Learning about Language优秀教学设计

《working the land》

（learning about language）

教学设计

重庆市开州区实验中学

徐明芳

一、

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

二、Find words from the previous pages of this unit to replace the underlined words. You may need to change the words’

forms to fit.

1. According to the WHO’s information, about 1.8 million people across the world die each year from diseases caused by unsafe food and water. 2. Different kinds of strong corn, another hybrid grain, has been developed by scientists of many different races.

3. Not having enough food leads to poor health and, therefore, sickness.

三、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 treat war against the ________ growth of the desert. 四、Thank you