unit2_working_the_land_warming_up_and_reading_language_points课件.ppt

1、Unit 2,Working the land,Warming up,Farmers weeding at noon, Sweat down the field soon. Who knows food on a tray, Due to their toiling day.,Can you name these food?,wheat,sorghum,rice,corn,Potatoes,Staple food 主食,What is the main food in all East Asian and Southeast Asian countries?,Rice. It is said

2、that there are 2.4 billion people eating rice every day throughout the world.,plow the field,grow some young plants,insert the young plants into the field,Fertilize(施肥),harvest,rice,If there was no rice one day, what would happen?,Father of Hybrid Rice,A Pioneer For All People,Task 1 Scanning,Find o

3、ut the main idea of each paragraph.,A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE,Match the following headings with the right paragraphs.,Para.1,Para.2,Para.3,Para.4,Dr. Yuans dreams.,Dr. Yuans personality.,Dr. Yuans appearance and his achievements.,Dr. Yuans brief life experience.,Para. 1 Dr Yuans appearance and his ac

4、hievement,Task 2 Careful reading,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.(Line 2),Q2: What is his achievement?,He grows what is called super hybrid rice, which makes it possible to produce one-third more of t

5、he crop in the same fields. (Line 4,7 ),Para 2,His life experience,Born in Beijing,Graduated from Southwest Agricultural College,Saw the great need for increasing the rice output Hunger was a disturbing problem,Nearly 200 million tons of rice produced,Circulating his knowledge,1953,1930,Time,As a yo

6、ung man,now,In a recent harvest,Which of the following description about Dr Yuans personality is not true? He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous. B. He cares little about money and fame(名望). C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life. D. He enjoys a simpler life t

7、han most rich and famous people.,Para. 3 Dr Yuans personality,His dreams,Para4,1) The first dream,2) The second dream,Produce a kind of rice that could feed more people（Line 34）,As huge as a peanut,The first dream,As tall as sorghum,As big as a corn,To export his rice so that it can be grown all ove

8、r the globe(Line 35),The second dream,If you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world, what would you do ?,Discussion,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(营养).,Control(

9、控制) the pollution and protect the soil in the field., etc.,Language Points,1. work vt. 耕种(土地); 使工作; 开动; 创造(奇迹); 经营(工厂、农场等) vi. 工作; (机器等)开动; (办法、计划等)行得通 work the land=grow crops on it 耕耘土地 He works a big farm. They are working the land together. I dont think that your suggestion will work.,( 经营),(耕地）

10、,（奏效）,2. whom he has struggled for the past decades. struggle v. “斗争; 拼搏; 努力” He has struggled with sickness for a few months. 数月来他一直在与疾病作斗争。 They were poor and had to struggle for a living. 他们很穷, 必须为生活而努力。 He struggled with the thief. 他同小偷进行了搏斗。 He struggled to control his temper. 他努力控制住自己的脾气。,2. w

11、hom he has struggled for the past decades. struggle v. “斗争; 拼搏; 努力” He has struggled with sickness for a few months. 数月来他一直在与疾病作斗争。 They were poor and had to struggle for a living. 他们很穷, 必须为生活而努力。 He struggled with the thief. 他同小偷进行了搏斗。 He struggled to control his temper. 他努力控制住自己的脾气。,1) struggle还可用

12、作名词, 表示“奋斗; 努力”等。 In 1862 the American slaves won their struggle for freedom. 1862年美国黑奴赢得了为自由而进行的斗争的胜利。 2)常见搭配: struggle for 为而斗争 struggle against 向做斗争; 同搏斗 struggle on 拼命活下去; 继续努力 struggle to ones feet 挣扎着站起来,2. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in

13、the same fields. 这种特殊的稻种使得同样的田地多收获 三分之一的产量。 it 在句中作形式宾语, 真正的宾语为to produce, 结构为: 动词(make, feel, think, regard)+it +adj+ to do. e.g. We think it important to learn English well.,根据句意, 用适当的介词或副词填空。 They had to struggle _ their lives _ weather and wild animals in that area. (2) In order to protect the e

14、nvironment, we should struggle _ all kinds of pollution. (3) He agreed to struggle _, though he was hoping to retire. (4) After a few minutes, the young man struggled _ his feet, glaring at the enemy.,for,against,against,on,to,3. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the

15、 world of hunger. 1) thanks to: 幸亏/由于 Thanks to your help, I passed the exam.,because of, thanks to, as a result of 表示“由于”时的用法区别:,because of 意为“因为, 由于”, 普通用语, 比其他短语更口语化; 构成的短语在句子中 通常作状语, 后面可接名词、代词、分词或 what引导的名词性从句等。如：Johnson is likely to miss the match because of his back injury. Because of his wife

16、s being there, I said nothing about it.,thanks to “由于或因为某人(某事)”， 通常用于好的方面, 译为“多亏”, 但 有时作反语; 引导的介词短语可置于 句首或句末。如：The play succeeded thanks to fine acting by all the actors and actresses. Thanks to your help, we were successful. Thanks to the bad weather, the match had been cancelled.,as a result “因此,结

17、果”,常用在有上下 文(表原因)的情况下。as a result of “由于的结果”, 可置于句首或句末。 e.g. He had some bad fish. As a result, he didnt feel well this morning. As a result of the flood, thousands of people lost their homes.,4. He would much rather keep time for his hobbies. would rather: 宁可; 宁愿 would rather do sth. They would rath

18、er go fishing than stay at home. 他们宁愿去钓鱼, 也不愿待在家里。 I would rather fail than cheat in the examination. 我宁愿考不及格, 也不愿意考试作弊。,用法1: would ratherthan 宁愿 而不, 与其不如 I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema. 用法2: would rather have done sth. 表示主语要做某事, 而结果却事与愿违。 Id rather have left a note on her desk. 我本想留张字条在她的书桌上。 (事实上没有),用法3: would rather than =would ratherthan Facing the enemies, our soldiers would die rather