高中英语人教版必修四unit2-Reading

1、Unit 2Working the landReading高一人教新课标版必修四高一人教新课标版必修四Yuan Longping - Father of Hybrid Rice 袁隆平袁隆平, 一个属于中国一个属于中国, 也属于世界的也属于世界的名字名字, 他发起的他发起的“第二次绿色革命第二次绿色革命”, 给整个给整个人类带来了福音。人类带来了福音。 袁隆平是中国国家杂交水稻工程技术袁隆平是中国国家杂交水稻工程技术研究中心主任研究中心主任, 被誉为被誉为“杂交水稻之父杂交水稻之父”。 他的杂交水稻属于他的杂交水稻属于高秆类杂交水稻高秆类杂交水稻,其优点在于每亩产量高达其优点在于每亩产量高达8

2、00多公斤多公斤,远远高于传统水稻的产量。远远高于传统水稻的产量。Poor riceSuper hybrid rice这稻穗这稻穗, 够分量！够分量！我国杂交稻高我国杂交稻高产新组合创世产新组合创世界一流亩产界一流亩产 达达1195.2kgA PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLEReadingScanning: Find out the main idea of each paragraph.Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.Dr Yuans biographyDr Yuans personality.Dr Yuans dreams.Par

3、a 1Para 2 Para 3Para 41. What dose Dr. Yuan look like? Why?2. What is his achievement?Para 1He looks like a farmer (his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body) because he always works under the sun for a long time.He produces super hybrid rice.Careful reading He is more a farmer than a sci

4、entist.Which of the following description about Dr Yuans personality 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.C. He would rather work than lead a comfortable life.D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous peopl

5、e.Para. 2&3 Dr Yuans personalityA Achievements:Hobbies:grow rice that has a high outputcirculate his knowledge abroadgive money to equip others for their researchlistening to violin musicplaying mah-jongswimmingreadingPara 4What does “Wishing for things, however, costs nothing.” mean?Dreams are free

6、 and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future to be.Describe the rice in Dr. Yuan Longpings first dreamnAs tall as sorghumnAs big as an ear of cornnAs huge as a peanutTo export his rice so that it can be grown all over the world. Paraphrase these sentences.1. As a young man,

7、he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. Even when he was a young man, he knew how important it was to increase the output og rice.2. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside.During his early years, much of thecountryside was troubled by hunger.3. U

8、sing his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.As they use his hybrid rice, farmers areproducing twice as much rice as before.4. Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him.5. Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.It

9、 does not cost anything to dream for something.He is not interested in buying things forhimself or in having a comfortable life. Answer these questions.1. Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was young?Because at that time, hunger was a serious problem in many parts of the

10、countryside. He saw many people suffer from hunger when he was young.I think he is more of a scientist, althoughhe works in the fields like a farmer. His main purpose is not to make a profit for himself but to study agriculture and use that knowledge to improve farming forfarmers everywhere. I do no

11、t think he is a businessman, because his goal is not to make money.2. Is Dr Yuan more of a scientist or more of a farmer? Do you think he is a businessman? Give your reasons.3. How would you describe Dr Yuans personality? Use three or four adjectives.Dr Yuan is a simple, academic man who is more int

12、erested in helping others than being famous.4. Dr Yuan thinks that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. Do you agree or disagree? Why? I mostly agree. I think being rich can cause a lot of problems, but it really depends on the life and attitude of the person who is rich

13、. People who are rich certainly have different problems from people who are not.How to solve hunger?making good use of the waste landdeveloping the technology to inventing a new kind of foodimproving the quality of the soil preventing the pests from eating our crops1. workvt. 耕种耕种(土地土地); 使工作使工作; 开动开

14、动; 创造创造(奇迹奇迹); 经营经营(工厂、农场等工厂、农场等)vi. 工作工作; (机器等机器等)开动开动; (办法、计划等办法、计划等)行得通行得通work the land=grow crops on it 耕耘土地耕耘土地He works a big farm. 他经营着一个大的农场。他经营着一个大的农场。They are working the land together.I dont think that your suggestion will work.2. whom he has struggled for the past 50 decades. struggle v.

