Unit 2 Working the land
【诵读·积累】
古话说: 民以食为天。目前, 不少地方土地干旱, 粮食短缺问题依然是急需解决的问题。请以Food Shortage为题, 写一篇120个词左右的英语短文。
要求：1. 介绍现在的饥荒状况
2. 说明其原因
3. 应当采取的措施
Food Shortage
①As we know, food shortage has hit many countries and even caused social unrest in some areas. But what has caused the current world food crisis？Firstly, annual world grain output had declined because of climate change. Secondly, lots of farmland has given way to factories and buildings due to the rapid development of industry and urbanization. Besides, faced with the rising energy prices, some people use grain for biofuel, which has worsened the severe situation.
How can we deal with the problem？②On the one hand, we should focus on the environmental protection and improve the ecology. On the other hand, strict measures should be taken to protect farmland.
If the whole world works together, more food will be produced and we can create a harmonious world.
【尝试运用】
词汇翻译
食物短缺 ____________
首先……其次…… __________________
让位于…… _____________
面对…… ___________
一方面……另一方面 ________________________________
food shortage
firstly. . . secondly. . .
give way to. . .
face with. . .
on the one hand. . . on the other hand
句式改写
(1)用分词短语改写句①
___________________________________________________
________________________
(2)根据句式②仿写
一方面我们应该对外开放, 另一方面我们应该发展农业经济。
_____________________________________________________
______________________________________________
As we know, food shortage has hit many countries, causing
social unrest in some areas.
On the one hand, we should be open to the outside, and on the
other hand we should develop agricultural economy.
Ⅰ. 单词盘点
核心速记
1. _______(vi. & n. ) 斗争；拼搏；努力
2. ______(n. ) 十年；十年期
3. _______(vt. & vi. ) 使变大；伸展
4. ________(n. ) 自由；自主
struggle
decade
expand
freedom
5. ________(adv. ) 因此；所以；因而
6. ______(vt. ) 遗憾；惋惜
(n. ) 遗憾；懊悔
7. _____(n. ) 焦点；中心点
(vt. ) 集中；聚焦
8. ______(vt. ) 减少；减缩
9. ________(n. ) 评论；议论
(vi. &vt. ) 表达意见；作出评论
therefore
regret
focus
reduce
comment
联想串记
10. _________(adj. )引起烦恼的；令人不安的→_________
(adj. )扰乱的；精神失常的→_______(vt. )扰乱；打扰
11. _____(vt. &vi. )配备；装备→__________(n. )设备(不可数)
12. ______(vt. &vi. )输出；出口→______(反义词) (vt. &vi. )输
入；进口
13. _______(vt. )使迷惑；使为难→_________(adj. )令人迷惑
的→________(adj. )感到迷惑的→_________(n. )迷惑
14. _________(n. )发现；发觉→________(vt. )发现；发觉；观
察, 观测
disturbing
disturbed
disturb
equip
equipment
export
import
confuse
confusing
confused
confusion
discovery
discover
Ⅱ. 短语互译
1. 幸亏；由于, 因为 ________
2. 摆脱；除去 ________
3. 对……感到满意 ______________
4. 宁愿；宁可 ____________
5. 逐渐增强；建立；开发 ________
6. 导致；造成(后果) ______
7. focus on ______________________
8. keep. . . free from/of _____________________
_______________________
thanks to
rid. . . of
be satisfied with
would rather
build up
lead to
集中(注意力、精力等)于
使……免受(影响、伤害
等)；使……不含(有害物)
Ⅲ. 句型透视
1. if so 状语从句的省略形式
____(如果这样的话), what did you do to grow them?
2. the+序数词+名词+动词不定式. . .
In 1974, he became ____________________________________
___________(世界上第一位种植水稻的农业先锋)that has a
high output.
If so
the first agricultural pioneer in the world
to grow rice
3. make it + adj. + 动词不定式
This special strain of rice _________________________(使生
产……成为可能) one-third more of the crop in the same fields.
4. “倍数+as. . . as”
Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests _______
_____________(是以前的两倍).
5. would rather do. . .
He ______ much ______(宁愿做……)keep time for his hobbies.
makes it possible to produce
twice as
large as before
would
rather
Ⅳ. 语篇完形
Yuan Longping, the 1. ______ of super hybrid rice, is a
famous scientist. He has 2. _________ for the past five
3. _______ for the Chinese farmers. In 1953 when Dr Yuan
graduated from college, hunger was a 4. _________ problem
in many parts of the countryside. 5. _________, Yuan wanted
Father
struggled
decades
disturbing
Therefore
to help 6. ___ his motherland of hunger by increasing the rice
output without 7. _________ the area of the fields and he made
it. Dr Yuan’s another dream is to 8. ______ his rice to the
world. 9. _______ to Yuan, the UN has more tools in the battle
against 10. _______ throughout the world.
rid
expanding
export
Thanks
hunger
1. 选用框中词汇的适当形式完成句子
be satisfied with, rid. . . of, equip . . . with,
would rather, thanks to
(1)_________ your advice, I got the job.
(2)You must ___ yourself __ this gloomy mood.
(3)They seemed to ______________ our work.
(4)I ____________ be laughed at than quarrel with him.
(5)He ________ his bike ____ a head light.
