人教版高中英语必修四
Unit 2 Working the land
Reading
教案
Teaching aims
Knowledge aims:
1)words and expressions: sunburn, struggle, super, expand, circulate, equip, export, rid ... of, be satisfied with, lead a ... life, search for, would rather, thanks to, with the hope of, rather than
2)important sentences;
3)knowledge of the topic: to learn sth. About Yuan Longping and his great achievement
Ability aims:
1) Get students to learn and master the important words and phrases in this part
2) Enable students com prehend Dr. Yuan’s work and life and learn how to describe Dr. Yuan including his personality.
Emotional aims:
1)Enable students learn how to help the world get rid of hunger.
2)cultivate ss’ sense of sympathy and humanism.
3)To get them to learn some noble character from Dr Yuan.
Teaching important and difficult points:
(1) Help students comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of each paragraph..
(2) Help students learn the usage of new words and expressions.
(3) How to improve students’ re ading skills.
Teaching method:
Task-based language teaching and discussion
Teaching Aids:
A tape recorder A multimedia
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Warming up
Show some pictures to the students and ask students two questions:
1. Do you know these grains?
2. Have you ever been to the countryside?
3. Can you use some words to describe farming?
4. What does a farmer usually look like?
Then get them to enjoy a Poem by Li Shen.
Step 2 Pre-reading
(1) Show some facts about the world hunger and ask the students to express their feelings.
(2)Ask students the following questions: What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries? If you have the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?
(3)A Chinese scientist is helping the hungry people. Who is he? ------Yuan Longping
(4) Guess the style of the passage according to the title “A pioneer for all people”.
Step 3 Reading
1.Skimming Find out the main idea of each paragraph, try to
write out the main idea of each paragraph
Paragraph 1: Dr Yuna and his achievement
Paragraph 2: His biography
Paragraph 3: His personality
Paragraph 4: His dreams
2. Careful Reading
Para. 1
Find out Dr. Yuan’s appearance and his achievement.
Para. 2
Put the sentences into right order according to paragraph 2.
Para. 3
(1) Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true?
A. He cares little about money and fame.
B. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.
C. He enjoys a simpler life.
D. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous.
(2) Ask students to use some adjectives to describe Dr. Yuan’s personalities.
Para. 4
(1) Ask students to find out Dr. Yuan’s two dreams.
(2) Ask the students to explain the sentence “Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.”
3.Post reading
Read the text carefully and choose the best answers.
1. What does the word “battle” refer to in the second paragraph?
A. The low rice output.
B. Ridding the world of hunger.
C. Fighting against farming.
D. The freedom to do research.
2. From the passage, we can know ______.
A. Yuan Longping is not a pioneer but a scientist in the research of the hybrid rice
B. Yuan’s parents are both agricultural scientists
C. more than 60% of the rice produced in the world is from the hybrid strain
D. using the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before
3. It can be inferred from the text that ______.
A. Yuan knew the importance of rice import
B. Yuan is interested in playing the violin
C. Yuan is proud of his achievements
D. Yuan’s rice are grown in many countries
Step 4 Discussion
Even if Dr.Yuan’s dreams come true, can this really solve starvation?
Dr. Yuan grows super hybrid rice to help the world get rid of hunger. Can you think out any other useful measures to help end hunger in the world?
Step 5 Homework
Ask students to search the web to find more information about Yuan Longping.
Try to retell Dr.Yuan and super hybrid rice
The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 2Working the land
Period 1Warming up and Reading
Language focus
1.rid...of make sb./sth. free from (sb./sth. unpleasant)
e.g. We all wish that we would rid the world of famine.
The farmer recently tried to rid the house of rats.
2.lead a...life, live a...life
e.g. Now we are leading a happy life.
In the old days farmers led a terrible life in the country.
3.would rather, prefer to
e.g. I’d rather walk than take a bus.
I’d rather you knew that now, than afterwards.