Learning about Language含PPT的教学设计及点评

Unit 2 Working the land Language points 做课教师：岳倩倩

1. Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them?

If so=If you have ever grown some plants.

so 表示“像那样的，如前所说的”，用于代替已陈述的事。如：

-----can you pass the exam?

------I hope so. 2. He wants everyone to call him a farmer, for that’s how he regards himself. 1) 辨析because, for

because表示理由充分,有必然因果关系, 能回答以why引起的问句。

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Why aren’t you coming with us to the concert?

— Because I have got a bad headache. —

你为何不与我们一起去看音乐会？

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因为我头痛。

for (因为,由于),补充说明理由,不用于句首;不能回答以why引起的问句。

如：

The shop was quite new, for it had opened only the week before. ____ he says so, it must be true. ___ it was late, I made haste to go. The day breaks _______ the sun rises. The day breaks, ___ the birds are singing. 2) regard

regard...as...; 将......认为

We regarded her as the best writer among us.

in/ with regard to sb./sth. 关于,至于

a country’s laws in regard to human rights 一个国家关于人权的法律

3. works the land

work

vi./ vt.

经营,管理

work the land=grow crops on it

耕耘土地

4. In many ways, he is one of them, and he has struggled for the past five decades to help them.

常与现在完成时连用的时间状语

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(1) already, yet, ever, just, recently,

lately, never, before (adv.)

The boy has already/just got home. I haven’t heard from him yet /recently /lately.

I have seen the old man somewhere before. (2) since/for

I have lived in Beijing since 2000.

I have lived in Beijing since I arrived here.

I have lived in Beijing for 5 years. struggle vi. 搏斗, 挣扎, 努力, 拼搏

They were struggling to get out the burning car.

他们挣扎着从烧着的车里往外爬。

She struggled up the stairs with her heavy bags.

她提着沉重的行李艰难地走上楼梯。

[搭配] struggle against

与…斗争，为反对…而斗争，

struggle for

为争取…而斗争

5. Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. ____ the emperor saw was quite different from _____ the old minister told him.

A. What, that

B. That, what

C. Which, that

D. All, all It is pretty well understood _______ controls the flow of carbon dioxide in and out the atmosphere today. A. that

B. when

C. what

D. how 6. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. it 在句中作形式宾语, 真正的宾语为to produce…, 结构为: 动词(make, feel, think, regard…)+it +adj+ to do.

I like ____ in the autumn when the weather is clear and bright.

A. This

B. that

C. it

D. one.

7. output 产量

8. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of

the crop in the same fields. make it +宾语补足语+动词不定式,it 做形式宾语,动词不定式是真正的宾语。it做形式宾语, 通常和下列动词连用: 9. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvest without expanding the area of fields. ▲ search = try to find by looking for

“搜查”。

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

1) thanks to表示“幸亏,多亏”多用于表达正面意思, 相当于感谢, 在句中作状语和表语。

Thanks to your help，much trouble was saved.

多亏你的帮助, 减少了许多麻烦。

Animals’ living environments have been getting worse ___ the increase in industrial pollution.

A. thanks to

B. because

C. as

D. since 2) rid…of …

使…摆脱/清除…

rid a house of mice

清除室内老鼠

rid oneself of debt

还清债务

[类似用法动词]：

inform/ warn/ cure…of…,

The sales manager asked his men to inform him of everything concerning the sales in time.

销售部经理让他手下的人把关于销售量的情况及时报告他。

11. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.

英语中的倍数表达法共有三种形式: (1) 倍数

+ 形容词/副词的比较级

+ than...

(2)

倍数

+ as +

形容词/副词的原级

+ as... (3) 倍数

+ the + 名词+ of...

This building is five times higher than that one.

这座楼比那座楼高出五倍。

This building is five times as high as that one.

这座楼是那座楼的五倍高。

12. And he would rather keep time for his hobbies.

would rather 宁愿，宁可

He’d rather work in the countryside.

[用法1]：would rather…than… 宁愿…而不…，与其…不如…

I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema. [用法2]：would … rather than… =would rather…than…

Facing the enemies, our soldiers would die rather than surrender.

面对敌人, 我们的战士宁死不屈。

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Rather than refuse to help you, I would borrow money from my friends. 我宁可向朋友借钱, 也不愿拒绝帮助你。

[用法3]：would rather后面也可跟从句表示主语宁愿某人做某事。这时，从句谓语应用虚拟语气，即用一般过去时表示现在或将来要做的事；too much通常位于动词之后,修饰动词,too做much的状语,后面也可接名词。

2) rather than 而不是

Mary, rather than her roommates, is going to Beijing.

用过去完成时表示已经做过的事或过去要做的事。

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

[用法4]: would rather have done sth.

表示主语要做某事, 而结果却事与愿违。

I’d rather have left a note on her desk.

我本想留张字条在她的书桌上。

(事实上没有) [高考链接] ---- Shall we go skating or stay at home? ---- Which ____ do yourself? (’05 全国）

do you rather

B. would you rather C. will you rather

D. should you rather 13. Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. 1) too much 与much too的区别

要去北京的是玛丽, 而不是她的室友们。

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

Therefore

adv. 因此，因而

equip vt. 装备，配备，供给，提供

Discussion There is still hunger in the world. If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do? Homework 1. Writing practice

Write a short biography about Dr.Yuan

(130 words, a writing plan is required.) 2. Learn the words by heart. 4