高中英語人教版必修四unit2-Reading

1、Unit 2Working the landReading高一人教新課標版必修四高一人教新課標版必修四Yuan Longping - Father of Hybrid Rice 袁隆平袁隆平, 一個屬于中國一個屬于中國, 也屬于世界的也屬于世界的名字名字, 他發(fā)起的他發(fā)起的“第二次綠色革命第二次綠色革命”, 給整個給整個人類帶來了福音。人類帶來了福音。 袁隆平是中國國家雜交水稻工程技術(shù)袁隆平是中國國家雜交水稻工程技術(shù)研究中心主任研究中心主任, 被譽為被譽為“雜交水稻之父雜交水稻之父”。 他的雜交水稻屬于他的雜交水稻屬于高稈類雜交水稻高稈類雜交水稻,其優(yōu)點在于每畝產(chǎn)量高達其優(yōu)點在于每畝產(chǎn)量高達8

2、00多公斤多公斤,遠遠高于傳統(tǒng)水稻的產(chǎn)量。遠遠高于傳統(tǒng)水稻的產(chǎn)量。Poor riceSuper hybrid rice這稻穗這稻穗, 夠分量！夠分量！我國雜交稻高我國雜交稻高產(chǎn)新組合創(chuàng)世產(chǎn)新組合創(chuàng)世界一流畝產(chǎn)界一流畝產(chǎn) 達達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. 耕種耕種(土地土地); 使工作使工作; 開動開

14、動; 創(chuàng)造創(chuàng)造(奇跡奇跡); 經(jīng)營經(jīng)營(工廠、農(nóng)場等工廠、農(nóng)場等)vi. 工作工作; (機器等機器等)開動開動; (辦法、計劃等辦法、計劃等)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. 他經(jīng)營著一個大的農(nóng)場。他經(jīng)營著一個大的農(nóng)場。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、“斗爭斗爭; 拼搏拼搏; 努力努力”e.g. He has struggled with sickness for a few months. 數(shù)月來他一直在與疾病作斗爭。數(shù)月來他一直在與疾病作斗爭。 They were poor and had to struggle for a living. 他們很窮他們很窮, 必須為生活而努力。必須為生活而努力。He struggled with the thief. 他同小偷進行了搏斗。他同小偷進行了搏斗。He struggled to control his temper. 他努力控制住自己的脾氣。他努力控制住自己的脾氣?！就卣埂俊就卣埂?) st

16、ruggle 還可用作名詞還可用作名詞, 表示表示“奮斗奮斗; 努力努力”等。等。e.g. In 1862 the American slaves won their struggle for freedom. 1862年美國黑奴贏得了年美國黑奴贏得了為自由而進行的斗爭的勝利。為自由而進行的斗爭的勝利。 2)常見搭配常見搭配:struggle for 為為而斗爭而斗爭struggle against 向向做斗爭做斗爭; 同同搏斗搏斗struggle on 拼命活下去拼命活下去; 繼續(xù)努力繼續(xù)努力struggle to ones feet 掙扎著站起來掙扎著站起來根據(jù)句意根據(jù)句意, 用適當?shù)慕樵~

17、或副詞填空。用適當?shù)慕樵~或副詞填空。(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作名詞作名詞時的用法區(qū)別時的用法區(qū)別battle 戰(zhàn)役戰(zhàn)役(指大規(guī)模會戰(zhàn)指大規(guī)模會戰(zhàn)), 戰(zhàn)爭。戰(zhàn)爭。如：如：an important battle in the Pacific campaign They died in battle.fight 意為意為“打架打架, 戰(zhàn)斗力戰(zhàn)斗力”, 企圖通過打擊企圖通過打擊或用武力傷害敵人或從敵人那里奪權(quán)。如：或用武力傷害敵人或從敵人那里奪權(quán)。如：The two boys had a fig

19、ht.Theres no fight left in him.war “戰(zhàn)爭戰(zhàn)爭, 大戰(zhàn)大戰(zhàn)”, 指在國家、民族或派別指在國家、民族或派別之間進行的公開的、使用武力的、常持續(xù)一段之間進行的公開的、使用武力的、常持續(xù)一段時間的沖突的狀態(tài)時間的沖突的狀態(tài); “斗爭斗爭”, 為與某些被認為為與某些被認為是有害之物作戰(zhàn)或使其結(jié)束而作的齊心協(xié)力是有害之物作戰(zhàn)或使其結(jié)束而作的齊心協(xié)力的努力或斗爭。如的努力或斗爭。如: the war against acid rain The two countries were at war for two years.struggle意為意為“奮斗奮斗, 掙扎掙扎”,

