Unit 2　Working the land　Reading词汇知识·自主学习Ⅰ. 根据语境选择正确的单词填空struggle, hungry, disturbing, expand, battle, rid, freedom, therefore, equip, export1. I couldn’t possibly get rid of this lovely old coat. 2. A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export. 3. They had to struggle against all kinds of difficulties. 4. She is too near-sighted, so we have to expand the size of the image. 5. He’s only 17 and therefore no power to vote or to be voted. 6. Disturbing news came that an unknown disease was spreading in the area. 7. We never defeated them on the field of battle. 8. The course is designed to equip students for a career in nursing. 9. When a newborn is hungry, it learns to shout and cry. 10. He gave me his house, that’s to say, I was given the freedom of the whole house. Ⅱ. 根据语境写出黑体部分的汉语意思1. To rid oneself of bad habits and evil, and to pursue good thoughts and deeds. (戒掉; 摆脱)2. Nowadays many teenagers would rather get advice from strangers online. (宁愿)3. We’ve collected $50, 000 for the poor, thanks to the generosity of the public. (幸亏)4. They had to struggle for their lives against weather and wild animals. (为……而斗争)5. We all want to make a difference in this world. Whether it is big or small. (有影响)6. I hope people I care about can have a wonderful life. (关心)7. I did once dream of becoming the first woman to captain an ocean liner. (梦想)8. He put a lot of money into the firm with the hope of profits in the future. (怀着……希望)9. They searched for a spot where they could sit on the floor. (寻找)Ⅲ. 翻译下列课文原句并观察黑体部分1. In 1973, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a highoutput. 在1973年, 他成为世界上第一位种植高产水稻的农业先驱。2. He awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed morepeople. 他从梦中醒来, 希望能培育一种能养活更多人的水稻。3. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. 使用他的杂交水


稻, 农民们种出的粮食是以前的两倍。根据给出的构词规则完成下面空格。-dom 构成名词的后缀, 表示“状态或领域”free→freedom　　　　　　　　自由king→ kingdom王国wise →wisdom智慧newspaper →newspaperdom新闻界阅读精析·合作学习　 Task 1 　框架宏观建构 : 整体理解 　 Task 2 　文本微观剖析 : 细节探究 1. 根据文章细节信息完成下列问题。(1)Why has Yuan Longping struggled for many years?A. He wants to become one of the top scientists. B. He wants to prove farmers can also become scientists. C. He wants to do something for farmers. D. He wants other countries to know him. (2)The sentence “Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing. ” in the last paragraph meansthat _______. A. one should have dreamsB. one shouldn’t have dreamsC. one’s wishes are easy to realize


D. one wishes for things that cost nothing(3)From the text, we can conclude that _______. A. 60% of the rice grown in the world is from super hybrid riceB. Yuan Longping made a great contribution to the world in solving the hunger problemC. Yuan Longping leads a very comfortable life with his high incomeD. Yuan Longping has the habit of having dreams when sleeping(4)What kind of person is Yuan Longping?A. He likes to live with the poor and is ready to help them. B. He thinks much of himself but little of others. C. He is strict with other scientists and the farmers. D. He has his own dreams to help the people. 答案: (1)～(4) CABD(5)What does the whole passage mainly talk about?Yuan Longping’s achievements in farming. 2. 运用语句知识解构课文中的长难句。译文: 的确, 他那被太阳晒得黝黑的脸庞和手臂, 以及他那瘦削而又结实的身躯, 就跟其他千百万中国农民一样, 过去 50 年来 , 他一直在努力帮助他们 。译文: 虽然他是中国最著名的科学家之一, 袁隆平仍认为自己是一个农民 , 因为他在田间耕作 、 进行科学研究。根据文章内容完成表格。NameYuan LongpingBornIn (1)1930AppearanceHis face and arms are (2)sunburnt. His body is (3)slim but (4)strong. All thesemake him look like a (5)farmer. Achievements·He succeeded in growing (6)super hybrid rice. ·He became the first agricultural (7)pioneer in the world to grow rice whose


