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1、Working the landUnit 2 牵牵 手手 课课 堂堂Farming in the United StatesIn many parts of the world,farmers and their families live in villages or towns.In the United States,however,each farm family lives on its own fields.Instead of travelling from a village to the fields every morning,American farmers stay o
2、n their own land throughout the week.They travel to the nearest town only on Saturdays for shopping or on Sundays for church.Their children usually take buses to large schools.These school buses serve all of the farm families living in the area.In some areas,there are small schools serving a few far
3、m families.Because the schools are not far,the children can walk to school.Of course,life keeps changing for everyone,including farmers.Today in the American countryside there are cars,good roads and the Internet.And more and more modern machines,such as combines(联合收割机),tractors,trucks and so on are
4、 used for farming.All of these have been changing farm life greatly.For many years,however,farming in the United States was often a lonely way of living.Farmers lived on farms or in villages outofftheway and did their own farm work and sometimes they had to deal with the problems which happened arou
5、nd them,instead of getting help from others.They learned to try new methods,and to test their own ideas instead of following old ways.With the rapid development of American industry,of course,the agriculture has also made great progress.More and more farmers live a wealthy and happy life.Question:Ca
6、n you tell me the old days of farming in the United States?Section Warming Up and Reading 栏目导航课前教材预案课前教材预案课堂深度拓展课堂深度拓展课后限时作业课后限时作业课末随堂演练课末随堂演练.Read the text and match the main idea with each paragraph.Paragraph 1:( ) A.Dr Yuans dreams.Paragraph 2:( ) B.Dr Yuans personality.Paragraph 3:( ) C.Dr Yuans
7、 appearance and his achievement.Paragraph 4:( ) D.Dr Yuans biography.课前教材预案课前教材预案CDBA.Scan the text and choose the best answer according to the text.1.Yuan Longping works the land because_.A.he is a farmerB.he is interested in farming C.he wants to do his research by farmingD.he has a slim and stron
8、g body 答案:答案:C2.According to the text,nearly_million tons of rice was produced by Chinese farmers in a recent harvest.A.20 B.200C.50 D.500答案:答案:B3.Dr Yuans hobbies include the following EXCEPT _.A.listening to violin music B.playing mahjong C.swimming and reading D.singing 答案:答案:D4.How does Yuan Lon
9、gping feel about money?A.Money is not important at all.B.One has to own a large sum of money.C.Too much money can only bring more troubles rather than happiness.D.One has to spend all his money on his own research.答案:答案:C5.Which of the following statements tells the main idea of the text?A.A farmer
10、named Yuan Longping.B.How Yuan Longping became rich and famous.C.An agricultural pioneer named Yuan Longping who worked hard to produce a new strain of rice.D.A new strain of rice which is called super hybrid rice.答案:答案:C.Complete the following passage with the words in brackets in their proper form
11、s or the words from the text.Yuan Longping is known as Chinas “father of hybrid rice”, because Yuan Longping grows 1._ is called super hybrid rice. Yuan Longping, who was born into a poor farmers family in 1930, 2._ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, 3._(find) ways to grow more
12、 rice has been his life goal. For the five past 4._(decade) he has struggled for Chinese farmers by working the land to do his research. He searched for a way to increase rice harvests without 5._(expand) the area of the fields. In 1974, he became the 6._(one) agricultural pioneer in the world to gr
13、ow rice that has 7._ high output. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in many other 8._(develope) countries. He also dreams to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. 9._ to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world 10.of hunger.whatgraduatedfindingdec