20、 尤指在困境中尤指在困境中的抗爭。如：的抗爭。如：She spoke of her struggles with shyness.Police said there were no signs of a struggle.campaign意為意為“戰(zhàn)役戰(zhàn)役”, 在一場戰(zhàn)爭中在一場戰(zhàn)爭中, 為達到一個宏大的目的而采取的一系列為達到一個宏大的目的而采取的一系列的軍事舉措的軍事舉措; 還可指還可指“(政治或商業(yè)性政治或商業(yè)性)活動活動,競選運動競選運動”。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.這種特殊的稻種使得同樣的田地多收獲三分這種特殊的稻種使得同樣的田地多收獲三分之一的產(chǎn)量。之一的產(chǎn)量。it 在句中作形式賓語在句中作形式賓語, 真正的賓語為真正的賓語為 to produce, 結(jié)構(gòu)為結(jié)構(gòu)為: 動詞動詞(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年出身于一個貧苦農(nóng)民的家庭年出身于一個貧苦農(nóng)民的家庭, 1953年畢業(yè)于西南農(nóng)學院。年畢業(yè)于西南農(nóng)學院。 graduate n. 畢業(yè)生畢業(yè)生undergraduate 本科畢業(yè)生本科畢業(yè)生post-graduate 碩士畢業(yè)生碩士畢業(yè)生, 研究生研究生graduate

23、vi. 常跟介詞常跟介詞from, 表示表示“畢業(yè)于畢業(yè)于”graduation n. 畢業(yè)畢業(yè)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 學士學位學士學位masters degree 碩士學位碩士學位doctors degree 博士學位博士學位5. Dr. Yuan searche

24、d for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of fields.袁博士尋求一種在不擴大種植面積的情況下袁博士尋求一種在不擴大種植面積的情況下提高水稻產(chǎn)量的方法。提高水稻產(chǎn)量的方法。1)search 強調(diào)搜查強調(diào)搜查, 一般表示目標明確范圍較小。一般表示目標明確范圍較小。search sb. 搜身搜身; search some place. 搜查某地搜查某地search for 強調(diào)尋找強調(diào)尋找, 一般表示范圍較大。一般表示范圍較大。search for sb 尋找某人尋找某人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. 使變大使變大; 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. 循環(huán)循環(huán), 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: 幸虧幸虧/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”時的用法區(qū)別時的用法區(qū)別: because of 意為意為“因為因為, 由于由于”, 普通用語普通用語, 比其他短語更口語化比其他短語更口語化; 構(gòu)成的短語在句子中構(gòu)成的短語在句子中通常作狀語通常作狀語, 后面可接名詞、代詞、分詞或后面可接名詞、代詞、分詞或what引導

28、的名詞性從句等。引導的名詞性從句等。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 “由于或因為某人由于或因為某人(某事某事)”，通常用于好的方面通常用于好的方面, 譯為譯為“多虧多虧”, 但但有時作反語有時作反語; 引導的介詞短語可置于引導的介詞短語可置

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, ,結(jié)果結(jié)果”，常用在有上常用在有上下文下文(表原因表原因)的情況下。的情況下。 as a result of “由于由于的結(jié)果的結(jié)果”, 可置于句首或句末?？芍糜诰涫谆蚓淠.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 意為意為“(使使)擺脫擺脫, (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 還可用作形容詞還可用作形容詞, 構(gòu)成構(gòu)成get/be rid of,意為意為“丟棄丟棄, 扔掉扔掉; 擺脫擺脫, 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.用他的雜交水稻種子用他的雜交水稻種子, 農(nóng)民們種出比以前多農(nóng)民們種出

32、比以前多一倍的糧食。一倍的糧食。倍數(shù)詞倍數(shù)詞 (twice/half/three times/a quarter etc.)+as + 形容詞原級形容詞原級 +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.我們學校學生的數(shù)量是他們學校的兩倍。我們學校學生的數(shù)量是他們學校的兩倍。twice as large as that英語中的倍數(shù)表達法共有三種形式英語中的倍數(shù)表達法共有三種形式:(1) 倍數(shù)倍數(shù) + 形容詞形容詞/副詞的比較級副詞的比較級 + than.(2) 倍數(shù)

