Unit2《Working the land》A pioneer for all people公开课

Unit 2 Working the landPart I a Pioneer for all PeopleAlthough he is one of China’s most famous scientists, Yuan Longping consider s himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggle d for the past five decade s. Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same field s. Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.Born in 1930, Dr Yuan graduate d from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan search ed for a way to increase rice harvest s without expand ing the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produce d. These increased harvests mean that 22% of the world’s people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tool s in the battle to rid the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life. However, he doesn’t care about being famous. He feel s it gives him less freedom to do his research. He would much rather keep time for his hobbies. He enjoy s listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. Spend ing money on himself or lead ing a comfortable life also means very little to him. Indeed, he believe s that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer trouble s. He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.Just dream ing for things, however, cost s nothing. Long ago Dr yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum. Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut. Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people. Now, many years later, Dr Yuan has another dream: to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. One dream is not always enough, especially for a person who loves and cares for his people.Part II Chemical or Organic Farming?Over the past half century, using chemical fertilizers has become very common in farming. Many farmers welcome d them as a great way to stop crop disease and increase production. Recently, however, scientists have been finding that long-term use of these fertilizers can cause damage to the land and, even more dangerous, to people’s health.What are some of the problems caused by chemical fertilizers? First, they damage the land by kill ing the helpful bacteria and pests as well as the harmful ones. Chemicals also stay in the ground and underground water for a long time. This affect s crops and, therefore, animals and humans, since chemicals get inside the crops and cannot just be wash ed off. These chemicals in the food supply build up in people’s bodies over time. Many of these chemicals can lead to cancer or other illnesses. In addition, fruit, vegetable s and other food grown with chemical fertilizers usually grow too fast to be full of much nutrition. They may look beautiful, but inside there is usually more water than vitamin s and mineral s.With these discover ies, some farmers and many customer s are beginning to turn to organic farming. Organic farming is simply farming without using any chemicals. They focus on keeping their soil rich and free of disease. A healthy soil reduce s disease and helps crops grow strong and healthy. Organic farmers, therefore, often prefer using natural waste from animals as fertilizer. They feel that this makes the soil in their fields richer in minerals and so more fertile. This also keeps the air, soil, water and crops free from chemicals.Organic farmers also use many other method s to keep the soil fertile. They often change the kind of crop in each field every few years, for example, growing corn or wheat and then the next year peas or soybeans. Crops such as peas or soybeans put important mineral s back into the soil, making it ready for crops such as wheat or corn that need rich and fertile soil. Organic farmers also plant crops to use different level s of soil, for example, planting peanuts that use the ground’s surface followed by vegetables that put down deep root s. Some organic farmers prefer planting grass between crops to prevent wind or water from carry ing away the soil, and then leaving it in the ground to become a natural fertilizer for the next year’s crop. These many different organic farming methods have the same goal: to grow good food and avoid damaging the environment or people’s health.。