这意味着世界22%的人口i脱了饥饿。(thanks to, hybrid, tw摆ce as. . . as. . . , get rid of)(4)大
多数农民都说很满意现在的生活, 宁愿待在农村当 (be satisfied with, would rather)Farmers in China used to 农民。 be disturbed by hunger. For decades , they have been struggling to search for ways to increase the grain output , but without success. Thanks to Yuan Longping’s research on the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before, which means 22% of the world’s population have got rid of hunger. Most of the farmers say they are now quite satisfied with their lives and would rather be farmers in the countryside. 要点
精研·探究学习1. struggle vi. &n. 斗争; 拼搏; 努力 *Yuan Longping has struggled for millions of Chinese farmers for the past five decades. 过去50年来, 袁隆平一直在努力帮助着
数st*A 百万的中国农民。rong man will struggle with the storm of fate. 强者乐于搏击命
运的暴风雨 *She。is struggling to bring up a family on a very low income. 她靠
着非常微薄的收入艰难地供养一家人。*The young man struggled to his feet to fight against the robber. 那位年
轻人努力挣扎着站起来同抢劫犯rst作斗争。uggle for　　　　　　努力争
取……; 为……而斗争
output is high. ·He helped the government highly increase the (8)output/harvest of grain. (9)Personality He cares little about (10)money and being famous. Task 3 　阅读思维升华 : 主题实践 1. 结合课文主题, 回答下列问题。　　What do you think would happen if there were suddenly no rice to eat tomorrow?If that happened, people there would suffer from starvation. People would panic ( 惊慌 ) and the whole country would get into trouble. 2. 根据提示, 运用本单元词汇与句型完成短文。(1)中国的农民过去一直受着饥饿的困扰。(be disturbed by)(2)几十年来, 他们努力寻找能够提高粮食产量的方法, 但收效甚微。(decade, struggle, grainoutput)(3)多亏了袁隆平的杂交水稻研究, 农民们的收成比以前多了一倍。


做某事struggle to one’s feet挣扎
着站起0(2来20·新高
考全aⅠ卷)M国ny of their families were str ggling to make e许ds meet.un多家庭都在努力维
持生计aCe。se to struggle and you cease to live. 生命不
息, 战斗不止 (1)语法填空。①Jennifer, having。struggled (struggle) for weeks to find a job as a travel guide, finally turned outto be a salesgirl. ②In 1862 the American slaves won their struggle for freedom. ③The children talked so loudly at dinner table that I had to struggle to be heard(hear). (2)结合语境, 完成下面的
小gFarmers always have to stru短文。gle for a living. They often struggle against/with the bad weather fora better harvest. Some of them even have to leave their hometowns and go to work in cities,struggling to increase their income. 农民一直
不都得不了为生存们努力而, 他经常与恶劣的气天争作斗争来取有个点好们中的一收成的 他,
些人甚至不得不离开家乡到大城市打工, 努力增加他们的收入 2.。expand vt. &vi. 使
变大; 伸展*Yuan Longping searched for a way to increase rice harvestswithout expanding the area of the fields. 袁隆平
要在不增加土地面积的基础上寻求一种增收稻谷 *The writer expanded的方法。his short novel into a long one. 那位作
者把他的短篇小说扩展成了长篇Th*。e narrow path in the village expanded into a wide road. 村里
的狭窄小路拓宽成了一条大道H*。e did not expand greatly on his sunburnt skin. 他
未就晒黑的皮肤多加解释*。The book is an expansion of a series of lectures given last year. 这
本书是去年举行的系列讲座的扩充
。
struggle with/against与……作斗争struggle to do sth. 努力


把……扩展/发展n……expa成d into. . . 　发展
成/扩大n……expa成d on sth. 　细
说(阐述)某事expansion　n. 膨胀, 扩大expand和extend的
区别　　前
者指向四面八方的后, 扩张扩大, 者指向某一方向的延伸C (1)语法填空。①。ould you expand on that point, please?②Looking farther into the future, we plan to expand into Europe. ③He wants to expand his garden into the corner of the walls. (2) A rise in the temperature of the gas results in its expansion. 气
体温度上升致使气体膨胀 3. rid.。. . of 使……摆脱或
除o*Thanks t去 his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to ridthe world of hunger. 由
于联他的研究, 合国在消除世界饥饿的战 *She is trying to rid斗中有了更多的方法。herself of a dependence on drugs. 她
在努力地摆脱对药品的依赖。*You should get rid of the bad habits. 你应该改
掉坏习惯e*Th。y work day and night in order to rid themselves of debt. 为了摆脱
债务, 他们夜以继日地工be rid of作。　　　　　　摆脱get rid of摆脱; 除
掉; 去掉rid oneself of debt还清债务　　在rid. . . of. . . 短语中, rid为
动作, 词跟sb. 或some place后宾语, 指“使某摆人脱”或“除掉某地
的不好或有害之物”。【
知识baccuse s延伸】. of sth. 　　　　　
指责某人某事
expand. . . into. . . 　　　


人.cure sb某物 of sth. 治好某
人的……病 inform sb. of sth. 通
知某人 remind某事sb. of sth. 使
某人想.rob sb起某事 of sth. 抢劫某
人的.warn sb某物 of sth. 警告某
人2(20某事0· 天津
高S)Thanks to the 考ilence Machine, a British invention, you can get rid of the soun