Learning about Language主要内容及教案内容

第一课时

Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target Language 目标语言

a. 词汇和短语

sunburnt, struggle, decade, super, output, crop, hunger, disturbing, expand, Vietnam, circulate, satisfied, freedom b. 重点句子

Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. Teaching important points 教学重点

Grasp the usage of some words and expressions. Teaching difficult points 教学难点

Help students really master the usage of words and expressions .Teaching methods 教学方法

Talking, questioning-and-answering activity. Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式

StepⅠ

学案：单词识记拼写

1．struggle

vi.& n．斗争；拼搏；

2．therefore

adv.

因此；所以；因而

3．regret

vt.

遗憾；惋惜

4．focus

n.

焦点；中心点vt. 集中；

5．reduce

vt.

减少；减缩

6．comment n.评论；议论vi.& vt.表达意见；

7．confuse vt. 使迷惑；使为难

→confusing

adj.令人迷惑的→confused adj.

感到迷惑的

→confusion

n.

迷惑

8．equip

vt.& vi.

配备；装备

→equipment

n.

设备(不可数) 9．export

vt.& vi.

输出；出口

→import(反义词)

vt.& vi.

输入；进口

10．discovery

n.

发现；发觉

→discover

vt.

发现；发觉

11．disturbing adj.引起烦恼的；令人不安的

→disturbed adj.扰乱的

→disturbvt.

扰乱；打扰

12．hunger

n.

饥饿；欲望vt.& vi.

(使)饥饿→hungry

adj.

饥饿的

13．circulate

vt.& vi.

循环；流传

→circulation

n.

循环

14．freedom

n.

自由；自主

→free

adj.

自由的

15．personality

n.

性格；人格；个性

→personal

adj.

个人的

→personally

adv.

亲自地；就自己而言

16．occupation

n.

工作；职业；占领

→occupy

vt.

占领；占据

Step2 Learn to paraphrase the key words: Three steps:用三个步骤完成

1.

确定词性2.确定词义3.用法

Discovering useful words and expressions 1.Find 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 Sunburnt

rid…of

expand circulate

would rather

struggle export

satisfied with

equip crops

thanks to STEP3 Complete Exercise 2 and Exercise 3 通读全文，然后划分句子成分用正确的形式填空。

区别war

struggle battle. 准确了解词义

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 great war against the _________ growth of the desert. decades 复数形式

过去几十年

struggle 战役

battle一次战斗

against 介词+expanding，expanding desert进一步沙漠化。

Equipped with 过去分词短语作定语

output和grain为不可数名词

disturbing growth of the desert. 阻止地球沙漠化。

Step4 Language points 1．

rid … of … 用法

The man rid himself of debt.

It is very hard for the people to rid the earth of pollution.

rid ... of 意为“_________”，此时，rid作___词，rid oneself of sb. / sth. 意为“摆脱，从……中解脱”

Will science finally rid us of this disease?

rid sb. / sth. of sb. / sth. 意为“去除，清除”

[注意]

rid还可以作名词, 构成短语get rid of, “摆脱掉、除掉、处理掉”。如: It’s easy to get into the habit of taking drugs but hard to get rid of it.

We can’t get rid of war until we get rid of the causes of war.

完成句子，使其与所给的句子意思相同或相近。

1) It is not easy for him to get rid of the bad habit.

It is hard for him to ___ ______ __ the

2) He plans to give up smoking in two months. bad habit.

He plans to _________ _________ __ smoking in two months 2. 阅读下列句子, 试着归纳would rather的意思及用法。

1) I think at the beginning we’d rather have some fairly quiet and peaceful music. 2) Most young people would rather not listen to the Beijing Opera.

3) Would you rather stay here or go home?

[归纳]

would rather意为

___________, 其后接动词原形。

[拓展] would rather ... than ... 意为“宁愿……而不愿……”。如：

Jack would rather buy a bike than a motorbike.

翻译下列句子。

1) 她宁愿死也不愿意投降。

2) 我宁愿你现在回家。

3) 我宁愿你昨天没做那件事情。

3. He would much rather keep time for his hobbies. 1. …for whom he has struggled for the past five decades.

struggle

vi.

搏斗, 挣扎, 努力, 拼搏

e.g. 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。

struggle n.

努力, 拼搏

e.g. We should all believe in ourselves in the struggle of life.

Mary’s struggle with the disease lasted ten years.

[搭配]

struggle against/with

与……斗争

struggle for sth.

为争取……而奋斗/斗争

struggle to do sth. 努力做某事

根据括号内的汉语提示补全句子。

1) We should be brave to _____________ (同……做斗争) the difficulty.

2) The _______ (斗争) for independence was long and hard.

3) Three brothers ____________ (为争取……而斗争) the possession of a jewelry box. 2. 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。

e.g. Thanks to your help, much trouble was saved.

多亏你的帮助, 减少了许多麻烦。