BOOK 4 UNIT 2 WORKING THE LAND

学习目标

重点难点

新知预习

1. 英汉互译 1) be satisfied with _____________ 2) thanks to ____________ 3) would rather _______________ 4) struggle for ___________ 5) by occupation _____________ 6) 渴望得到 ____________ 7) 耕种土地 ______________ 8 ）用…装备… ________________ 9) 与…战斗 / 斗争 _____________ 10) 摆脱；除去 __________ 11) output n._____________ 12) hunger n._________

2. 速读课文，回答问题 Do you know Yuan Longping? What do you

think of him? ____________________________________________

__________________________________________ Do you want to be a scientist on farming in

the future? Give your reasons. ____________________________________________

___________________________________________

课堂探究

【探究 1 】 Read the text quickly and try to find the main idea for each paragraph.

Para.1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams. Para.2 B. Dr Yuan’s

personality. Para.3 C. Dr Yuan’s

biography( 传记 ). Para.4 D. Dr Yuan’s

appearance and his achievement.

【探究2 】 Read the text and finish the choices: 1) Read the whole text and find out the general

idea: It ’s about____ A. a farmer named Yuan Longping B. how

Yuan Longping became rich and famous C. an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping

who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice D. a new strain of rice which is called super

hybrid rice 2) Which of the following is not the hobbies of

Dr. Yuan? A. Playing mah-jong B. Swimming C. Listening

to violin music D. Listening to rock-and-roll.

3) The main idea of the last paragraph is that _______. A. Yuan Longping always has a lot of dreams when

sleeping B. dreams can help people achieve greater achievements C. Yuan Longping’s other dream is to export his rice. D. Yuan Longping proves that one dream is not always

enough. 4) From the text, we can know that _________. A. Yuan Longping found a way to increase rice harvest by

expanding the area of fields. B. Yuan Longping is satisfied with his life because he is

famous and rich C. in the 1950s, many parts of the countryside were short

of food. D. his way of increasing rice harvest only works in some

Asian countries.

【探究3】 Careful reading: Put the following sentences in proper order.

a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family . b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college.

c. Chinese farmers produced fifty million tons of rice.

d. He became the first agricultural pioneer

e. He searched for a way to increase rice outputs

without expanding the area of fields.

f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.

Key: _______________________________________

【探究 4 】佳句赏析

1. Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. (P10, L4)

( 译 )__________________________________________________________________

解析：句中 what 引导 _________ 从句，且what 在从句中作主语。 What =the thing that 。再如： I don’t understand what the engineer means, but I’ve got a rough idea of the project plan. 我不明白这位工程师的意思，但我对这个项目计划有了一个粗略的了解。

2. Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them? (P9, L3)

( 译 ) ________________________________________________________________________

解析：句中 If so 其中 so 替代了前面的句子，即If you have ever grown some plants 。一般来说， so 常用在动词 think, believe, hope 等之后，或用在 if ， even 之后，表示“象那样的，如前所说的”，用于代替已陈述的事。再如：

“Can you pass the exam?” “I hope so.” “ 你能通过这次考试吗？” “希望能够通过考试。”

3. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. （ P10, L22 ）

( 译 ) _______________________________________________________________________________

解析：句中 thanks to 意为“由于”，“因为”，“幸亏”，后面通常接名词或代词； to rid the world of hunger 为不定式短语，作名词 battle 的 ________ ；其中 rid sb./sth. of 意为“ ____________” 。再如：

It was thanks to his help that I succeeded. 多亏了他的帮助，我才得以成功。

练习： It’s hard for the people________________________( 难消除世界上的战争 ).

【探究 5 】课文研读

1. Find out the sentences in the text which have similar meanings with the following ones

1) He cares little about spending money on himself or living a comfortable life.

________________________________________________________________

2) Dr Yuan awoke from his dream hoping to produce a kind of rice feeding more people.

_______________________________________________________________

2. Translate the sentence “ Just dreaming for things, however cost nothing.”

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达标练习 1. ___________ _______( 多亏了 )their timely help, the

project was a great success. 2. Our teacher _______ _______ ________ ( 非常满意 )what

we had done last term. 3. Liu Hulan _____________ _________________( 宁可 )die

than give in to the enemies. 4. This investment program will surely ________

________( 导致，致使 )the creation of hundreds of new jobs.

5. The mice in the room must _____________ ______________ ____________( 清除掉 ) as soon as possible.

6. As we all know, sports and games can _________ _________( 强身健体 )our bodies.