高中英语 Unit 2《Working the landPeriod1 Reading》教案 新人教版必修4
Unit 2 Working the landPeriods 1 Warming up and ReadingTheGeneral Idea of This PeriodThis period includes Warming up,Pre-reading,Reading and Comprehending of Unit 2.It introduces something about agriculture,especially about Dr Yuan and his super hybrid rice.It can help the students,especially the students in cities,know something about agriculture.In fact this world faces a serious problem—So after reading the passage about Dr Yuan the students will know the importance of his achievement to man.Of course they will learn from Dr Yuan some noble characters,and learn how they should try their best to make contributions to theLearn and master the important wHow to help the students make up their minds to make contributions to the societyHow to help the students improve their reading ability and understand the passage beDiscu ssion to help the students understand better what they’ve learned and toTrain the students’ reading abiExpressions:rid...of,be satisfied with,lead a...life,search for,would1) This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of2) He cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable4) He feels it gives5) His other hobbies include playing mah-Enable the students to learn more about agriculture,countryside and farming.They can exchange their experience with each other by talking and realizeExplanation to make the students master some languagIt can help the students,especially the students in cities,know something aboutTeaching ProceduresT:Ss:T:In unit 1 the previows we learnt some great women.Today we’ll learn something about a famous man.At first let’s look at the following pictures and tell me whatSs:T:Are you from a farmer’s family?What do you know about farminanything about the agriculture in the past?Then show the students the followingThe modern agricultureStep 2 Pre-The purpose of this step is to let the students know the importance of rice.By answering the two questions,the students can easily understand why we call Dr Yuan Longping a pioneer for all people,and why he devotes all his life to the riceT:Ss:Rice.It is said that there are 2.4 billion people to eat rice every day throughoutT:Ss:If that happened,people there would suffer from starvation.People would bepanic(惊慌) and the whole country would get into trouble.T:But today it will not happen because Dr Yuan Longping helps us.So today we’llThe reading material is about an agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard at a new strain of rice.It has proved so successful that his technology spread into other countries.The purpose of the fast reading is to let the students find some useful information，and get familiar with the text.So in this step,the teacher can design some questions the for the students,so that they can easily findT:Read the text fast and find out the answers to the questions on the screen.ThenShow the questions on the screen and give the students three minutes to read the3.Do you think he is a great man?Why?T:S:1.He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim,strong body.He is more like a farmerT:S:2.He grows what is called super hybrid rice,which makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.Thanks to his research,the UN is trying to rid the world of ing his hybrid rice farmers’ producing harveststwiceT:Step 4 DetailedT:Please read the text again,and try to find the answers for thefollowing3.What kind ofT:1.Dr Yuan wanted to increase the rice output because he saw many people go hungry2.He helps the world get rid of hunger by producing a hybrid strain of rice which3.Dr Yuan is leading a simple life,doing his research,listening to his music and riding his motor-4.Dr Yuan is a simple,academic man who is more interested in helping others thanT:He succeeded in __________3.has great __________Do you want to end the famine(饥荒)in the world?If you had the chance to do one thingFind a sort of fertilizer(肥料Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field.The teacher explains the important words and expressions from the reading.Try to use as many examples as possible to illustrate the point.After illustration,the teacher can give the students some exercise to consolidate their unThe Design of the Writing on the BlackboardUnit 2 Working the landPeriod 1 Warming up and Reading1.rid...of make sb./sth.free from (sb./sth.un3.wouRecord after TeachingActivities and ResearchResearch on cropsThis activity is intended for group cooperation.The students have to assign themselves the work.The students are asked to study three or four crops that are grown on the land,including where it grows;the varieties;its ideal environment.This activity is important for the students as it encourages independent learning anddevelops research skills.2.Students can search some information on the Internet,they can also gain a lot of3.Encourage them to do the work out of school as homework or independent project4.Help the students organize their information under the three5.When students present their work,praise their efforts in class and give them encouragement and suggestions to i6.Teacher can also display the students’ projects for other classes and their1.CropsCucumbers are grown for eating fresh or preserving as pickles.They must be grown in warm temperatures and full sunlight,and will not stand frost.Cucumbers mature quickly and are best suited to large gardens but can be grown in small areas if cagedCucumbers do best in loose,sandy loam soil but can be grown in any well drained soil.Remove rocks,large sticks and trash before preparing the soil.Leave fine pieces of plant material such as dead grass and small weeds.They will help enrich the soil when turned under.Spade the soil to a depth of 8 to 12 inches.This is about the depth reached by most shovels or spading forks.Turn each shovel of soil completely over so all plant materials are covered with soil.Tomatoes are warm season plants requiring at least six hours per day.Temperatures are very important.Most varieties of tomatoes will not set fruit unless the average nighttime temperature stays above 55 degrees.If nighttime temperatures are expected to drop below 55 degrees,protect the plants using aOne of the most common problems with tomatoes is called blossom end rot which appears as a gray or dark leathery scar or rot on the blossom end of the fruit.It is usually caused by sudden or inconsistent moisture levels in the soil.It can also be caused by a lack of calcium in the soil.Another common problem of tomatoes is blossom drop.This can occur if nighttime temperatures drop below 55 degrees and plants are not protected.Germination and tube growth are so slow that the blossoms drop off before