高中英语必修四Unit 2 Working the land导学稿Word文档下载推荐.docx

1、 1. 中国是一个有13亿人口的大国； 2. 在过去的20年里，中国发生了巨大的变化，特别是农业；现代生物技术在农业中起着重要的作用； 3. 中国仅有占世界7%的土地，就是用这些耕地，农民们生产了供给全中国人口的粮食； 4. 渔业重要，淡水鱼随处可见； 5. 人们还利用废弃的疏菜来养鸡和猪；利用废物产生的气体来供热和煮饭； 6. 如果世界上的其他地方也像中国一样充分发展农业，就不会再有饥饿了。 词数：100左右 参考词汇：淡水鱼 freshwater fish; 废物waste; 饥饿 starvation _ _ _ One possible version: Development of

2、Agriculture in China China is a large country with a population of 1.3 billion. In the past twenty years, great changes have taken place in China, especially in agriculture where modern biotech nology plays a Great important part. China has only 7% of the worlds land. It is on this arable land that

3、the farmers produce food for the whole population of China. Fishing is important and freshwater fish can be seen everywhere. Vegetable waste is used to feed pigs and chickens. Gas produced from human and animal waste is used for heating and cooking. If the rest of the world also fully developed agri

4、culture like China, there would be no starvation.III.词语辨析 1. expand / extend / spread / stretch 【解释】 expand指向四面八方的扩大扩张 extend 强调向某一方向的延长 spread 指消息，疾病，瘟疫等的传播、蔓延，也指把某物铺开，把胳膊张开 stretch 指手掌，手臂，腰，腿，颈由曲变直，由短变长的伸展或伸出，多与out连用 【练习】用expand，extend，spread，stretch的适当形式填空。 1）. The man _ the information around. 2

5、）. The empire _ its country in the 16th century. 3）. The road builders worked hard to _ the high way. 4）. She _ out her hands to meet me. 5）. The project will _ the city s telephone network to cover 1000000 users. 2. occupation / job / work / employment / career / profession 【解释】 occupation 指一个人经常担任

6、的工作，不论是否领取工资。 job 可数，非正式用语，指一份固定的赚钱工作，不论是否需要技术和特殊训练。 work 不可数，多用来指工作本身，平常我们每做一件事无论大小，都可以称为work。 employment 指受雇于他人，领取工资谋生计，并且比较固定的工作。 career 指职业、事业；指某种经过特殊训练而又为之献身的终身事业，带有崇高色彩。 profession 指必须受到特殊教育及训练才可胜任，带有专业性质的工作，多为创造性的脑力劳动。 【练习】用occupation，job，work，employment，career，profession的适当形式填空。 1）. She has

7、a good _ in the bank. 2）. She is an architect by _. 3）. She abandoned her stage _. 4）. Graduates are finding it more and more difficult to find _. 5）. Please write down your name, _ and address here in the form. IV.重点词汇 1. struggle vi.&n.斗争；拼搏；努力 1）. They were struggling to get out the burning car.

8、他们挣扎着从烧着的车里往外爬。 2）. The book is about their struggle for liberation. 这本书写的是他们为解放而作的斗争。 词语归纳 struggle for 为而斗争 struggle with / against与作斗争 struggle to do sth.努力做某事 straggle to one s feet挣扎着站起来 a life-and-death struggle生死搏斗 练习 按要求填空或翻译。 1）. They are _ _（为而斗争） the position. 2）. They struggled all throu

9、gh the years _ us _ the Japanese.（介词） 3）. The fox struggled _ _（escape）. 4）. He _ _ _ _ （挣扎着站起来） and dragged slowly ahead.2. equip vt.&vi. 配备；装备 equipment n.u 装备；设备 1）. They equipped themselves for the expedition. 他们为远征治装。 2）. A good education should equip you for life. 有良好的教育能受用终生。 重点用法 equip sb./s

10、th. with 用武装某人；用装备某物 equip sb./sth. for 为而武装某人；为而装备某物 a piece of office equipment 一件办公设备 练习 按要求填空或翻译。 1）. The soldiers were well _ _ （装备好了） weapons. 2）. We must equip young teachers _ _ _ （对付） difficult children. 3）. This library is equipped _ （介词） atomic research. 4）. Our classroom _ _ _ （装备有） a co

11、mputer and a tape recorder.3. regret （regretted） vt. （对）遗憾；惋惜 n.c,u 遗憾；惋惜 1）. If you go now, youll regret it. 假若你现在就走, 一定得后悔。 2）. I regret to say the job has been filled. 十分抱歉, 那个工作已经有人做了。 重点用法 regret to say/tell/announce/inform 遗憾地说/告诉/宣布/通知 regret doing / having done sth. 后悔做了某事 regret that 遗憾/后悔

