Learning about Language第二课时教学实录

Learning about Language Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 词汇和短语

sunburnt, hunger, expand, circulate, struggle, export, output, satisfied, strain, rid ... of, lead a ... life, would rather, thanks to, disturbing, expand, output, struggle, battles, grain, crops, decade, equip b. 语法

The -ing form as subject and object.

2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable Ss to master the use of the vocabulary and expressions. Enable Ss to master the usage of the words and expressions above and use the -ing form as subject and object correctly and freely.

3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help Ss learn how to use these words and expressions freely to express their ideas and use the -ing form as subject and object as they like. They can also practise actively and attentively so that they reach their goals.

Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点

How to grasp the words and phrases and be able to use them freely.

The usage of the important words and the -ing form used as subject and object.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Show questions and finish all the tasks. Explaining, discussing and practising.

Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方法

Task I Discovering useful words and expressions StepⅠFind the word or phrase from the text for each of these meanings. 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 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 amounts by farmers 11. ___________ because of

Keys: sunburnt, rid…of, expand, circulate, would rather, struggle, export, satisfied with, equip, crop, thanks to StepⅡFind words from the previous pages of this unit to replace the underlined words. You may need to change the words’ forms 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 many different races. 3. Not having enough food leads to poor health and, therefore, sickness. 4. Over 56 percent of the people in a small Southeast Asian country are in jobs related to agriculture. 5. With the open conditions in today’s international business world, hybrid grains can be sold and sent abroad to countries around the world.

Keys: statistics, globe

super, nationalities

Hunger, disease

Vietnam, occupations

freedom, exported Step Ⅲ

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 treat war against the ________ growth of the desert.

Keys: decade, struggle, expanding, Equipped, output, grain, crops, battles, disturbing Task II

Discovering useful structures: Grammar Step I

Find and underline the sentences in the passage that use –ing forms as either the subject or the object. 1.

Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal.

2.

As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output.

3.

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

4.

However, he doesn't care about being famous.

5.

He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading.

6.

Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him.

7.

Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.

8.

Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people.

Step II. Rewrite the following sentences using the –ing form as the subject. Example:

It is necessary to get water from wet to dry places.

—Getting water from wet to dry places is necessary. 1. It is nice to help people in need of help. 2. It is not easy to grow super hybrid rice. 3. It is not difficult to learn more about farming. 4. In the countryside it is not as easy to do research as in the city. 5. To get rid of hunger is very important for some African countries. 6. It is important to explain this again or we will confuse the students.

Keys: Helping people in need of help is nice.

Growing super hybrid rice is not easy.

Learning more about farming is not difficult.

Doing research in the countryside is not as easy as in the city.

Getting rid of hunger is very important for some African countries.

Explaining this again is important or we will confuse the students. Step III. Which verbs are followed by–ing? Which by the infinitive? First write doing or to do over the correct group. Then write the verbs in the box in the correct columns and finally practise making at least four sentences with them.

_______ manage expect decide seem offer

Step IV Choose the correct word or phrase from the box to finish each sentence. Be sure to use to do and –ing forms correctly. •

develop,

experiment, fail, find out, have, learn, own, see, send, try out 1. It was good

___________ the young man working with his father in the fields. 2. Paul clearly enjoyed ___________ about how to farm well.

_______ imagine suggest avoid admit practise both to do and doing hate love prefer remember regret

3. When I talked to him, he told me he dreamed of ___________ his own farm.

4. He wanted ________________

with scientific methods of farming. 5.

He will keep ___________

new ideas so he can help farmers around China. 6.

I am quite interested ___________

what will happen to Paul’s farm in the future. 7.

Someday, he hopes ___________

super wheat, like Yuan’s super rice.

8.

He is not afraid ___________ , because he knows failure will help him learn more. 9.

He cares very little about ___________

a big house and a car. 10.

His father says that he has never regretted ___________ his son to study abroad.

Step Ⅴ

Practice

用所给单词的正确形式填空

1. —Why did you make your first stop?

—I stopped________(get)a drink.I was very thirsty. 2.She didn’t feel like________(work), so he suggested________(spend)the day in the garden. 3. —That would mean________(waste)much more money.

—Really？

I don’t mean________(waste)any more money.

4. —Are you going to leave now？

—Unless you would prefer me________(stay)here. 5. Which do you enjoy________(spend)your spare time ,playing cards at home or taking a walk in the park？

6. I’m looking forward to________(see)you this summer vacation.

7. The holiday you are looking forward to________(come)some day. 8. How about the two of us________(take)a walk down the garden？

9. The horse sensed danger ahead and stopped________(walk). 10. I refer________(ride)a bicycle rather than________(ride)a bus. 11. I like________(swim),but I don’t like________(swim)this afternoon.

12. Something is wrong with my watch.

---- It wants

(repair).

Step VI

Homework Next time we’ll learn Organic Farming on Page 14. If possible, please find some information. Today’s homework is to finish all Exercises on Page 49 and 50.