they can be fertilized.Peas are a frost-hardy,cool-season vegetable that can be grown throughout most of the United States,wherever a cool season of sufficient duration exists.For gardening purposes,peas may be classified as garden peas (English peas),snap peas and snow peas (sugar peas).Garden pea varieties have smooth or wrinkled seeds.The smooth-seeded varieties tend to have more starch than the wrinkled-seeded varieties.The wrinkled-seeded varieties are generally sweeter and usually preferred for home use.The smooth-seeded types are used more often to produce ripe seeds that are used like dry beans and to make split-pea soup.Snap peas have been developed from garden peas to have low-fiber pods that can be snapped and eaten along with the immature peas inside.Snow peas are meant to be harvested as flat,tender pods before the peas inside develop at all.The Southern pea (cowpea) is an entirely different warm-season vegetable that is planted and grown in the same manner as2.Is Organic Food Safe?anic food is as safe to consume as any other kind of food.Just as with any kind of produce,consumers should wash before consuming to ensure maximum cleanliness.As cited above,organic produce contains significantly lower levels of pesticide residues than conventional produce.It is a common misconception that organic food could be at greater risk of E.coli contamination because of raw manure application although conventional farmers commonly apply tons of raw manure as well with no regulation anic standards set strict guidelines on manure use in organic farming:Either it must be first composted,or it must be applied at least 90 days before harvest,which allows ample time for microbial breakdown of anyThe cost of organic food is higher than that of conventional food because the organic price tag more closely reflects the true cost of growing the food:substituting labor and intensive management for chemicals,the health and environmental costs of which are borne by society.These costs include cleanup of polluted water and remediation of pesticide contamination.Prices for organic foods include costs of growing,harvesting,transportation and storage.In the case of processed foods,processing andpackaging costs are also anically produced foods must meet stricter regulations governing all these steps than conventional foods.The intensive management and labor used in organic production are frequently (though not always) more expensive than the chemicals routinely used on conventional farms.There is mounting evidence that if all the indirect costs of conventional food production were factored into the price of food,organic foods would cost the same,or,more likely,be cheaper than conventional food.3.International Coalition Proposes World Hunger ReformsRome,Italy,May 28 \—An international coalition promoting plant-based solutions to world hunger proposed sweeping reforms to delegates to the Food and Agriculture Organization meeting on world food security in Rome.The purpose of the meeting was to repair a flawed process that was supposed to reduce the number ofThe coalition’s position paper makes several creative points to clear theA key root cause of world hunger,aside from natural disasters,pests,and wars,has been the insistence first by colonial powers and now by corporate interests on production of cash crops for export,in place of sufficient nutritious,safe,and accessiInternational trade can not solve world hunger because it shifts limited agricultural resources to production of cash crops for export,and people who don’t have access to food and other basic necessities of life have notWestern meat industries,facing public awareness of the health impacts and strict environmental regulations at home,seek to exploit the natural resources,cheap labor,and potential markets of low-income food-The definition of food security as the sustainable availability of sufficientamounts of nutritious,safe,and accessible foodstuffs leads inevitably to the choice of plant-based solutions and the avoidance of animal-Affluent nations should act upon their moral obligation to provide the resources necessary to transport and distribute western food surpluses to the world’s hungry people and to help set up sustainable production of sufficient nutritious,safe,and accessible locally grown plant-based foods.They should reduce their own dependence on animal-LIFDNs should scrutinize carefully all offers of resources to make sure that these truly meet their needs,rather than those of western corporate interests.They should insist on building up sustainable production of sufficient nutritious,safe,and accessible locally grown plant-In addition to distributing the position paper to the delegates,coalition activists also handed out leaflets at the FAO Rome headquarters.Additional actionsMembers of the coalition include FARM,a U.S.non-profit organization which has promoted sustainable,humane farming practices since 1976，and two Italian groups,Societa Vegetariana (Milan) and Progetto Vivere4.Hunger:Vegetarian Solutions Now—Vegfam is a charitable organization with the mission to feed the hungry without exploit in animals.It was founded in 1963 in England by Chris and Janet ter Ruth and Friedenstern Howard became Trustees.Frieden and others continue its work today out of the office in Devon,England.(VEGFAM,The Sanctuary,Nr Lydford,Okehampton,Devon EX20 4AL,England)For over 30 years,Vegfam has been working with and influencing major charities around the world,by co-financing projects that do not exploit animals.Vegfam works through indigenous on-the-spot representatives,and works with existing charities to support immediate and long-term food and water-aid projects.In working with existing charities,Vegfam educates these groups about the need for relief efforts that do not feed the hungry at the expense of animals and the environment.Short-term aid for famine victims includes purchasing grains,legumes,fruits,nuts,and vegetables,and providing water supplies.Long-term aid includes providing seeds for planting,irrigation projects,digging water wells,providing fruit and nut trees,providing vegetable plots and/or training people to grow vegetables,and Leaf Concentrate projects.Some of the countries aided by Vegfam are India,Bangladesh,Vietnam,Sudan,Ethiopia,Nigeria/Biafra,Somalia,Syria,Lebanon,Zi mbabwe,and many more.In 1994 help was sent to Angola,Rwanda,and Bosnia.Donations made in 1995 were,insterling;(1 = about $1.60),and the amounts are small compared to need,to: MALAWI (Monkey Bay) 1000 to finance running a Fruit Tree Nursery.The projectINDIA (Madurai) 1265 for two wells in Karumbalai for poor villagers who would otherwise have to walk afar.1935 to feed orphans in the orphanage at Chathirpatti.