Learning about Language设计意图

Unit 2 Working the land

LEARNING ABOUT LANGUAGE 部分学习本单元重点词汇和语法项目。词语学习部分采用给出词义而让学生从课文中找出与之匹配的词，然后用所找的词汇完成第二个练习中的短文，以及用课文中意义相近的词汇替换练习三句中划线部分。通过这三种练习帮助学生理解并能熟练应用课文中所学的词汇。语法部分通过从课文中找同义句引出动词的-ing 形式，教师此时可引导学生找出其他的句子，以启发学生理解-ing形式的句法功能。练习二通过模仿例句，用-ing形式做主语代替动词不定式改写句子。练习三要求学生连接短语造句，让学生学习-ing形式作宾语的用法，并列举后面接动词-ing形式作宾语的动词。练习四则训练学生v-ing形式在实际生活中的应用能力。练习五则设计了一个游戏以丰富学生的想象力。

1.Target Language 语言目标

a.词汇和短语

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.重点句子

This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. 2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable students to learn more about agriculture, countryside and farming. By talking they can exchange their experience with each other. By reading they will realize the role that agriculture plays in human life. 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. Of course they will learn from Dr Yuan some noble character. 3.Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help students learn how to describe Dr Yuan

including his personality.

教学方法

Show questions, and then read carefully and finish all the tasks

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教学方法与过程

Step 1 Lead in

1.虽然他是中国最著名的科学家之一，但Dr.

Yuan更喜欢别人把他当作农民。

Although he is

of the famous

, Dr. Yuan would much rather

__________

(consider) a farmer.

2. 被太阳晒黑的脸和手臂，瘦而结实的身体，和别的农民没有什么两样。

His

face and arms and his

, strong body

just the same

other farmers. 3. 1930年，他出生于一个贫穷的农民家庭，在1953年，他毕业于西南农学院。

He

was born into a

farmer's family,

from ___________

Agricultural College in 1953.

Step2.Language points

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“象那样的，如前所说的”，用于代替已陈述的事。如：

— Can you pass the exam?

— I hope so. 2. …, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research.

consider 在这里的意思是“把(某人，某事)看作/认为……”

We consider it a shame.

I consider it a good habit to get up early.

I consider it to be inferior to robot.

Personally, I consider the CEO a qualified leader.

consider还有“考虑；思考；体谅；注视”等意思

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Would you consider going north this summer? Please take time to consider the problem.

They did not consider whether they could afford the time or not. 1.

consider（考虑）

wh- to do

doing something 2.

consider （认为）sb.

to be

to have done

as

adj.

3. considerable 重要的

4. considering = giving = seeing that鉴于、考虑到

5. take sth. into consideration

顾及到某事, 考虑到某事

Step3.Practice 所给用适当形式填空。

1）.They have been considering ____ （work out）

the problem.

Keys：

Working out 2）. I consider Tom ____ （be）

the finest basketball player today.

Keys：to be 3）. Our monitor ____

(consider) to be an honest man.

Keys: was considered The majority of people in the town strongly

______ the plan to build a playground for children. (2010浙江）

A. consider

答案：B 解析：分析四个选项的意思：consider考虑，思考，认为等；support支持，拥护，维持；confirm证实，确认；submit使屈服，使经受。根据语境：镇上的大多数人都积极地拥护为孩子们建造运动场的计划。

3. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past five decades. 句中的those是为了避免重复，代替前面出现的sunburnt face and arms、slim, strong body。

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B. support

C. confirm

D. submit

for whom he has struggled for the past five decades是非限制性定语从句，修饰Chinese farmers 4. This special strain of rice makes it possible

to produce one-third more of the crop in the

same fields. it是形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的动词不定式to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields。

We think it necessary to combine theory with practice. it还可以代替动名词短语、宾语从句做形式宾语

I consider it foolish meeting him. I think it important that we should keep calm. it做形式宾语, 通常和下列动词连用: consider, think, make, find, believe, count, declare, deem, fancy, feel, guess, imagine, judge, prove, see, show, suppose, understand, take等. We consider it our duty to support good leaders. The new method makes it possible to complete the task faster. Tom found it very embarrassing to be reminded of the long-standing debt.

Susan deemed it advisable to keep the matter secret.

We all feel it nice to be able to visit that distinguished university. 5. Now more than 60% of the rice produced

in China each year is from this hybrid strain. 句中的主语中心词rice是不可数名词，所以谓语动词用单数。

Two thirds of the earth’s surface is made up of water.

Two thirds of the workers are women. 过去分词短语produced in China each year作定语修饰rice, 属动宾关系。

I like reading the novels written by Mark Twain.

6. 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search = try to find by looking for

搜查

They searched everywhere but could not find the lost child.

The home was searched but no one was found. ▲ search常用的搭配：

search sb. / sth.

搜查某人/某物

search for sb. / sth. 搜寻某人/某物

search sth. / sb. for… 搜查某物/某

人以寻找

…

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in search of 寻找

search out 发现search sb.指“搜查某人”, 指对某人进行搜身。

search for sb.指“搜寻某人”, 指为了要找到某人进行搜寻, 相当于look for。

The policeman searched the thief to see what he had in his pockets.

The villagers are searching for the missing child.

7. … without expanding the area of the fields.

expand vt. 使变大；伸展；详述；增长

Metals expand when they are heated.

He is thinking of expanding his business.

The eagle expanded its wings.

They have expanded my view on the question.

In ten years the city’s population expanded by 12%.

8. 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．

thanks to, because, because of, since, for和as的用法

thanks to 和because of 都只能接名词或名词短语。thanks to有“多亏了”的含义，而because of则是“由于、因为”的意思。

because、 as、 since、 for 是连词，后面接从句，because语气最强，for的语气最弱。

Fill in the blanks with thanks to, because (of), since, for or as. 1). Miss Gao didn't come to the meeting

________ she was ill. 2). _____ you all know, China has hosted the 2008 Olympic Games. 3). _____ everybody makes a mistake, we should give the boy a chance. 4). It must have snowed last night, _____the

ground is covered with snow. 5). _________ your help, we could finish the

job on time. 6). _____ you are so busy, I'll ask Lily to go with me.

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