Learning about Language教案2

Unit2

Working the land

Learning about Language I. Discovering useful words and expressions: Task1:.

Complete the passage with the words and expressions from the box in proper forms.

sunburnt

hunger

suitable

rid…of

lead a …life

would rather

thanks to

be satisfied with

Wang Ping was a teacher in an agricultural college. She was not__________ _____ the present grain output（产量）

in China. In her opinion, using organic（有机的）

farming methods was better for the soil than chemical fertilizer（化肥）. Wishing for things costs nothing. She realized that Chinese farmers ______ _______use methods they understood and ______a comfortable______. She, herself, cared more about _______ China _____ the grain with a low output. So she started building her own organic farm and devoted herself to finding __________ways to increase the grain output. ________ ______her hard work, her struggle for a higher output succeeded. Getting ________when she worked in the sun meant nothing to her. Getting rid of _________was what she really dreamed of . Task2:

Listen to the tape, and check the answers. II. Discovering useful structures: Task3:

Find all the -ing forms in the passage in Task1, then classify them into two groups. Group1: the-ing form used as the subject（主语）

Sentence_____ ______ ______ Group2: the-ing form used as the object（宾语）

Sentence_____ ______ ______ Task4:

Describe the pictures using the –ing form . （See ppt.课件幻灯片）

Useful words and expressions: 1.

enjoy/ imagine/ suggest/ need/ practise 2.

can’t help/ be fond of/ look forward to/ spend time in/ be busy/ be worth/ prevent sb. from/ be addicted to 3.

Doing sth. is ….