(The orphans are taken in from various disasters in India:flood,earthquake,plague,etc.) Both of these efforts are in support of the workINDIA (Jaipur) 500 for the leaf concentrate child feeding programs run by FindINDIA (Himalayas Kumaon) 500 for a medicinal and culinary herb nursery which will help subsistence farmers earn a living and overcome a food shortage,and preserve the wild-EL SALVADOR 2500 for growing and drying cowpea leaves to add to children’s snacks to alleviate malnutrition,in cooperation with a local agency,and Find YourINDIA,through Pastor Jesudoss:500 to help feed refugees from Sri Lanka,and 1220ZAMBIA:3000 for a maize grinding mill,donated through the Zambian Society OfMEXICO:2000 for a dried leaf project of FIND YOUR FEET with cooperation of aNIGERIA，and awaiting funding,is a soy flour distribution project to be conductedChina is a country whose population ranks the first in the world.In order to feed the whole population,Chinese farmers must produce enough food.On the other hand,they should produce more and better products which can be exported to improve their living standard.But China only has 7% of the land which can be used for farming.Therefore,farmers in China have always been looking for better methods and techniques to produce more food.They have also had to find ways to work on more land with fewer hands.In the past 20 years,great achievements have been made in China and China’s farming.With the help of new techniques and the outstanding work of scientists,China has not only solved the problem of hunger but also taken a lead in agricultural research,especially in super hybrid rice,crop genome,fertilizer andIt is a kind of agriculture although there are differences between land agriculture and water agriculture.Fish farming involves human help and produces fish protein crops rather than vegetable or meat protein crops.It has been used for 2000 years in China,Egypt and Rome.Fish can either be kept in earthen ponds or in cages with flowing water passing over the fish.If fish are kept in earthen ponds they can be fed either with extra natural food or with specially produced fish food.If fish are kept in cages they have to be fed on the specially produced fish food.When thefish are ready to be harvested and sold for eating,the earthen ponds can be emptied (if all the fish are to be harvested) or the water reduced (if some of the fish are to remain).In the cages all the fish would be harvested together.There is the problem of disease with fish kept in cages.They are generally too close together so they get lice.These parasites can be killed by giving medicine to the fish.But as time goes by,the medicine is not able to kill all the lice.So if some of the lice get onto the wild fish they kill many of them as wild fish have no medicine to protect them.So fish farming can cause problems for wild pop6.Modern AgricultureFor thousands of years traditional agriculture in China did not change very much.Most farms were one-family businesses.Although China is a very big country,only 7% of the land can be used for farming.It is on this arable land that the farmersIt is from the early 1990s that scientists started to develop new techniques to increase agricultural production without harming the environment.Chemical fertilization,for example,helps to produce better crops,but is harmful to the environment.New techniques should increase agricultural production but also be friendly to environment.Future agriculture should depend on high technology as well as traditional methods.Not only food production is important but also taking careThe biggest problem of Chinese farmers is the shortage of arable ing the latest technologies,Chinese scientists grow vegetables in greenhouses.The roots of these vegetables are not planted in earth but hang in water that contains all the nutrients they need to grow.Today,many vegetables are not grown in gardens but in greenhouses.They are protected from the wind,rain and insects.The temperature is controlled with computers,or kept the same袁博士种植了被人称作超级杂交水稻的稻谷。
[高中英语]人教新课标英语必修四Unit 2 Working the land教案
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Unit2 Working the landVocabulary and Useful ExpressionsStep1.重点难点1. In many ways, he is one of them, and he struggled for the past five decades to help them.In a way; in one way; in some ways 在某种程度上2．However, he cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life.care v. 在乎,在意,喜欢,有兴趣spend sth. … on … 在某方面花费spend … (in) doing sth. 花费…做某事3．Wishing for nothing, however, costs nothing.wishing for nothing 动名词短语做主语,谓语动词用单数.however是插入语,表示语气的一种转折.4．It also refers to crops growing with natural rather than chemical fertilizers.refer to 与…有关,关系到某人、某事；提到,涉及；参考5．Instead, organic farmers insist on changing crops every two or three years.insist on 坚持要求；insist后面可以跟从句,其中谓语动词常用should + 动词原形构成6．Dr. Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could fees more people.with the hope of 带着某种希望7．He used to walk to his fields twice a day, but now he prefers to ride his motorcycle.used to 过去常常（现在已经不是如此）be used to doing 意思是“习惯于”prefer to do (rather than do) 相比之下更喜欢做某事8．But whatever they grow they make sure that what is left in the ground after harvesting becomes a natural fertilizer for the next year’s crop.whatever引导让步状语从句,表示“无论怎样”,相当于no matter what.Eg: Whatever you do, don’t give up.Step 2．功能句型建议（Suggestion & advice）I would rather … I don’t like … because …I’d prefer … because … It’s a great pity that …Should we/I …? It’s better to …If I h ave a choice I’d choose … because … You need to …May I suggest …? Let me suggest … because …Perhaps we should suggest … because … But what/how about …?Step 3. 重点单词及短语单词①hunger n. 饥饿,食欲；v. 渴望得到某事物,某人hunger for/after sth./sb.②struggle vi.stuggle with sb. 与某人争斗,搏斗struggle (against/with sb./sth.)struggle against/with sb./sth. (for sth.) 争斗,拼搏,奋斗,努力③expand vi. (使某事物)变大,增强,伸展,张开expand on sth. 阐述或详述expansion n. 扩大,扩展,膨胀④equip vt.equip sb./sth. (with sth.) 配备,装备equipment n. 设备,装备⑤export vt. 输出；n. 出口业,出口品import vt. 进口⑥circulate vi. vt. 使某物循环,流通,传播；vt. 发侧知告知某人circulation n. 循环,流传,传播⑦confuse vt. 把某人弄糊涂,使为难,打乱confusion n. 混乱,混淆⑧reduce vt. 缩减,减小,降低reduction n. 减少,缩小⑨supply vt. 供给,供应,满足；n. 供应,供给之物⑩exchange vt. 交换,交易；n. 交换,更换,互访,交流exhange sth. with sth.exchangeable adj. 可交换的,可退换的,可兑换的短语rid … of 清除,摆脱be satisfied with = be contented 感到满足,满意的would rather do sth. 宁可做某事refer to 与…有关,关系到某人,某事,提到,参考search for 寻找,搜寻thanks to 多亏,由于rather than 而不,宁愿…而不Unit2 Working the landWarming Up, Pre-reading and Reading Period 1 Warming up and pre-reading.Step 1 Lead-in.Poem By Li ShenFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.Then let one student recite the poem in Chinese.Step 2 Warming up by questioningHello, everyone. We shall read about man who works the land today. Have you ever grown any plants? If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? How will you grow it?