Learning about Language教学设计和教学实录

Unit 2 Working the land 韩云花

一、语言要点

重点词汇

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1. struggle vi.&n.斗争；拼搏；努力

[典例]

1). They were struggling to get out the burning car. 他们挣扎着从烧着的车里往外爬。

2). The book is about their struggle for liberation. 这本书写的是他们为解放而作的斗争。

[词语归纳] struggle for 为……而斗争

struggle with / against与……作斗争

struggle to do sth.努力做某事

straggle to one’ s feet挣扎着站起来

a life-and-death struggle生死搏斗

2. equip vt.&vi. 配备；装备

equipment n.[u] 装备；设备

[典例] 1). They equipped themselves for the expedition. 他们为远征治装。

2). A good education should equip you for life. 有良好的教育能受用终生。

[重点用法] equip sb./sth. with 用……武装某人；用……装备某物

equip sb./sth. for 为……而武装某人；为……而装备某物

a piece of office equipment 一件办公设备

3. regret (regretted) vt. (对……)遗憾；惋惜

n.[c,u] 遗憾；惋惜

[典例] 1). If you go now, you’ ll regret it. 假若你现在就走, 一定得後悔。

2). I regret to say the job has been filled. 十分抱歉, 那个工作已经有人做了。

[重点用法] regret to say/tell/announce/inform 遗憾地说/告诉/宣布/通知

regret doing / having done sth. 后悔已做了某事

regret that 遗憾/后悔…

4. reduce vt.&vi. 减少；减缩

reduction n.缩减，减少，降低

[典例] 1). He reduced his weight from 98 to 92 kilos/by 6 kilos. 他把体重从98公斤减少到92公斤。

2). The reform has reduced us to servants of the State. 这一改革把我们都降为公务员了。

[重点用法] reduce sth (from...) to... 把某物从……减少到……

reduce sth. by... 减少多少

5. focus vt.&vi. 集中(注意力)；聚焦

n. [c,u] 焦点；中心点

[典例] 1). Focus your camera. 把照相机的焦距调准。

2). Her beauty makes her the focus of attention. 她长得漂亮, 很惹人注目。

[重点用法] focus on集中于

focus (one’ s attention/mind/efforts) on集中(注意力/心思/精力)于

6.comment vi.&vt. 表达意见；作出评论

n. [c, u] 评论；议论

[典例] 1). The scandal caused a lot of comment. 这件丑闻遭到很多议论。

2). “Will you resign, Minister?” “No comment!”“部长，你是要辞职吗?”“无可奉告。”

[重点用法] comment on/about sth./sb. 对某事/某人评论

make comments/no comment on sth./sb. 对某事/某人评论/不进行评论

V 重点词组

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1. thanks to 幸亏；由于；因为

(有时作反语)

[典例] 1). Thanks to your help, much trouble was saved. 多亏你的帮助, 减少了许多麻烦。

2). Thanks to the bad weather, the match had been cancelled. 多亏这个倒霉天气, 比赛取消了。

[重点用法] thanks to 相当于because of /owing to /due to /thanks to /on account of /as a result of 如：

1). He was injured due to /owing to a car accident.

2). His failure is due to the fact that he lacks experience.

3). The train arrived late on account of /as a result of a heavy snow.

4). Thanks to him, I’ m getting better and better .

5). It was thanks to your stupidity that we lost the game .

[练习] 翻译句子。

1). 多亏了新的政策，我们现在过着幸福的生活。

___________________________________________________________________________

2). 多亏了他的忠告我才得以成功。(用强调句)

___________________________________________________________________________ 3). 由于交通堵塞我迟到了。

___________________________________________________________________________ Keys: 1). Thanks to the new policy, we are now having a happy life.

2). It was thanks to his advice that I succeeded.

3). I was late thanks to the traffic jam.

2. rid sb./sth. of... 使某人/某物摆脱……

[典例] 1). Many people are working hard to rid the world of famine. 很多人在努力使世界不再有饥荒。2). The dentist rid him of the pain by taking out his bad tooth. 牙科医生把他的坏牙拔掉，使他

免除痛苦。

[重点用法] rid 短语：

be rid of 摆脱

get rid of 摆脱；除掉；去掉

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 sb. of… 通知/警告/治愈某人……

[练习] 翻译填空。

1). He struggled to _______ _______ _______ (使自己摆脱) his guilt. 2). The proposals are an attempt to _______ _______ _______ (使国家清除) political corruption. 3). He was a boring nuisance! I’ m glad to _______ _______ _______ (摆脱他的纠缠) him. 4). I still can’ t _______ _______ _______ (摆脱) my cold. 5). The sales manager asked his men to _______ _______ _______ (通知) everything concerning the sales in time. 6). The passengers ______ _______ _______ (警告) the danger of unsteady landing. Keys: 1). rid himself of