15、“斗争斗争; 拼搏拼搏; 努力努力”e.g. He has struggled with sickness for a few months. 数月来他一直在与疾病作斗争。数月来他一直在与疾病作斗争。 They were poor and had to struggle for a living. 他们很穷他们很穷, 必须为生活而努力。必须为生活而努力。He struggled with the thief. 他同小偷进行了搏斗。他同小偷进行了搏斗。He struggled to control his temper. 他努力控制住自己的脾气。他努力控制住自己的脾气。【拓展】【拓展】1) st

16、ruggle 还可用作名词还可用作名词, 表示表示“奋斗奋斗; 努力努力”等。等。e.g. In 1862 the American slaves won their struggle for freedom. 1862年美国黑奴赢得了年美国黑奴赢得了为自由而进行的斗争的胜利。为自由而进行的斗争的胜利。 2)常见搭配常见搭配:struggle for 为为而斗争而斗争struggle against 向向做斗争做斗争; 同同搏斗搏斗struggle on 拼命活下去拼命活下去; 继续努力继续努力struggle to ones feet 挣扎着站起来挣扎着站起来根据句意根据句意, 用适当的介词

17、或副词填空。用适当的介词或副词填空。(1)They had to struggle _ their lives _ weather and wild animals in that area. (2) In order to protect the environment, we should struggle _ all kinds of pollution.(3) He agreed to struggle _, though he was hoping to retire.(4) After a few minutes, the young man struggled _ his fee

18、t, glaring at the enemy.foragainstagainstontobattle, fight, war, struggle, campaign作名词作名词时的用法区别时的用法区别battle 战役战役(指大规模会战指大规模会战), 战争。战争。如：如：an important battle in the Pacific campaign They died in battle.fight 意为意为“打架打架, 战斗力战斗力”, 企图通过打击企图通过打击或用武力伤害敌人或从敌人那里夺权。如：或用武力伤害敌人或从敌人那里夺权。如：The two boys had a fig

19、ht.Theres no fight left in him.war “战争战争, 大战大战”, 指在国家、民族或派别指在国家、民族或派别之间进行的公开的、使用武力的、常持续一段之间进行的公开的、使用武力的、常持续一段时间的冲突的状态时间的冲突的状态; “斗争斗争”, 为与某些被认为为与某些被认为是有害之物作战或使其结束而作的齐心协力是有害之物作战或使其结束而作的齐心协力的努力或斗争。如的努力或斗争。如: the war against acid rain The two countries were at war for two years.struggle意为意为“奋斗奋斗, 挣扎挣扎”,

20、 尤指在困境中尤指在困境中的抗争。如：的抗争。如：She spoke of her struggles with shyness.Police said there were no signs of a struggle.campaign意为意为“战役战役”, 在一场战争中在一场战争中, 为达到一个宏大的目的而采取的一系列为达到一个宏大的目的而采取的一系列的军事举措的军事举措; 还可指还可指“(政治或商业性政治或商业性)活动活动,竞选运动竞选运动”。如：如：a campaign to stop people smokingThat politician won the presidential

21、 election campaign and became the President.3. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.这种特殊的稻种使得同样的田地多收获三分这种特殊的稻种使得同样的田地多收获三分之一的产量。之一的产量。it 在句中作形式宾语在句中作形式宾语, 真正的宾语为真正的宾语为 to produce, 结构为结构为: 动词动词(make, feel, think, regard)+it +adj+ to do

22、.e.g. We think it important to learn English well.4. Born in a poor farmers family in 1931, Dr. Yuan graduate from Southwest Agriculture College in 1953. 袁博士袁博士1931年出身于一个贫苦农民的家庭年出身于一个贫苦农民的家庭, 1953年毕业于西南农学院。年毕业于西南农学院。 graduate n. 毕业生毕业生undergraduate 本科毕业生本科毕业生post-graduate 硕士毕业生硕士毕业生, 研究生研究生graduate

23、vi. 常跟介词常跟介词from, 表示表示“毕业于毕业于”graduation n. 毕业毕业e.g. After his graduation from college, he went to work as an engineer in a company.=After he graduated from college, he went to work as an engineer in a company.bachelors degree 学士学位学士学位masters degree 硕士学位硕士学位doctors degree 博士学位博士学位5. Dr. Yuan searche