(For reference: Mr. Li, I worked with my father in the rice field last year. We grow hybrid rice and use animal wastes to make the soil rich.)Has anyone of you ever been to the countryside? What did you do there?(For reference: I went to Chuankou the day before yesterday. It is a small mountain village 75 li north of Beijing. I went there to visit my uncle’s family. I like that small beautiful village ve ry much. )Who are from a farmer’s family? What do you know about farming?Step 3 Pre-reading and talkingQuestioning and answeringRice is main food in South China. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?(For reference: Then the south people would have to change their eating habit. They could turn to potatoes, wheat flour, cow and sheep cheese, cabbage, onions and garlic for food. They are the bases of the traditional food in North China. )If you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?(For reference: I would try to end hunger by popularizing the advanced farming techniques.Modern techniques could be introduced to increase the rice output, and expand the area of fields.)Giving background information about Professor Yuan LongpingHave you ever heard of a man called Professor Yuan Longping? Would anyone of you tell the class something about him?(For reference: Professor Y uan Longping is a Chinese agricultural scientist. Professor Yuan's breakthrough scientific achievement led to the world's first successful and widely grown hybrid rice varieties, revolutionizing rice cultivation in China and tripling production over a generation. His approach to rice breeding then spread internationally throughout Asia and to Africa and the Americas, providing food for tens of millions and leading to his becoming known as the "Father of Hybrid Rice."Step 4. ReadingReading aloud to the recordingComprehension—understanding what you are reading—is important. To read in thought groups is an easy, yet effective, way of improving reading comprehension. Now turn to page 9 and read aloud to the recording of the text A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE. Pay attention to the thought groups in the sentences while listening and reading aloud.A brief introduction:Yuan Longping is known as China’s “father of hybrid rice”. It’s said that in China, we eat depending on “Two Ping” ---- Deng Xiaoping, who made the policy of System of Production Responsibility, & Yuan Longping, who invented hybrid rice.Yuan Longping, who was born in September, 1930, graduated from Agriculture Department in Southwest Agricultural Institute. He has been working on agriculture education & the research into hybrid rice since he left the institute.In the 1960s, when China was suffering from serious famine, he came up with the idea of hybrid rice, which has a high yield ( or output). Ten years later, he succeeded in inventing a new species that produced a 20 percent higher yield than common types of rice.Yuan devoted himself to the research into agriculture, & was honored by UNESCO & FAO(联合国教科文组织）. Although he is 74 years old, he is still working on the research into agriculture.Period 2 ReadingStep 1 Lead-in.. Listen to the tape carefully then answer these questions.1）When and who did become the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output?2）What did Yuan Longping invent?Step2. Read the passage once again,then find out these sentences true or false.1）Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.2 ）Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland.3）Dr Yuan would rather work than relax.4 ）Dr Yuan has dreams when he is asleep and also when he is awake.5 ）Dr Yuan enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.Step3. Find out the topic sentences of each paragraphPara. 1: He became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.Para.2:He has devoted his life to finding ways to grow more and more rice..Para.3:He cares little about spending the money on himself and would rather keep time for his hobbies.Para.4 Dr. Yuan’s dreams.Step4. Write down Yuan Longping’s personal informationIn pairs, read the text, find information to complete the following form.Step 5 Language points:1. Struggle for…为争取……而斗争Struggle against…为反对……而斗争Struggle with… 与……争斗1）The swimmer struggled against the tide.2）We had to struggle with/against all kinds of difficulties.3）The slaves struggled for the freedom2. 使做…成为… make +it +adj./n. +to do好天气使游泳成为可能The fine weather makes it possible( for us )to swim.他将每早跑步做为一个规则He makes it a rule to run every morning.其他可用这种结构的词:feel, find, think, consider…3.搜查,搜索search (sb. / sth.) for …He searched all the rooms for the missing person.They searched the man all over for money.4.由于,多亏thanks to 相当于because of5.是从前两倍那么多twice as large as before相当于once larger than before6.对……感到满意be satisfied with…相当于be pleased withadj. satisfactory/satisfyingn. satisfaction7.在乎,在意care about比较care forMy aunt cared for me when my parents were away last week.Dr Yuan never cares about money and fame.8. Indeed, his sunburn face and arms and his slim, strong body are like those of millions of other Chinese farmers.e.g: The streets in Beijing are wider than those in my hometown.The number of students in our school is larger than that in their school.9. Dr Yuan grows what is called super hybrid rice.e.g: He came to what is called America.10. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one -third more of the crop in the same fields.e.g: That made it possible for life to begin to develop.The development of science makes it possible for us to know more about the universe.11. Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice (that could feed more people).e.g: He went to the U.S with the hope of finding a better job there.Step 6Closing down by having a dictationTo end the peri od you will take a dictation. It is about Yuan Longping, “Father of Super hybrid rice”.Yuan Longping, China's Most Famous "Farmer"Yuan came up with the idea of hybridizing rice for the first time in the world in 1960s. Since then, 50 percent of China's total rice cultivation fields have grown such rice, which added some 300 billion kilograms to the country's grain output. Furrows grown on his sunburnt face, a slim figure and coiled-up trousers legs would confuse foreign reporters who came to interview themost famous scientist in China, who would rather be called “a farmer”. Indeed, like many Chinese farmers, Yuan in his 70s and has devoted most of his life growing rice in paddy fields, but unlike those farmers, he reaps the seed from experimental fields only for hybridizing rice.Unit2 Working the landListening, Speaking and WritingLearning AimsTo help students read the passage Organic Farming.To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing.ProceduresI．