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Unit 2 Working the landWarming Up and ReadingTeaching aimsKnowledge 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 than2)important sentences;3)knowledge of the topic:to learn sth. About Yuan Longping and his great achievementAbility aims:1)To do some reading to further develop Ss’ reading abilities like skimming, scanning and summarizing etc.2) To help develop Ss’ good reading habits.Emotional aims:1)To help ss have a better understanding of the great value of the scientific research done by Dr Yuan Longping.2)To cultivate ss’ sense of sympathy and humanism.3)To get them to learn some noble character from Dr Y uan.Teaching key points:1)To get ss to read the text and learn something about the scientist, his great achievements and his personality.2) To improve ss’ reading skills.Teaching difficult points:1)How to help develop their ability of analyzing some difficult sentences.2)How to help them to form a good habit of reading.3)How to improve their ability of outlining the main idea of the whole text or each paragraph.Teaching method:Task-based language teaching and discussionTeaching aids:Stude nts” learning paper, blackboardTeaching procedures：Step 1 Lead –in1.Students’ presentationFarmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day.Ask Ss what the poem is about.2. Show the pictures of people who are planting rice and ask some students to introduce the way of growing rice.Step 2 Pre-readingQ: What kind of crop can produce more rice and who invented it?Step 3 Reading1. SkimmingTask1: Listen to the tape and match the main idea with each paragraph.Para.1 A. DrYuan’s dreams.Para.2 B. Dr Yuan’s attitude towards life.Para.3 C. Dr Yuan’s education and his study on agriculture.Para.4 D. Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new kind of rice.E. DrYuan’s appearance and his ach ievements.Para.1-E Para.2-C Para.3-B Para.4-A2. ScanningTask2: Choose the best answer to each question according to the text.(1). According to the text, in 1950, Chinese farmers could produce about __C___ million tons of rice.A. 26B.260C.56D.560(2). What does the word “battle” refer to in Para.2 ? BA. The low rice output.B. Ridding the world of hunger.C. Fighting against farming.D. The freedom to do research(3). It can be inferred (推断) from the text that C .A. Yuan cares about money and being famous.B. Yuan is interested in playing the piano.C. Yuan’s rice is grown in many countries.D. Spending money on himself means very little to Dr Y uan.3.Careful readingStep4 Summary (using about 30 words)The passage tells us that the great achievements Yuan Longping made in his research on hybrid rice , his noble personalities and his dreams.Step 5 Homework1. According to the resume, write a passage about Yuan Longping using 5 sentences.2.Fill in the blankYuan Longping is one of China’s most famous 1 (science).Born in 1930, DrYuan graduated 2 Southwest Agricultural College in 1953.At that time, hunger was 3 disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Since then, 4 (find) ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. In 1974, he invented Super hybrid rice and 5 (become)the first 6 (agriculture) pioneer in the world.Thanks to 7 research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world 8 hunger. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in many less developed countries.Keys: 1.scientists 2. from 3.a 4. finding 5. became 6. agricultural 7. his 8. ofImportant language pointsStep1 Revision1.Check the homework exercises.2.Ask some Ss to talk about Dr Longping and his super hybrid rice.Step2 Studying important language points1.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.这是一个并列复合句。
Section_ⅡWarming Up & Reading —Language Points一、这样记单词记得准·写得对记得快·记得多Ⅰ.基础词汇1.greet v i. & v t.迎接；问候2.represent v t. 代表；象征3.dormitory n. 宿舍4.canteen n. 食堂5.flight n. 飞行；航班6.approach v t. & v i. 接近；靠近；走近n. 接近；方法；途径7.cheek n. 面颊8.dash v i. 猛冲；突进9.adult n. 成年人；成人adj. 成人的；成熟的10.likely adj. 可能的11.crossroads n. 十字路口Ⅱ.拓展词汇1.statement n．陈述；说明→state v t.陈述；说明2.association n．社团；联系；联想→associate v t.结交；联合3.curious adj.好奇的→curiously ad v.好奇地→curiosity n．好奇心4.defend v t.保护；保卫→defence n．防御；保卫5.major adj.主要的→majority n．大多数1.represent v t.代表；象征[记法]re-(再)＋present(呈现，赠送)→再现→代表，象征；再赠送，描绘[词块]represent ideas by words用言语表达思想[同义]①stand for 代表②display v. 展现2.approach v．接近；靠近；走近n.方法；途径；接近[记法]ap-(＝to)＋proach(近)→向……靠近→接近[词块]①try a new approach to teaching 尝试新的教学法②traditional approach 传统方法③simple approach 简单的方法④correct approach 正确的方法⑤scientific approach 科学的方法3.defend v t.保护；保卫[记法]de-(离开)＋fend(击打)→躲开打击→保卫[词块]①defend one's motherland 保卫祖国②defend the national interest 保护民族利was TonyGarcia fromColombia, closely followed by Julia Smith from Britain. 第一个到达的人是来自哥伦比亚的托尼·加西亚，随后紧跟着的是来自英国的朱莉娅·史密斯。
