高中英语教案

Unit2 Working the land Vocabulary and Useful Expressions

Step1.重点难点

1. In many ways, he is one of them, and he struggled for the past five decades to help them. In a way; in one way; in some ways 在某种程度上

2．However, he cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life. care v. 在乎,在意，喜欢，有兴趣 spend sth. … on … 在某方面花费 spend … (in) doing sth. 花费…做某事

3．Wishing for nothing, however, costs nothing.

wishing for nothing 动名词短语做主语，谓语动词用单数。however是插入语，表示语气的一种转折。

4．It also refers to crops growing with natural rather than chemical fertilizers. refer to 与…有关，关系到某人、某事；提到，涉及；参考

5．Instead, organic farmers insist on changing crops every two or three years.

insist on 坚持要求；insist后面可以跟从句，其中谓语动词常用should + 动词原形构成 6．Dr. Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could fees more people.

with the hope of 带着某种希望

7．He used to walk to his fields twice a day, but now he prefers to ride his motorcycle. used to 过去常常（现在已经不是如此） be used to doing 意思是―习惯于‖

prefer to do (rather than do) 相比之下更喜欢做某事

8．But whatever they grow they make sure that what is left in the ground after harvesting becomes a natural fertilizer for the next year’s crop.

whatever引导让步状语从句，表示―无论怎样‖，相当于no matter what. Eg: Whatever you do, don’t give up.

Step 2．功能句型

建议（Suggestion & advice）

I would rather … I don’t like … because … I’d prefer … because … It’s a great pity that … Should we/I …? It’s better to …

If I have a choice I’d choose … because … You need to … May I suggest …? Let me suggest … because …

Perhaps we should suggest … because … But what/how about …?

Step 3. 重点单词及短语 单词 ① hunger n. 饥饿，食欲；v. 渴望得到某事物，某人 hunger for/after sth./sb. ② struggle vi.