Warming up by listening and reading aloudLanguage is created to be listened to and spoken first. So open your book to page 13 and read it aloud while listening to the recording. Watch your pauses between the thought groups.II. Guided reading1.Reading and translatingRead the text sentence by sentence, and put it into Chinese. Who will be the first to try. I will only have four of you to do this task..Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.2.Doing exercisesNow you are going to do exercises No. 1, 2 and 3 on page 14 following the article.3.ListeningFor listening turn to page 14 and then 15 for the listening exercises 1, 2 and 3. Are you ready?5. Reading, speaking and writingWhen trying to argue people into or out of doing something we may use the following expressions:In pairs you are to make up a dialogue to argue each other into or out adopting organic farming. I will argue with your monitor, Liang Bochao. Get started.III. Guided writing1.Writing a posterWriting a poster which includes all the information about the uses of computer so that you will encourage more farmers to buy and use. You are asked to base your poster on the overall pattern of the article you learned Organic Farming. Limit your poster to between 200 and 250 words.2.Writing a speechWrite a speech for Professor Yuan Longping. He is to attend an international conference on modern agriculture. You may also make use of the library and network resources for the task. IV. Further applyingFinding informationRead online to find as much information as possible about Professor Y uan Longping and his research group. Share your findings with you partner next time you are here.Writing a reportGo back home to interview your parents or your grandparents about China’s agriculture, its past and present situations. Write a report in English in about 500 words as a weekly project.Acting a text playTurn either one of the two articles into a text play. Rehearse it and play it in front of the class. The play shall last at least 10 minutes.IV. Closing downClosing down by filling a formTo end the period, please fill in the form below.Closing down by imagingImagine and write about what the agriculture will be like 50 years from now in the future. Use your imagination to compete for “wild thinking prize”.Unit2 Working the landGrammar and Useful StructuresLearning AimsTo help students learn about The –ing form as the Subject & Object.To help students discover and learn to use some useful words and expressions.To help students discover and learn to use some useful structures.ProceduresI. Warming upWarming up reading aloud the text A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLELanguage is learned in context. So let’s first review the text learne d yesterday by reading it aloud. Try to force out your English slowly and clearly.II. Discovering useful words and expressionsIn pairs do the exercises 1, 2 and 3 . You must finish them in 5 minutes.III. Learning about grammar1. Read and identifyRead the text about Yuan Longping again, paying attention to the sentences which use the –ing form as the subject and object.In the sentence “Wishing for things, however, cost nothing. “the –ing is used as subject.It can be also used as object of the sentence. For example: Yuan Longping likes playing his violin.2. Consolidating by do exercisesTo consolidate your understanding you will be given 10 minutes to go over exercises 1,2,3,4 and 5 on pages 12 and 13. You may just write on your text book. I mean the student’s book you are working by.III. Ready used materials for The –ing form as the Subject & Object)语法学习——动名词1. 动名词作主语1）名词直接放在句首作主语.例如：Using the right hand to shake hands is a convention in many countries.用右手握手是许多国家的一种习俗.2）动名词在“It is no use/ no good/ fun / a waste of time/ a good pleasure 等名词+ doing”结构中作主语,it为形式主语.例如：It is no good writing to him; he never answers letters.写信给他不妥,他从来不回信.It is no use your complaining; the company won’t do anything about it.抱怨是没有用的,公司是不会管的.3）动名词在“I t is useless/ nice/ good/ interesting/ worthwhile 等形容词+ doing”结构中作主语.例如：It is good playing chess after supper.晚饭后弈棋挺好.It is useless speaking.光说是没有用的.4）动名词在“There is(was) no + doing”结构中作主语.例如：There is no denying that she is very efficient.她效率高是不容否认的.There is no telling what he is going to do.他要做什么一点消息都没有.2. 动名词作宾语1）有些动词后面要求跟动名词作宾语.常这样用的动词有：admit 承认；excuse 原谅；postpone 拖延；anticipate 期望；fancy 想象practise 练习；appreciate 欣赏；finish 完成；prevent 防止；avoid 避免；forbid 禁止；propose 建议；consider 考虑；forgive 宽恕；recollect 回忆；delay 耽搁；imagine 想象；resent 厌恶；deny 否认；involve 涉及；resist 抵制；detest 厌恶；keep 保留；risk 冒险；dislike 讨厌；mind 在意；save 挽救；dread 害怕；miss 错过；suggest 建议；enjoy 喜欢；pardon 原谅；understand 理解；escape 逃避；permit 允许例如：I recommend buying the dictionary.我建议买这本词典.I don’t anticipate meeting any opposition.我估计不会遇到任何反对意见.Will you admit having broken the window?你承认不承认打破了窗户？2）有些动词短语后也要求跟动名词作宾语.常这样用的动词短语有：can’t stand 忍不住；can’t help 忍不住；feel like 想,欲；give up 放弃；put off 推迟例如：He put off making a decision till he had more information.在获得详情之前,他没有急于做出决定.Do you feel like taking a walk?你要不要去散步？3）动名词常跟在介词或介词短语后做宾语.常这样用的介词短语有：instead of, look forwardto, object to, keep on, see about, take to 等.例如：We are looking forward to coming to China.我们期待着来中国.We succeeded in getting over all the difficulties.我们终于克服了所有的困难.4）在“have difficulty (trouble, problem, a hard time, fun, a good time) (+in) + 动名词；be busy (in) + 动名词；waste time (in) + 动名词；lost time (in) + 动名词；There is no point (in) + 动名词”等结构中,动名词做介词宾语,in常要省去.例如：The children are busy doing their homework.孩子们忙于做作业.There is no point (in) making the simple experiments once again.再做一次这种简单的实验是毫无意义的.5）在复合宾语中,用it作形式宾语,将动名词短语放在后面.例如：I consider it a waste of time arguing about it.我认为辩论这事是很浪费时间的.6）在“there be”结构当中,be为动名词时,该结构也是一种带逻辑主语的动名词形式.例如：We can imagine there being a lot of fuss about it.我们可以想象到人们对此大惊小怪.Were you disappointed at there not having been more gifts?你对没有更多的礼物感到失望吗？3. 动名词的被动式1）动词need, require, want, deserve后,用动名词的主动形式表示被动意义.其用法相当于不定式的被动结构.例如：The watch needs repairing. (=The watch needs to be repaired.)这块表需要修理.The problem deserves thinking about. (=The problem deservers to be thought about.)这个问题值得考虑.2）在（be）worth后面只能用动名词的主动态来表示被动意义.例如：His suggestion is worth considering. 他的提议值得考虑.IV. Closing down by doing a quiz。
高中英语unit2workingthelandsectionⅰwarmingup
Warming Up & Reading — Pre-reading
1．A large number of people die of hunger in the world, especially in Africa, so agriculture plays an important role in our lives.Who do you think has made great contributions to growing rice that has a high output?
