Unit 19 Modern Agriculture上课学习上课学习教案

Unit 19 Modern Agriculture教案
Unit19modernAgriculture教案
课时安排
Period1
warmingup&listening
Period2
reading
Period3
speaking
Period4
grammar&integratingskills2
Period5
integratingskills1&writing
Period1
warmingup&listening
Task:
Thestudentsaretoreadthestatisticgraph&discussth echangesthatthegraphshows.
Goals:
)Tocultivatethestudents’abilitytoread&analyzethegraph.
2)Tocultivatethestudents’abilityoflisteningforinformation.
Teachingprocedure
Task1Brainstorming
whatwillyouthinkofwhenyouseetheword “agriculture”?AsktheSstogiveasmanywordsaboutagric ultureaspossible.
Task2:Discussion
AsktheSs:
“Howmanymealsdoyouhaveeveryday?whichmealdoyouthink isthemostimportant?why?”
Nowlet’shaveadiscussion.
Group1&2:whatkindoffooddidweeatatbreakfast,lunc h&supperinthepast?
Group3&4:whatkindoffooddoweeatatbreakfast,lunch &supperatpresenttime?
breakfast
lunch
supper
Inthepast
Porridge&salted
vegetables
Noodles
Rice&deliciousdishes
Atpresent
milk,bread,fried
bread,etc.
Fastfood
Fastfood
2whydoyouthinkpeoplealwayspreferfastfood?whatcanwel earnfromthedifferencesbetweenthefoodinthepast&a tpresenttime?
Task3:
Nowopenyourbooks.Lookatthegraphonpage43&answert hefollowingquestions.
comparedwiththefarmproductsfrom1986-1990,weproduced moregrains,cottons…thanbefore.
whydoweproducemorefarmproductsthanbefore?
Howarepeople’seatinghabitschangingovertheyears?whydoyouthinkthis happens?
2Howhasagriculturalproductchangedduringtheseyears?w hatdoyouthinkcausedthesechanges?
3whateffectsdoyouthinkthechangesineatinghabitswillh aveonagricultureornature?
Task4:Listening
Prelistening
AsktheSs:“whatdoesagriculturedependon?”TheSswillgivemanydifferentanswers.Afterthat,showthe answer&thepicturesonthescreen.
Question:Ifwechangedthestructureofagriculture,whatd oyouthinkwillhappentothenature?
2)whilelistening
Listentothetape.Thepassageyouheartalksabout
historyoffarming
farmersinAmerica
fishing
protectionofnature
farmersinchina
pigs
environmentalproblems
trees
dikes
2whichofthefollowingsentencesaretrue&whicharefa lse?
)Inearlytimesfarmersinchinamovedaround&burn tforests.
2)AllfarmersinSouthAmericaburnforeststocreatefarmla nd.
3)Flood&droughtsaredisastersthatfarmerscannotst op.
4)Someofthelandinchinaistoowettogrowcrops.
5)Fishfarmersdamagenature.
3Listentothetape&completethesentencesbyusingyou rownwords.
whenfarminggoesagainstnature,allkindsofenvironmenta lproblemsaretheresult.Theearliestfarmersdestroyedna ture.Theirwayofagricultureledtofloods&droughts. Itisanoldtruththatfarmingshouldnotgoagainstnature.T helandthatTan&XiaoZaoboughtwastoowet&couldn otbeusedforfarming.Insteadtheychangedthefieldsintof ishponds.ontheirfarmtheykeptfish/ducks/chickens&amp ;grewfruittrees.
3)Postlistening
SupposeyouareTan&XiaoZao.Becauseofyoursuccessfu lfarmingonthefield,youareinvitedtoabigmeetingthatma nylocalfarmerswillattend.youareaskedtogivealecturea boutyourexperiencetellinghowyouhaveworkedonthenearl ydesertedfield&becomeasuccessfulfarmer.
Homework:
Listentothetape,finishthelisteningpartonwB.
2previewthereadingpassage.
Period2
Reading
Task:
TheSsaretoreadapassagetolearnthedevelopmentofmodern agriculture.
Goals:
)Tocultivatethestudents’abilitytoscan&skimthepassages.
2)Tocultivatethestudents’abilityoffurtherunderstandingaboutthetext.
Teachingprocedure
Prereading
classifythepicturesinthefollowingway:
Traditionalfarming
Agriculture
modernfarming
Hi-techfarming
2Prereading
comparetraditional&modernfarming,focusingonthea dvantage&disadvantageofmodernfarming.Thenfillth
eform.
Agriculture
