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。
必修四Unit 2 Working the Land耕耘II．Reading A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE所有人的开拓者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.尽管袁隆平是一位中国最著名的科学家，但他却认为自己是一位农民，因为为了研究他要耕耘。
【注释：for引导的分句通常对前一个分句所说的话加以解释，提供判断的理由，但这个理由并非是真正的内在的原因。
如：The day breaks, for the birds are singing.天亮了，因为鸟在歌唱。
试题：It’s dark now, _____ the street lights are on. A. because B. as C. since D. for 】Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body a re just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past five decades.的确，他那黑黝黝的脸庞和胳膊以及他那瘦小而强壮的身躯正像千千万万个中国农民一样，就是为他们，他已经奋斗了五十年。
【注释：①be like象：以…的典型方式eg. It's not like you to take offense.你不象会发脾气的人. ②struggle for为…而斗争；struggle to do sth.艰难地做某事，挣扎做某事；struggle against与…作斗争；struggle with和…作斗争；struggle to on e’s knees挣扎着跪下；struggle to one’s feet挣扎着站起来；struggle through the snowstorm 冒着暴风雪前进；struggle on挣扎着；坚持下去；eg. 1) He struggled for the national independence.他为民族的独立而奋斗。