Warming Up 1．The title of this unit is “Working the land”. Have you worked
the land? Discuss in pairs and put the farming steps in order.
_A_→ E → F → D →B → C
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
C．he wears simple clothes like other farmers
D．people don't know who Yuan Longping is
(3)From the text, we can know that
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A．Yuan Longping found a way to increase rich harvests by
高中英语 Unit 2 Working the land Period One War
Unit 2 Working the landYang Shanzhou was born in Yunnan in 1927.He joined the Party in 1952.Yang Shanzhou retired in 1988 and he turned down the easy option of a retired life in a big city，and decided to return to his home town in Daliang Mountain to bring green back to the barren hills.Yang believed planting trees was the first step to bringing wealth to the local area.Along with fifteen other people，Yang settled down deep in the mountains and began to work on his plan.It was a life that was harder than most people could ever imagine.For ten years，Yang lived in a shed，with no roads，and no electricity.Yang Shanzhou’s secretary said，“I went to visit him several times.He didn’t even have decent shoes and it was very cold at night.I just couldn’t bear to see him live like that.He was almost seventy！”When he was seventytwo years old，Yang slipped and fractured his left leg.But after just six months of rest，he climbed up mountains once again，supported by a walking stick.Despite being proud of his efforts，Yang faced the constant dilemma of work and care of his family.In 2005，his wife was hospitalized.Yang stayed at her bedside for two weeks.When his children asked him to rest，he said he just wanted to take care of his family.In 2010，Yang Shanzhou passed away.He was buried in Daliang Mountain，according to his will.The hills are now blanketed with lush trees；the barren land is fertile.By planting trees，Yang Shanzhou also planted hope.Notes1.retire vi.退休2.option n.选择3.barren adj.贫瘠的4.decent adj.像样的；体面的5.fracture v.使……折断6.dilemma n.两难选择TaskTrue (T) or False (F).1.Yang believed planting trees was not important to bring wealth to the local area.(F)2.Yang Shanzhou retired at the age of sixtyone.(T)Period One Warming Up，Prereading & Reading Ⅰ.单词检测1.statistic n.数据；统计；统计数字；统计资料2.sunburnt adj.晒黑的3.struggle vi.& n.斗争；拼搏；努力4.decade n.十年；十年期5.super adj.特级的；超级的6.output n.产量；输出7.hunger n.饥饿；欲望；vt.& vi.(使)饥饿hungry adj.饥饿的8.disturbing adj.引起烦恼的；令人不安的disturb vt.打扰9.expand vt.& vi.使变大；伸展10.circulate vt.& vi.循环；流传11.battle n.战役；战斗；较量；斗争；vt.& vi.搏斗；奋斗12.freedom n.自由；自主free adj.自由的13.therefore adv.因此；所以；因而14.equip vt.& vi.配备；装备15.grain n.谷物；粮食；颗粒16.export vt.& vi.输出；出口17.nationality n.国籍national adj.国家的；民族的18.occupation n.工作；职业；占领Ⅱ.短语检测1.thanks to幸亏；由于；因为2.rid...of使……摆脱或除去3.be satisfied with对……感到满意4.would rather宁愿；宁可Ⅰ.阅读课文，匹配各段落的大意Para.1(D) A.Yuan Longping’s brief life experience. Para.2(A) B.Yuan Longping’s dreams.Para.3(C) C.Yuan Longping’s attitude towards life.Pa ra.4(B) D.Yuan Longping’s appearance and achievements.Ⅱ.阅读课文，判断正(T)误(F)1.Dr Yuan’s rice is one of the most suitable ways for China’s farmland.(T)2.Dr Yuan is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.(F)3.Dr Yuan enjoys listening to violin music，swimming and running.(F)4.Dr Yuan is a person who loves and cares for his people.(T)Ⅲ.课文阅读理解1.What does the word “battle” refer to in the secondparagraph?A.The low rice output.B.Ridding the world of hunger.C.Fighting against farming.D.The freedom to do research.答案B2.Why did Yuan Longping spread his knowledge to some less developed countries?A.To make money.B.To do research on his hybrid rice.C.To increase their rice harvests.D.To make China more famous in the world.答案C3.If Yuan Longping works with other farmers in the field，it is hard to tell him from others because .A.he regards himself as a farmerB.he is really like other farmersC.he wears simple clothes like other farmersD.people don’t know who Yuan Longping is答案B4.From the text，we can know that .A.Yuan Longping found a way to increase rich harvests by expanding the area of fieldsB.Yuan Longping is satisfied with his life because he isfamous and richC.in the 1950s，many parts of the countryside were short of foodD.his way of increasing rice harvests only works in some Asian countries答案C5.What is Yuan Longping’s attitude towards money?A.Too much money will cause a lot of troubles.B.Money is of no use to a scientist.C.Money is not important at all.D.One has to spend all his money on his own research.答案AⅣ.难句分析He awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people.句式分析：此句为复合句，that引导定语从句，修饰先行词a kind of rice。
Unit 2 Working the land 教案
Unit 2 Working the landPeriod 1 Words and ExpressionsTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言重点词汇struggle, expand, get rid of, therefore, export, regret, focus, reduce, comment, thanks to, be satisfied with, build up, lead to, search for, would rather,2. Ability goalsEnable the students to learn new words and expressions3. Learning ability goalsHelp the students learn how to use these wordsTeaching important points and difficult pointsHelp the students to grasp the new words and expressions教学过程：1.struggle vi. & n.斗争；努力；拼搏We had a struggle to stop the criminal.我们为截住罪犯进行了搏斗。
