1、Unit 2,2018学年度人教版必修4 Unit 2 Working the land Period3Language points,Learning about language,1. Find the word or phrase from the text for each of these meanings.,Discovering useful words and expressions,1) brown (skin) from spending too much time in the sun2) to make something or somebody free of3) t
2、o become larger in size, number or amount,sunburnt,ridof,expand,4) to make information and ideas known to many people5) would prefer to6) to try extremely hard to achieve something,circulate,would rather,struggle,7) to send things to foreign countries for sale8) pleased by having what one wants or n
3、eeds9) to provide with things necessary for a certain purpose,export,satisfied with,equip,10) plants grown in large amounts by farmers11) because of,crops,thanks to,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) A
4、ccording to the WHOs information, about 1.8 million people across the world die each year from diseases caused by unsafe food and water.,statistics, globe,2) Different kinds of strong corn, another hybrid grain, has been developed by scientists of many different races.3) Not having enough food leads
5、 to poor health and, therefore, sickness.,super, nationalities,Hunger, disease,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 todays international business world, hybrid grains can be sold and sent abroad to count
6、ries around the world.,Vietnam, occupations,freedom, exported,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
7、 _desert.,decade,struggle,expanding,_ 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 great war against the _ growth of the desert.,Equipped,output,grain,crops,battles,disturbing,
