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Unit 2 Working the land 教学设计

I单元教学目标

技能目标Skill Goals Talk about agriculture: a pioneer in farming -Yuan Longping Talk about organic farming & green food How to write a brief summary Try to consolidate how to express suggestions & advice Master the usage of the -ing form as the subject and object Learn how to design English posters

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Talk about the important people, history and methods of agriculture.

What do farmers usually do in the fields? How to grow rice? Who made a great contribution to solving the problem of hunger? Practice

how to persuade others to buy green food. You need to…

The advantages are…

I’d prefer…because…

What’s the advantage of…? It’s better to…

It’s more expensive but…

I don’t like …because…

I’d rather…

This is good value because…

1 四会词汇

hunger, sunburn, struggle, super, output, expand, circulate, satisfied, equip, freedom, violin, motorcycle, grain, export, suitable, chemical, confuse, mineral, reduce, supply, bacteria, pest, level, whatever, summary, exchange, nutrition, certain 2认读词汇

Hybrid, strain, sorghum, peanut, personality, organic, fertilizer, soybean, producer, industrial 3 词组

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

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-ing 形式作主语和宾语的用法

Learn to use The –ing form as the subject and object.

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The –ing form as the subject Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him. 2.

The –ing form as the object

As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. 1. However, he cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life.

2.His other hobbies include playing mah-jong, swimming and reading.

3. Wishing for things, however, costs nothing.P10 4. It also refers to crops growing with natural rather than chemical fertilizers.

5. Putting this in their fields, they argue, makes the soil ... P13 6. This is important because developing a healthy soil reduces diseases ...P13 7. However, using chemical fertilizers is a big problem. P13 8. Instead, organic farmers insist on changing crops every two or three years.P14 9. These put the minerals back into the soil, making it rich and healthy ...P14 10. ... make sure that what is left in the ground after harvesting becomes a ...P14 11. He advised farmers to clear weeds from the ground before planting crops.

12. He suggested changing crops in the field every year. P52

课时安排

Periods needed: 8 periods Period 1-2.

New words learning & Warming up & Reading

Period 3-4

Important language points. Period 5-6

Using language: Extensive reading & writing Period 7

Grammar Period 8

Sum up & Exercises