He was struggling for (=to gain) a higher score.他在为得到更高分而努力。
We should struggle against /with corruption. 我们应同腐败作斗争2.expand vt.使变大；使膨胀vi.发展；张开They hope to expand their company.他们希望扩大公司的规模。
Heat expands most metals.加热使大多数金属膨胀。
The mind expands with experience.经验使人心胸开阔。
Unit2《Working_the_land》教案
Unit2 Working the landPeriod 1 Warming up and pre-reading.Step 1 Lead-in.Poem By Li ShenFarmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.Then let one student recite the poem in Chinese.Step 2 Warming up by questioningHello, everyone. We shall read about man who works the land today. Have you ever grown any plants? If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? How will you grow it?(For reference: Mr. Li, I worked with my father in the rice field last year. We grow hybrid rice and use animal wastes to make the soil rich.)Has anyone of you ever been to the countryside? What did you do there?(For reference: I went to Chuankou the day before yesterday. It is a small mountain village 75 li n orth of Beijing. I went there to visit my uncle’s family. I like that small beautiful village very much. )Who are from a farmer’s family? What do you know about farming?Step 3 Pre-reading and talkingQuestioning and answeringRice is main food in South China. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?(For reference: Then the south people would have to change their eating habit. They could turn to potatoes, wheat flour, cow and sheep cheese, cabbage, onions and garlic for food. They are the bases of the traditional food in North China. )If you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?(For reference: I would try to end hunger by popularizing the advanced farming techniques. Modern techniques could be introduced to increase the rice output, and expand the area of fields.)Giving background information about Professor Yuan LongpingHave you ever heard of a man called Professor Yuan Longping? Would anyone of you tell the class something about him?(For reference: Professor Yuan Longping is a Chinese agricultural scientist. Professor Yuan's breakthrough scientific achievement led to the world's first successful and widely grown hybrid rice varieties, revolutionizing rice cultivation in China and tripling production over a generation. His approach to rice breeding then spread internationally throughout Asia and to Africa and the Americas, providing food for tens of millions and leading to his becoming known as the "Father of Hybrid Rice."Step 4. ReadingReading aloud to the recordingComprehension—understanding what you are reading—is important. To read in thought groups is an easy, yet effective, way of improving reading comprehension. Now turn to page 9 and read aloud to the recording of the text A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE. Pay attention to the thought groups in the sentences while listening and reading aloud.A brief introduction:Yuan Longping is known as China’s “father of hybrid rice”. It’s said that in China, we eat depending on “Two Ping” ---- Deng Xiaoping, who made the policy of System of Production Responsibility, & Yuan Longping, who invented hybrid rice.Yuan Longping, who was born in September, 1930, graduated from Agriculture Department in Southwest Agricultural Institute. He has been working on agriculture education & the research into hybrid rice since he left the institute.In the 1960s, when China was suffering from serious famine, he came up with the idea of hybrid rice, which has a high yield ( or output). Ten years later, he succeeded in inventing a new species that produced a 20 percent higher yield than common types of rice.Yuan devoted himself to the research into agriculture, & was honored by UNESCO & FAO(联合国教科文组织）. Although he is 74 years old, he is still working on the research into agriculture.。
高中英语-Unit 2 Working the land(1)
To export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world
Discussion
If you had the chance to do something to rid the world of hunger, what would you do ?
The measures taken to deal with hunger:
Invent a new kind of plant to produce more food.
Find a sort of fertilizer(肥料)to give rice enough nutrition.
Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field. … etc.
• He doesn’t care about _f_am__e__ and __m_o_n_e_y_. He likes freedom for his search
and hobbies.
Hobbies:
listening to violin music playing mah-jong swimming reading
Unit 2
Working the Land
Warming up and reading
Step 1: warming up
1. Have you ever been to the countryside? 2. Do you know how to work on a farm?
Welcome to my happy farm!
d. 200 million tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice.
高中英语《Unit2 Working the land》教案(1)新人教版必修4
struggle to do sth.努力做某事
The children talked so loudly at the dinner table that I had to struggle ____.
A. to be heardB. to have heard
would rather更喜欢
2) I would rather choose to give up than give in to him.
