Learning about Language板书设计及设计说明

Unit 2 Working the land

The First Period Reading

Teaching goals

Enable Ss to learn more about agriculture, countryside and farming. Help Ss learn how to describe Dr Yuan Longping including his personality. Teaching important and difficult points a. Help to comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text. b. Grasp the usage of some words and expressions. c. How to help students learn more about agriculture. Teaching methods

Talking, questioning-and-answering activity and reading. Teaching aids

A tape recorder, a projector and a computer. Step Ⅰ

Greeting and leading in

T: Hello, everyone. Ss: Hello, teacher. T: In last unit we learnt some great women. Today we’ll learn a famous man. Who will it be? At first let’s look at the two pictures on Page 9. What are the people doing? Ss: They are planting rice. T: Can you tell me something about rice? S: Rice grows in the south. S: But in some place of the north we can also find rice. T: Yeah. You are right. In fact rice is a cereal grain that has been grown for at least 5,000 years and is eaten by 2.4 billion people everyday throughout the world. In Australia, farmers have had to struggle with their harsh environment to grow rice. Ss: Really? Step Ⅱ

Warming up

T: Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them? If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? How will you grow it? S: I have ever grown corn and potatoes. In autumn, my father and I ploughed the soil deep for the first time, then in the next spring, we ploughed the soil for a second time, this time I put the corn seeds into the tunnel following my father. Finally my father covered the corn seeds by ploughing again. T: Very well. Have you ever been to the countryside? What did you do there? S: Yes, I went there to see my grandfather. In the village I played with other boys in the little stream and caught little fish. I even helped my grandfather get in the corn by cutting the corn stems, which made me tired. T: Are you from a farmer’s family? What do you know about farming?

S: Yes, my father is a farmer. In my view, farming is hard work. People have to plant crops, smooth away weeds and get in the crops at the right time. They have to get up early to work in the field so as to protect themselves from the sunshine. T: That’s right. In the north, the biggest worry that farmers have is the drought. When it doesn’t rain, and they can’t irrigate the crops, the crops will die and they will have nothing after hard working. Step Ⅲ Pre-reading

1. What are the serious problems the world faces today? Environment Population Natural resources Wars Poverty Hunger …

More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day. - the World Health Organization (WHO) One billion people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition. About 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes. Three- fourths of the deaths are children under the age of five. -http://www.thehungersite.com 2. What can we do to solve world hunger? Control the population

Open more areas for growing

Increase the output of crops

Step Ⅳ Fast Reading

1 What is the main idea of each para? Para1 His dreams Para2 His personality Para3 How he thinks of himself and his achievement para4 His biography (4,3,1,2) 2 Listen to the tape and complete the following notes about Yuan Long ping. Name :______________________ Nationality: ____________________ Age:_______________________ Occupation: ____________________ Education: __________________________________________________ Dream : ____________________________________________________ Achievement : _______________________________________________ Hobbies : ___________________________________________________ Answers: Yuan Longping Chinese 77 scientist/farmer graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 to export his hybrid rice so that it can be grown around the globe in 1974,developed hybrid rice ,which produces1/3 more than normal rice listening to violin music,playing mah-jong ,swimming and reading Step V Please read the text again and answer these questions. 1 What is special about his rice? (make it possible to do …) This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. 2 What is his contribution to the world? (thanks to … / rid … of …)

Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. 3 What is his attitude to life? (be satisfied with … / care about …)

Dr Yuan is satisfied with his life. However, he doesn’t care about being famous.

Step VI Homework

Finishing the exercises in Learning about Language. Exercise 1, 2 and 3 are about useful words and expressions. Finish them. Next time we’ll check the answers. Ok, class is over. See you next time. Period 2

Language points Here are some explanations about the boldface words in our text. 一

vocabulary

1. struggle v to make great efforts e.g. They have struggled for years to free their country from the enemy. struggle to do sth 挣扎做某事

他努力控制住自己的脾气。

He _____ ____ control his temper. I’m struggling to finish the huge the work you gave me.

2. sunburnt adj sun-tanned e.g. His sunburnt skin looks healthy. 3. super adj (infml) excellent; splendid e.g. You’ll like her, she’s super.

You look super in your new clothes. It was super of you to help. 4. expand v (cause sth to) become greater in size, number or importance e.g. Metals expand when they are heated. Why not try to expand your story into a novel? 6. equip v supply sb/sth (with what is needed, for a particular purpose) equip sb with sth用……装备 equip sb for sth为……装备

be equipped with 装备有 你的训练使得你能够胜任将来的工作。

Your training will equipe you for your future job. Translate: The worker equipped the bike with a head light. 那个工人给自行车装了一个前灯。

7. export v send (goods) to another country for sale e.g. India exports tea and cotton to many different countries. This company has a large home market but doesn’t export.

