑的→______adj.感到迷惑的→confusion n．迷惑

◆.巧学妙记

1.Though we enjoy the_______ of speech,it doesn't mean we are____ to say what we want to .（free）

2. I like reading very much. ______, I always go to the library to borrow some books. 3.Tom was really _____ by the _______ problem which also confused other people for a long time.(confuse)

4.This ________ gives drug developers a target to ______ new types of drugs to stop the virus from spreading.(discover) ◆核心单词

1．regret v．可惜；后悔；遗憾；

n．遗憾；抱歉

[高考佳句]

Jerry did not regret giving the comment but felt that he could have expressed it differently.

regret doing/________

后悔做了某事

regret to say/tell/inform ...that ...___________ to one's regret

___________

①

I regret ______(leave) the work unfinished；I should have planned everything ahead carefully. ②(译)We regret to inform you that your application has not been successful. ③____________（令我遗憾的是）, I lost touch with all my classmates. 2．focus vt. 集中注意力；聚集n.焦点；关注点

[教材原句]

They focus

on keeping their soil rich and free of disease. ____________

集中于……

focus one's attention/eyes/energy on_______________ the focus of attention/concern________________ ①If you are going to follow someone, _______(关注) their talent, not their bad character or unacceptable behaviors.

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②Please __________ the following problem. 请把注意力集中在下面的问题上。

[联想归纳] 想一想表示“集中注意力/精力于……”的短语还有哪些？

________________________________________________ 3．reduce

vt.减少，缩减

[经典例句]

The governor announced a new plan to reduce crime. reduce ...to ...

减少___……

reduce ...by ...

减少___……

be reduced to

沦落为……；陷入某种状态

①The number of students in our school has been reduced ____ 2,000.(减少到) ②It is proper that housing prices __________ 10%. 房价降低10%是适当的。

③Believe it or not, the rich man should __________(沦落为) a beggar. Ⅱ.重点短语必记

★短语自检

*1.________

幸亏；由于；因为

*2._________

摆脱；除去

*3.__________ 对……感到满意

4.______________ 宁愿；宁可

5.___________ 逐渐增强；建立；开发

*6.___________导致；造成(后果) *7.___________

集中(注意力、精力等)于

8.___________

盛产

9.keep ...free from/of

______________ *10.____________

与……相比更喜欢……

★活学活用（选用以上标有*的短语填空）

1．From his happy facial expression, I know that he________What I

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had done. 2．Susan went to the beach to relax and _____herself __ all her worries.

3．Jack was so tired that he wasn't able to ____his work yesterday. 4．We firmly believe that war never settles anything.It only _____ violence. 5．_______the support from the local government, they could rebuild their houses soon after the earthquake. ★核心短语

1．would rather 宁愿；宁可

[教材原句]

He would much rather keep time for his hobbies.

________________________宁愿做……而不愿….

=prefer___________________ would rather＋从句（虚拟）现在/将来

_______

过去

___________ ①

我宁愿在家里读小说也不愿意去野营。

②I'd rather you _______(tell)me the truth yesterday. 我宁愿你昨天没把事实告诉我。

[链接高考] (2010·江苏高考)George is going to talk about the geography of his country, but I'd rather he _____________

more on its culture. A．focus

B．focused C．would focus

D．had focused 2．build up 逐渐增强；建立；开发

[一词多义] 写出下列句中build up 的含义

①Greenhouse gases continue to build up in the atmosphere, causing the global temperature to go up.______ ②Stevens played a key role in building up the company._____ ③Taking exercise helps us build up our body and keep a clear mind.______

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④Hard working conditions can build up your character._____ 3．lead to导致；造成(后果)；通向……

_____________

使某人做某事

lead/live a ...life

________ _____________ 引路；带路

① As the old saying goes,____________________.(条条大路通罗马) ② Hard work________success, while laziness_____failure. ③He decided to ____________(过一种新的生活)after the unusual experience. ④(译)This has led scientists to think out

other solutions to the problem. Ⅲ.语篇综合运用

Struggling to work the land to beat the battle with hunger is a vital part of life in the current decades. The expanding world population means we must ______(集中精力于) the problem.