3) I would rather write to him than call him.
would rather意为________,常用结构为_____________________
Unit 2 Working the land
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Period 1 Language Points of reading
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Period 3 Extensive Reading
A. focusB. focused
C. would focusD. had focused
C. hearingD. being heard
【点拨】I与hear之间构成逻辑上的被动关系，struggle to do可知选A项。
用struggle及其短语的适当形式完成下列句子。
1. We should be brave to _________ (同……做斗争) the difficulty.
高一必修Unit2?Working?the?land英语说课稿
高一必修Unit2 Working the land英语说课稿高一必修unit2 working the land英语talking about the reading, speaking &writing part ofunit 2 working the landpart1: on teaching materialthe lesson is the reading, speaking and writing part of unit 2 of nsefc book1a. the central topic of this unit is about farming and green food. it is a part of training ss’ integrating skills, with the emphasis on training ss to express their ideas by using english. this reading passage is very short and simple, so in the reading teaching, teacher should emphasize on reading ability of scanning and finding out information correctly in a short given time. in speaking teaching, teacher should create a situation close to life to stimulate ss to speak, and guide them to use the useful expressions to express their ideas. in writing teaching, teacher should guide ss to use what they have learned in reading and speaking into their writing. the teaching syllabus demands that teaching should make developing students’ ability as its final aim. thus, i set the teaching aims of the lesson as follows: part 2: on teaching aimsknowledge objectives:1). ss will get to know the definition and knowledge related to green food.2). ss will get to know some new words and phrases related to green food.3) ss will get to know some useful expressions to persuade others.ability objectives:1). by discussing and reporting, ss’ thinking will beactivated, their interest of writing will be aroused , and their output of language will be increased, thus improving their ability of language expressing.2). while discussing and communicating, ss will get to improve their communicating strategy, and master the way to persuade others in english.3). ss will be guided to practise writing a poster, and be encouraged to use what they learn into their writing, and thus further develop their ability of using language.moral objectives:1). ss will get to try best to cooperate with their classmates and help each other.2). ss will get to know the importance of green food and healthy eating.teaching important and difficult pointsamong these aims, the aims of mastering words and expressions, applying the expressions in language situations and writing a poster are the important and difficult points.part3: on teaching methodsto achieve the teaching aims, i follow the “student-centered” principle. make the students the real masters in class while the teacher acts as a director. and the communicative approach and task-based method are adopted. i make every student work in class through pair or group work. besides, to increase students’ interest for learning, i will make full use of modern equipment and some encouraging and polite remarks.。
高一英语：Unit2 Working the land-教学设计
新修订高中阶段原创精品配套教材Unit2 Working the land- 教材定制 / 提高课堂效率 /内容可修改Unit2 Working the land-教师：风老师风顺第二中学编订：FoonShion教育Unit2 Working the land-unit2 working the landperiod 1 warming up and pre-reading.step 1 lead-in.poem by li shenfarmers weeding at noon,sweat down the field soon.who knows food on a tray,due to their toiling day.then let one student recite the poem in chinese.step 2 warming up by questioninghello, everyone. we shall read about man who works the land today. have you ever grown any plants? if not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? how will you grow it?(for reference: mr. li, i worked with my father in the rice field last year. we grow hybrid rice and use animal wastes to make the soil rich.)has anyone of you ever been to the countryside? what did you do there?(for reference: i went to chuankou the day before yesterday.it is a small mountain village 75 li north of beijing. i went there to visit my uncle’s family. i like that small beautiful village very much. )who are from a farmer’s family? what do you know about farming?step 3 pre-reading and talkingquestioning and answeringrice is main food in south china. what do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?(for reference: then the south people would have to change their eating habit. they could turn to potatoes, wheat flour, cow and sheep cheese, cabbage, onions and garlic for food. they are the bases of the traditional food in north china. )if you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?(for reference: i would try to end hunger by popularizing the advanced farming techniques. modern techniques could be introduced to increase the rice output, and expand the area of fields.)giving background information about professor yuan longpinghave you ever heard of a man called professor yuanlongping? would anyone of you tell the class something about him?(for reference: professor yuan longping is a chinese agricultural scientist. professor yuan's breakthrough scientific achievement led to the world's first successful and widely grown hybrid rice varieties, revolutionizing rice cultivation in china and tripling production over a generation. his approach to rice breeding then spread internationally throughout asia and to africa and the americas, providing food for tens of millions and leading to his becoming known as the "father of hybrid rice."step 4. readingreading aloud to the recordingcomprehension—understanding what you are reading—is important. to read in thought groups is an easy, yet effective, way of improving reading comprehension. now turn to page 9 and read aloud to the recording of the text a pioneer for all people. pay attention to the thought groups in the sentences while listening and reading aloud.a brief introduction:yuan longping is known as china’s “father of hybrid rice”. it’s said that in china, we eat depending on “two ping” ---- deng xiaoping, who made the policy of system of productionresponsibility, & yuan longping, who invented hybrid rice.yuan longping, who was born in september, 1930, graduated from agriculture department in southwest agricultural institute. he has been working on agriculture education & the research into hybrid rice since he left the institute.in the 1960s, when china was suffering from serious famine, he came up with the idea of hybrid rice, which has a high yield ( or output). ten years later, he succeeded in inventing a new species that produced a 20 percent higher yield than common types of rice.yuan devoted himself to the research into agriculture, & was honored by unesco & fao(联合国教科文组织）. although he is 74 years old, he is still working on the research into agriculture.FoonShion教育研究中心编制Prepared by foonshion Education Research Center。
高中英语unit 2 working the land必修四新人教版
Organic farming有机农业natural fertilizers天然
traditional farming传统农业hybrid rice杂交水稻
peanut花生wheat sorghum高粱corn
grain potato turnip萝卜sugarcane
C. A brief introduction to Yuan Longping.
D. History of farming in China.
2．How many parts can the passage be divided into?
A. 3B. 4C. 2D. 1
3．Yuan Longping is always looked on as a farmer because _______.
They can’t afford to equip their army properly.
Please equip yourself with a sharp pencil and a rubber for the exam.
7. export v. send (goods) to another country for sale
onion cucumber soybean vegetable
winter melon bitter gourd苦瓜pumpkin broccoli绿花菜
celery芹菜cauliflower花菜
Step 2. Reading
Task 1: Ss discuss and finish Ex 1 on page 10.
9. lead a…life = live a…life