Unit 2

Working the land

重点词语 certain

chemical

circulate

confuse

exchange

equip

expand

export

freedom

grain

确定的，必然的

化学的；关于化学的

循环；流转

使迷惑；使为难

交换，交流，兑换

配备；装备

使变大；伸展；阐述

输出；出口

自主；自由

谷类；粮食；颗粒

重点词语 hunger

level

fertile

output

reduce

suitable

summary

sunburn

super

饥饿；欲望

水平，水平面，程度

肥沃的；富饶的

产量；输出

减少，缩减，简化

合适的，适当的

总结，摘要，概要

日晒；日灼；晒黑

特级的；极好的；超级的

单词拼写 1. Blood c__________ through the body.

2. In some poor African areas, many children dies of h_________.

3. “I’m quite s__________ with your homework,” said the teacher with a smile.

4. The wine is not s_________ for drinking with a meal.

5. When I said some people are stupid, I wasn’t r__________ to you.

irculates

unger

atisfied

uitable

eferring

单词拼写 6. Water e________ when it freezes.

7. The soldiers were well __________ （装备） with weapons( 武器） and ready to start.

8. They’ve _________ ( 降低） the prices in the shop, so it’s good time to buy.

9. The ________ （降低） the prices in the shop, so it’s good time to buy.

10. Would you please give me a _________ （摘要） of your speech.

xpands

equipped

reduced

export

summary

短语翻译 1. One day we will manage_____ _____ the world

_____ this terrible disease. （除去）

2. The swimmer _________ _________ the tide. （与…搏斗）

3. You’ve done well at school. I’m very _________ _____ you. （满意）

4. Jane ______ ______ stay at home than go to such parties. （宁愿）

5. The speaker ________ _____ his past experiences. ( 谈判）

to rid

of

struggled against

satisfied

with

would rather

referred to

First, the farmers plow the field. They have to make the soil loose enough to plant crops.

Second, they grow some young plants.

Third, they insert the young plants into the loose field.

What a big harvest!

新快报 2000 年十大新闻人物 之一

袁隆平：中国最著名的“农民” 

“ 杂交水稻之父”袁隆平知识创造财富　　　　 2000 年 12 月 12 日，“发行后搁浅达半年之久的隆平高科，终于在深交所挂牌交易，随后一路高涨。这是中国股市上第一家以科学家品牌上市的公司。根据隆平高科公司与袁隆平签订的协议，袁隆平同意在股份公司存续期间将其姓名用于股份公司的名称和公司股票上市时的股票简称，公司则向其支付姓名权使用费 200 万元。作为公司名誉董事长、董事、发起人的袁隆平是公司第 4 大股东。如果以 12 月 15 日的收市价计算 ( 每股 51.50 元 ) ，持有 250 万股隆平高科的袁隆平的财富已达 1.2875 亿　　

他的品牌价值千亿

That’s how he regards himself.

He wants to help other Chinese farmers.

Yuan Longping is doing his research.

• Yuan Longping is working the land.

Yuan Longping works the land to do his research.

He struggled to help them.

He’s struggled for the past five decades.

Super Hybrid RiceSuper Hybrid Rice

the rice that has a high outputthe rice that has a high output

Poor rice

Super hybrid rice

Describe the rice in Dr. Yuan Longping’s dream.

•As tall as sorghum•As big as a broom•As huge as a

peanut

Skimming: find out the main idea of each paragraph.

Paragraph Main Idea

1 His ________________________

2 His ________________________

3 His ________________________

4 His ________________________

appearance and achievement

birth, education and research

noble personality

dreams

Scanning: Scan the text, try to find out some information of the hero.

Name ______________

Age ____________

Job __________________________

Education __________________________

Achievement _______________________

Hobbies __________________________________

Yuan Longping76

agriculture scientist

inventing hybrid rice

violin music, mah-jong, swimming, reading

college graduate, a doctor

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.True or False:

1.Dr Yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.

2.Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is the most suitable for China’s farmland.

FT

Para2a. He was born into a poor farmer’s family .

b. He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college.

c. In 1950,Chinese farmers produced fifty million tons of rice.

d. 2 billon tons of rice was produced by growing his hybrid rice.

e. He searched a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields.

f. He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.

Proper order:

Put Dr Yuan’s biography in right order.

a c b e d f

Parag3

Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality （个性） 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 （名声） .C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich

and famous people.

Para41.What does “Wishing for things, however, costs

nothing.” mean?

2.What did Dr Yuan’s rice look like in his dream?

3.Dr Yuan has dreams not only when he is _____ but also when he is______.

Dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be.

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.

asleepawake

Pairwork ：

Match the following headings( 标题） to each paragraph.

