【公開課】必修四Unit2 Reading

Unit2

WorkingtheLandWarmingUp&ReadingWhatdopeopledointheseplaces?Doyouknowthefarmingsteps?ploughing(犁田)

seeding(播種)fertilizing(施肥)irrigating(灌溉)transplanting(移植)harvesting(收獲)winnowing(揚(yáng)谷)Todayourworldhousesmorethan6.5billionpeople.Worldwide,

morethan1billionpeoplecurrentlylivebelowtheinternationalpovertyline,earninglessthan$1perday.854millionpeopleacrosstheworldaresufferingfromhunger,upfrom852

millionayearago.Sixmillionchildrenundertheageof5dieeveryyearasaresultofhunger.Everyday,almost16,000childrendiefromhunger.Onechildeveryfiveseconds.

China’spopulationdecreasedabout47millionduring1959and1961.“Justatthattime,aChinesescientistdeclaredtotheworldthatChinacansolvetheproblembyhimselfandhelptosolvethesameproblemintheworld”.

原子彈讓中國(guó)人不再受恐嚇!袁隆平(FatherofHybridRice)使中國(guó)人不再挨餓!Yuanlongping

Heisfatherofhybridrice(雜交水稻），whowaslatelyawarded“theNobelPrizeofAsia”.Hereceivedthehonorforhisgreatcontributions(貢獻(xiàn)）tohybridriceresearchandtheworkhedidtoimprovericeproductionindevelopingcountries.NowheisheadoftheNationalHybridRiceResearchandDevelopmentCenterinHunanProvince,China(中國(guó)湖南省國(guó)家雜交水稻研究與發(fā)展中心).Heiscalledapioneerforallpeople.

APioneerforAllPeopleYuanLongpingPeopleallovertheworldScanning:Findoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.DrYuan’sappearanceandhisachievement.DrYuan’sbiographyDrYuan’spersonallife.DrYuan’sdreams.Para1Para2Para3Para41.WhatdoseDr.Yuanlooklike?Why?2.Whatishisachievement?Para1Helookslikeafarmer(hissunburntfaceandarmsandhisslim,strongbody)becausehealwaysworksunderthesunforalongtime.Heproducessuperhybridrice.Careful

reading

Heismoreafarmerthanascientist.Personal

informationName:Nationality:Born:Age:Occupation:Education:Dream:Yuan

LongpingChinese

in193086scientist/farmerSouthwestAgricultureCollege,in1953ToexporthishybridricesothatitcanbegrownaroundtheglobePara2a.Hewasbornin1930.b.HegraduatedfromSouthwestAgriculturecollege.c.In1950,Chinesefarmersproducedfiftymilliontonsofrice.d.200milliontonsofricewasproducedbygrowing

hishybridrice.e.Hesearchedawaytoincreasericeoutputs

withoutexpandingtheareaoffields.f.Hehelpsridtheworldofhungerbycirculating

hisknowledgeinlessdevelopedcountries.Puttheeventsinrightorder.

acbedfWhichofthefollowingdescriptionaboutDrYuan’spersonalityis

nottrue?A.He

issatisfiedwith

hislifebecauseheis

nowrichandfamous.B.Hecareslittleaboutmoneyandfame.C.He

wouldrather

workthan

leada

comfortable

life.D.Heenjoysasimplerlifethanmostrich

andfamouspeople.Para.3DrYuan’spersonallifeALanguagePoints1.workvt.耕種(土地);使工作;開動(dòng);創(chuàng)造(奇跡);

經(jīng)營(yíng)(工廠、農(nóng)場(chǎng)等)vi.工作;(機(jī)器等)開動(dòng);(辦法、計(jì)劃等)行得通work

the

land=grow

crops

on

it

耕耘土地Heworks

abigfarm.他經(jīng)營(yíng)著一個(gè)大的農(nóng)場(chǎng)。Idon’tthinkthatyoursuggestionwillwork.2.…whomhehasstruggledforthepast50decades.strugglev.“斗爭(zhēng);拼搏;努力”e.g.Hehasstruggledwithsicknessforafewmonths.數(shù)月來他一直在與疾病作斗爭(zhēng)。Theywerepoorandhadtostruggleforaliving.他們很窮,必須為生活而努力。Hestruggledwiththethief.他同小偷進(jìn)行了搏斗。Hestruggledtocontrolhistemper.

他努力控制住自己的脾氣?！就卣埂?)struggle還可用作名詞,表示“奮斗;努力”等。e.g.In1862theAmericanslaveswontheirstruggleforfreedom.1862年美國(guó)黑奴贏得了為自由而進(jìn)行的斗爭(zhēng)的勝利。2)常見搭配:struggle

for

為……而斗爭(zhēng)struggle

against

向……做斗爭(zhēng);同……搏斗struggle

on

拼命活下去;繼續(xù)努力struggle

to

one’s

feet

掙扎著站起來根據(jù)句意,用適當(dāng)?shù)慕樵~或副詞填空。Theyhadtostruggle____theirlives_______weatherandwildanimalsinthatarea.(2)Inordertoprotecttheenvironment,weshouldstruggle_______allkindsofpollution.(3)Heagreedtostruggle____,thoughhewashopingtoretire.(4)Afterafewminutes,theyoungmanstruggled___hisfeet,glaringattheenemy.foragainstagainstontobattle,fight,war,struggle,campaign作名詞時(shí)的用法區(qū)別▲battle戰(zhàn)役(指大規(guī)模會(huì)戰(zhàn)),戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。如：animportantbattleinthePacificcampaignTheydiedinbattle.▲fight

意為“打架,戰(zhàn)斗力”,企圖通過打擊或用武力傷害敵人或從敵人那里奪權(quán)。如：Thetwoboyshadafight.There’snofightleftinhim.▲war

“戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng),大戰(zhàn)”,指在國(guó)家、民族或派別之間進(jìn)行的公開的、使用武力的、常持續(xù)一段時(shí)間的沖突的狀態(tài);“斗爭(zhēng)”,為與某些被認(rèn)為是有害之物作戰(zhàn)或使其結(jié)束而作的齊心協(xié)力的努力或斗爭(zhēng)。如:thewar

againstacidrainThetwocountrieswereatwarfortwoyears.▲struggle意為“奮斗,掙扎”,尤指在困境中的抗?fàn)?。如：Shespokeofherstruggleswithshyness.Pol