Unit 5 Working the land Learning about language Build up your vocabulary 课件-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第一册

Learning about language Build up your vocabulary Unit 5 WORKING THE LAND To understand the key vocabulary in the text and learn how to use the vocabulary correctly Lead-in Can you describe the pictures with given words? leisure tackle The busy employee enjoys his leisure time on the weekends. The repairman is able to tackle any problems with his tools. 3 Lead-in Can you describe the pictures with given words? overcome devote The passenger overcame her fear of flying. The chicken jumped into the pot and devoted its life to us. 4 Lead-in Can you describe the pictures with given words? boost be convinced The turtle uses a rocket to boost his speed. The doctor is convinced of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. 5 Practice Replace the underlined words with the correct forms of the words from the text. ________ 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 6 Practice Replace the underlined words with the correct forms of the words from the text. 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 7 Practice Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words from the text. Then use these words to make your own sentences. 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 8 Practice Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words from the text. Then use these words to make your own sentences. 5 Newspapers should pay less attention to media c__________ and more attention to our national heroes. 6 Our general manager tried his best to help overcome the difficulties we were facing during the financial c_________. 7 My mother is very c_____________ and finds it hard to accept the modern lifestyle that I enjoy. 8 The government has decided to boost the programme to g__________ more new jobs. celebrities crisis conventional generate 9 Practice Complete the news report below with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box. tackle vision conventional deep down be comprised of reality consumption A vast underground shelter built during World War II has been turned into an urban farm, supplying supermarkets and restaurants in London. The shelter, which could protect up to 8,000 people from wartime bombs, ______________ two large tunnels that were intended to one day become an extension of the London Underground. is comprised of 10 Practice Complete the news report below with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box. tackle vision conventional deep down be comprised of reality consumption But that never became __________ and the shelter was left for 70 years. Then businessmen decided to make use of it to grow green vegetables to meet increasing ____________ demands. The tunnels are lit with pink LEDs as there is no natural light ___________ below the ground. deep down real consumption 11 Practice Complete the news report below with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box. tackle vision conventional deep down be comprised of reality consumption The vegetables are grown in special liquids instead of the earth that is used as in ___________ farming. Many experts share a _________ that this kind of urban farming could help not only in _________ the problem of population growth, but also in adapting to climate change. conventional vision tackling 12 13 14 $$