Learning about Language教学设计思路

Unit 2 Working the land

Period 2 Learning about language 【学习目标Learning aims】

1. To grasp some important and useful words, expressions and sentence patterns.

2. To improve the skill of translating. 【学习重难点Important and difficult point】

To improve the skill of finding out the specific information. To grasp some useful words, expressions and sentence patterns.

【使用说明及学法指导Guidance】

带着预习案中的预习导学问题，通读教材9-10页的内容，自主思考，完成本预习案中的知识梳理、预习自测、和归纳总结部分，做好必要的标注和笔记，构建知识网络体系；完成学后反思，填写自主学习中的疑惑以及收获。

课堂说明和指导：课堂主动思考，积极参与讨论，及时归纳总结，当堂形成知识网络图。

课后说明和指导：完成巩固提升练习，积极运用所学的方法，努力做到学以致用。

第一部分

【课前自主预习案Previewing Case】

【预习导学】在课文中找出下列单词和词组

1. 为….而奋斗

______________

2. 饥饿n.__________; adj.________

3. 令人不安的________________ 4. 幸亏; 由于; 因为_____________

5. 对…满意_______________

6. 宁愿，宁可__________________ 7. 延伸，拓展v.___________; n. __________

8. 晒伤的______________

9. 摆脱，除去_______________ 10. 传播__________

11. 产量，输出__________

12. 装备，具备_________

13. 十年_______________ 14. 自由____________

15. 因此__________________

【知识梳理】课文重点句子

1)

Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. 2) Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. 3) This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. 4) In 1974, he become the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.

【预习自测】Fill in the blanks according to the text. 1.

At that time, ____was a ______ problem in many parts of the country. 2.

Dr Yuan _________ a way to increase rice harvest without _______ the area of fields. 3.

Dr Yuan is now ______ his knowledge in India, Vietnam their rice harvests. 4.

He feels it gives him less ______ to do his ________. 5.

He _________ gives millions of Yuan to ________ others for their research in agriculture. 6.

Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each _______ of rice was as huge as a peanut.

【学后反思】

总体评价

我的疑惑

我的收获

你完成本学案的评价为（

）A. 很好

B. 较好

C. 一般

D. 较差

第二部分

【课堂合作探究案Exploring Case】

【自主探究】

Task1

重点单词和短语

1.Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past 50 decades. 思考：这个句子中含有一个

从句。

struggle

1) He has struggled with sickness for a few months.

词性_____ 意义________

2) In 1862 the American slaves won their struggle for freedom. 词性_____ 意义________

【拓展】

常见搭配: struggle for

________________ struggle against ________________

struggle on

________________ struggle to one’s feet

_______________ 根据句意, 用适当的介词或副词填空。

They had to struggle ____ their lives _______ weather and wild animals in that area.

In order to protect the environment, we should struggle _______ all kinds of pollution.

2.Yuan Longping is quite satisfied with his life.

v. __________________

n. __________________

对......感到满意

___________________________

对做......感到满意

___________________________

使某人满意的是

___________________________

满意地

___________________________

1) ____________________________.

You must improve it.

(我们对你的工作不满意)

2) _______________________________________(你对他的答案满意吗？)

--- Not at all. It couldn’t have been worse.

3. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvest without expanding the area of fields.

search = try to find by looking for

___________

search常用的搭配：

search sb./sth.

_________________

search for sb./sth. ____________________

search sth./sb. for ___________________

in search of ________________

search out _______________ 注意与比较：

1）The policeman searched the thief to see what he had in his pockets.

2）The villagers are searching for the missing child.

search sb.指____________, 指_______________。

search for sb.指____________, 指__________________, 相当于___________。

Translation: 警察为了搜寻谋杀犯，对这些人进行搜身。

___________________________________________________

4.Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. thanks to: ______________ 表示“由于”时的用法区别:

Because of my bad leg, I couldn’t walk so fast as the others. Thanks to your help, we were successful. As a result of the flood, thousands of people lost their homes.

区别________________________________________________________________________ Translation: 由于司机的大意导致了这起事故的的发生。

____________________________________________________

5. He would much rather keep time for his hobbies. would rather do sth. : _______________ would rather do sth. : _______________ 拓展：

1）prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.