高中英语必修四《unit2WorkingTheLand》全英文说课稿《unit2 Working The Land 》示范说课稿Unit 2 Working The Land (NSEFC B4)Reading: A Pioneer For All PeopleA teaching plan interpretationTarget students: students of average level in Senior 2Period under interpretation: The second period of Unit 2 Working the LandTime: 2nd, Dec, 2008Teaching material: Reading passage A pioneer for all people Teaching aids: A multi-media set for teaching, a tape recorder, a power-point display works Teaching aims:a) Knowledge-oriented aims: Some idiomatic phrases and complicated sentences.b) Ability-oriented aims: Comprehension of Dr. Yuan’s work and life.c) Moral-oriented aims: Analyze Dr. Yuan’s characteristics and personality traits.Teaching principles:a)student-centered and teacher-directedb)task-based learning and purpose-focused teachingc)the communicative language teaching approachTeaching methods:a)free talkb)question and answer activityc)group presentationd)pair worke)role-playDifficult teaching point:Help students how to conclude Dr Yuan’s personality through the descriptions about his appearance, achievements and dreams.Important teaching points:Encourage students to be ambitious like Dr Yuan and follow his steps to make contributions.Exploring work before class:New words & expressionsAssigned the students to surf on the Internet to find out some information about Chinese agriculture and Yuan Longping.Aims: 1. Remove the language obstacles before class and develop students’ habit of self-study.2. Gain some background information about Yuan Longping.Teaching procedures:Step 1: Lead-in (2m’)Show pictures of hungry Africans and draw out Dr. Yuan.Aim: T o grab students’ attention and l ead in the topic of the passage.Step 2: Task-based reading (7m’+ 5m’+8m’)1. First reading (group work and discussion) (7m’)The students will be given 7 minutes to skim for:1) the main idea of the whole passage (4m’)2) the main idea of each paragraph (3m’)Aim:T o enable students to get a general idea and the organization of the passage.2. Second reading (individual work and chart filling) (5m’)Students will be divided into 4 groups to finish 4 different tasks. This time more detailed information is called for. After the reading, there will be different tasks for different groups. Group 1: Dr Yuan’s appearance and Dr Yuan’s achievementGroup 2: Dr Yuan’s biographyGroup 3: Dr Yuan’s personalityGroup 4: Dr Yuan’s dreamsAim: This task is aimed to develop students’ ability of reading for useful information within a limited time. Meanwhile, the teacher can help to remove the language obstacles in the reading passage.3. Dig-in reading (pair work and personality recognition) (8m’)How do you like Dr. Yuan? What characters can you conclude from these sentences?Try to summarize Dr. Yuan’s characteristics.Aim: To enable students to get a deeper understanding of Dr. Yuan and appreciate his noble personality.Step 3: Movie watching (3m’)A 3-minute short movie about Dr. Yuan will be played in order that the whole class may know him better.Aim: T o know Dr. Yuan better in a vivid way.Step 4: An interview (pair work and role-play) (5m’+5m’) Suppose Dr. Yuan will visit our school and he will answer the questions after a speech.Prepare some questions, which may cover his life, agricultural research work, even his hobbies or love story and then show your interview.Aim:1. The interview focuses on teamwork, cooperation and collaboration.2. The purpose is to de velop the students’ random thinking skills and practice their oral English.Step 5: Feedback (number game) (4m’)The students will play a number game--- What’s your luckynumber? There are nine numbers to choose from and each number represents a different task. The task is mainly about the words, phrases and comprehension of the passage.Aim:T o check the teaching effect and consolidate students’ basic knowledge about words and sentences.Step 6: Self assessment and assignment (1m’)Check out how much you have learned in class!Write an article which is entitled Dr. Yuan in my eyes.Aim: 1.T o expand the information and to broaden students’ minds.2.To consolidate the knowledge and help improve students’ writing.。

Unit 2 Working the landPart I a Pioneer for all PeopleAlthough he is one of China’s most famous scientists, Yuan Longping consider s himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggle d for the past five decade s. Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same field s. Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.Born in 1930, Dr Yuan graduate d from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan search ed for a way to increase rice harvest s without expand ing the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produce d. These increased harvests mean that 22% of the world’s people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tool s in the battle to rid the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life. However, he doesn’t care about being famous. He feel s it gives him less freedom to do his research. He would much rather keep time for his hobbies. He enjoy s listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. Spend ing money on himself or lead ing a comfortable life also means very little to him. Indeed, he believe s that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer trouble s. He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.Just dream ing for things, however, cost s nothing. Long ago Dr yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum. Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut. Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people. Now, many years later, Dr Yuan has another dream: to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. One dream is not always enough, especially for a person who loves and cares for his people.Part II Chemical or Organic Farming?Over the past half century, using chemical fertilizers has become very common in farming. Many farmers welcome d them as a great way to stop crop disease and increase production. Recently, however, scientists have been finding that long-term use of these fertilizers can cause damage to the land and, even more dangerous, to people’s health.What are some of the problems caused by chemical fertilizers? First, they damage the land by kill ing the helpful bacteria and pests as well as the harmful ones. Chemicals also stay in the ground and underground water for a long time. This affect s crops and, therefore, animals and humans, since chemicals get inside the crops and cannot just be wash ed off. These chemicals in the food supply build up in people’s bodies over time. Many of these chemicals can lead to cancer or other illnesses. In addition, fruit, vegetable s and other food grown with chemical fertilizers usually grow too fast to be full of much nutrition. They may look beautiful, but inside there is usually more water than vitamin s and mineral s.With these discover ies, some farmers and many customer s are beginning to turn to organic farming. Organic farming is simply farming without using any chemicals. They focus on keeping their soil rich and free of disease. A healthy soil reduce s disease and helps crops grow strong and healthy. Organic farmers, therefore, often prefer using natural waste from animals as fertilizer. They feel that this makes the soil in their fields richer in minerals and so more fertile. This also keeps the air, soil, water and crops free from chemicals.Organic farmers also use many other method s to keep the soil fertile. They often change the kind of crop in each field every few years, for example, growing corn or wheat and then the next year peas or soybeans. Crops such as peas or soybeans put important mineral s back into the soil, making it ready for crops such as wheat or corn that need rich and fertile soil. Organic farmers also plant crops to use different level s of soil, for example, planting peanuts that use the ground’s surface followed by vegetables that put down deep root s. Some organic farmers prefer planting grass between crops to prevent wind or water from carry ing away the soil, and then leaving it in the ground to become a natural fertilizer for the next year’s crop. These many different organic farming methods have the same goal: to grow good food and avoid damaging the environment or people’s health.。