12、练习 用括号内所提供词的适当形式填空或翻译。 1）. I now regret _ （leave） school so young. 2）. _ _ _ _（非常抱歉）, I am unable to accept your invitation. 3）. I regret _ （inform） you that your contract will not be renewed.4. reduce vt.&vi. 减少；减缩 reduction n.缩减，减少，降低 1）. He reduced his weight from 98 to 92 kilos/by 6 kilos. 他把体重从

13、98公斤减少到92公斤。 2）. The reform has reduced us to servants of the State. 这一改革把我们都降为公务员了。 重点用法 reduce sth （from.） to. 把某物从减少到 reduce sth. by. 减少多少 练习 根据句子意思填入正确的介词。 1）. We must reduce our expenses _ 300 yuan a month. 2）. Their output has been reduced _ 10 percent.5. focus vt.&vi. 集中（注意力）；聚焦 n. c,u 焦点；中心点

14、 1）. Focus your camera. 把照相机的焦距调准。 2）. Her beauty makes her the focus of attention. 她长得漂亮, 很惹人注目。 重点用法 focus on集中于 focus （one s attention/mind/efforts） on集中（注意力/心思/精力）于 练习 按要求填空或翻译。 1）. The focus of recent research has been _ （介词） environmental issues. 2）. All eyes _ _ （集中于） her. 3）. They focused th

15、eir mind on _ （do） the experiment.ment vi.&vt. 表达意见；作出评论 n. c, u 评论；议论 1）. The scandal caused a lot of comment. 这件丑闻引起了很多议论。 2）. “Will you resign, Minister?” “No comment!”“部长，你要辞职吗?”“无可奉告。” 重点用法 comment on/about sth./sb. 对某事/某人评论 make comments/no comment on sth./sb. 对某事/某人评论/不进行评论 练习 按要求填空或翻译。 1）. H

16、ave you any comment（s） _ _（make） on the recent developments? 2）. Asked about the date of the election, the Prime Minister _ _ （发表意见） no decision had yet been made. 3）. She was asked about the pay increase but _ _ _ （不进行评论） on it. V. 重点词组 1. thanks to 幸亏；由于；因为 （有时作反语） x k b1. co m 1）. Thanks to your

17、help, much trouble was saved. 多亏你的帮助, 减少了许多麻烦。 2）. Thanks to the bad weather, the match has been cancelled. 多亏这个倒霉天气, 比赛取消了。 重点用法 thanks to 相当于because of /owing to /due to /thanks to /on account of /as a result of 如： 1）. He was injured due to /owing to a car accident. 2）. His failure is due to the f

18、act that he lacks experience. 3）. The train arrived late on account of /as a result of a heavy snow. 4）. It was thanks to your stupidity that we lost the game . 练习 翻译句子。 1）. 多亏了新的政策，我们现在过着幸福的生活。 _ 2）. 多亏了他的忠告我才得以成功。（用强调句） _ 3）. 由于交通堵塞我迟到了。 _2. rid sb./sth. of. 使某人/某物摆脱 1）. Many people are working ha

19、rd to rid the world of famine. 很多人在努力使世界不再有饥荒。 2）. The dentist rid him of the pain by taking out his bad tooth. 牙医把他的坏牙拔掉，使他免除痛苦。 重点用法 rid 短语： be rid of 摆脱 get rid of 摆脱；除掉；去掉 rid oneself of debt 还清债务 类似用法动词 inform/ warn/ cure sb. of 通知/警告/治愈某人 练习 翻译填空。 1）. He struggled to _ _ _ （使自己摆脱） his guilt. 2

20、）. The proposals are an attempt to _ _ _ （使国家清除） political corruption. 3）. I still can t _ _ _ （摆脱） my cold. 4）. The sales manager asked his men to _ _ _ （通知） everything concerning the sales in time. 5）. The passengers _ _ _ （警告） the danger of unsteady landing.3. be satisfied with = be content with

21、对表示满足或满意 1）. I was not satisfied with the result. 我对那个结果感到不满意。 2）. Youve done well at school. Im very satisfied with you. 你在学校干得不错，我对你很满意。 重点用法 sth. satisfy sb. 某事使某人满意 sb. is satisfied sth. 对表示满足或满意 be satisfied to do 对做感到满意 be satisfied that clause 对做感到满意 a satisfied smile 满意的微笑 a satisfied customer 感到满意的顾客