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Unit 2 Working the land A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE 秦皇岛市山海关第一中学

英语组

杨飞

Teaching goals: 1.

Enable Ss to know something about the agriculture and farming. 2.

Enable the Ss to learn the basic fact about Doctor Yuan Longping and his characters 3.

Ss’s reading ability and understanding capability can be developed. 4.

Enable Ss to think about how wand why Doctor Yuan could make such great achievements and be respected by others a lot.

5.

Allow the students to think about how can they as the new generation of China to play his/her part to make our life better and our country rich and strong. Teaching important and difficult points: 1.

How to understand the text and grasp the main idea. 2.

Master the usage of some important words and expressions. 3.

How the understand Doctor Yuan and his personality better. Teaching methods:

1.

Task-based teaching 2.

Questioning-and-answering activities.

3.

Discussing and thinking Teaching aids:

1. A tape recorder 2. A projector and a computer. 3. Blackboard Teaching procedure: 一.

Warming-up

Timing: 5 minutes Activities: Teacher asked some questions about the agriculture to prepare the Ss for the text. Purpose: To get the students to anticipate the content of the reading materals. Interaction: T-Ss 1.

Have you ever been to the countryside? What did you see or do there? 2.

Are you from a farmer’s family? What do you know about farming? 3.

what do you think would happen if there were no rice to eat tomorrow? 二.

While-learning Timing:25 minutes Activities: 1. Students read the text and finish some tasks accordingly. 2. Ss have a discussion and show the answers to the class. Purpose: 1. To develop the students’ reading ability 2. Learn some basic knowledge about Doctor Yuan Interaction: T-Ss; Ss -Ss Step Ⅰ

Fast Reading (

) 1.Which of the description about Yuan Longping is NOT true in the first paragraph?

A.

He is thin but strong. B.

He considers himself a famous person rather than a farmer. C.

He has struggled for 50 years for the Chinese farmers. D.

He grows super hybrid rice. (

) 2.What does the word“expand”refer to in the second paragraph?

A.broaden

B.change

C.spread

D.explore (

) 3.The sentence“a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles”in paragraph 3 means＿＿＿

A. A person with too much money has no troubles.

B. A person with too much money has more troubles than those who have little money.

C. A person with too much money will have more troubles as well.

D. A person with too much money will have fewer troubles. (

) 4.Arrange the following events according to the order of time＿＿

a.

Yuan Longping became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow super hybrid rice. b.

Yuan Longping was born. c.

Chinese farmers could produce 56 million tons of rice. d.

He has another dream to export his rice. e.

He graduated from college. A.b c e a d

B.c b a d e

C.b a e c d

D.c b d a e

Step Ⅱ

Careful reading

1.

“True”or“False”exercise. (

)1.Yuan Longping became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow super hybrid rice at his forties. (

)2.More than 60% of the rice in the world is from the hybrid strain. (

)3.According to the text,farmers in China are producing rice harvests nearly 4 times as large as that in 1950.

三

Post-reading: Timing:10 minutes Activities: 1. Ss read the text and find out some key phrases in the text. Purpose: 1. To learn some important phrases in the text. 2. To understand the structures of some complex sentences. Interaction: T-Ss

1.

Phrases and sentences in the test 1.做研究＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

2.从…毕业＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

3.寻找＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

4.多亏了；由于＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

5.使…摆脱＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

6.两倍多＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

7.对…满足＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

8.过着舒适的生活＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿

9.Yuan Longping＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿.(认为自己是个农民) 10.Yuan Longping grows＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿.(被叫做杂交水稻的东西) 11.在他自己身上花钱或过舒适的生活对他来说意义也不大。

12.然而，梦想是不花本钱的。

四．

Free talk Timing:10 minutes Activities: 1. Discuss the personality and contributions of Doctor Yuan 2. Write a short passage about Doctor Yuan Purpose: 1. Make Ss understand the importance of hard work 2.

Develop the Ss’s expectation for the better life of future. Interaction: T-Ss; Ss -Ss 1.

Discussion (1)

Can you find out some words in the reading text to describe Yuan Longping? Scientist;farmer;

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____________________________________________________________________________ (2)

In your opinion, what is Yuan Longping＇s dream? And how can realize your dream? Share it with others.

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Summary Use your own words to make a summary about 60 words from the following aspects. Key words:appearance;achivements;experiences;personalities;dreams

The text is about Yuan Longping,an agricultural scientist. ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