高中英语人教版必修4Unit 2 Working the Land (A Pioneer for All People)Teaching material.The core of this unit is “agricultural”, it mentions our famous scientist Yuan Longping’s contributions to agriculture and the influence of fertilizer to the land, and how to develop organic farming. My teaching lesson includes warming up, pre-reading and reading. It mainly introduces our famous agriculturist Yuan Longping and his great contributions .According to learn this lesson, Students can be able to learn some important words, expressions and sentence structures.The students will know some knowledge of agriculture and the significance of organic farming. According to the new standard curriculum and the syllabus , after studying the teaching material and analyzing the rule of children’s growing of mind, I think the teaching aims are the followings:Teaching aims:1. Talk about agriculture: a pioneer in farming -Yuan Longping2. Talk about organic farming & green food3. How to write a brief summary4. Try to consolidate how to express suggestions & advice5. Master the usage of the -ing form as the subject and object6. Learn how to design English postersTeaching important points：1. The usage of some words and expressions.2. Help to comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text.3. How to help students make up their minds to make contributions to motherland in the future like Dr Yuan.Teaching difficult points ：1. How to help students learn more about agriculture.2. Help students master the some ways of reading.Students AnalysisClass Four, Grade one is my teaching class. My students are almost from the countryside. Therefore, They are familiar with the knowledge and the information of the countryside. As senior students , they have a certain ability to read. As for the learning methods, they are poor in cooperative learning skills. Some students are not active in the class .Therefore , I ’ll have students study in a relaxed atmosphere.According to the analysis of the teaching material and the students’ learning background , I will use the following methods .Teaching Methods:In my opinion, the main instructional aims of learning English in the Middle School is to develop the students’ abilities of listening, speaking, re ading, writing and their good sense of the English language. So in this lesson I’ll mainly use “Communicative” Approac h,“Situational teaching”and “Task-based” language teaching . That is to say, I’ll let the students get a better understanding of the key structure of the passage. At the same time, I’ll make use of the modern electricity teaching equipments and all kinds of teaching means, it can develop the students creativity in learning English.Teaching procedures:Step 1 : Warming upPurpose of my design: To make the students have a better understanding about the importance of producing food. And it can attract students’ attention.1. Show a famous poem written by Lishen in order to ask students to cherish food.2. What do you know about farming?(Pepper; Cotton; Super hybrid pear; Eggplant;corn; watermelon; cabbage; Super hybrid rice ) 3. Do you know the farming steps?Show the steps: 1). Select the best seeds 2) plough the fields3)grow some young plants 4) insert the young plants into the fields5) take care of the plants 6) get in the crops during the harvest timeStep 2. Pre-readingThe purpose of this step is to let students know the importance of rice. By answering the two questions, students can easily understand why we call Dr Yuan Longping a pioneer for all people, and why he devotes all his life to the rice research.Discussion : Rice is our main food.1.What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?2. If you had the chance to do one thing to help end hunger in the world, what would you do?3. How to solve hunger?making good use of the waste land，developing the technology to make a kind of fertilizer to give rice enough nutrition and let them grow quickly and have high product，inventing a new kind of food，improving the quality of the soil ，preventing the pests from eating our crops.4. Look at the picture. Who is he? (A farmer pioneer called “Father of Hybrid Rice)Can you describe the picture?Step 3. Fast readingThe purpose of fast reading is to let students find some useful information, and get familiar with the text. So in this step, teacher can design some questions for students, so that they can easily find the answers and finish the reading task.1. W hich of the following statements tells the main idea of the text? It ’s about____A. A farmer named Yuan LongpingB. How Yuan Longping became rich and famousC. An agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of riceD. A new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice2. Pairwork：Match the following headings(标题）to each paragraph.Para. 1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams.Para. 2 B. Dr Yuan’s personalityPara. 3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography(传记).Para. 4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance and his achievement. (1-d 2-c 3-b 4 –a)Step 4. Careful reading:The purpose of fast reading is to enable students to understand the given material better using different reading skills. To present Sample A by CAI is much easier for the Students to learn and grasp the meanings. Then ask some students to answer the following questions: Para1:Q1: What does Dr Yuan look like?He has a sunburnt face and arms and a slim, strong body. He is more like a farmer than a scientist.Q2: What is his achievement?He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third More of the crop in the same fields.Para 2:Time Information1930 Born in Beijing1953 Graduated from Southwest Agricultural CollegeAs a young Saw the great need for increasing the rice outputHunger was a disturbing problemIn a recent harvest Nearly 200 million tons of rice producedNow Circulating his knowledge1. Why did Dr. Yuan want to increase the rice output when he was young?Because at that time, hunger was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside. He saw many people were suffered from hunger when he was young.2.How does he help rid the world of hunger?He works hard to produce the hybrid rice that has a high output.Para 3:Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s 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 comfortable life.D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people.Para4:Q1. What did Dr Yuan’s rice look like in his dream?The rice plants were as tall as sorghum. Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut.Q2. Dr Yuan has dreams not only when he is _____ but also when he is______. awake ---asleepStep 5 .Discussion:The purpose of my design: “Task-based” teaching method is used here to develop the student s’ abilit y of communication and also their ability of co-operation will be well trained. I think proper competition can arouse the student s’ interest in English learning. If the S tudents can finish this task well, they will benefit a lot in their spoken English. By this step, it achieved the teaching aim of understanding and talking the dialogue of this lesson.1. Is Dr Yuan more of a scientist or more of a farmer? Do you think he is a businessman? Give your reasons.2. Dr Yuan thinks that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. Do you agree or disagree? Why?3. Suppose you were Dr Yuan’s daughter or son. Introduce your “father” to your classmates. You may use some of the following expressions:more… than… sunburnt face & armsslim, strong body invent super hybrid ricebe famous as in 1930in 1953 at presentbe satisfied with lead a…lifeprefer freedom to fame hobbieswould rather dream of doing sth.Step 6. HomeworkPurpose of my design: This content is an extension of the previous lesson, to meet the needs of increasing writing abilities demand of the students.After you read the achievements that Dr yuan has made, Are you inspired? What have you learnt from Dr Yuan? What do you think you will do in the future? Write a short passage about 100 words.。

