Learning about Language主要内容及教案内容

人教版2003必修4 Unit 2 Working in the land Learning about language教学设计

一、教学目标：

1.

Enable students to grasp the usage of such important words and expressions as struggle, hunger, disturb and thanks to, etc. 2.

Get students to master the following sentence patterns: (1)

Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. (2)

He would much rather keep time for his hobbies. 3.

Help students finish the exercises on Page 12.

二、教学过程：

Step 1 Revision: Retell the text Step 2 Words and expressions to learn T: Today, we are going to deal with the language points in the text and finish the exercises on Page 12. First, let’s find out the words and expressions that are showed on the screen in the text. Try to use your dictionaries or reference books to understand their meanings and find more usages of them. 1.sruggle vi.

搏斗, 挣扎, 努力, 拼搏

[搭配] struggle for 为争取…而努力

struggle against/ with 与……作斗争

struggle to do sth.努力做某事

People trapped in the ruins struggled ______ death _____ life. People there _________ __________________________(努力重建家园) 2.hunger

(n.) 饥饿；欲望

( vt.) 使饥饿(vi.)

挨饿，渴望

have a hunger for 渴望

hunger for / after 渴望

hunger to do sth 渴望做某事

hungry (adj) 饥饿的；渴望的；荒年的；不毛的

go hungry 挨饿

hungrily (adv.) 饥饿地；渴望地

Robbean would never forget that his little sister died of (1)________ due to the lack of food and her death made him determined to rid Africa of (2)________ so that nobody would go (3)________ any more. 3. disturbing

(adj.) 引起烦恼的；令人不安的

disturbed (adj.)感到心烦的、不安的

disturb (v) 打扰,使心烦

( disturbing ;

disturbed ;

disturbed

)

disturber (n.) 打扰者

disturbance (n.)干扰;骚乱

I hope I'm not (1)________ you . The cry of the cat is_________. It (3)________ me to realize I was alone.

4.graduate

n.

毕业生

graduation

n.

毕业

graduate from … 毕业于…

a graduate in …

…学科的毕业生

eg:

an Oxford graduate

a high school graduate

a graduate in science We will graduate from Dongyuan Senior High School next year.

5. expand (vi &vt.) 使变大; 伸展；扩大；扩充

（

expanding；expanded；expanded）

expand into 扩大为

expand on/upon 详述

expand market开拓市场

expand domestic demand 扩大内需

expanded (adj.)扩充的；展开的

expansion (n.) 扩大

expansionist 领土扩张论者；扩张主义者

expansionism (n.) 扩张主义；扩张政策；膨胀

6.

Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. 1).thanks to 幸亏，由于，因为

近义短语：due to；owing to；because of；on account

of；as a result of 翻译：（1）多亏了你的帮助，我们才能提前完成任务。

Thanks to your help, we

finished the task ahead of schedule. （2）幸亏有了志愿者，我们的城市才越来越美丽。

Thanks to all the volunteers, our city becomes more and more beautiful. 2)

rid

vt.摆脱；除去

( rid / ridded, rid, ridding )

rid… of (短语)使…摆脱或除去

rid （adj.）

get /be rid of

(短语)摆脱；除去;丢弃, 扔掉;

riddance

(n.)

摆脱；驱逐；解除

农民们正除去农田里的害虫。

Farmers are ridding the farm of pests. 类似的加of后构成双宾语的结构还有: remind…of…

rob…of…

warn…of…

cure…of…

accuse…of…

inform…of…

convince…of…

suspect…of…

demand…of…

cheat…of…

7.satisfy vt. 使……满意/满足

adj.满意的

satisfied

be satisfied with

对……满意

satisfying/satisfactory令人满意的

n. satisfaction People who smile with ___________are _________ with these

___________________space pumpkins. 8. He would much rather keep time for his hobbies. would rather: 宁可; 宁愿

[用法1]: would rather do A than do B

宁愿……而不……, 与其……不如……

我宁愿考不及格, 也不愿意考试作弊。

I would rather fail than cheat in the examination.

[用法2]: would rather have done sth.

表示主语要做某事，而结果却事与愿违。

我本想留张字条在她的书桌上。

I would rather have left a note on her desk.

I would rather (not) have a cup of coffee. would rather (not) do… 宁愿（不）做…

I would rather have told him the news. would rather have done…本来想…

I’d rather have a small room of

my own than share a room with someone else.

would rather do…than do…宁愿…也不…

I would rather you set down notes right away. I would rather you had been there

yesterday. would rather+从句（V.用did或had done）

Would you rather do me a favor? Would you rather do…？你愿意做…吗？

9.equip （vt &vi. ）装备; 配备

(形式：

equipping / equipped /

equipped )

be equipped for

(短语)准备好；对……有准备

equip sb / sth with … 用……装备起来

be equipped with …装备；安装

equipment (n.) （U）装备；设备

1）这个房间装有空调设备。

The room is equipped with air conditioning.

2）我们使孩子们受到良好的教育。

We equip our children with a good education.

Step 3. Finish the exercises on Page 12 Learning about language. Ask students to do the exercises individually, and check their answers. 1) Discovering useful words and expressions

1.

_________ brown (skin) from spending too much time in the sun 2.

________ to make something or somebody free of

3.

_________ to become larger in size, number or amount 4.

________ to make information and

5.

__________ ideas known to many people

6.

____________ would prefer to

7.

________ to try extremely hard to

8.

________ achieve something

9.

______ to send things to foreign countries for sale 10.

___________ pleased by having what one wants or needs 11.

______ to provide with things necessary for a certain purpose 12.

_____ plants grown in large amounts by farmers 13.

_________ because of 2)Answer key for Ex 2: 1. information: statistics;

world: globe 2. Strong: super;

races: nationalities 3. Not having enough food: hunger;

sickness: disease 4. A small Southeast Asian country: Vietnam;

jobs: occupations 5. Open conditions: freedom sold and sent abroad: exported

3) Complete the passage with the words below in their proper forms.

disturbing

expand

output

struggle

battles

grain

crops

decade

equip

In the past _______, some of the farmers in the west of China have met with some

success in the ________ against the __________ desert. _________ with new scientific farming methods, they have been able to use less farmland than in the past. Their ______ of _____ and other ______, however, is still the same, which makes it possible for them to use the remaining farmland for planting trees. These and other farmers are starting to win small ______ in the great war against the __________ growth of the desert.

Step 4. Summary.

Today we have learnt some words and expressions such as struggle, hunger, disturb and thanks to, etc. And we have finished the exercises in Learning about language. Step 5. Homework 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(A)，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。 修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dongyuan Senior High School is struggling to making itself to be a satisfied school to our society. Because of an excellent performance of the students,

the school is well recognized. Many parents comment on that they would rather sent their younger children here. And there are still many dissatisfying

aspect. For example, many students can’t rid them of bad habits. I hope students can do what they can make the school much good.