Advantages
Disadvantages
Traditionalfarming
modernfarming
Hi-techfarming
3whilereading
)Scanning:
Q1:what’sthebiggestproblemtochinesefarmers?
Theshortageofarableland.
Q2:whatdoesGmmean?
“G”standsfor“genetically”
“m”standsfor“modified”
2)Skimming:
A.
Readthewholetext&findoutthetopicsentenceineachp aragraph.
B.
Answerthefollowingquestions:
.Howmuchdoesarablelandtakeupinchina?
only7percent.
2.Howmanywaysarementionedtomakethelandproducemore?w hatarethey?
4.Fertilisation,irritation,2ormorecropsareplantedea chyearwherepossible,moreadvancedtechnicalinformatio n.
3.whatdoesnewtechniquesmean?
Thosethatareusedtoincreaseagriculturalproductionwit houtharmingtheenvironment.
4.whendidscientiststarttodevelopnewtechniques?
Fromtheearly1990s.
5.Howmanyunusualwaysarementionedtodealwiththeshorta geofarableland?
2.Growvegetablesingreenhouses,Gm.
4Postreading
)choosethebestanswers.
Inchinaonlysevenpercentofthelandisusedforfarming.Th
isis__D__.
Abecausefarmersdon’tneedmorelandtoproducefoodforthewholepopulation
Bbecausechinaneedsmore&morelandtobuildcities
Bbecausechinaneedsmore&morelandtobuildcities cbecausetherearenotenoughfarmerstoworkontheland Dbecausetheotherlandcan’tbeusedforagriculture 2Fertilisationisatechniquethatisusedto__A___.
Amakepoorsoilbetter
Bmakewetlanddrier
cmakedrylandwetter
Dgrowvegetableswiththeirrootsinwaterinsteadofearth 3modernagriculturemeansfindingwaysto___c___.
Aincreaseirritation&stopusingfertilisers
Bstopirritation&usingfertilisers
cincreaseproduction&befriendlytotheenvironment
Dproducethesameamountwhiletakingbettercareofnature
4Inthesentence“…theyareprotectedfromthewind,rain&insects”,“they”means_c_.
Agreenhouses
Broots
cvegetables
Dtomatoes
5InGm“m”standsfor“modified”,whichmeans “changed”.whatchangesis___c___.
Athewayinwhichpoorsoilismadebetter
Bthewayinwhichchinesefarmersworkontheirland
cthewayinwhichcropsdevelopfromseed
Dthewayinwhichfarmerstakecareoftheenvironment
2)Answerthefollowingquestionsbyfurtherunderstanding aboutthetext.
Atthebeginningofthepassage,whydoesthewritersay “Itisonthearablelandthatthefarmersproducefoodforth ewholepopulationofchina”?
Itshowshowgreatwechineseare:weproducefoodforsomanyp eoplewithsolittlearableland.
2whatdoesthewriterwanttotellusbysaying,“Notonlyfoodproductionisimportantbutalsotakingcare oftheenvironment.”?
wemusttakecareoftheenvironmentaswellasfoodproductio n.Thatistosay,weshouldproducemorefoodbymeansofnewte chniqueswhichwillnotdoharmtotheenvironment.
3whatcanweinferfromthesentence “Inchinaaboutonehundredresearchstationsarenowdoing Gmresearchtomakebettertomatoes,cotton…”
Inthefuturewecaneatthehi-techproducedfood,whichcont ainsmorevitamins&willnotdoharmtotheenvironment.
4whatcanyouimagineaboutthefutureoffoodproduction?
wecanproducemorefoodthannowwithnewtechniques.
3)Groupwork:
ThroughGmitispossibletochangefruits,vegetables& evenanimals.wecanchangethewaytheygrow,wheretheycang row,howtheywilltaste,whatcolor&whatshapetheywil lhave.Decidewhichfruits,vegetables&farmanimalsy
ouwouldchange,explainhowyouwouldchangethem&why.
kind
Howwouldyouchangeit?
whydoyouwanttochangeitinthisway？
fruit
vegetables
animals
Homework:
Findoutsomesentencesyouenjoysmost,&trytorecitet hemaspossibleasyoucan.
consultthewebsites：
/greenhouse/wenshitiandi
/newscenter
/zfxd-show.asp
Period3
Speaking
Task:
TheSsaretodiscuss&reachaconclusion.
Goals:
EnabletheSstoinventtheirownideasbasedonsomespecific situationfirst&givethereasonswhytheymaketheconc lusionsaswell.
Teachingprocedure
Pretask
.Describethefarminthepicture.
