必修四Unit 2 Working the land教案（集體備課）

e.g. india exports tea and cotton to many different countries.
this company has a large home market but doesn’t export.
8. rid ... of   make sb/ sth free from (sb/ sth unpleasant)
e.g. we all wish that we would rid the world of famine.
the farmer recently tried to rid the house of rats.
9. be satisfied with, be content with
e.g. the young lady isn’t satisfied with the peaceful life.
are you satisfied with his answers?
10. would rather, prefer to
e.g. i’d rather walk than take a bus.
i’d rather you knew that now, than afterwards.

step ⅵ listening and post-reading
at first, let students listen to the tape, and then finish the exercise in comprehending, we have involved some questions in exercise 3, so teacher can choose some questions to do. for ex 1 and 2, teacher can leave some time for students to finish and then check the answers with the whole class.

step ⅶ summary and homework
t: today we talked about agriculture. and we also read about dr yuan longping. we have known much about the great scientist. of course we have learned some words and expressions about farming. please try to grasp these words and expressions after class. now please look at the poem on the screen:
                   farmers weeding at noon,
              sweat down the field soon.
                        who knows food on a tray,
                       due to their toiling day?
t: do you know it? read it and say what does it mean?
ss: of course. it’s 憫農 written by li shen.
t: right. the title is a hard - working farmer. this is my gift to you. please read it together. ok, hope you can remember it when you are having your dinners. besides, i’d like you to think: even if dr yuan’s dreams come true, can this really solve the starvation? why? this is the homework. think it over. next time i’ll ask some of you to give your opinion in the class. another one is to finish the exercises in learning about language. exercise 1, 2 and 3 are about useful words and expressions. finish them. next time we’ll check the answers. ok, class is over. see you next time.

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課文復述
retell the text in about 150 words.
notes:
1. use the first person to retell the story.