Unit2 Working the Land教课方案课题 A Pioneer for All People 课时1课型Reading设计者审核：使用时间学生笔录栏*Learning goals ( 学习目标 )1.Master the main idea of the text by scanning, skimming and careful reading.2.Students will be able to give a brief introduction on Yuan Longping as well as the general idea of the text.3.Learn some key words and phrases.*Pre -class activities( 课前活动）1.Form groups.2.Get your attention.*Teaching procedures ( 教课过程 )StepⅠ: Warming -up:Introduce my favorite APP to students to attract their attentionStepⅡ. Leading -in:A little quiz and a video about Yuan Longping.StepⅢ. Read for structureMatch the main ideasPara.1 A. Dr. Yuan’ s dreams.Para.2 B. Dr. Yuan’ s attitude to life Para.3 C. Dr. Yuan’ s brief life experience整体感知，建立语篇Para.4D. Dr. Yuan ’ s appearance and his achievementStep Ⅳ.Read for detailsRead the passage carefully and finish the following activities. 1. Read para.1 carefully and fill in the blanks:Yuan Longping thinks he is a _______ as well as a scientist. He has ______ face and arms and a_______, _______ body.He works hard and grows super ______ rice. In 1974, he became apioneer to grow rice that has a high______ .2. Read para.2 and finish Yuan’ s biography: Timeinformation1930_______in Beijing1953____________from college1.________ was a great problem.As a young man 2. Saw the great need for ____________the riceoutput.In a recent ______ million tons was producedharvestnow ____________ his knowledgeRead para.3 carefully and finish the following activities. (1) Underline the topic sentence of para.3.(2) Find out the personality and hobbies of Yuan Longping.He doesn ’ t care about ___________. He likes ________for his search and hobbies.Hobbies:Listening to ___________; Playing__________; _______ and__________ Read para.4 carefully and finish the following activities. (1)Underline the topic sentence of para.4.(2)Find out the two dreams of Yuan Longping.The first dream:____________________________________________阅读感悟、细节 掌握Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it.世上无难事，只怕居心人_________________________________________________________The second dream:_____________________________________________________________________________________________StepⅤ Read for Summary（方法指导：仔细回想，掌握所学内容）Your summar yYuan Longping was a pioneer of agriculture in China. Hegraduated1.________Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since thenhe devoted himself to2.________(find) ways to grow more rice. Therice3._________(farm) are now producing harvest twice as large asbefore4.______using his kind of rice. But he was not 5._______(satisfy)with his work. Although now he6. _______(lead) a rich life, he stillkeep7._____doing his work to develop his rice. Now he dreams of 8._________(export) his rice so that it can be grown all over the world.StepⅥ Read for dreamWhat’ s your dream?What should you do to make your dream come true?StepⅦ Homework1.statistics ----would rather2.Recite para.13.Xueandaoxue p26---p29Feedback after Class (课后反省 )_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________学以致___________________________________________________________用____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it.世上无难事，只怕居心人___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________Unit 2 Working the land 学情剖析学生对本单元的主题“农业耕种”的话题是十分的熟习，并且大部分学生都来自乡村，他们对农业的耕种有必定的认识与看法。