2.whatelseshouldbeincludedatafarmbesideswhatyouseei nthepicture?
3.Supposeyouareafarmer.youhaveabigfarm.whatwillyoud owithyourfarm?
4.what’sthepercentageofthearablelandinchina?
TheSsmaynotknowtheexactnumber,sotheanswermaybe “thearablelandinchinaislessthanbefore”.
5.what’sthepopulationofchina?
About1.3billionpeople.
Therearesomanypeople,butthereissolittlearablelandin china,Howtosolvetheproblem?
makethebestuseoftheland.
2Speaking
Agroupoffarmersinyourareahavebeengivenalargepieceof land.Togetherwiththevillageleader,theyhavetodecideh owtousetheland.workingroupsof5.Eachgroupmemberwillp layoneoftheroles.Preparerolecards,discusstheproblem &trytomakeadecision.
RoleA
youarearicefarmer.youthinkthatweshouldgrowriceonthe land.Riceisanimportantproduct&wecanmakegoodmone ygrowingrice.Anotherreasonwhyyouthinkweshouldgrowri ceisthat_____.youdon’tthinkweshouldgrowsugarcaneonitbecause_________&amp ;because____________.
RoleB
youareasugarcanefarmer.youthinkthatthelandshouldbeu sedforgrowingsugarcane,because___________&becau se__________.youdon’tthinkitwouldbeagoodideatogrowricebecause_______.
Rolec
youarealocalfarmer.youthinkthatweshouldgrowtreesont helandbecause_________&because_______.youdon’tthinkweshouldusethelandtoraisepigsbecause_______&a mp;because___________.
RoleD
youarealocalfarmer.youwanttousethelandtoraisepigsbe cause________.youthinkthatgrowingtreesisawasteoftim e&willnotmakegoodmoneybecause_____________.
AsktheSstousetheexpressionsbelow.
Usefulexpressions:
Inmyopinionyoushould…
Ithinkheisright…
IfIwereyou…
wehavetomakeachoice…
AsfarasIcanseethebestthingwouldbeto…
wecan’tdoboth,so…
wouldn’titbebetterif…?
Theotherideasoundsbettertome
3Posttask:Debate
Supposethegovernmentwantstousethelandinyourvillaget obuildafactory,whileyouvillagersareagainstit.Tellyo urreasonsseparately.
Dividethewholeclassinto2groups.Givethemsometimetopr epareforthereasons,&thenletthemdebateagainsteac hother.
Homework:
PreviewtheintegratingskillsonwB.
Period4
Grammar&integratingskills2
Task:
)
TheSsaretoreviewtheusagesofsomesuffixes&dosomee xercisesabouttheusageof“it”foremphasis.
2)
TheSsaretoreadapassagetolearnsth.aboutgreeningthehi lls.
Goals:
)Tomastertheusagesofsomesuffixes&theusageof
“it”foremphasis.
2)Tomastertheabilityofhowtoreadapassageaccordingtot heorderoftime.
Teachingprocedure
warmingup
Givethefollowingwords&expressionsinvariousforms.
n.----adj.
use----useful
beauty----beautiful
fun----funny
luck----lucky
nation----national
nature----natural
v.----n.
arrive----arrival
survive----survival
visit----visitor
wait----waiter
develop----development
govern----government
introduce----introduction
prepare----preparation
adj.----n.
useless----uselessness
lonely----loneliness
2Presentation
Findoutthedifferentformsbetweennounform&verbfor m.
educate----education
examine----examination
produce----production
pollute----pollution
characteristic
verb+“-tion”
noun
3Practice
completethefollowingchart&chooseone
wordtocompleteeachofthesentencesbelow.
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Fertilization
Fertilise
Fertile
Production
Produce
Productive
Production
Protect
Protective
modification
modify
modified
Afterafewteststhemodifiedsoftwarecouldbeusedonallco mputers.
2Protectingtheenvironmentdoesnotmeanfarmers’cropshavetogowithoutprotection.
3Ifthesoilisnotfertilefarmershavetousechemicalferti lisers.
4Ifwewanttoproducemore,everybodyhastobemoreproducti ve.
4Grammar
TheUseof“it”forEmphasis
强调结构的形式是“It+be的适当形式+被强调部分+that/who+剩余部分”，意为“正是…”；若被强调部分是人，引导词用who或that均可，若是其他强调部分，则引导词一律用that。