24、d for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of fields.袁博士寻求一种在不扩大种植面积的情况下袁博士寻求一种在不扩大种植面积的情况下提高水稻产量的方法。提高水稻产量的方法。1)search 强调搜查强调搜查, 一般表示目标明确范围较小。一般表示目标明确范围较小。search sb. 搜身搜身; search some place. 搜查某地搜查某地search for 强调寻找强调寻找, 一般表示范围较大。一般表示范围较大。search for sb 寻找某人寻找某人The police search

25、ed the woods for the lost child.Scientists are still searching for a cure to the common cold.search/search for/in search of The officer went up _ the murder. The thieves are _ the hidden treasure in the museum. Birds fly to the south _ the winter sunshine.to search searching for in search of2) expan

26、d v. 使变大使变大; 伸展伸展 如如:The population of China expanded quickly in the 1960s.You can expand your knowledge by reading more books.expansion n. expandable adj.6. circulate v. 循环循环, 交流交流 circulation n.e.g. Rumors circulated quickly.The blood circulates around the body.7. Thanks to his research, the UN ha

27、s more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. 1) thanks to: 幸亏幸亏/由于由于 Thanks to your help, I passed the exam.because of, thanks to, as a result of表示表示“由于由于”时的用法区别时的用法区别: because of 意为意为“因为因为, 由于由于”, 普通用语普通用语, 比其他短语更口语化比其他短语更口语化; 构成的短语在句子中构成的短语在句子中通常作状语通常作状语, 后面可接名词、代词、分词或后面可接名词、代词、分词或what引导

28、的名词性从句等。引导的名词性从句等。如：如：Johnson is likely to miss the match because of his back injury. Because of my bad leg, I couldnt walk so fast as the others.Because of his wifes being there, I said nothing about it.thanks to “由于或因为某人由于或因为某人(某事某事)”，通常用于好的方面通常用于好的方面, 译为译为“多亏多亏”, 但但有时作反语有时作反语; 引导的介词短语可置于引导的介词短语可置

29、于句首或句末。句首或句末。如：如：The play succeeded thanks to fine acting by all the actors and actresses. Thanks to your help, we were successful. Thanks to the bad weather, the match had been cancelled.as a result “因此因此, ,结果结果”，常用在有上常用在有上下文下文(表原因表原因)的情况下。的情况下。 as a result of “由于由于的结果的结果”, 可置于句首或句末。可置于句首或句末。e.g. H

30、e had some bad fish. As a result, he didnt feel well this morning.As a result of the flood, thousands of people lost their homes. 2) rid of 意为意为“(使使)摆脱摆脱, (使使)除掉除掉”, rid (rid/ridded, rid, ridding) v. 如：如：She is trying to rid herself of a dependence on drugs.You should rid yourself of the bad habits.

31、= You should get rid of the bad habits. 拓展拓展 rid 还可用作形容词还可用作形容词, 构成构成get/be rid of,意为意为“丢弃丢弃, 扔掉扔掉; 摆脱摆脱, 除去除去”。如：如：Lets get rid of this old furniture.We will be glad to get rid of him.8. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.用他的杂交水稻种子用他的杂交水稻种子, 农民们种出比以前多农民们种出

32、比以前多一倍的粮食。一倍的粮食。倍数词倍数词 (twice/half/three times/a quarter etc.)+as + 形容词原级形容词原级 +as 表示表示“是是的多少的多少倍倍”。e.g. The number of the students in our school is _ in their school.我们学校学生的数量是他们学校的两倍。我们学校学生的数量是他们学校的两倍。twice as large as that英语中的倍数表达法共有三种形式英语中的倍数表达法共有三种形式:(1) 倍数倍数 + 形容词形容词/副词的比较级副词的比较级 + than.(2) 倍数

33、倍数 + as +形容词形容词/副词的原级副词的原级 + as.(3) 倍数倍数 + the + 名词名词+ of. This building is five times higher than that one. 这座楼比那座楼高出五倍。这座楼比那座楼高出五倍。This building is five times as high as that one. 这座楼是那座楼的五倍高。这座楼是那座楼的五倍高。This building is five times the height of that one. 这座楼是那座楼的五倍高。这座楼是那座楼的五倍高。The new building i

