新课程标准高中英语必修四Unit 2 Working the land

第一课时 精读课 学案

　　Warming up, Pre-reading, Reading

　　一．学习目标

1．引导学生了解我国著名的农业学家袁隆平和他的科研成果，以及他的杂交水稻技术对我国乃至世界其他国家的巨大影响。

　　2．运用好略读、细读、归纳内容等阅读技巧，理解课文。

　　3．初步掌握该课时中出现的重点单词、词组和句型。

　　二．阅读重难点

　　1．阅读重点

1）通过阅读文章A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE , 让学生了解袁隆平和他的科研成果（杂交水稻）的重要性，让学生设想: 假设没有袁隆平和他的杂交水稻，中国能否解决十几亿人的吃饭问题? 激励学生开动脑筋，发挥想象力, 并学会归纳段落大意，理解细节信息。

　　2）了解下列重点单词和短语：

sunburnt, struggle, decade, super, output, crop, hunger, disturbing, expand, circulate, satisfied, freedom, rid , awake , therefore , thanks to

　　2．阅读难点

　　1）培养学生概括文章主题和理解细节的阅读能力

　　2）理解文中重点句型

　　三．背景知识

　　Yuan Longping ----Father of Hybrid Rice

He is father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻), who was lately awarded "the Nobel Prize of Asia ". He received the honor for his great contributions(贡献) to hybrid rice research and work he did to improve rice production in developing countries. Dr.Yuan developed ways to genetically combine different kinds of rice to increase production. He discovered that combining two kinds of rice results in a better , more productive new rice. He established the hybrid rice seed industry in China. He also shared research and helped train scientists from more than twenty-five countries . Now he is head of the National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center in Hunan Province, China (中国湖南省国家杂交水稻研究与发展中心). He is called a pioneer for all people.

四．课前预习

翻译下列单词 、词组

1. 斗争 2.十年 3.饥饿，渴望 4.伸展 5. 装备，配备 6.国籍 7.个性，性格

　　8.工作，职业 9. 数据 10. 产量，输出

11.幸亏，由于 12.摆脱，除去 13.宁愿，宁可

14.对...... 感到满意 15.花...... 在......上......

16.做研究 17.关注，在意 18.有......的希望 19.喜欢......更甚于...... 20.关心，喜欢

五．阅读任务

Task 1 Warming up& pre-reading (P9)