8 regret 后面常跟动词的ing 形式，只有在对将谈到的事情表示遗憾时用动词的不定式。

Regret doing sth __________________ regret to do sth ______________________ 她为自己发了脾气而深感后悔。She deeply _____ ______her temper. Translate: We regret to inform you that your passport application has been refused. 9. rid ... of make sb/ sth free from (sb/ sth unpleasant) e.g. We all wish that we would rid the world of famine. The farmer recently tried to rid the house of rats. 10. lead ... a life, live ... a life e.g. Now we are leading a happy life. In the old days farmers led a terrible life in the country.

11. be satisfied with, be content with e.g. The young lady isn’t satisfied with the peaceful life. Are you satisfied with his answers? 12. would rather, prefer to would rather do sth e.g. I’d rather walk than take a bus.

I’d rather you knew that now, than afterwards.

他宁愿到农村去工作。He ______ ______ work in the countryside . Translate: I would rather you had gone there, too. __________________________ I’d rather you came text weekend. ___________________________________

Summary: Would rather +从句，常用虚拟语气。如表示与现在的事实或将来的愿望相反，谓语一般用__________时态；如表示的与过去的事实相反，从句中应用

_________________时态。

二

Some difficult sentences

1.Indeed ,his sunburnt face and arm and his slim ,strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers,for whom he has struggled for the past five decades.的确，他那被太阳晒得黝黑的脸庞和手背，以及他那瘦削而又结实的身体，就跟其他成千上万的中国的农民一样，过去50年来，他一直在努力帮助他们。

For whom… 为______ +引导词 的结构的定语从句，注意，struggle 后面的for 的干扰，for the past five decades是

“过去50年来” Translate: The man with whom you talked is our manager._______________________________________ They lived in a big house,in front of which stood a big tree. ___________________________________________________. 2. Dr. Yuan Longping grows what is called supper hybrid rice. 袁隆平博士培植出了超级杂交水稻。 What is called super hybrid rice 是由what 引导的______从句，在整个句子中充当______的_____语，。此外，此结构还可以作_____或_____. 如：请相信我的话。___________________________ 他所说的话全是真实的。_______________________________. 3.In 1974,he became the first agriculture 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。

本句理解的难点是动词不定时to grow rice that has a high output 作_________,修饰先行词________,注意：前面的序数词first 一起了一定的作用，因为先行词前有__________,后面一般用动词不定时作定语。类似的还有

the second ,the last ,the only 等。翻译：

昨天晚上，约翰最后一个离开教室。______________________________________________. 4.The special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one –thire more of the crop in the same fields.这些特殊的水稻使得同样的田地多收获三分之一的产量。

Make it …to do sth 意思是____________________.it 在句中作_________,真正的宾语是_________________________________. 翻译：

好天气使我们下周的旅行成为可能。_____________________________________________. Answers:1.介词 你刚才给他说话的那个人是我们的经理。 他们住在一个大房子里，房子前面有一颗大树。 名词 grow 的宾语

主语 表语

Please believe what I said . What he said is true. 3.定语

pioneer 序数词

John was the last one to leave the classroom yesterday .4. 使……成为 宾语

to produce one –third more of the crop in the same fields. Good weather makes it possible to make our trip next week. 高考链接

1.In some parts of London ,missing a bus means _____for another hour . (2002,上海

) A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. to be waiting 2.Victor apologized for ______ to inform me of the change in the plan . (2004,上海

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A. his being able B. him not to be able C. his not being able D. him to be not able 3.The man insisted ____ a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby . A. find B. to find C. on finding D. in finding (2004 江苏

) 4.According to a recent US sursey,children spend up to 25 hours a week ____ TV. A. to watch B. to watching C. watching D.watch (2004 上海

) 5.He go well-prepared for the job interview, for he couldn’t risk ____ the good opportunity.

A. to lose B. losing C ,to be lost D. being lost (2005 上海

) 6.Progress so far has been very good.___,we are sure that the project will be completed on time. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Besides (2006 浙江

) 7.Ten years ago the population of our village was _____ that of theirs. (2008 陕西

) A. as twice large as B. twice as large as C. twice as much as D. as twice much as 8.Some children want to challenge themselves by learning a language different from ____their parents speak at home. (2008 浙江

) A. what B. that C which D one 9.-Have you got any particular plans for the coming holiday ? ________,I’ll visit some homes for the old in the city. (2008 安微

) A. If ever B. If busy C. If anything D. If possible 10.The chairman thought _____ necessary to invite Professor Smith to speak at the meeting . A. that B. it C. this D. him Answers BCCCBCBBDB