Thanks to
rid
of
be satisfied with
would rather
equipped
with
2. 选用句型透视中的句式仿写句子
(1)如果是这样, 我相信我已经解决了你的问题。
_____________________________________
(2)我记得我向你讲清楚我不会来的。
_________________________________________________
(3)我弟弟比你妹妹高一倍。
___________________________________
(4)我宁愿走路而不愿意坐公共汽车。
________________________________
If so, I believe I have solved your problem.
I remember I made it clear to you that I was not coming.
My brother is twice as tall as your sister.
I would rather walk than take a bus.
1. struggle vi. &n. 斗争；拼搏；努力
①They were struggling to get out of the burning car.
他们正挣扎着从燃烧着的汽车里往外爬。
②The book is about their struggle for liberation.
这本书写的是他们为解放而作的斗争。
③Farmers always have to struggle for a living. They often struggle against/with the bad weather for a better harvest. Some of them even have to leave their hometown and go to work in cities, struggling to increase their income.
农民一直都得为了生存而努力。他们经常与恶劣的天气斗争来争取好一点的收成。他们中的一些人甚至不得不离开家乡到城市打工, 努力地增加他们的收入。
④He struggled to his feet and dragged slowly ahead.
他挣扎着站起来缓慢地前行。
【归纳】完成下列短语
struggle ____ 与……斗争
struggle ___ 为争取……而斗争
struggle _______ 与……斗争；为反对……而斗争
struggle __ ___ sth. 努力做某事
struggle to one’s ____ 挣扎着站起来
with
for
against
to
do
feet
2. rid vt. 摆脱；除去
rid sb. /sth. of. . . 使某人/某物摆脱……
rid oneself of debt 还清债务
get rid of 摆脱掉, 除掉, 处理掉
be rid of sb. /sth.
be/become free of sb. /sth.
摆脱某人/某物
①Many people are working hard to rid the world of famine.
很多人在努力使世界不再有饥荒。
②The dentist rid him of the pain by taking out his bad tooth.
牙科医生把他的坏牙拔掉, 使他免除痛苦。
③The owner needs __ ___ ___ __ the car for financial reasons.
因为经济原因, 车主需要把汽车处理掉。
④You must ___ _______ __ this bad mood.
你一定要摆脱这种不好的情绪。
⑤He ______ ___ __ the mental burden.
他摆脱不了精神负担。
to
get
rid
of
rid
yourself
of
wasn’t
rid
of
3. equip vt. &vi. 提供设备；装备, 配备
(1)equip sb. /sth. to do sth. 使某人/物具备条件做某事
equip sb. /sth. for 为……而武装某人；为
……而装备某物
equip sb. /sth. with sth. 用……装备……
well/poorly equipped 设备精良的/差的
(2)equipment n. 设备
①His work experience equipped him to deal with all kinds of people.
他的工作经验使他能与各种各样的人打交道。
②We want to equip our children with some special skills.
我们想让孩子们具有某些特殊的技能。
③_________ ____ new scientific farming methods, they have
been able to use less farmland than in the past.
因为掌握了科学的农耕新方法, 现在, 他们已经可以使用比过
去更少的农田进行耕种。
【点津】 equip的名词为equipment, 意为“装备, 设备”, 为不可
数名词。例如：
office equipment 办公设备
a piece of equipment 一件设备
Equipped
with
4. regret vt. 遗憾, 惋惜
n. 遗憾, 懊悔
(1)regret to do sth. 对要做的事感到遗憾(未做)
regret doing sth. 对做过的事遗憾、后悔 (已做过)
(2)have no regrets 没有遗憾
with great regret 非常遗憾
to one’s regret 令某人抱歉/遗憾的是
(3)regrettable adj. 令人遗憾的, 令人懊悔的
①I have always regretted not having studied hard at school.
我一直后悔在校期间没有努力学习。
②We ______ __ ______ you that your application has not been
successful.
我们很遗憾地通知您, 您的申请未通过。
③______ __ ____ ______, we will not be able to visit you next
year.
让我们深感遗憾的是, 我们明年不能去拜访你了。
regret
to
inform
Much
to
our
regret
【助记】I regretted to tell him that he had been dismissed. To my surprise, he said to me, “I have no regrets. I only regret having taken the wrong job. ”
我遗憾地告诉他他被解雇了。使我惊奇的是, 他对我说：“我没有什么遗憾。我唯一后悔的是选错了工作。”
5. focus vt. &vi. 集中(注意力)；聚焦
n. [C, U] 焦点；中心点
(1)focus on/upon 集中(注意力、精力等)于
focus one’s attention/mind on. . . 把注意力集中在……
focus. . . onto. . . 把……聚集在……上面
(2)adjust the focus 调整焦点/焦距
in focus 对准焦距
out of focus 没对准焦距, 模糊
① Mary is the _____ of everyone’s attention.
玛丽是大家注意的焦点。
②I must try to _____ ___ _____ ___ work.
我必须努力把心思集中在工作上。
③This photograph is out of focus.
这张照片模糊。
④The purpose of the lens is to focus light onto the film.
用镜头的目的是要把光聚在胶片上。
focus
focus
my
mind
on
【助记】 聚焦focus
6. build up逐渐增强；建立；开发
观察句子, 写出黑体部分的含义
①Slowly a thick layer of fat builds up on the pan’s surface.
( )
②Exercise will help build up the muscles. ( )
③They have finally built up a big company. ( )
越聚越多
逐渐增强
建立
【拓展】
a