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章节、课次与课题(内容) Unit 2. Learning about language To go through the exercises for useful words and expressions 1.

Key point: use the words and expressions correctly. 2.

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Step 1 Revision Unit 2 Reading. Play the tape and the students listen and repeat. Step 2 Exercise Unit 2 Learning about language, Discovering useful words and expressions, Ex. 1. Find the word or expression for each of the following meaning from the text. 1

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

to make something or somebody free of

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to become larger in size, number or amount 4

to make information and ideas known to many people 5

would prefer to 6

to try extremely hard to achieve something 7

to send things to foreign countries for sale 8

pleased by having what one wants or needs 9

to provide with things necessary for a certain purpose 10

plants grown in large amount by farmers 11

because of Answer key: 1 sunburnt

2 rid…of

3 expand

4 circulate

5 would rather

6 struggle 7 export

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11thanks to Step 3 Exercise Unit 2 Learning about language, Discovering useful words and expressions, Ex. 2. Find words from the previous pages of this unit to replace the underlined words. The words’

forms are needed to change to fit. 1 According to the WHO’s information, about 1.8 million people across the world die each year from diseases caused by unsafe food and water. 2 Different kinds of strong corn, another hybrid grain, has been developed by scientists of

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3 Not having enough food leads to poor health and, therefore, sickness. 续

4 Over 56 percent of the people in a small Southeast Asian country are in jobs related to agriculture. 前

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5 With the open conditions in today’s international business world, hybrid grains can be sold

and sent abroad to countries around the world.

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1 statistics, globe

2 super, nationalities

3 Hunger, disease

4 Vietnam, occupations

5 freedom, exported

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Unit 2 Learning about language, Discovering useful words and expressions, Ex.3. Complete

the passage with the words below in their proper forms. disturbing

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Decade, struggle, expanding, Equipped, output, grain, crops, battles, disturbing Step 5 Homework 1.

Page 12, Ex.2. 2.

Get ready for the next period “Discovering useful structures”

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