__________(多亏了)modern farming methods, we have been able to _______(摆脱) many pests that damage crops. However, we also have to deal with some negative effects of the chemicals that are used to _______(减少)the pests.Because many people_____(宁愿)eat food without chemicals.

Ⅳ.课后巩固

Ⅰ.完成句子

1．We can't accept your

offer unless the price ________(减价5%)．

2．I ___________(后悔做了这件事), but I had no choice. 3．The explorers were told to _______________(装备一切) they would need for their voyage. 4．She _________________ (成为关注的焦点) immediately she turned up

5．_________ his effort (由于), it is more successful than we have expected. 6．In order to do this you have to ______________ (建立自信)．

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7．I would rather you__________________(完成作业) yesterday. 8．As is known to us all, success lies in hard work while laziness _________ (导致失败)．

Ⅱ.单项填空

1．The government is trying to _____________

pollution to an even lower level so that we can have a better environment. A．reduce

B．remove

C．collect

D．warn 2．In order to let their children receive a better education, parents often have to _____________

hard for quite a long time. A．observe

B．struggle

C．expand

D．circulate 3．We students should _____________

ourselves with knowledge for the competition nowadays is very fierce. A．supply

B．equip

C．relate

D．feed 4．—I regret _____________

you that John has been fired. —I can hardly believe my ears.He's such a fine worker. A．telling

B．having told

C．to tell

D．to have told 5．With all his attention _____________

on his experiment, he has no time to spend with his family. A．paid

B．focused

C．attracted

D．settled 6．—Does Shelly like shopping? —Well, she would rather spend time _____________

at home than _____________

in the street. A．read; wander

B．reading; wander C．in reading; to wander

D．reading; to wander 7．Nowadays everyone is responsible for _____________

a harmonious society in China. A．making up B．taking up C．opening up

D．building up 8．As we all know, it is human activity that _____________

the global warming. A．has resulted from

B．have resulted from C．has led to

D．have led to

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9.—Can you give some explanation about the rumor on the Internet? — ________. A．No comment

B．No doubt C．No problem

D．No wonder 10.The children talked so loudly at dinner table that I had to struggle

________ .

A．to be heard

B．to have heard C．hearing

D．being heard 11.I regret

________

you that your problems are

________

my power. You'll have to turn to some other one, I'm afraid. A．telling; beyond

B．telling; within

C．to tell; beyond

D．to tell; within 12．Lily would rather have a house of her own, however small it is, than ________ a room with others. A．sharing

B．to share

C．share

D．have shared 13.—She looks upset. —Yes, I'd rather I ________ her the bad news. A．didn't tell B．don't tell

C．hadn't told

D．wouldn't tell 14.．—Have you been to the Great Wall? —Perhaps not in my memory.________，

it might have been during my early childhood. A．If only

B．If so

C．If ever

D．If not 15.．He had a strange hairstyle and he instantly became the ________ of attention the moment he stepped into the classroom. A．aim

B．focus

C．direction

D．point 16.．It is believed that universities are a place ________ students ________ skills and knowledge. A．to equip; with

B．equipping; with C．to equip; for

D．equipping; for 17．—Do you think an advertisement is a help when you look for a job? —Well, it depends.________，

it gives me more of a chance to try. A．However

B．Anyway

C．Therefore

D．Though

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18.In the modern information era, one can't avoid ________ by various kinds of advertisements. A．surrounded

B．surrounding C．being surrounded

D．to be surrounded 19．Young people are under great pressure.Therefore, parents shouldn't expect too much from them, for it will only cause pressure to ________. A．pick up

B．turn up

C．break up

D．build up 20．The population of Africa is ________ so rapidly as to cause concern of the whole world. A．expanding B．stretching C．extending

D．spreading 21．They are working hard to

________

sorghum and peanut

________

from being destroyed by pests and chemicals. A．keep; free

B．hunger; disturbing C．equip; sunburnt

D．skim; super 22.Over the past decades, sea ice________in the Arctic as a result of global warming. A．had decreased

B．decreased C．has been decreasing

D is decreasing 23．We've reached our goal of 500,000 yuan

for the victims of the earthquake, ________ the generosity of the public. A．as for

B．according to C．instead of

D．thanks to Homework 1.Revise what we’ve learnt today.

2.Finish the exercises.

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