必修4 Unit2 Working the landReading: A Pioneer For All People赵学勤一、教案背景1. 面向学生：高一53班2. 课时：必修4第二单元1课时3. 课型：阅读课本课以听、说、读为主的阅读课。

阅读课旨在培养学生根据不同的阅读目的使用不同的阅读策略的能力，从文章中获取和处理主要信息的能力，理解文章主旨和作者意图的能力以及通过上下文进行整体理解语篇的能力。

二、教学背景本节课的教学对象是高一年级的学生，他们的智力发展趋于成熟，认知能力比刚入学时有进一步发展，逐渐能用英语来获取信息、处理信息、分析问题和解决问题。

本班学生英语基础相对而言不太理想，他们对著名人物袁隆平这个话题比较感兴趣，但是口语表达能力相对薄弱。

三、教材分析本课为人教版《高中英语》必修4——Unit 2. Working the land——Reading: A Pioneer For All People。

本单元的中心话题是“农业”。

本文是一篇阅读文，文中主要介绍了我国著名农业科学家袁隆平和他的贡献。

学习本文的目的，一方面是让学生通过阅读课文更多地了解袁隆平的科研成果及其影响，另一方面是让学生学习袁隆平的科研精神和他不计名利、踏踏实实的生活态度。

教学目标1. 掌握本篇课文的重要词汇sunburnt, struggle, decade, super, output, crop, hunger, disturbing, expanding, thanks to, be satisfied with, freedom, would rather,equip, therefore, export等。

2. 通过阅读课文让学生更多地了解袁隆平的科研成果及其影响。

3. 使学生能够合作完成此课任务。

教学难点1. 如何使学生进行英语表达提高语言交际的能力2. 如何能使学生积极地参与小组讨论有效完成教学任务3. 如何引导学生在段落篇章阅读中运用scanning, skimming, careful reading等不同等阅读技巧。

