1、Unit 2 Working the land Period 1 Warming Up & Reading 文本研读课,. 根据课文语境写出黑体单词的汉语意思 1. Read the statistics below. ( ) 2. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers. ( ),数据；统计数字,晒黑的,3. For whom he has struggled for the past five decades
2、. ( )( ) 4. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. ( )(),拼搏；努力,十年；十年期,饥饿,引起烦恼的；,令人不安的,5. Yuan Longping is now circulating his knowledge in India. ( ) 6. He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture. ( )(),循环；流传,因此；所以,配
3、备；,装备,. 词义匹配 1. thanks to A. 宁愿；宁可 2. rid. . . of B. 毕业于 3. would rather C. 使摆脱或除去 4. struggle for D. 有影响/起(重要)作用 5. make a difference E. 怀有的希望,6. graduate from F. 由于，幸亏 7. with the hope of J. 为而斗争 答案：15. FCAJD 6、7. BE,. 阅读导引 1. 查阅有关袁隆平的相关资料，了解籼型杂交水稻的情况和成就; 2. 找出课文中含有动词-ing形式的句子，体会动词-ing形式作主语和宾语的用法;
4、 3. 找出课文中袁隆平设想的描述水稻的优美句子。,Step 1 Leading in . The title of this unit is “Working the land”. Have you ever worked the land? Discuss in pairs and put the farming steps in order.,答案：AEFDBC,. Does your hometown grow rice? Do you like to eat rice? Who do you know is Father of Hybrid Rice? _,Yes. Yuan Lon
5、gping.,Step 2 Fast Reading . Whats the main idea of the passage? 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.,.
6、Match the main idea with each paragraph. Para. 1 A. Dr. Yuans dreams. Para. 2 B. Dr. Yuans personality. Para. 3 C. Dr. Yuans biography. Para. 4 D. Dr. Yuans appearance and his achievement. 答案：Paras. 14. DCBA,Step 3 Careful Reading . Read the passage carefully and finish the following tasks. 1. Why d
7、oes Yuan Longping want everyone to call him a farmer? A. Because his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of other farmers.,B. Because he comes from countryside. C. Because he thinks of himself as a farmer and he works as a farmer and he works the land to
8、do his research and in many ways, he is like a farmer. D. Because he made many contributions to Chinese agriculture.,2. Why did Dr. Yuan want to increase the rice output? A. Because he graduated from agricultural college. B. Because he liked to study the rice. C. Because he saw the great need for in
9、creasing the rice output. D. Because he knew he would become famous.,3. Which of the following descriptions about Dr. Yuans personality is NOT true? A. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous. B. He cares little about money and fame. C. He would rather work than lead a comfor
10、table life. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.,4. From the passage we can know that Yuan Longpings hybrid rice_. A. helps the farmers produce larger harvests B. can be only grown in China C. is not accepted by the UN D. is now grown around the globe,5. How does Yuan Longpi
11、ng feel about money? A. Money is not important at all. B. Too much money can only bring more troubles rather than happiness. C. One has to own a large sum of money. D. One has to spend all his money on his own research.,. Read the passage and put the sentences in right order. a. He was born into a p
12、oor farmers family. b. He graduated from Southwest Agricultural College. c. Chinese farmers produced about fifty-six 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
13、 hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries. 答案：acbedf,. Sentence explanation 1. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past five decades.,分析：(1)本句中含有一个定语从句for whom he has
14、 struggled for the past five decades，修饰先行词 _。该定语从句的引导词是“介词 +whom”的形式。,Chinese farmers,(2)those代替前面的名词_ _。 句意：的确，他那被太阳晒得黝黑的脸庞和手臂，以 及他那瘦削而又结实的身躯，就跟其他千百万中国农 民一样，过去50年来，他一直在努力帮助他们。,his sunburnt face and arms,and his slim, strong body,2. Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. 分析:(1)本句中what
15、 is called super hybrid rice是名词 性从句，在整个句子中充当_的宾语，同时what 又在从句中作主语。,grows,(2)what is /was called或what people call/called是习惯 用法，意为“_”，其中引导词what 在此句中相当于“then. that”结构。 (3)句中what相当于the rice that。 句意：_,所谓的；人们常说的,袁隆平种植人们所称的超级杂交水稻。,3. In 1973, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow ri
16、ce that has a high output. 分析:(1)不定式短语to grow rice. . . 作后置定语，修饰 _，且pioneer与不定式to grow有逻辑上的主谓关系。,the first agricultural pioneer,(2)基本结构为：the first/last/best/only/very/right. . . +n.+ to do sth. 。 句意：_ _,1973年，他成了世界上第一个种植高产量水稻,的农业先锋。,Step 4 Retelling Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Dr. Y
17、uan Longping was born in a poor farmers family in 1. _. When he was young, he saw many people go hungry often. So he has devoted himself 2. _ finding ways of increasing rice harvest without 3. _ the area of fields since he graduated from,1930,to,expanding,Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Now
18、over 60% of the rice 4. _ in China each year is from this hybrid strain. He is circulating his 5. _ in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their harvests. He cares little about money and lives a simple life. In his opinion, a person with too much 6. _ will,produced,kno
19、wledge,money,have more troubles. He doesnt care about being 7. _ because he would rather keep more time to do his research. In his free 8. _ he loves listening to music,9. _ (play) mah-jong and reading. Now he dreams of 10. _ (export) his rice so that it can be grown all over the world.,famous,time,
20、playing,exporting,Step 5 Discussion If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?,_ _ _ _ _ _,(1)Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food.,(2)Find a sort of fertilizer(化肥)to give rice enough,nutrition(营养).,(3)Stop the pollution to the environment and protect,the soil in the field.,(4)Make good use of the wasteland.,
