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1、The third period,language points for reading,1.Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research,consider sb (as) 把. 认为，当作 (to be) = regardas 我认为他是我最好的朋友。 I consider him (to be) my best friend,I regard treat him as my best friend,consider doing sth,2.for whom he has

2、struggled for the past five decades. struggle for 为.而斗争/拼搏 struggle with/ against 与. 作斗争,1.They _peace. 他们为和平而战。 2.The old man has been _illness. 这位老人一直在与病魔斗争。 Struggle to努力做某事,struggled for,struggling with,3. In 1973, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a hig

3、h output. the first +n. + to do 不定式放在表示次序的词the first, the last, the best以及the only, the very, the right等词后面, 且这些词与动词不定式有逻辑上的主谓关系,He is always the first (student) to come in the class,如果此名词与动词是逻辑上的动宾关系时,则用过去分词。 He is the first man _ (win) the Nobel Prize. The first book _(write) for teaching English

4、came out in the 16th century,to win,written,4.This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. make it + adj + to do sth(真宾） 好天气使我们今晚外出散步成为可能。 The fine weather _,make it possible for us to go out for a walk tonight,有些动词：feel, find, think, consid

5、er, think 等 后面常跟it作形式宾语,We think it necessary for us to learn English well,5.Since then, finding ways to grow rice has been his life goal. 动名词或动名词短语作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数形式。 翻译：学一门外语对我非常有用。 _,Learning a foreign language is very useful to me,6. expand vt发展 我想拓展我的视野。(horizons) I want to expand my horizons. 3.

6、 我们的词汇量通过阅读得到扩大。 Our vocabulary _. expansion n. 扩张，膨胀,expands through reading,7. circulate (v) 1). 循环/环行 Blood circulates in the body. 血液在体内循环。 2). 传播,流传/传阅 Rumour circulates rapidly. 谣言传得很快,circulation ( n) 循环，流通,8.Thanks to his research, the UN has tools in the battle to rid of the world of hunger

7、. thanks to (sb/sth): because of “幸亏, 由于，多亏” 在句中作状语和表语。 多亏你及时的帮助, 我们才能按时完成任务。 相当于because of, due to,Thanks to your timely help，we could finish the task on time,9. rid. (oneself) of “摆脱、从中解脱”； be/get rid of 摆脱，除掉，去掉 1.他还清了债务。 The man _ himself _ _. 2. Bad habits _. （很难改掉,Its not easy to get rid of ba

8、d habits,rid,of,debt,are hard to get rid of,10.Yuan Longping is quite satisfied with his life. However, he doesnt care about being famous. be satisfied with 对 感到满意 我们对这些结果不满意。 _. care about 在乎；在意；喜欢 _,We are not satisfied with these results,I didnt care about what he said just now,Exercises period,把

9、. 认为，当作 care about 为而战 增加水稻产量 a disturbing problem 传播知识 make it possible to 消除世界饥荒 对满意 search for 带着的希望,consider as 关心 struggle for increase the rice output 一个严重的问题 circulate the knowledge 使成为可能 rid the world of hunger be satisfied with 搜查,搜寻 with the hope of,Revision,Born a poor farmers family in 1

10、930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest _(agriculture) College in 1953. then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time hunger was a (disturb) problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan searched for a w

11、ay to increase rice harvests expanding the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice _ (produce,in,agricultural,Since,As,disturbing,without,was produced,These increased harvests mean that 22% of the worlds people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other_ (develop) countries to increase their rice harvests. Tha