1、 Unit 2working the landThe first periodWarming,Pre-reading and Reading1.confuse vt._把A和B混淆_使迷惑；使为难；混淆confuse A with and Badj.困惑的，不知所措_对感到困惑_adj.令人困惑的_n._confusedbe confused aboutconfusingconfusion1.People were_bya lot of information.人们被大量的信息搞糊涂了。2.I_her_her sister because they were so alike.我把她和她妹妹弄
2、混了，因为她们长得太像了。3.The instructions on the box are very_.盒子上的使用说明令人费解。confusedconfusingconfusedwithWhat do you think of her speech last night?Just so so.She gave us too much information，so that everyone got_.Aconfused Bto confuseCconfusing Dto be confused解析考查非谓语动词。get confused 为被动语态结构，get 相当于助动词be。答案A2
3、There was a_look on his face when he met with the _problem.Aconfusing；confusing Bconfused；confusedCconfusing；confused Dconfused；confusing解析句意：当他遇到这个令人困惑的问题时，他脸上的表情很困惑。答案D2.regret vt.遗憾；惋惜 n.遗憾；懊悔遗憾要做某事_后悔做了某事_令人感到遗憾的是_遗憾地_过去式_regret to do sthregret doing sthto ones regretwith regret regretted1 I _ _
4、 _ _Mr.Smith is not at home.很抱歉，史密斯先生不在家。答案regret to say that2He _ _ _ _earlier.他后悔没有早点来。答案regretted not having come3 I _ _ _ _ _ _to sell your house.你竟然被迫出售房屋，让我甚感遗憾。答案regret that you should be compelledRobert is indeed a wise man.Oh，yes.How often I have regretted_his advice!Ato take BtakingCnot to
5、 take Dnot taking答案D3.reduce vt.减少，缩减减少到他设法射使他们的价格降到1000美元。减少了他的体重减轻了5 公斤。reduce toHe persuaded them to reduce the price to$1,000.reduce byHe reduced her weight by 5 kilos.She reduced her weight_6 kilos/_50 kilos.她把体重减轻了6公斤/减轻到50公斤。答案by；to4.Comment n.评论，议论他对这条槽糕的路发表评论。他的行为引起了好多议论。He made a comment a
6、bout the bad road.His behaviour caused a great deal of comment.v.评论，发表意见He commented that it was a better play than usual,and I agreed.琼评论说，这场比赛比以往打得好，我赞同。He commented that she was not fit for the job.他评论说她不称职。5.build up 逐渐增强；建立；开发Try and build up his confidence a bit.试试让他增加对自己的信心。Youll need to buil
7、d up your strength slowly after the operation.手术后你要慢慢恢复体力。We are trying to build upoverseas markets for our cars.我们正设法为我们的汽车开拓海外市场。You need lots of fresh fruit tobuild up your body.你需要吃许多新鲜水果来增强你的体质。6.lead to 导致；通向（=result in)There is no doubt that stress can lead to physical illness.毫无疑问，心理压力会导致生理疾
8、病。Too much work and too little rest often lead to illness.All roads lead to Rome.7.focus on 集中（注意力，精力）focus/fix/concentrate ones attention on sth.All their attention was focusedon finding a solution to the problem.1.All eyes _ _ _ the speaker.大家的目光都集中在发言人身上。答案were focused on2.Attention has _ _ recen
9、tly _ the danger of nuclear weapons.最近人们的注意力集中于核武器的危险上。答案been focused；on3._your attention_ourwork.把注意力集中在你的工作上。答案Focus；on4.She was the _ of everyones attention at the party.她是那次聚会时人人注意的焦点。答案focus 5 The old man stood there with his eyes_on the picture.Ato focus BfocusingCfocused Dfocus解析句意：那个老人站在那里，眼
10、睛盯着那幅画。focus和eyes 之间为被动关系，故这里要填过去分词。答案C8.keepfree from/of(1)使免受（影响；伤害）Balancd diet and good exercise keep you free from disease.We must make some practical measures to keep students free from too much homework.(2)使不含（有害物）Nowadays many farmers try to keep vegetables free from chemicals.free from/of 无
11、的，免除的，不受约束的We want to give all the children a world free from violence.I got this book free of charge.我免费得到了这本书。The farming products in the farm_(无污染),so they are very popular in the market.(free)答案：are free from pollution9.have been doing 一直做John has been painting the ceiling.No wonder you are so t
12、ired.You have been working all day.Because of illness,he has been lying in bed all day.10.turn to(1)转向(2)求助于；求救于(3)翻到Farmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.A poem by Li shenLeading-inWarming up1.Have you ever been to thecountryside?what di