14、adesexpandingfirstaless developedThanksPoint struggle (1)v. 斗争;拼搏;努力课堂深度拓展课堂深度拓展考点一单词点击struggle against 与作斗争struggle for 为而斗争;努力争取struggle to do 努力做某事struggle to ones feet 挣扎着站起来struggle with 与作斗争;与并肩作战单句语法填空。(1)Scientists _(struggle) for decades to understand the disappearance of honeybees, whose n
15、umbers have halved since the 1980s.(2)Although knocked down by a car, he managed to struggle_his feet.have been struggling to (3)An important difference between Jack and Bill is that, while Bill failed suddenly, Jack _(struggle) for months, which is certain to lead to his success. 解析:解析:句意:杰克与贝尔之间的重
16、要区别是:贝尔是突然失败的,而杰克努力争取了好几个月,这一定会让他成功的。has been struggling单句改错。(4)After I struggled for the floodwater for more than an hour, finally the water was cleaned up. I had a release from the urgent status.解析:解析:句意:与“洪水”做了一个多小时的斗争后,我终于把积水清理干净。而我也从心急如焚的状态中得到解脱。struggle against与作斗争。againstPoint expand v. 使变大;伸
17、展expand into把扩展/发展成expand into 扩展/膨胀成Tom is expanding his story into a novel.汤姆正把他的故事扩展成一本小说。The village expanded into a town.这个村子发展成了一个镇。expand/extendexpand“扩大;膨胀”,指范围、体积的扩大。extend“扩充;伸长”,指空间范围等的扩大,长度、宽度等的延伸及时间的延长。单句语法填空。(1)Nowadays, the population of Africa _(expand) so rapidly as to cause concern
18、 of the whole world. (2)The businessman is considering _(expand) his business, but he hasnt enough money to put in to update his present technology.is expandingexpandingPoint circulate v.(使某物)循环;流通;(使某事)流传,传播Blood circulates through the body.血液在体内循环。The news of her death circulated quickly.她去世的消息迅速传
19、开。The report will be circulated to all members.该报告将在全体成员中传阅。Walk around, get your blood circulating, perhaps massage your neck and shoulders if you feel tension.走动一下,加快血液循环,如果觉得紧张的话按摩一下脖子和肩膀。circulate/spread/distributecirculate 既指某物在一物体内循环流动,又可指在一定范围内传播物品、刊物或思想、语言等。spread 普通用词,使用广泛。指传播疾病、思想、文化、习惯或谣言
20、等。distribute指把一定数量的东西分成若干等份进行分发、分散、散布。单句语法填空。(1)Recently, a video in which a group of children carry out a suicide bombing _(circulate) widely in Pakistan, causing public alarm.解析:解析:句意:最近,一段有关一群孩子进行自杀式爆炸的视频已经在巴基斯坦流传甚广,这引发了公众的警觉。has circulated(2)Study shows that there might also be physiological rea
21、sons for the penguins wavesit may improve their blood _(circulate). 解析:解析:句意:研究发现,企鹅的摇摆可能还存在生理原因这或许能促进它们的血液循环。circulationPoint ridof 使摆脱或除去be/get rid of摆脱;除去(be表状态,get表动作,此短语中rid是形容词)She wanted to be rid of her parents.她想摆脱父母的束缚。I have got rid of the bad habit of getting up late.我已经改掉了晚起的坏习惯。以下短语与ri
22、d of结构类似,请将它们归类记忆:warn sb.of sth. 告诫某人某事rob sb.of sth. 抢劫某人某物inform sb.of sth. 告知某人某事convince sb.of sth. 说服某人某事cure sb.of sth. 治愈某人的病accuse sb.of sth. 指控某人某事remind sb.of sth. 提醒某人某事suspect sb.of sth. 怀疑某人某事单句语法填空。(1)If you do not see any possibility to get rid _your stress, it is because you decided
23、 not to seek them, and thus do not see. 解析:解析:句意:假如你没有发现任何摆脱压力的可能性,那是因为你原本就决定不去寻找,所以自然发现不了。(2)If you dont rid _ of these oldfashioned ideas you will likely not be a successful interviewer. 解析:解析:句意:如果你不能消除这些腐朽的观念,你将不能成为一个成功的面试官。of yourself单句改错。(3)The disease is considered to have rid of in most of t
24、he world, except India and Pakistan. beenPoint equip vt.& vi.配备; 装备 be equipped with装备,配备equip sb.for sth.为装备equip sb.with sth.用装备equipment n.U装备;设备单句语法填空。(1)We need to make sure that our laboratories _(equip) with advanced facilities that will draw talented young scientists from around the world. 解
25、析:解析:句意:我们应确保我们的实验室能配备最先进的设备,吸引全球有才华的年轻科学家来工作。(2)Go through the _(equip) list at home after your first visit to the house owner and then decide exactly what you need. 解析:解析:句意:第一次造访房东之后,当务之急是回到家里先要浏览一下设备清单,然后再决定需要什么。are equippedequipment单句改错(3)If you gave him the right equipments, he could accomplis
26、h anything. But he lacked confidence. 解析:解析:句意:你如果给他必要的设备,他什么都能造出来,但他缺乏信心。equipment是不可数名词。equipmentexport sth.to 输出至,出口到,向出口import v./n.输入;进口import sth.from 从进口某物import sth.into 引进某物到单句语法填空。(1)In India, many great minds in construction _(export) for a living, thus leaving many parts at home poor in