34、s four times the size of the old one.It is reported that the United States uses _ energy as the whole of Europe. A. as twice B. twice much C. twice much as D. twice as muchD 1. John is the tallest boy in the class, _ according to himself. (2005安徽卷安徽卷)A. five foot eight as tall as B. as tall as five

35、foot eightC. as five foot eight as D. as tall five foot eight as高考链接高考链接B2. (NMET 2001, 28) It is generally believed that teaching is _ it is a science. A. an art much as B. much an art as C. as an art much as D. as much an art asDClick here to learn more about the use of as.9. Dr Yuan is quite sati

36、sfied with his life. be satisfied with: 对对感到满意感到满意 One shouldnt be satisfied with only a little success. 一个人不应该只因一点小一个人不应该只因一点小 成就而感到满足。成就而感到满足。 satisfy: v. 使使满意，赔偿满意，赔偿 I had to explain the reasons to satisfy his curiosity. 我只好解释原因来满足他的好奇心。我只好解释原因来满足他的好奇心。10. He would much rather keep time for his

37、hobbies.would rather: 宁可宁可; 宁愿宁愿would rather do sth.They would rather go fishing than stay athome. 他们宁愿去钓鱼他们宁愿去钓鱼, 也不愿待在家里。也不愿待在家里。I would rather fail than cheat in the examination. 我宁愿考不及格我宁愿考不及格, 也不愿意考试作弊。也不愿意考试作弊。用法用法1: would ratherthan 宁愿宁愿而不而不, 与其与其不如不如I would rather watch TV at home than go to

38、 the cinema.用法用法2: would rather have done sth. 表示主语要做某事，而结果却事与愿违。表示主语要做某事，而结果却事与愿违。Id rather have left a note on her desk.我本想留张字条在她的书桌上。我本想留张字条在她的书桌上。 (事实上没有事实上没有)用法用法3: would rather than =would ratherthanFacing the enemies, our soldiers would die rather than surrender. 面对敌人面对敌人, 我们的战士宁死不屈。我们的战士宁死不屈

39、。Rather than refuse to help you, I would borrow money from my friends. 我宁可向朋友借钱我宁可向朋友借钱, 也不愿拒绝帮助你。也不愿拒绝帮助你。用法用法4: would rather后面也可跟从句后面也可跟从句表示主语宁愿某人做某事。这时表示主语宁愿某人做某事。这时, 从句从句谓语应用虚拟语气谓语应用虚拟语气, 即用一般过去时表示即用一般过去时表示现在或将来要做的事现在或将来要做的事; 用过去完成时用过去完成时表示已经做过的事或过去要做的事。表示已经做过的事或过去要做的事。Id rather you hadnt told h

40、im the news that day. 高考链接高考链接-Shall we go skating or stay at home?-Which _ do yourself ? (05 全国全国)A. do you rather B. would you ratherC. will you rather D. should you rather答案答案B would rather do sth. 更喜欢做更喜欢做12. Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more, rather than fewer troub

41、les.1) too much 与与much too的区别的区别too much通常位于动词之后，修饰动词，通常位于动词之后，修饰动词，too做做much的状语，后面也可接名词。的状语，后面也可接名词。She does talk too much, doesnt she? He has too much work to do. 而而much too则常用在形容词或副词之前修饰则常用在形容词或副词之前修饰形容词或副词。形容词或副词。The dress is much too long for me. 这衣服我穿太长了。这衣服我穿太长了。I got into the taxi and drove

42、much too fast. 我上了出租车我上了出租车, 并开得飞快。并开得飞快。2) rather than 而不是而不是Mary, rather than her roommates, is going to Beijing. 要去北京的是玛丽要去北京的是玛丽, 而不是她的室友们。而不是她的室友们。注意注意: rather than 连接两个名词或代连接两个名词或代词作主语时词作主语时,谓语动词应与谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。数上保持一致。 She ran rather than walked. 她跑着而不是走着。她跑着

43、而不是走着。He is a student rather than a worker. 他是学生他是学生, 不是工人。不是工人。 They lost some books rather than money. 他们丢了一些书他们丢了一些书, 而不是钱。而不是钱。I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我决定写信而不打电话。我决定写信而不打电话。1. Rather than _ on a crowded bus, he always prefers _ a bicycle.A. ride; ride B. riding; rideC. ride; to ride