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Teaching Plan of Module 4 Unit2 Working the land

Learning about Language

Class 109 Teaching goals

1. Knowledge 1) Ss will learn the following words and expressions: disturbing, expand, output, struggle, battles, grain, crops, decade, equip, focus on

2)

Ss will learn the knowledge of V-ing used as subject and V-ing used as object. 2. Ability 1) Ss will be able to master the use of the words and expressions. 2) Ss will learn how to discover useful words and expressions as well as useful structures from given context. 3. Attitude

Ss will form a good habit of learning about language and learn more about Dr Yuan Longping.

Teaching important points

How to grasp the words and phrases in certain context and be able to use them freely. Teaching difficult points

How to distinguish the conditions where V-ing forms are used as subject and object.

Teaching Methods Task-based teaching, asking-and-answering activity, group discussion

Teaching Aids A recorder and a projector Teaching procedures

Step 1 Lead-in

Task 1 Show a poem about agriculture to Ss Task 2 Language is learned in certain context. Read after the tape sentence by sentence.

Step 2 Discovering useful words and expressions Task 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

Keys: sunburnt, rid…of, expand, circulate, would rather, struggle, export, satisfied with, equip, crop, thanks to

Task 2 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. 4. Over 56 percent of the people in a small Southeast Asian country are in jobs related to agriculture. 5. With the open conditions in today’s international business world, hybrid grains can be sold and sent abroad to countries around the world.

Keys: statistics, globe

super, nationalities Hunger, disease Vietnam, occupations

freedom, exported Task 3 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.

Keys: decade, struggle, expanding, Equipped, output, grain, crops, battles, disturbing

Step 3 Discovering useful structures Task1：Find and underline the sentences in the passage that use -ing forms as either the subject or the object. Discuss with your partners. Preview the forms of V-ing

一般形式

完成形式

主动

doing having done

被动

being done having been done Task 2：Illustrate V-ing used as subject Describe the pictures using the correct forms of the verbs.

______________ is their hobby.(跳舞) It is no use ________________ (求救) It is worthwhile ______________ (这部是电影值得看的) It is a waste of time ________________ .(玩电脑游戏) It is pleasant ______________ with friends.(玩)

Summary: 用it作形式主语，把真正的主语ing形式移置句尾

常用于下列句型中：

It is no use/good doing sth

做……是没有用处/好处的

It is/was worthwhile doing

做……是值得的

It is/was a waste of time doing

做……是浪费时间的

It is pleasant/useless doing…

做……是有乐趣/无用的

Task 3: Illustrate V-ing used as object Complete the following sentence according to the pictures. It seems that the cat enjoys _____________ very much.（喝酒）

The cat is fond of ____________（看电视）

The cat doesn’t care about_____________（变胖）

Q: Which verbs are followed by –ing? Discuss with your partners. Summary: 1.只+ing做宾语

：

avoid (避免), appreciate(欣赏), admit(承认)，consider(考虑), delay (推迟), deny( 否认), escape（避免), finish(完成), imagine(想象), keep(保持), mind (介意), miss(错过), practise / practice(练习), risk(冒险) , resist (抵抗) ,etc

2.

含有介词

to 的短语动词接

-ing 3.

介词+-ing 4.

动词forget, go on, mean, regret, remember, stop, try, be used to, can't help后跟动名词和跟不定式区别较大

5.作“

需要

”

解时，

其后必须用v-ing的主动形式表示被动含义。

Step 4 Conclusion & Homework: 1.

Review the words and expressions in learning about language. 2.

Review V-ing used as subject and V-ing used as object. 3.

Preview the using language.