Learning about Language公开课教案

M4U2

Working the land --- Learning about language学案

学习目标

1. 熟记重点单词和短语，会读、拼写以及使用；

2. 对次要单词和短语，要会读并知晓含义。

学习重难点

1.

单词：struggle, expand, therefore, equip ,focus

2.

短语：thanks to, rid…of, lead to, would rather

学习方法

词不离句，句不离篇。多读多练，记忆保鲜。

Task 1: 重点单词

Learn the four key words in the vocabulary by yourself. Read the example sentences and try to master the usage and finish the exercise. If you have any problem, you can refer to the dictionary or turn to your group member for help. 1. struggle

: to try very hard to do sth when it is difficult or when there are a lot of problems to fight against sb/sth in order to prevent a bad situation 教材原句：

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 five decades.

(P10) 观察：1) They had to struggle with/against all kinds of difficulties.

2) Our task is to struggle for the modernization of our industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology. 3) The struggle for independence was long and hard.

发现：

【归纳拓展】struggle可以用作动词和_____词；struggle with/against ______________; struggle for sth./to do sth.

______________struggle on/along ______________；with a struggle ______________；struggle to one’s feet ______________

【语境活用】完成句子

①He has been ____________________________ ( 为……而斗争) success in his business. ②The old man ______________________ (与……作斗争) his illness and finally he got over it. ③She ____________________________ ( 正努力

) bring up a family on a very low income.

2. expand:

to become greater in size, number or importance;

(of a business) new branches are opened so that it can earn more money; to add details 教材原句：Dr. Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of fields. (P10) 观察：1）If water is heated, it will expand.

2）He expanded his short story into a novel. 3）The professor expanded on the topic. 发现：【归纳拓展】expand既可以是vt.也可以是_______。expand… _______ 使扩大，变大；expand on/upon ______________。n.

扩张；膨胀；扩大；发展______________；adj. 扩张性的；豁达的；广阔的______________。

【语境活用】用expand的正确形式填空，并且英译汉。

①The group has __________ into Germany . ②We plan to __________ the pub by adding a family room. ③He has become a confident, __________man again.

④Despite the economic crisis, the company is confident of further __________.

3. therefore: as a result of that

adv.因此；所以

教材原句：

He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.

观察：1）We do not have enough money. Therefore, we cannot afford to buy the new car. 2）He is only 17 and therefore not able to vote. 3）He was the only candidate; therefore, he was elected. 发现：【归纳拓展】注意

therefore 在句子中的位置。therefore 是副词，不能引导从句，两个句子之间要用连词或者分号；而

so是连词，可接从句。

【语境活用】

①He was very tired and __________ he fell sound asleep. ＝He was very tired. __________ he fell sound asleep. ＝He was very tired, __________ he fell sound asleep. ＝

He was very tired; __________ he fell sound asleep. 4. equip:

to provide sb. with the things that are needed for a particular purpose 教材原句：

He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture. 观察：1）A good education should equip you for life. 2）Our classroom is equipped with a TV set and a tape recorder.

3）Our school has been given some new equipment. 发现：【归纳拓展】1) equip sb./sth. with sth. ______________; ______________(主语)装备有某物；

______________使…为(做)某事而准备; 过去式和过去分词______________ n. [U]装备；设备; ______________；一件设备______________ 【语境活用】按要求填空或翻译。

①

The soldiers were well _______ _______ (装备好了) weapons.

②

We must equip young teachers _______ _______ _______ (对付) difficult children.

5. focus: to give attention, effort to one particular situation n焦点, 配光，对光v.

调焦距，对焦

教材原句：They focus on keeping their soil rich and free of diseases. (P14) 观察：1) Bring the object into focus if you want a good photograph. 2) The attention of the news media was firmly focused on the elections.

发现：【归纳拓展】

focus on ______________; ______________＝fix...on... 使……集中于……;

【语境活用】补全句子

①

The ______ ______ my camera isn‘t working properly. 我照相机上的调焦装置有毛病。

②

Her diligence makes her ______ ______ ______ ________. 她的勤奋使她成为关注的焦点。

Task 2: 重点短语

Try to learn the important phrases through the example sentences and master the usage of them. And then finish the related exercise.

二、重点短语

1. thanks to

教材原句：Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger.(P10) 观察：1）Thanks to the efforts by Dr. Smith, I can walk around again now. 2）Thanks to the bad weather, our journey was not comfortable. 3）The dentist rid him of his pain by taking out the tooth.

4）It took him a week to get rid of his cough. 5）What can rid a house of rats?

发现：【归纳拓展】

thanks to ______________(介词短语，在句中只能做原因状语，常置于句首或句中)；类似的同义短语有：______________；______________；______________。

【语境活用】根据汉语提示填空

①_______ _______ （多亏）your advice, much trouble was saved. ②You should _______ _______ _______

(使自己摆脱) that bad habit. ③You are supposed to _______ _______ _______ (摆脱) carelessness. 短语积累与迁移

rid sb./oneself/sth. of sth. 使……摆脱……

be/get rid of 去掉，摆脱；抛弃

remind sb. of sth. 提醒某人某事

inform sb. of sth. 通知某人某事

be free of... 摆脱……

2. lead to

教材原句：Many of these chemicals can lead to cancer or other illnesses.（P14）

观察：1)

This path leads to the next village.