A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE造福全人类的先驱者Although he is one of China's most famous scientists, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research. 尽管他是中国最著名的科学家之一，袁隆平仍然认为自己是个农民，因为他在田间耕作，进行科学研究。

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. 的确，他那被太阳晒得黝黑的脸和手臂，以及他那消瘦而结实的身躯，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。

Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice.袁隆平种植的是被称为“超级杂交水稻”的稻种。

In 1973, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. 1973年他成为世界上第一位种植高产水稻的农业先锋。

This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce 20% more of the crop in the same fields. 这种特殊的稻种使得同样的田地多收获20%的产量。

Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.如今中国每年生产的稻米60%以上出自这种杂交稻种。

A Pioneer For All People于美华山东昌邑市文山中学在素质教育新形势下，要求建立以学生为主体，教师为主导的新型课堂。

倡导以小组互助型学习模式，以实现学生主体，教师主导的新型师生关系，激发学生的创造性思维，为顺应时代潮流，搞好课堂改革，我在自己的教学中，时刻注意渗透上述指导思想。

教材版本：普通高中课程标准实验教科书人民教育出版社年级册次：高一英语必修4课题：Unit2 Reading : A Pioneer For All PeopleTeaching aims:1．Let students know sth about the famous scientist---Yuan Longping and his hybrid rice.2．Let students learn the spirit of Dr Yuan3．Learn some words and expressions.4．Learn Grammar: The verb – ing formTeaching difficulties: 倍数表达法及分词做定语和状语Teaching important points: 重点词组，典型句型和倍数表达法Teaching aids: Tape recorder, multimedia,Learning aids: Dictionary, paper, textbook, notebookTeaching procedures:Step I Review the new words about the text.( Teacher read first . Students read after the teacher .The let Ss say out their meanings in groups .Finally Teacher let one volunteer each group say several the meanings of words to check them right )1. statistic2. decade3. crop4.battle5. grain6. peanut7. expand8.circulate9.export 10.disturbingStep II Pre-reading Look at the picture and think about the following questions.( Discuss in groups freely . Teacher may make a summary )1.What could you do to help hungry children in poor countries?2.What would you do if there was no rice to eat tomorrow ?3.Who do you think is the greatest hero for hungry people in the world ?Step III Reading : A Pioneer For All People1. Read the passage quickly and use the information in the passage to complete the followingnotes about Yuan Longping (Read silently, fill in the blanks individually, discuss in groups ,and then Teacher show the right answer on the screen to check them .)Name : _________ Nationality :_________Age : _________ Occupation :_________Education : _____________________________________________________Dream : _____________________________________________________Achievement : ___________________________________________________Hobbies : ___________________________________________________2. Read the text again and choose the best answer.(Read silently and underline the informationsentence for each question , choose the answer, discuss the answer in groups and then let one volunteer say out which one is the best and why ).1) The whole passage mainly talks about _____________.A how to solve the world’s hunger problem B. how to increase rice harvestsC . Yuan Longping’s achievements in farmingD Y uan Longping’s daily life2) If you met Yuan Longping face to face , you would think him to be a farmer because_________.A he is one of the agricultural pioneers in the worldB he works the land to do his research and has a sunburnt faceC he has made great achievements in farmingD he wears simple clothes as other farmers3) Although Yuan Longping is rich and famous, he wants to _________.A earn much more money to help othersB spend more time on his hobbiesC lead a simple lifeD lead a comfortable life4) What’s the main idea of the last paragraph ?A Yuan Longping’s another dream is to export his riceB Yuan Longping proves that one dream is not always enough .C Yuan Longping always has a lot of dreams when sleepingD Dreams can help people make greater achievements5) What can we infer from the passage ?A Dr. Yuan is the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.B Dr. Yuan is not really satisfied with his life.C In the 1950’s , many parts of the countryside were short of food.D His way of increasing rice harvest only works in some Asian countriesSuggested answers : 1-5 CBCDC3. Listen to the tape and pay attention the pronunciation , pauses and intonation .4. Read again and find the phrases .