27、housing and working places.解析:解析:句意:在印度很多建筑上的大师为了生计出国,使得国内的很多地方在住房和工作场所方面很差。(2)We should provide targeted support to the most innovative small businessesthe ones with the greatest potential _(export) new goods and products all over the world.解析:解析:句意:我们应该对最具创新能力的中小企业那些有最大潜力向世界出口产品和服务的公司提供针对性的支持。are
28、exportedto exportregret sth./that/wh 对遗憾、后悔regret to do 遗憾要做某事regret doing /having done 后悔做了某事It is to be regretted that 遗憾的是have no regret about sth.对某事毫不后悔to ones regret 令人遗憾的是with regret 遗憾地(1)regretful adj.痛惜的;悔恨的;遗憾的(2)regret(t)able adj.令人痛惜的;令人遗憾的;可悲的;不幸的单句语法填空。(1)Angrily, Michael tore down pi
29、eces of the plans on the wall, _(regret) losing the golden chance of saving the missing child. 解析:解析:句意:迈克尔生气地撕掉了墙上的种种计划,对失去拯救失踪孩子的绝佳机会后悔不已。(2)I wish I could put the clock back and recover my schooldays; I regret not _(work) harder and passed more exams. regrettingworking(3)They sincerely want to le
30、t their customers know what they are getting into, because a_(regret) customer is sure to cause damage to their reputation.解析:解析:句意:他们是真心诚意地想让他们的客户了解他们正在参与的事,因为一个后悔的客户一定会对他们的声誉构成伤害。 regretful考点二短语诠释单句语法填空。(1)It was thanks_ your timely help that we accomplished the task on time.解析:解析:句意:幸亏你及时帮忙,我们才按时
31、完成了任务。单句改错。(2)The loss of Arctic sea ice helps speed up the warming of the atmosphere in the far north, thanks to which is known as the albedo(反照率) effect. 解析:解析:句意:由于众所周知的反照率效应,北极海冰的减少加快了遥远的北方的大气变暖。 towhatbe satisfied to do 对做感到满意to ones satisfaction 令某人满意的是far from satisfactory 远非令人满意单词语法填空。(1)Not
32、 satisfied _the halftime score, the competitors decide to drop out of the football match.(2)He didnt say anything about it, meaning _(satisfy) with what you had done. 解析:解析:句意:他对此未作任何评论,这意味着对你所做的事满意。with being satisfied单句改错。(3)The boss exploded at the employee, for he thought his present work was fa
33、r from satisfactorily.satisfactory单句语法填空。(1)I would rather he _(tell) me the truth that the chemical lab was destroyed by the snowstorm last night, but actually he said no words then. (2)Hes grateful you gave him your car when he moved out of New York City, but he would rather _(work) harder to earn
34、 enough money before. 解析:解析:句意:从纽约搬出来之时,你把车给他,他很感激。 但是他宁愿以前更加卖力地赚钱。had toldhave worked单句改错。(3)I know some of them would rather to wait another year to wage another election than work together right now. 解析:解析:句意:我知道有些人宁愿再等一年后开展另一场选举也不愿在当下一起合作。考点三句型归纳单句语法填空。(1)We havent heard from Jane for a long tim
35、e._ do you suppose has happened to her?(2)Who do you think_(wait) for you downstairs?I dont know. 单句改错。(3)What do you think Smith is searching ?Perhaps his glasses.What is waitingfor单句语法填空。(1)The driver has rich experience in driving. During the past decade, he _(accustom) to driving in all kinds of
36、 weather.解析:解析:句意:那名司机在驾驶方面有着丰富的经验,在最近的十年中,他已习惯于在各种天气状况下开车。(2)I _(knock) about the country for the last five years sleeping out in all weathers and do you think a little damp is going to hurt me?解析:解析:句意:过去这五年来我一直在乡村漂泊什么天气下都露天睡觉你认为这一点点潮湿会伤害我吗?has been accustomedhave been knocking单句改错。(3)The boy, lik
37、e many other English learners, met with many difficulties in learning English during the past seven years.解析:解析:句意:和许多其他英语学习者一样,在过去7年中,那个男孩在英语学习中遇到了很多困难。 has表示倍数的常用句型有:(1)times+as+adj./adv.原级原级+as(2)times+as+adj./adv.比较级比较级+than(3)times+the size/height/length/weight/width/amount+of(4)times+as+much+不
38、可数名词不可数名词/ many+可数名词可数名词+asThis street is four times the length of that street.这条街是那条街的四倍长。There is three times as much water in this pot as in that pot.这个壶里的水是那个壶里的三倍。单句语法填空。(1)According to statistics, a man is twice _ likely to die of skin cancer as a woman. 解析:解析:句意:根据统计资料,男性死于皮肤癌的可能性是女性的两倍。(2)The factorys output of cars this year is about three times as great as _ of last year.单句改错。(3)This room is twice the long of the other, but much narrower.asthatlength课末随堂演练课末随堂演练课后限时作业课后限时作业