A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE

Para1 A. Dr Yuan’s dreams.

Para2 B. Dr Yuan’s personality.

Para3 C. Dr Yuan’s biography( 传记 ).

Para4 D. Dr Yuan’s appearance

and his achievement.

1930

1950

1953

As a young man

2 billion

22% & 7%

twice

He was born into a poor farmer’s family

Only fifty million tons of rice was produced

Dr. Yuan graduated from College.

He saw the need for increasing the rice output.

Hunger was a serious problem in many parts.

Last year, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced

22% of the world’s people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China

Farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before

Born:

Graduate:

Appearance:

Achievements:

Personality:

Hobbies:

He has _________ face and arms. His body is ____ but _______.All this makes him look as a real _______.

He succeeded in ________________________.He became the first agricultural _______ in the world to grow ___ whose output is high.He helped the government highly increasing the _______ of grain.

1. Cares little for _______.2. Would like to lead a __________ life.

Listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming, reading, walking to his rice fields, riding his motorcycle.

1930

Southwest Agriculture College

sunburnt slimstrong

farmer

growing supper hybrid ricepioneer

rice

output

moneysimple

How to solve hunger?

making good use of the waste land

developing the technology to…

inventing a new kind of food…

improving the quality of the soil

preventing the pests from eating our crops

Complete the following sentences according to the given Chinese.

His parents _______________( 不满意 ) his result of the examination.

The little boy _______( 花费 ) most of his lucky money __________( 和朋友一起玩 ) with his friend but the his sister ________ her money _____( 把她的钱花在衣服上 ) her dresses.

The woman _________________ ( 对于吃不是很在意 )

are not satisfied with

spent

spent

(in) playing

on

cares little about eating(doesn’t care about eating)

The new environment _______ him _____________ ( 让他很自由地 )to ____________ life.( 过着幸福的生活 )

We all _____________________( 宁愿 ) take more exercises.

The people ____________ ( 有钱的人 ) has more wealth, ________( 而不是 ) more happiness.

Complete the following sentences according to the given Chinese.

gives

(much) freedomlead a happy

would rather / prefer to

with much moneyrather than

Because of the coming examination, he can ____________( 不再 ) play basketball with his friends now.

Your responsibilities _____________ products, _________ telephone and _______. ( 包括售卖产品 , 接听电话和打字 )

He _______ ( 过去习惯 ) to swim ____________ ( 一周两次 )

Complete the following sentences according to the given Chinese.

no longer

include sellingreceiving

typing

used to gotwice a week

Language points

1. struggle v.& n. 奋斗，努力；斗争，抗争

思维拓展

struggle against/with sb. sth. 同…作斗争；与…抗争

struggle with sb. for sth. 为争取…与某人作斗争

struggle along /on 勉强维持；在困难中坚持

struggle to one’s feet 挣扎着站起来

equip vt. 装配；配备；使有所准备

equip sb with sth 给某人装备某物

be equipped with sth 配有某物

arm sb with sth 用…武装某人

be armed with sth 用…来装备

be furnished with sth 装饰着某物

思维拓展

2. The following sentences are taken from the reading passage. Explain what the underlined words mean.

1. He wants everyone to call him a farmer, for that’s how he regards himself.

2. In many ways, he is one of them, and he has struggled for the past five decades to help them.

Key: It means he thinks of himself as a farmer but other people may think of him as a famous scientist or a rich man.

Key: It means he does not only look like a farmer but also he works in the fields with farmers. In fact, he does scientific research for them.

3. At that time, hunger was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside.

4. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.

5. Wishing for thongs, however, cost nothing.

Key: It means that many people were very hungry and they even became ill and died because there was not enough food.

Key: It means that farmers growing his rice species are producing rice twice as much as they did in the past.

Key: It means that dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be.

请根据下列内容，用英语写一篇日记。内容要点： 1 ）教师姓名：张文 2 ）教师特征：男人、高个、戴眼镜 3 ）上第一节英语课的印象及感受写作要求1 ．必须使用 5 个句子介绍全部所给的内容；2 ．将 5 个句子组织成连贯的短文；3 ．可适当增加情节，使表达连贯。September 2nd, 2006 Monday cloudyToday we had a new English teacher. _______________________________________________________________________________________________

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Today we had a new English teacher. His name is Zhang Wen and he is a tall, young man with a pair of glasses. He told that he was glad to teach us English.

When he taught, he spoke English. At the beginning, I found it a bit hard to understand him, but at the end of the lesson I felt much better. I was really happy, because I could not only read English, but also understand English through listening.

湖南省政协副主席、中国工程院院士 湖南省政协副主席、中国工程院院士 　　　　　　　　　　　袁隆平　　　　　　　　　　　袁隆平