Unit 5 Reading and Thinking教學(xué)課件(英語選擇性必修第一冊(cè)人教版)

Unit5WorkingtheLandReadingandThinking人教版高中英語選擇性必修第一冊(cè)Warming-upHowdoyouunderstandthisunit’stitle“WorkingtheLand”?Howdoyoufeelwhenyouseethepicture?Haveyouhadsomeexperiencelivinginthecountrysideorhelpingwithfarmwork?Canyoushareyourexperiencewithus?Lookattheopeningpageanddiscussthefollowingquestions.Warming-upAppreciatethequoteandthinkaboutthequestions.Howdoyouunderstandthequote?Whatdoyouknowabouttheworldhungerproblem?Mylifelongpursuitistokeepallthepeopleawayfromhunger.

—RolandBarthes

Warming-upScanthetasksontheopeningpageandthinkaboutthequestionsbelow.Inthisunit,youwill(1)readaboutagriculturalscientistYuanLongping.(2)listentoandtalkabouttheproblemofworldhunger.(3)writeaboutyouropiniononorganicfarmingorchemicalfarming.(4)learnaboutfarmingindustriesinothercountries.Wheredoyouthinkthephotowastaken,andwhatisitof?Haveyoueverbeentoaplacelikethis?Whatwasitlike?Pre-readingBeforeyouread,lookatthephotoandthetitleofthetext.Discussthesequestionsingroups.Whoisthemaninthephoto?Whatcropisheholdinginhishands?Whatdoyouknowabouttheman?Whatelsedoyouwanttoknowabouthim?APIONEERFORALLPEOPLEPre-reading“Fatherofhybridrice”HisworkhassparkedafarmingrevolutioninChina.Heisverykind.AnagriculturalscientistHewasstillworkingonnewkindsofrice.YuanLongpingWhile-readingReadthetext.Matchthemainideawitheachparagraph.Paragraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4Paragraph5Paragraph6AYuanconductedresearchanddevelopedhybridrice.BYuanisoldbutstillworkinghardtofulfillhisdreams.CYuanconsidershimselfafarmer.DYuandecidedtostudyagriculture.EYuan’sinnovationhashelpedtofeedmorepeople.FYuancareslittleforfameorwealth.While-reading(1)WhydoesYuanLongpingconsiderhimselfafarmer?(2)WhydidYuandecidetostudyagriculture?(3)Whatisthemainadvantageofhybridcrops?Readthetextagain,andthendiscussthesequestions.Becausehecontinuallyworksthelandsinhisresearch.Hewasconcernedthatfarmershadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadashortageoffoodtoeat.Onecharacteristicofhybridsisthattheyusuallyattainahigheryieldthanconventionalcrops.While-reading(4)HowhasYuan’sworkhelpedChinaandothercountries?(5)WhatisYuan’slatestvision?Yuan’sinnovationhashelpedfeednotjustChina,butmanyothercountriescrops.Seawaterrice.Post-readingReadingstrategyOften,newwordsarenotreally“new”—theyarejustdifferentformsofwordsthatyoumayalreadyknow.Forinstance,awordendingwith-ateisoftenaverb,whileawordendingin-tionisoftenanoun.Thus,wehavecommunicate(verb)andcommunication(noun).Englishhasmanywordpatternslikethis.UsewordformationtoguessthemeaningCompletethesentenceswiththecorrectformsofthewordsinthebox.Post-reading1.Thisschoolhas

thousandsofbrightyoungstudentsovertheyears.2.Moststudentslookforjobsafteruniversity

.3.Becauseofthe

ofnewstrainsofhybridcrops,peopleinmanypartsoftheworldnowhavemorefoodtoeat.4.Lastyear,thisnewelectricpowerplant

enoughenergytopowerthewholecity.5.Itwasdifficulttocalculateexactlyhowmanytreeshadbeencutdown.However,ageneral

catedgraduationcreationcreateestimationeducationgenerationgraduategeneratedestimationPost-readingYuanLongpingconsidershimselfafarmer.Whatdoesthewriterregardhimas?Whatevidencecanyoufindfromthereading?Canyoufinishthesentencewithasmanyadjectivesaspossible?YongLongpingisa(n)

farmer.Makesureyougivereasonsforeachadjective.Discussthesequestionsingroups.Part1Post-readingApartfromrice,whataresomeotherimportantcropsinChina?Whatdoyouknowaboutthem?Otherthanhybridrice,