33、倍數(shù) + as +形容詞形容詞/副詞的原級副詞的原級 + as.(3) 倍數(shù)倍數(shù) + the + 名詞名詞+ of. This building is five times higher than that one. 這座樓比那座樓高出五倍。這座樓比那座樓高出五倍。This building is five times as high as that one. 這座樓是那座樓的五倍高。這座樓是那座樓的五倍高。This building is five times the height of that one. 這座樓是那座樓的五倍高。這座樓是那座樓的五倍高。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高考鏈接高考鏈接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: 對對感到滿意感到滿意 One shouldnt be satisfied with only a little success. 一個人不應該只因一點小一個人不應該只因一點小 成就而感到滿足。成就而感到滿足。 satisfy: v. 使使?jié)M意，賠償滿意，賠償 I had to explain the reasons to satisfy his curiosity. 我只好解釋原因來滿足他的好奇心。我只好解釋原因來滿足他的好奇心。10. He would much rather keep time for his

37、hobbies.would rather: 寧可寧可; 寧愿寧愿would rather do sth.They would rather go fishing than stay athome. 他們寧愿去釣魚他們寧愿去釣魚, 也不愿待在家里。也不愿待在家里。I would rather fail than cheat in the examination. 我寧愿考不及格我寧愿考不及格, 也不愿意考試作弊。也不愿意考試作弊。用法用法1: would ratherthan 寧愿寧愿而不而不, 與其與其不如不如I would rather watch TV at home than go to

38、 the cinema.用法用法2: would rather have done sth. 表示主語要做某事，而結(jié)果卻事與愿違。表示主語要做某事，而結(jié)果卻事與愿違。Id rather have left a note on her desk.我本想留張字條在她的書桌上。我本想留張字條在她的書桌上。 (事實上沒有事實上沒有)用法用法3: would rather than =would ratherthanFacing the enemies, our soldiers would die rather than surrender. 面對敵人面對敵人, 我們的戰(zhàn)士寧死不屈。我們的戰(zhàn)士寧死不屈

39、。Rather than refuse to help you, I would borrow money from my friends. 我寧可向朋友借錢我寧可向朋友借錢, 也不愿拒絕幫助你。也不愿拒絕幫助你。用法用法4: would rather后面也可跟從句后面也可跟從句表示主語寧愿某人做某事。這時表示主語寧愿某人做某事。這時, 從句從句謂語應用虛擬語氣謂語應用虛擬語氣, 即用一般過去時表示即用一般過去時表示現(xiàn)在或?qū)硪龅氖卢F(xiàn)在或?qū)硪龅氖? 用過去完成時用過去完成時表示已經(jīng)做過的事或過去要做的事。表示已經(jīng)做過的事或過去要做的事。Id rather you hadnt told h

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

41、les.1) too much 與與much too的區(qū)別的區(qū)別too much通常位于動詞之后，修飾動詞，通常位于動詞之后，修飾動詞，too做做much的狀語，后面也可接名詞。的狀語，后面也可接名詞。She does talk too much, doesnt she? He has too much work to do. 而而much too則常用在形容詞或副詞之前修飾則常用在形容詞或副詞之前修飾形容詞或副詞。形容詞或副詞。The dress is much too long for me. 這衣服我穿太長了。這衣服我穿太長了。I got into the taxi and drove

42、much too fast. 我上了出租車我上了出租車, 并開得飛快。并開得飛快。2) rather than 而不是而不是Mary, rather than her roommates, is going to Beijing. 要去北京的是瑪麗要去北京的是瑪麗, 而不是她的室友們。而不是她的室友們。注意注意: rather than 連接兩個名詞或代連接兩個名詞或代詞作主語時詞作主語時,謂語動詞應與謂語動詞應與rather than 前面的名詞或代詞在人稱和前面的名詞或代詞在人稱和數(shù)上保持一致。數(shù)上保持一致。 She ran rather than walked. 她跑著而不是走著。她跑著

43、而不是走著。He is a student rather than a worker. 他是學生他是學生, 不是工人。不是工人。 They lost some books rather than money. 他們丟了一些書他們丟了一些書, 而不是錢。而不是錢。I decided to write rather than (to) telephone. 我決定寫信而不打電話。我決定寫信而不打電話。1. Rather than _ on a crowded bus, he always prefers _ a bicycle.A. ride; ride B. riding; rideC. ride; to ride