13、d you do there?2.Are you from a farmers family?what do you know about farming?plow the fieldgrow some young plantsharvestPut these farming steps in right order:A.select the seedsE.plough the soil D.turn over the soil C.sow the seeds B.remove the weeds F.fertilize I.grow some young plantsG.insert the
14、 young plants into the fieldH.harvest123456789联合国粮农组织称：饥饿每年夺去500万儿童生命Look at the pictures below.did you know these facts before?What problem do they show?Pre-readingDiscussion If tomorrow DiscussionWhat do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?If that happened,people m
15、ight die of hunger.The whole world would get into trouble.What do you think would happen if tomorrow there was suddenly no rice to eat?Yuan LongpingFather of Hybrid Rice1.What kind of rice does DrYuan grow?2.What is the main idea of the passage?Super hybrid riceAn agricultural named who worked hard
16、to produce a new strain of riceThinkingpioneerYuan LongpingMatch the following headings(标题)to each paragraph.A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE Para1 A.Dr Yuans dreams.Para2 B.Dr Yuans personality.Para3 C.Dr Yuans biography(传记).Para4 D.Dr Yuans appearance and his achievement.PairworkAnswer the following quest
17、ionQ1:Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was young?Because at that time,hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countrysideQ2:How would you describe his personality?He cares little about money and fameQ3:What did Dr Yuans rice look like in his dream?The rice
18、plants were as tall as sorghum.Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut.a.He was born into a poor farmers family.b.He graduated from Southwest Agriculture college.c.In 1950,Chinese farmers produced 5.5 billion tons of rice.d.20 billon tons of rice
19、was produced by growing his hybrid rice.e.He searched a way to increase rice outputs without expanding the area of fields.f.He helps rid the world of hunger by circulating his knowledge in less developed countries.Proper order:uPut Dr Yuans biography in right order.acbedfPersonal information(Resume)
20、Name:Nationality:Birth:Age:Occupation:Education:Dreams:Yuan LongpingChinesein 1930;in a poor family86Scientist of farmingSouthwest Agriculture College,in 1953 His first dream His second dreamPersonal informationAchievements:Hobbies:grow rice that has a high outputcirculate his knowledge abroadgive m
21、oney to equip others for their researchplaying his violinlistening to violin musicplaying mah-jongswimmingriding his motorcycle to his rice fieldsIf you had the chance to do something to help end hunger in the world,what would you do?DiscussionThe measures taken to deal with hungerInvent a new kind
22、of plant to produce more food.Find a sort of fertilizerto give rice enough nutrition(营养).Stop the pollution to the environment and protect the soil in the field.Yuan Longping is known as Chinas“father of _ rice”,because he grows what is called _ hybrid rice.Yuan Longping,who was born into a poor _s
23、family in _,_ from Southwest Agricultural College in _.When Yuan Longpinghybridsuper farmer1930graduated1953Summarysaw the great need for _ the rice output,he _ for a way to increase rice harvests without _ the area of the fields.Using his hybrid rice,_ are producing harvests _ as large as before.He became the _ agricultural _ in the world to grow rice that has a high _.Yuan devotes himself to the research into agriculture.increasingsearchedexpandingfarmerstwicefirstpioneeroutput
