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课件网) Unit 5 Working the Land Learning about language(1):Vocabulary By the end of this lesson, you will be able to: 1.acquire agriculture-related expressions in context such as commit, output, conventional, consumption, tackle, vision, crisis, character; 2.identify and apply three main types of morphological processes: synonym, derivation and compounding; 3. develop a deeper understanding of agriculture by applying agriculture-related expressions. Learning Objectives Let’s explore the land! Activity 1: Lead in Review and Learn: A Pioneer for All People Why did Yuan Longping devote his life to farmers ◇He was motivated by a deep concern for the hardships farmers faced, including poor harvests and food shortages. Activity 2: Review and Learn short+-age=shortage （Derivative派生词） What was the main crisis Yuan Longping wanted to tackle ◇Farmers often had poor harvest ◇Sometimes even had a serious shortage of food to eat Activity 2: Review and Learn P52 Ex1. Replace the underlined words with the correct forms of the words from the text. Activity 2: Review and Learn _____ 1. To deal with this crisis, he chose to study agriculture. 2. He is a very good actor and he commits himself to every role that he takes on. 3. Yuan Longping strongly believed that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. _____ _____ tackle devotes was (strongly) convinced Activity 2: Review and Learn 4. Yuan Longping, through intense effort, solved enormous difficulties and developed the first hybrid rice that could be used for farming. 5. This hybrid enabled farmers to increase their output greatly. 6. Students are encouraged to try a variety of free-time activities to reduce the intense stress from studying. _____ _____ _____ overcame expand leisure Activity 2: Review and Learn deal with = tackle commits = devotes believed = was convinced solved = overcame increase = expand free-time = leisure Activity 2: Review and Learn synonym(同义词) overcame=over+came output=out+put compounds(合成词) How did Yuan Longping boost the output of rice ◇He was convinced that the anser could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. Activity 2: Review and Learn create+-tion=creation（Derivative派生词） P52 Ex2. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words from the text. Then use these words to make your own sentences. Activity 2: Review and Learn Activity 2: Review and Learn 1. The c_____ of a person are the special qualities that make him or her different from others. 2. Scientists from different countries have been pursuing various possibilities to overcome food s_____. 3. Many of us a_____ that earthquakes would never happen in our area. 4. With more and more farm machines being used in the fields, the c_____ of fuel has been increasing. characteristics assume shortage consumption Activity 2: Review and Learn 5 .Newspapers should pay less attention to media c_____ and more attention to our national he ... ...
