Unit 2 Working the land

Warming-up, pre-reading, reading

A pioneer for all the people

Teaching aims:

1. Target Language

a.Words and phrases

sunburnt, struggle, decade, super, output, crop, hunger, disturbing, expand, circulate, equip, export, rid ... of, be satisfied with, lead a ... life, search for, would rather, thanks to, with the hope of

b. Important sentences

This special strain (品种，种类)of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. P10

Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him.. P10

2. Ability goals

Enable Ss to learn more about agriculture, countryside and farming. By talking they can exchange their experience with each other. By reading they will realize the role that agriculture plays in human life. In fact this world faces a serious problem-starvation. So after reading the passage about Dr Yuan students will know the importance of his achievement to man. Of course they will learn from Dr Yuan some noble character.

3. Learning ability goals

Help Ss learn how to describe Dr Yuan Longping including his personality.

Teaching important points

a. Help to comprehend the text and grasp the main idea of the text.

b. Grasp the usage of some words and expressions.

c. How to help students make up their minds to make contributions to motherland in the future like Dr Yuan.

Teaching difficult points

a. How to help students learn more about agriculture.

b. Help students really master the usage of words and expressions.

Teaching methods

Talking, questioning-and-answering activity and reading.

Teaching aids