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Book 4 Unit 2 Working the land ——Vocabulary Revision

By Sun Ruijian Yu Tian No.2 Middle School Teaching objectives: By the end of this class, students will be able to : 1.

enrich chunks about “farming, resume and qualities of a person” by reading texts and additional materials.

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refer to the chunks to complete blank-filling, resume, reading and writing tasks.

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arouse the awareness of cherishing food and respecting farmers, especially the great scientist Yuan Longping.

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have their own dreams in life to make contributions to our motherland.

Teaching procedures:

Lead in: Story-telling——teacher’s personal experience during youthhood.

Step 1 Homework——Chemical or organic farming

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Mind map—1.

Share mind maps with the chunks related to farming with the students. (Students can draw mind map-1 by themselves before the class.)

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Blank filling. Send them the second article from the unit to finish blanks to see if they are familiar with the content of the text.

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Step 2

A pioneer for all people——Yuan Longping, “father of hybrid rice”

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Mind map—2. Get students to finish mind map—2，and then invite two students to retell the article in English according to the mind map.

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Resume. Change mind map—2 into a resume about Yuan, and then leave it their homework to fulfill their own resumes. 1

(Resume template will be given. If time permits, this part can be done on the spot, or left as homework.)

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Discussion——What qualities does Yuan have? Discuss with the students about the qualities Yuan have in different aspects: appearance/hobbies/achievements/dreams/personalities. According to the clues from the text, lead students to come up with as many adjectives as possible to describe Yuan to enrich mind map—3. 4.

More information. Offer another new article about Yuan, let students read it loudly to get more details, and sum up more adjectives to describe Yuan’s qualities according to the underlined parts. Add them to mind map—3.

China’s “father of hybrid rice” becomes Internet sensation after speech in English

A video clip of China’s “father of hybrid rice,” Yuan Longping, speaking English has become a sensation on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter.

The 87-year-old spoke at the 9th Shandong high-level talents forum in Qingdao. Yuan presented hybrid rice to the world in a 20-minute speech. “I speak broken English,” the octogenarian（耄耋老人）

started, but during the rest of his speech, Yuan neither paused nor made any mistakes. It is expected that 60% more rice should be produced in 2030 than that in 1995. Currently，

1 ha. for rice production provides food for 27 people. By 2050，

1 ha.（每公顷）

will have to support 43 people. If 50% of the conventional rice is replaced by hybrid rice, and estimating on a 2 t/ha yield advantage of hybrid rice, it is estimated that the total rice production in the world will be increased by another 150 million tons, which can feed 400 million more people each year. The audience applauded Yuan’s outstanding scientific contribution and the wonderful speech he presented. The video was searched 200,000 times and played over 100 million times by noon on July 12. “Yuan has made huge contributions to the country’s agricultural development. He has fed generations of people,” one net user wrote. “It’s a surprise that Yuan can speak English at his age,” another commented.

Yuan in 2016 launched a research and development center focusing on "sea rice". When fully operational, the variety can produce 50 billion kilograms of grain, able to feed 200 million people. Step 3 Practice 1.

Reading. Read an article to practice how to describe a person’s qualities.

（2017高考北京卷，A篇）

It was a cold March day in High Point, North Carolina. The girls on the Wesleyan Academy softball were waiting 2

for their next turns at bat during practice, stamping their feet to stay warm, Eighth-grader Taylor Bisbee shivered(发抖) a little as she watched her teammate Paris White play. The two didn’t know each other well —Taylor had just moved to town a month or so before. Suddenly, Paris fell to the ground, “Paris’s eye rolled back,” Taylor says. “She started shaking. I knew it was an emergency.”

It certainly was, Paris had suffered a sudden heart failure. Without immediate medical care, Paris would die. “Does anyone know CPR?”

CPR is a life-saving technique. To do CPR, you press on the sick person’s chest so that blood moves through the body and takes oxygen to organs. Without oxygen the brain is damaging quickly. Amazingly, Taylor had just taken a CPR course the day before. Still, she hesitated. She didn’t think she knew it well enough. But when no one else came forward, Taylor ran to Paris and began doing CPR, “It was scary. I knew it was the difference between life and death,” says Taylor.

Taylor’s swift action helped her teammates calm down. One girl called 911. Two more ran to get the school nurse, who brought a defibrillator, an electronic devices(器械) that can shock the heart back into work. Luck stayed with them: Paris’ heartbeat returned.

“I know I was really lucky,” Paris says now. “Most people don’t survive this. My team saved my life”

Experts say Paris is right: For a sudden heart failure, the single best chance for survival is having someone nearby step in and do CPR quickly. Today, Paris is back on the softball team. Taylor will apply to college soon. She wants to be a nurse. “I feel more confident in my actions now,” Taylor says. “I know I can act under pressure in a scary situation.”

58. Which of the following words can best describe Taylor? A. Enthusiastic and kind. B. Courageous and calm. C. Cooperative and generous. D. Ambitious and professional. 2.

Enjoy a poem. Share a poem about farming, and get the students to value food and respect all the people who are working for it.

Assignment:

你是李华，英语老师布置你们收集英国文学家的资料并在英语兴趣小组活动中作介绍。你很喜欢英国小说家Charles Dickens，打算介绍他的一些作品。首先你要完成一段关于该作家的简介，内容如下：

狄更斯(1812～1870)：英国19世纪伟大的小说家 出生地：Portsmouth 附近的小镇 经历：童年时家庭经济困难，仅上两年学，靠勤奋自学各种知识。因其父负债入狱，他12岁进工厂挣钱养家。曾尝试多种工作，最后于1833年开始了他的写作生涯。1837年他凭借Pickwick Papers这部喜剧成为英国当时最受欢迎的作家，成名后他关心社会疾苦，成为很有影响力的作家。 注意：

1．语言准确连贯，不能直接翻译提示的内容。

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2．开头已给出，不计入全文词数。

Today I’ll introduce to you Charles Dickens，the great nineteenth century English novelist.

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