____________________________ 他们宁愿去钓鱼, 也不愿待在家里。

_______________________________________

我宁愿考不及格, 也不愿意考试作弊。

_______________________________________ 2）would rather…than…

宁愿……而不……, 与其……不如……

与其去看电影不如在家看电视

_____________________________________________ 3）would …

rather than…

=would rather…than…

我宁可向朋友借钱, 也不愿拒绝帮助你。

________________________________________________

6. Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more, rather than fewer troubles. 1) too much 与much too的区别

He has too much work to do. The dress is much too long for me. I got into the taxi and drove much too fast. too much通常位于_________之后，修饰_______，too做much的状语，后面也可接________。

而much too则常用在______________之前, 修饰_________________。

2) rather than 而不是

Mary, rather than her roommates, is going to Beijing.

要去北京的是玛丽, 而不是她的室友们. 注意:

rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时,谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。

我是学生, 不是工人。

_______________________________________

【合作探究】

Task 2难句分析。

1.This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. 这种特殊的稻种使得同样的田地多收获三分之一的产量。

it 在句中作____________, 真正的宾语为_______________ 结构为: _______________________________ 1）He __________________ (认为是他的职责) to make good care of them. 2）The bad weather _______________________________ (让我们无法去野营).

2.

Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. 用他的杂交水稻种子, 农民们种出比以前多一倍的粮食。

倍数词

(twice/half/three times/a quarter etc.) 英语中的倍数表达法共有三种形式: (1) 倍数

+ 形容词/副词的比较级

+ than... (2) 倍数

+ as +形容词/副词的原级

+ as... (3) 倍数

+ the + 名词+ of...

这座楼比那座楼高出五倍。

1)

_______________________________________________ 2)

_______________________________________________ 3)

_______________________________________________

3.

In 1974, he become the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. 1974年，他成为世界上第一位种植高产水稻的农业先锋。

归纳：the first/best/last/right/only/very...+n.+to______________________________________ 1)

---- The last one __________(arrive) pays the bill.

----- Agreed! 2)

他总是第一个来，最后一个离开。

_________________________________________

4.

If so, what do you do to grow them?

if so 如果这样的话，是if引导___________________的省略形式, 类似的还有：if not____________，if possible_______________，if possible______________，if any________________. 1)

____________________, I will go there myself. 如果必要的话，我将亲自去那儿一趟。

2)

Is anybody feeling cold? ____________, ______________________. 有人感到冷吗？如果没有，我们把窗户打开。

第三部分

【课尾训练评价案Exercise】

一、当堂检测与训练

用所给单词和短语的正确形式填空

rid

satisfy

equip

decade

disturb

rather than

struggle

too much

much too

expand

hungry

export

thanks to

1. Students should e____________ their vocabulary by reading. 2. After a long s____________, the old woman gained control of her business. 3. Our classroom is e___________ with a TV set and a tape recorder. 4. You should r________ yourself of that bad habit.

5. One shouldn’t be s_______________ with only a little success.

6. He has ________ ___________ work to do.

7. The dress is ____________ ____________ long for me.

8. Mary, _________ ____________ her roommates, is going to Beijing. (而不是)

9. They have been living here for two d_____________. 10. What is really d______________ is that they don’t have enough money to do it.

11. There are still thousands of people who die of h___________ in the world. 12. It is well-known that China is a large country that e__________ goods to the foreign countries.

13. This selfless teacher devoted her life to s___________ for the cause of education. 14. ________ _________ your help, I have succeeded in passing the exam.

二、课后巩固提升

（一）Translate the following sentences.

1.

多亏了他的忠告我才得以成功。

2. 他正是我在寻找的人。

3.

我们形成了上课前做些英语练习的规则。

4.

火车的速度至少比船快. ____________________________________________________________________________ 5.

我对这个结果并不满意。

____________________________________________________________________________ 6.

他宁愿死也不向汤姆道歉。

____________________________________________________________________________

（二）. 语法填空

Dr. Yuan was born in Beijing in 1930. 1_______ he graduated from Southwest Agriculture College in 1953，he has devoted 2 _____________ life to finding ways to grow more and more rice. 3._________ a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time, hunger was 4 _____ serious problem in many parts of the country. Dr Yuan searched for a way 5 _____________ (increase) rice harvests without expanding the area of fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could only produce fifty million tons of rice. Last year, however, 6 _________(near) two hundred million tons of rice 7____________ (produce). These increased harvests mean 8 _________22% of the world’s people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his 9 ___________ (know) in India, Vietnam and other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. Thanks to his research, the UN is trying to rid the world 10 _______ hunger. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.