( Read aloud , find the phrases and write down on the papers. Then check the answers with your partners in groups . Teacher show the right answers on the screen . Each phrase allows several answers )1) 认为他是一个农夫11）传播他的知识2）耕种土地12）由于，幸亏3）在过去的50年里13）使世界摆脱饥饿4）三分之一14）对…很满意5）出生于15）宁愿，宁可6）毕业于16）过一种舒适的生活7）一个令人烦扰的问题17）使别人有能力研究农业8）寻找18）每一穗稻谷9）这些增长了的收获物19）怀着…的希望10）许多其它的欠发达国家20）输出他的水稻Step 4．Long and difficult sentences.( Teacher shows the sentences on the screen .Remind the Ss of the underlined parts in each sentence. Let Ss discuss what should be paid attention to in underlined parts in groups . Then let some volunteers say out their opinion. Finally Teacher make a summary about each underlined part.)1) Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research.2) Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice .3）Now more than 60% of the rice (produced in China each year) is from this hybrid srrain .4)These increased harvests mean that 22% of the world’s people are fed from just 7% of thefarmland in China5) Using his hybrid rice , farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before .表示倍数可用下列句式；a. 主语+ 谓语+ 倍数+ as + 形容词+asb. 主语+ 谓语+ 倍数+ the size ( amount , length…) of …c. 主语+ 谓语+ 倍数+ 形容词/ 副词比较级＋than …6) Since then , finding ways (to grow more rice) has been his life goal .7) Just dreaming for things , however , costs nothing .Step 5. Practice in class..(Check the result . First do individually, then discuss the answers in groups , and at last let volunteers say out which is the best answer and why )1) He found it increasingly difficult to read ______ his eyesight was begging to fail .(2008年高考英语试题山东卷单项选择22)A thoughB forC butD so2) _____was most important to her , she told me , was her family.(2008年高考英语试题山东卷单项选择23)A ItB ThisC WhatD As3) Lucy’s new job paid twice as much as she had made ________ in the restaurant.(2008年高考英语试题山东卷单项选择35)A. working B work C to work D worked4) At the beginning of the class , the noise of desks _______ could be heard outside.(2007年全国卷)A opened and closedB to be opened and closedC being opened and closedD to open and closed5) _______such heavy pollution already , it may now be too late to clean up the river.A Having sufferedB SufferingC To sufferD Suffered6) Suddenly , a tall man driving a golden carriage ________ the girl and took her away , ______into the woods.( 上海2004 春卷)A seizing , disappearedB seized , disappearedC seizing , disappearingD seized , disappearing7）The home rent is expensive . I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying _____here.A as three times as muchB as much three timesC much as three timesD three times as much8) The new park is _____ of the old one .A three times the sizeB the three times sizeC the size three timesD three the size times9) Don’t use words ,expressions, or phrases________ only to people with specificknowledge.(2002年上海，34)A being knownB having been knownC to be knownD known10）_______ into a poor farmer’s family in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated ________Southwest Agricultural College in 1953.(课文原句)A Be born , inB Born, fromC He was born , fromD Be born , in Suggested answers: 1-5 BCACA 6-10 DDADBStep 6. SummaryStep 7. Homework.利用所学词汇及句型，仿写另一位古代农学家贾思勰的事迹。