changethefollowingsentencesusingitforemphasisindiff erentways:
TomstudiedatBeijingUniversitylastyear.
ItisTomwho/thatstudiedatBeijingUniversitylastyear.
ItisatBeijingUniversitythatTomstudiedlastyear.
ItislastyearthatTomstudiedatBeijingUniversity.
5Situation
Tomwasrobbedofhiswalletatthegateofthebankwhenhewasg ettingout.Hecalledthepoliceatonce.Soonapolicemancam e&askedhim&oneoftheclerksinthebank.Becauset hepoliceneedexactinformation,Tom&theclerkhadtoe mphasizeeachoftheanswers.
Thepossiblebeginning:
Victim:Thankstogod,you’vecomeatlast!
Policeman:Let’sgetdowntothepoint.youreportedthatyouwererobbed,did n’tyou?wheredidithappen?
Victim:Righthere.
Policeman:Here?Atthebankgate?
Victim:yes,yes.ItwasatthegateofthebankthatIwasrobbe d.
…
6Integratingskills2
Zhuozuo:insouthchina
problem?
inthepast:floods,sandstormsordroughts
solution
atpresent:
)Humeiying&allwomenfromthevillagesaroundpla nttrees.
2)Peoplearenotallowedtocutdownthetreeswhentheyarest illsmall.
result
)Allthehillssurroundingtheirvillagearecoveredwi thgreentrees.
2)Thetree&teacropsarealsobringinmoneytothem.
Homework:
make5sentencesusingitforemphasis.
2Previewintegratingskills1onpage48.
Period5
integratingskills1&writing
Task:
TheSsaretoworkoutaplanforhis/herownvegetablegarden.
Goals:
)EnabletheSstoknowtheimportanceofdoingfarmworka ttherighttimeoftheyear.
2)EnabletheSstolearntowriteapassageintroducingyuanL ongping.
Teachingprocedure
warmingup
Show4picturesofdifferentseasonsinayeartorevisewords
of4seasons&12months.
whatseasondoyouthinkthe1stpictureis?…
2Howmanymonthsarethereinspring?whatarethey?
2Prereading
whatcanyouseeinthepicture?
2whatdoyouknowaboutjiaSixie?
Heisascientistinfarming;hewroteabookcalledQiminyaos hu.
3whilereading
)Fastreading
whydoweconsiderjiaSixieasanagriculturescientist?
Becausehespenthistimeonresearchintoagriculture& wroteabookcalledQiminyaoshu,whichisaboutbothfarming
&gardening.
2)carefulreading
Thelifeoffarmerisbusy.Eachmonththereisalotofworktod o:ploughing,sowing,
weeding,harvesting,fertilisingandsoon.whatadvicedoe sjiaSixiegivefarmers?
Advice
ontimeoffarming
Atthecorrecttime…
Goagainst…atthewrongtime
onsoil
Examinethesoil…carefully
condition…notgood,…improve…
Beforesowing&plantingcrops…
clean&removetheweeds
Sheeporcows
Landshouldbeploughed
onploughing
Ploughdeep…ploughlessdeep
Autumn…deeperthanspringploughing
onchangingcrops
Thebestharvestisreached
onplantsinthesamefield
Togrowdifferentplantsnexttoeachother
4Postreading
)Enjoysomefarmers’proverbs&sayings.
Farmers’proverbs&sayings
Thewisdomoffarmersabouttheweather&farmingiscoll ectedinmanypopularproverbs&passedonfromgenerati ontogeneration.Thefollowingproverbstellyousth.About theweatherdinEngland.Aretheytrueforchina?
Noweatherisill,ifthewindbestill.
2yellowskyatsunset,windinthemorrow.
3Rainbeforeseven,clearbyeleven.
4Aprilshowersbringmayflowers.
5Deedsarefruits,wordsarebutleaves.
6Thebestgroundbearsweedsaswellasflowers.
7Nevercackleunlessyoulay.
2)Imagineyouhaveavegetablegarden&youwanttogrowb eans,cabbages,onions,tomatoes&sunflowers.whatwi
llyoudoineachmonthoftheyear?
November
ItisinNovemberwhenwehavetoploughthelandforthefirstt ime.Theploughinghastobedonedeep.
AsktheSstowriteaplanfortheirvegetablegarden.
5writing
袁隆平人物简历
袁隆平被誉为中国的“杂交水稻之父”.中国农民说，吃饭靠“两平”，一靠邓小平----制定了生产承包责任制的政策，二靠袁隆平----发明了杂交水稻。

