unit 2 working the land Reading language points知识点讲解

What can we learn from Dr Yuan? For example: open-minded He is selfless. Because he selfless straight forward plain gives millions of yuan to equip considerate others for their research in determined Personalities agriculture. pioneering devoted He is … generous strong-willed Thanks to him, we can feed intelligent creativemodest ourselves now.

How to solve hunger? preventing the pests from eating our crops improving the quality of the soil developing the technology to… making good use of the waste land

inventing a new kind of food…

1. Have you ever grown any plants? If so, whatdid you do to grow them?If so=If you have ever grown some plants.so 表示“象那样的，如前所说的”,用于代替已 陈述的事。如： -----can you pass the exam? ------I hope so.

if not 为 if so 的否定形式if necessary 如果有必要的话 if possible 如果有可能的话 if any 如果有的话

2. work

vt. 耕种(土地); 使工作;经营(工厂、农场等)vi. 工作; (机器等)开动;

work the land=grow crops on it 耕耘土地He works a big farm. 他经营着一个大的农场。

I don’t think that your suggestion will work.

3. …whom he has struggled for the past decades. struggle v. “斗争; 拼搏; 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。 They were poor and had to struggle for a living. 他们很穷, 必须为生活而努力。 He struggled against the thief. 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。

常见搭配: struggle for 为……而斗争 struggle against /with 向……做斗争; 同……搏斗 struggle to do sth 努力做某事 struggle to one’s feet 挣扎着站起来

根据句意, 用适当的介词或副词填空。

(1)They had to struggle ____ for their lives _______ againstweather and wild animals in that area. (2) In order to protect the environment, we against all kinds of pollution. should struggle _______ (3) After a few minutes, the young man struggled ___ to his feet, glaring at the enemy.

battle, fight, war, struggle, campaign作名词时的用法区别 ▲battle 战役(指大规模会战), 战争 an important battle in the Pacific campaign They died in battle. ▲fight 意为“打架, 战斗力” The two boys had a fight. There’s no fight left in him.

▲war “战争, 大战”, the war against acid rain The two countries were at war for two years. ▲struggle意为“奋斗, 挣扎”, 尤指在困境中 的抗争。 She spoke of her struggles with shyness. Police said there were no signs of a struggle.

▲campaign意为“战役”, 在一场战争中, 为达到一个宏大的目的而采取的一系列 的军事举措; 还可指“(政治或商业性)活动,

竞选运动”。如：a campaign to stop people smoking

That politician won the presidentialelection campaign and became the

President.

4. This special strain of rice makes it p

ossible 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 多收获三分之一的产量。 (make, think, regard,believe,find, consider…)+it +adj+ to do+sth e.g. We think it important to learn English well. we think it a surprise to go out. Ann thinks it no pleasure looking through windo We think it a pity that you lost your book.

我必须说清楚我会一直支持你。 I must make it clear that i'll always support you. 我发现找她散步是没有用的。 I find it no use finding her to go for a walk. 我认为躺在床上看书没有好处。(no good) I think it no good reading in bed. 我们相信今天一定会放假。 we believe it a must to have a holiday today.

5. Born in a poor farmer’s family in 1931, Dr. Yuan graduate from Southwest Agriculture College in 1953. 袁博士1931年出身于一个贫苦农民的家庭, 1953年毕业于西南农学院。

graduate n. 毕业生 undergraduate 本科毕业生 post-graduate 硕士毕业生, 研究生

graduate vi. 常跟介词from, 表示“毕业于” 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. =After graduating from college,... bachelor’s degree 学士学位 master’s degree 硕士学位 doctor’s degree 博士学位

graduation n. 毕业(大学毕业之后，他去当工程师)