1、Build up your vocabulary Unit 5 Working the land Learning about LanguageLearning aims1.Understand the key vocabulary in the text and learn how to use the vocabulary correctly.2.Deepen the understanding of the passage by using the vocabulary learned in the text.Guess活动一：感知与注意活动一：感知与注意Can you guess th
2、e meanings of the words on the picture and explain them in English?leisure tackleThe busy employee enjoys his leisure time on the weekends.The repairman is able to tackle any problems with his tools.Guess活动一：感知与注意活动一：感知与注意Can you guess the meanings of the words on the picture and explain them in Eng
3、lish?overcome devoteThe passenger overcome his fear of flying.The chicken jumped into the pot and devoted his life to us.Guess活动一：感知与注意活动一：感知与注意Can you guess the meanings of the words on the picture and explain them in English?boost be convinced The turtle uses a rocket to boost his speed.The doctor
4、 is convinced of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.Suggested answers活动一：感知与注意活动一：感知与注意(1)tackle:to take action to deal with something.(2)overcome:to fight against something such as a feeling or a problem.(3)devote:give your time and effort to sth.(4)boost:to increase something.(5)be convinced:beli
5、eve sth.(6)leisure:free time Explain活动一：感知与注意活动一：感知与注意(7)consume:to use sth,especially fuel,energy or time.(8)assume:to think or accept that sth is true but without having proof of it.(9)generate:to produce or create(10)conventional:tending to follow what is done or considered acceptable by society
6、in general.(11)crisis:a time of great danger,difficulty or confusion(12)be comprised of:be made up of(13)vision:the ability to think about or plan the future (14)deep down:in reality(15)celebrities:famous people(16)reality:fact.（Synonyms filling）活动活动二二：获取与梳理获取与梳理Encourage Ss to replace the underline
7、d 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.4.Yuan Lo
8、ngping,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.T
9、o tackledevoteswas convincedovercameboostleisureAsk Ss to complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words from the text.活动活动三三：内化与运用内化与运用1.Tell(1)The _ of a person are the special qualities that make him or her different from others.(2)Scientists from different countries have been pursuin
10、g various possibilities to _ food shortage.(3)Many of us _ that earthquakes would never happen in our area.(4)With more and more farm machines being used in the fields,the _ of fuel has been increasing.(5)Newspapers should pay less attention to media _ and more attention to our national heroes.(6)Ou
11、r general manager tried his best to help overcome the difficulties we were facing during the financial _.(7)My mother is very _ and finds it hard to accept the modern lifestyle that I enjoy.(8)The government has decided to the programme to _ more new jobs.characteristicsovercomeassumeconsumptioncele
12、britiescrisisconventionalgenerate2.CreateThen use these words to make their own sentences.Suggested sentences:活动活动三三：内化与运用内化与运用 (1)He overcame the difficulties and realized his dream.(2)He assumed he would pass the exam.(3)My idea generated their interest.(4)The man is conventional in view.(5)People
13、 reduce their meat consumption.(6)We try our best to help persons in crisis situations.(7)She wishes for celebrity and wealth.(8)Can you tell me the characteristics of the male bird?3.Fill活动活动三三：内化与运用内化与运用Ask Ss to read and complete the news report below with the correct forms of the words and phras
14、es in the box.tackle vision conventional deep down be comprised of reality consumptionSuggested answers: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 frorn wa
15、rtime bombs _ two large tunnels that were intended to one day become an extension of the London Underground.But that never became reality.the shelter was left for 70 years.Then businessmen decided to make use of it to grow green vegetables to meet increasing consumption demands.The tunnels are lit w
16、ith pink LEDS as there is no natural light _ below the ground.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 _ the problem of population growth,but also in adapting to climate ch
17、ange.is comprised ofdeep downconventionalvisiontackle活动活动四四：描述与阐述描述与阐述 1.Ask students to work in pairs and discuss why agriculture is important with some words in the unit.2.Organize Ss to list some leading agricultural scientists and remark their contributions in agriculture.Homewok1write a composition about an agricultural scientist2Find more words in the text and explain them in English.
