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Unit 2 Working the land Period 2 Language focus on Reading(2)
学习目标
1. Learn and use the chunks and sentence patterns;
2. Write a short article according to the hints, using the chunks that have been learnt.
活动方案
Review the text of “Precision farming hits its target” by retelling it in your own words. You may begin like this:
The text is mainly about …, which …
From the text, we may learn that …
Ⅰ. Read the words in the word bank and figure out the meanings of them.
Word bank:
名词:collaboration; moisture; pH; fertilizer; algorithm; pesticide; obstacle
动词:minimize; diagnose; simplify
多种词性:boast; yield; spray; vertical
Ⅱ. Match the words on the left with the explanations on the right.
( ) 1. spray A. the act of working with another person or group of people to create or produce sth
( ) 2. collaboration B. to say exactly what an illness or the cause of a problem is
( ) 3. moisture C. to make sth easier to do or understand
( ) 4. obstacle D. to cover sb/sth with very small drops of a liquid that
are forced out of a container or sent through the air
( ) 5. fertilizer E. a substance added to soil to make plants grow more successfully
( ) 6. vertical F. going straight up or down from a level surface or from top to bottom in a picture, etc.
( ) 7. minimize G. a situation, an event, etc. that makes it difficult for you
to do or achieve sth
( ) 8. boast H. to reduce sth, especially sth bad, to the lowest possible level
( ) 9. diagnose I. to talk with too much pride about sth that you have or
can do
( )10. simplify J. very small drops of water that are present in the air, on a
surface or in a substance
Ⅲ. Complete Part B on P19 of the textbook and finish the exercises below.
用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. _________ farming means the farmers can take advantage of modern technologies to help them perform the tasks in a reasonably _________ manner. That's _________ what the farmers need.(precise)
2. Flowers are often _________ by bees as they gather nectar. So you'd better _________ the plant no more than once a month.(fertilizer)
3. The illness was _________ as cancer. The accurate _________ was made after a series of tests by some experts.(diagnose)
Ⅳ. Build your sentences through paraphrase and imitation.
1. Face covered in sweat, he might be walking through the field, carefully checking his crops before deciding what needs to be done.(独立主格结构)
[Paraphrase] _______________________________________________________
考虑到一切因素,他们应该还有一次机会。
[Imitation] ________________________________________________________
2. As an added bonus, the decline in the amount of unnecessary chemicals minimizes potential threats to the environment.(as an added bonus表“作为额外的好处”)
[Paraphrase] _______________________________________________________
额外的好处是,他会开始更频繁地赞美你。
[Imitation] ________________________________________________________
3. Without doubt, the push for future developments in precision farming will benefit all of us.(without doubt表“毫无疑问”)
[Paraphrase] _______________________________________________________
毫无疑问,所有这些美好的回忆让我肯定圣诞节是一年中最美好的日子。
[Imitation] ________________________________________________________
Activity 3: Consolidate and feed back.
Ⅰ. Multiplemeaning words: Write the word class and the Chinese meaning of the bold words in the sentence.
1. Farms in France are much smaller than those in the US.
Wye Lea is a collection of farm buildings converted into an attractive complex.
The family has farmed in Kent for over two hundred years.
2. I aimed at the target but hit the wall.
Set yourself targets that you can reasonably hope to achieve.
This is a new magazine that targets single men.
The missiles are targeted at several key military sites.
3. I spotted a mistake on the front cover and then I corrected it.
Some chairs are fitted with loose covers.
The hare was able to find cover in the grass.
The next morning he woke up to find himself covered with a coat.
The city covers an area of 500 square kilometers.
To cover 60 miles a day, you need your mountain bike in a very good state.
Will 200 yuan cover the cost of the chair?
How many pages have you covered?
The review covered everything we learned last term.
The media has consistently(始终) refused to cover the story.
4. Press the red switch on the left and the flying machine will swiftly go up into the air and begin its journey.
He pressed his way through the crowd.
I've pressed your trousers with the iron.
Time presses.
He gave the switch a press.
The freedom of the Press must be protected.
The university press forms and grows with China's education.
Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words or phrases in the box below.
tend to; determine; reveal; distinguish … from …;
put … to good use; build up; collaborate with
1. She agreed to __________________ him in writing her biography.
2. A date for the meeting has yet to be __________________.
3. Agriculture and industry are the base on which we __________________ the nation.
4. It's important to _________ fact _________ fiction when you're reading news about the war.
5. The report __________________ the company made a loss of £20 million last year.
6. The waste water, after being filtered, __________________.
7. People __________________ think that the problem will never affect them.
Activity 1:
The text is mainly about precision farming, which aims to improve food production and conserve the environment by reducing a farm's input and increasing its output.
From the text, we may learn that thanks to precision farming's close relationship with technology, the farming industry's capabilities can develop even further and the push for future developments in precision farming will benefit all of us.
Activity 2:
Ⅰ. 略
Ⅱ. 1—5 DAJGE 6—10 FHIBC
Ⅲ. 1. Precision; precise; precisely
2. fertilized; fertilize
3. diagnosed; diagnosis
Ⅳ. 1. [Paraphrase] He was walking through the field, carefully checking his crops and wondering what needs to be done with his face covered in sweat.
[Imitation] Everything taken into consideration, they ought to have another chance.
2. [Paraphrase] The decline in the amount of unnecessary chemicals not only brings the benefits above, but also minimizes potential threats to the environment.
[Imitation] As an added bonus, he will begin paying compliments to you more often.
3. [Paraphrase] There is no doubt that the push for future developments in precision farming will benefit all of us.
[Imitation] Without doubt, all of these wonderful thoughts lead me to affirm that Christmas is the best time of the year.
Activity 3:
Ⅰ. 1. n. 农场;n. 农舍;v. 耕种,务农
2. n. 靶子;n. 目标;v. 面向,针对;v. 把……作为攻击目标
3. n. 封面;n. 覆盖物,套子,罩子;n. 掩蔽处;v. 遮盖;v. 占(一片面积);v. 行走(一段路程);v. 够付;v. 看完;v. 包括;v. 报道
4. v. 压,按;v. 推搡着移动;v. 压平,熨平;v. 紧迫;n. 压,推,压挤;n. 报刊,印刷媒体;n. 出版社,印刷所
Ⅱ. 1. collaborate with 2. determined
3. build up 4. distinguish; from
5. reveals/revealed 6. was put to good use
7. tend to
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