2). rid the country of

3). be rid of

4). get rid of

5). inform him of

6). are warned of

3. be satisfied with = be content with 对……表示满足或满意

[典例] 1). I was not satisfied with the result. 我对那个结果感到不满意。

2). You’ve done well at school. I’m very satisfied with you. 你在学校干得不错，我对你很满意。

[重点用法] sth. satisfy sb. 某事使某人满意

sb. is satisfied sth. 对……表示满足或满意

be satisfied to do 对做……感到满意

be satisfied that clause 对做……感到满意

a satisfied smile 满意的微笑

a satisfied customer 感到满意的顾客

feel a sense of satisfaction感到满足感 to sb’ s / sth’ s satisfaction 使某人满意的是

far from satisfactory 远远不能令人满足

it is satisfying (to do sth) 做某事是令人满意的

a satisfactory explanation / performance令人满意的解释/演出

get/obtain/derive satisfaction from one’ s work 从自己的工作中得到满足

4. would rather 宁愿……

[典例] 1). I’ d rather walk than take a bus. 我愿意走路而不愿意坐公共汽车。

2). “Some more wine?” “Thank you, I’ d rather not. I have to drive home.”“再来一点酒好吗?”“不要了，我不能再喝了。

我还得开车回家呢。”

[重点用法] would rather do A (than do B) = would (prefer to) do A (rather than do B) 宁愿做甲事(而不做乙事)

would rather sb. did sth.宁愿某人做某事

5. build up 逐渐建立；逐渐增强体质；积累；开发

[典例] 1). You need more protein to build you up. 你需要增加蛋白质以增强体质。

2). He is now trying to build up a fine reputation. 他正在努力逐步赢得好的声誉。

6. lead to 导致；造成（后果）；通往

[典例]

1). This misprint led to great confusion. 这个印刷错误造成很大的混淆。

2). His actions could lead to him losing his job. 他的行为有可能会导致他丢了工作。

[短语归纳] lead短语：

lead sb. to 把某人带到

lead sb. in doing sth. 领导/带领某人做某事

事

lead sb. to do sth. 导致某人做某事

lead to sb. doing sth. 导致某人做某7. keep...free from/of = protect sb./sth. from... 使……免受(影响/伤害)；使……不含(有害物)

[典例]

1). We should keep ourselves free from drugs. 我们应该远离毒品。

2). I hope you will keep yourself free from tobacco and alcohol. 我希望你不抽烟不喝酒。

VI 重点句子

（旨在提供句子结构等所需材料）

1. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. 1974年，他成了世界上第一位种植高产水稻的农业先锋。

[解释] 不定式放在表示次序的词the first, the last, the best以及the only, the very, the right等词后面, 且这些词与动词不定式有逻辑上的主谓关系，结构为：the first/last/best/right/only/very/... + n. + to do sth.第一个/最后一个/最好的一个/合适的/唯一的/恰好的……做某事的人/物，如：

1). He is always the first (student) to come and the last to leave. 他总是第一个来和最后一个离开的（学生）。

2). The last man to leave the sinking ship was the captain. 最后一个离开正在下沉的船的是船长。

[练习] 根据句子意思填空。

1). I think he is the right person ________ (tell) her about this. 2). I’ d be the first ________ (admit) I might be wrong.

Keys: 1). to tell

2). to admit

2. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. 这种特殊的稻种使得同样的田地多收获三分之一的产量。

[解释] 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，有时

真正的宾语是从句。常和动词consider/think/make/find/believe/declare/feel/guess/imagine/prove 等连用。如：He felt it his duty to take good care of them. 他感觉到好好照顾他们是他的责任。

再如：

1). The bad weather makes it impossible for us to go for a picnic. 2). We make it a rule to do some English practice before class. 3). Tom found it very embarrassing to be reminded of the long-standing debt. 4). Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin? 二、课文要点

1课文词汇等填空（旨在复习本课文中的单词拼写和主要词语等）

根据课文内容完成下面语法填空，注意单词拼写和词语用法：

Yuan Longping, the Father of

1

(超级杂交稻), is a famous scientist. he has

2

(奋斗)for the past five

3

(十年) for the Chinese farmers. In 1953 when Dr Yuan graduated from college,

4

(hungry) was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. ____5____, Yuan wanted to help ___6__(摆脱)his motherland of hunger by increasing the rice output without

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(expand) the area of the fields and he made it. Dr Yuan’s another dream is to

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(出口) his rice to the world. Thanks

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Dr Yuan, the UN has more tools in

the battle against hunger ____10____the world. 答案:

1.Super Hybrid Rice

2.struggled

3.decade

4.hunger

5.Therefore

6. rid

7.expanding

8.export

9. to

10.throughout