2）What led to the accident? 发现：【归纳拓展】1）lead to常用的含义有：______________；______________；这个短语中的to是______词，后面跟代词、______词或动名词，不用______语态。lead to 是前因后果，相当于result in; 而

lie in (＝result from) 是______________。

【语境活用】用lead to的正确形式填空；并英译汉。

1) The bank has offered a reward for any information _______ _______ the arrest of the men. 2）What _______ you _______ take up acting as a career？

3. would rather 教材原句：

He would much rather keep time for his hobbies. 他宁愿把时间花在自己的爱好上。（P10）

观察：1）I’d rather take this red one.

He’d rather not take the holiday.

2）He would rather listen to others than talk himself.

I’d rather take some tea than coffee.

She’d rather be told about this tomorrow than now.

3) Rather than get money in such a dishonest way, he would beg in the street.

4) I would rather you knew about it now, than afterwards.

I’d rather you hadn’t told him the news that day.

发现：①

would rather (not) do 后跟动词原形，表示“宁愿（不）做某事”，would可缩写为’d ②

would rather…

than…宁愿……而不愿, than前后的两部分是相互对照的并列成分。

③

would do…

rather than do…

也表示“宁愿……而不愿……”。例如：

④

would rather后跟宾语从句时，从句用虚拟语气。从句形式为：用过去时表示现在或将来，用过去完成时表示过去已经发生的事。

三、随堂自测

I. 汉译英: （单词和词组）

1._________________ adv.因此

2. _________________ adj.

晒黑的，起晒斑的

4. _________________ v.

使变大，扩大

3. _________________v.

斗争，拼搏，

5. _________________ v.

循环

6. _________________v.配备,装备

7.

_________________n./v.

后悔，惋惜，遗憾;

8.

_________________v.使迷惑

1.

_________________多亏了，幸亏，由于2. _________________摆脱，除去

3.

_________________对…感到满意

5. lead to_________________ II. 语法填空

1. Thanks _________ the efforts by Dr. Smith, I can walk around again now. 2. The dentist rid him _________ his pain by taking out the bad tooth. 3. We firmly believe that war never settles anything. It only leads_________ violence. 4. When studying, he focused his mind _________his lessons. 5. The professor expanded _________the topic. 6. The new library is equipped _________ devices of hi-technology.

7. He freed himself _________the charge of stealing. 8. They struggled _________peace.

9. I deeply_________ (regret) what I had said. 10. Costs have been reduced _________ 20 % over the past year. III. 翻译句子。

4.

_________________使…免受(伤害) 6. focus on_________________

1. 该中心为划船和登山提供精良装备。

____________________________________________________________ 2. 依然有很多讨论的东西。因此，我们将在下一次会议上回归这个项目的讨论。

____________________________________________________________

3. 作者把他的短篇小说扩展成了一个长篇。

____________________________________________________________

4. 我们将聚焦于三个主要话题。

____________________________________________________________

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart!

Wish all of you great progress!

必修4 Unit 2 Working The Land答案

Section I Words and Expressions

一、重点单词

1. 【归纳拓展】名词；与……搏斗/斗争；努力/争取……；(虽艰难仍)继续努力地做某事；费劲地，努力地；挣扎着站起来

【语境活用】①struggling for ②struggled with/against ③struggled/struggles to 2. 【归纳拓展】

vi.; into/to; 阐述，详谈; expansion; expansive。

【语境活用】①expanded ②

expand ③

expansive ④

expansion

①该组织已经扩展到德国。

②我们计划扩大这个客栈，增加一个家庭套房。

③他又成了一个自信、豁达的人。

④尽管遭遇经济危机，这家公司对进一步拓展依然充满自信。

3. 【语境活用】①

therefore；Therefore；so；therefore 4. 【归纳拓展】1) 用某物装备某人/物; be equipped with sth.；equip sb./sth. for (doing) sth.；equipped/equipped; equipment；a piece of equipment

【语境活用】①

equipped with

②

to deal with

5.【归纳拓展】使注意力/目光等集中于……；focus sth. on (upon) sth.

【语境活用】1）focus on 2）the focus of attention

二、重点短语

1. 【归纳拓展】由于，多亏。because of；

owing to；as a result of；

due to ；on account of ；【语境活用】①Thanks to

②

rid yourself of ③

get rid of

2. 【归纳拓展】通向；导致、致使；介词，名，被动，前果后因。

【语境活用】①leading to ②led you to ①银行悬赏任何能将这些人绳之以法的情报。

②是什么让你开始从事演艺事业的？

三、随堂自测

I. 汉译英: 1. therefore

2. sunburnt 3.struggle 4. expand 5.circulate 6.equip 7. regret 8. confuse 1. thanks to 2. rid…of…

3. be satisfied with 4. free…from…

5. 导致，通向

6. 围绕，聚焦于

II. 用适当的介词填空

1. to

2. of

3. to

4. on

5. on/upon

6. with

7. of/from

8. for 9. regretted 10. by III. 汉译英。

I. The center is well equipped for boating and mountaineering.

The center provides good equipment for boating and mountaineering. 2. There is still much to discuss. We shall, therefore, return to this item at our next meeting.

There is still much to discuss. Therefore, we shall return to this item at our next meeting. 3. The writer expanded his short novel into a long one. 4. We will focus upon/on three main topics.