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Teaching plan for Unit 2 Working the land reading

Teaching aims: 1. Target Language a.Words and phrases sunburn, struggle, super, expand, circulate, equip, export,

rid ... of, be satisfied with, lead a ... life, search for, would rather, thanks to, with the hope of, rather than

b. Important sentences This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. P10 He cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life. P10 2. Ability goals

Enable Ss to learn more about agriculture, countryside and farming. In fact this world faces a serious problem—starvation. So after reading the passage about Dr Yuan, students will know the importance of his achievement to man. 3. Learning ability goals

Help Ss learn how to describe Dr Yuan Longping. Teaching important points

a. Help to comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text. b. Grasp the usage of some words and expressions. c. How to help students make up their minds to make contributions to motherland in the future like Dr Yuan. Teaching difficult points

a. How to help students learn more about agriculture. b. Help students really master the usage of words and expressions. Teaching methods

Talking, questioning-and-answering activity and reading. Teaching aids

A tape recorder, a projector and a computer. Teaching procedures & ways Step 1.Greeting and warming up 1.

Greet the students as normal. 2.

Warming up by leading Ss to the QQ farm How do you think to grow our plants on the QQ farm? -----1)

First, buy or select the seeds（种子）

from the store. 2) Second, we need to plough（犁）

or turn over the soil. 3)

Third , we plant the seeds in the soil. 4)At last ,we will get the harvest

Step 2 Words revision 1 Get the whole class to review the words and expressions that will be used in the reading passage. battle, rid, freedom, therefore, equip, grain, export, nationality, occupation, confuse, regret, thanks to, rid… of, would rather Step 3 Fast reading Read the passage quickly and match the main idea for each paragraph. Para1 Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement. Para2 Dr Yuan’s biography(简介). Para3 Dr Yuan’s personality.

Para4 Dr Yuan’s dreams.

Step 4 Careful reading Read each paragraph and finish the given tasks: Para 1:

1.What dose Dr. Yuan look like? Why? He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers. 2.What is his achievement? He grows what is called super hybrid rice Para 2:His biography Time 1930 1953 information he was born graduated from college As a young saw the great need for increasing the rice output man hunger was a disturbing problem In a recent harvest now 200 million tons of rice was produced

circulating his knowledge

Para 3.

Dr Yuan’s personality

Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true?

He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous. His hobbies: listening to violin music playing mah-jong swimming reading

Para 4.

His dreams The first dream: produce a kind of rice that could feed more people. The second dream: to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe 1. What kind of life is Dr. Yuan leading? 2.What is Dr Yuan’s dream?

Step 5 consolidation: Resume of Dr. Yuan Longping. Name:

Yuan Longping Nationality:

Chinese Violin, mah-jong, swimming, Age:86 Occupation: Scientist and farmer Education: Southwest Agriculture College Achievement: Super hybrid rice Dreams: Produce,

Export Step 6 Homework 1.Read the passage again after class. 2. Underline the sentences that are difficult for you to understand. 3. Finish exercises 2 and 3 on page19 of the students’ book.