Unit 2 Working the land主题语境：人与社会—传记语篇类型：人物介绍Reading: A Pioneer for All People 教学设计Teaching objectives:1.Students can master the key words and expressions, such asdisturbing, expand, circulate, struggle, thanks to, rid…of, be satisfied with, would rather and so on.2.Students can have a better understanding of Yuan Longping’s greatvalue of the scientific research and his qualities.3.Students are able to improve reading strategies for skimming, keywords, word-guessing, paraphrasing, summarizing as well as critical thinking ability and cooperative ability.4.Students are able to enhance a sense of responsibility, struggle fortheir dreams and make contributions to creating a stronger country. Teaching important points:Students are able to improve reading strategies for skimming, key words, word-guessing, paraphrasing, summarizing as well as critical thinking abilityand cooperative ability.Teaching difficult points:Students should have a better understanding of Yuan Longping’s great value of the scientific research and his qualities.Teaching procedures:Step 1. Lead-inGive descriptions of a person and let students guess who he is.●He is one of China’s most famous scientists.1●His sunburnt face and arms and his slim strong body make him look like a farmer.●Devoted to increasing the output of rice, he helps to rid the world of hunger.Then show pictures of Yuan Longping and the super hybrid rice. Pioneer: a person who is the first one to study a new area of knowledge. Step 2. Analyzing the title of the passage1. In which column can you find the passage?A. BusinessB. CultureC. PoliticsD. Biography2. What might be included in a person’s introduction?Step 3. Reading for structureWhat aspects（方面）are included in each paragraph?Tips: skimming; key words; word-guessingNameOccupationValuesPara. 1 ________ Para. 3_______________2Born______Para. 2 Life goalPara. 4 ______________________Step 4. Reading for details1.Finish the timeline（时间轴）.In 1930, He was _____.In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce about ____________ tons of rice.In 1953, He ______________ Southwest Agricultural College.In 1973, He became the first agricultural _______ in the world togrow rice that has a high ______.In a recent harvest, nearly __________________ tons of rice wasproduced.Yuan Longping is now _________his knowledge in less developed countries to increase their rice harvests.Tips: When you introduce people’s life experience, you can use the order of______.2.What are Yuan Longping’s contributions to China and to the world? (20%, 60%, 22%, 7%, twice)Tip: Numbers are powerful words that make the text more attractive and persuasive（说服力）.3.What is his attitude towards being famous and money?Being famous:3Money:What does he do with his money?4.What is his dream?Rice plants were _____________sorghum. Each ear of rice was ____________ an ear of corn. Each grain of rice was____________ a peanut.To produce a kind of rice that could feed more people.His another dream: To ______his rice so that it can be grown around the ______.Step5. Critical thinkingCan you use some adjectives（形容词）to describe Yuan’s qualities（品质）?Step 6. Discussing and Expressing1. What’s your dream?2. Why do you have such a dream?3. How can you realize your dream?Step 7. Assignment1. According to the passage, write a summary about 100 words.（必做）2. Read the passage “Living Life to Fullest” and take notes.（选做）GREAT MINDSLiving Life to Fullest4After British physicist Stephen Hawking died at the age of 76 at his home in Cambridge, England, on March 14, it felt as if a powerful light that had been guiding the world for half a century had gone out.Indeed, the whole world seemed to grieve (悲痛) his passing.Hawking’s work in gravitational (引力的)theory and quantum mechanics (量子力学) earned him the respect of his peers all over the world. His contributions to a range of fields were so original that a former colleague, Leonard Mlodinow, writing in The New York Times the day after Hawking’s death, compared them to miracles.But despite the highly specialized nature of his work, Hawking went out of his way to explain it to the public in simple terms, most famously in the bestselling 1998 book A Brief History of Time.This was typical of Hawking, a man who refused to confine himself to an ivory tower. He had a profound sense of his duty to “be an emissary (使者) to the public on scientific matters”, as Fortune put it.It’s hard to imagine that all these achievements were made by a man who developed motor neuron (运动神经元) disease at the age of 21, a condition that eventually put him in a wheelchair. Over time, the disease robbed Hawking of his speech and his capacity to move most of his muscles. His voice was created via a computerized communication system.Despite his serious illness, Hawking led the fullest life one can imagine. He didn’t allow either his time-consuming work or his physical disability to cheat him of the fruits life had to offer.He said he “preferred to be regarded as a scientist first, popular science writer second, and, in all the ways that matter, a normal human being with the same desires, drives, dreams, and ambitions as the next5person,” in his biography A Life in Science, written by Michael White and John Gribbin.In fact, Hawking led an incredibly colorful life: He starred in TV shows such as Star Trek and The Big Bang Theory, he celebrated his 60th birthday by going up in a hot-air balloon, and when he was 65, he took part in a zero-gravity flight to experience weightlessness.“My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically,” he said.学情分析高中一年级学生认知能力比初中阶段有了进一步的发展，渐渐形成用英语获取信息、处理信息、分析问题和解决问题的能力。