袁隆平，男，１９３０年９月出生于北京，１９５３年毕业于西南农学院农学系。

毕业后，一直从事农业教育及杂交水稻研究。

在中国人民正闹饥荒的20世纪60年代，袁隆平提出了杂交水稻的概念，这种新型水稻具有高产量的特点。

10年后，他研制成功了一种产量比一般水稻高出20%的新型水稻。

袁隆平一生献身于农业研究，先后受到联合国教科文组织、粮农组织的称誉。

袁隆平虽已年届70岁，仍然一如既往地从事农业研究。

Newwords:杂交水稻hybridrice;生产承包责任制SystemofProductionResponsibility;学院institute;闹饥
荒sufferthefamine;产量yield;联合国教科文组织UNESco,粮农组织FAo.
Possibleversion:
yuanLongpingisknownaschina’s “fatherofhybridrice”.It’ssaidthatinchina,weeatdependingon“TwoPing”----DengXiaoping,whomadethepolicyofSystemofProducti onResponsibility,&yuanLongping,whoinventedhybri drice.
yuanLongping,whowasborninSeptember,1930,graduatedfr omAgricultureDepartmentinSouthwestAgriculturalInsti tute.Hehasbeenworkingonagricultureeducation&the researchintohybridricesincehelefttheinstitute.
Inthe1960s,whenchinawassufferingseriousfamine,hecam eupwiththeideaofhybridrice,whichhasahighyield.Tenye arslater,hesucceededininventinganewspeciesthatprodu ceda20percenthigheryieldthancommontypesofrice.
yuandevotedhimselftotheresearchintoagriculture,&amp ;washonoredbyUNESco&FAo.Althoughheis70yearsold,
heisstillworkingontheresearchintoagriculture.
Homework:
writeapassageintroducingyuanLongping.
consultthewebsites:。