Unit5

WORKINGTHELAND【語(yǔ)篇解讀】為了使首都更加綠色,巴黎市在2016年推出了“巴黎種植”項(xiàng)目,該項(xiàng)目計(jì)劃在2020年之前用植被覆蓋屋頂和墻壁。三分之一的空間將用于城市農(nóng)業(yè)。The

World’s

Largest

Rooftop

Urban

FarmUrbanfarmingisjustoneofthenewagriculturalmodelsthatwillhelpfeedahungryandgrowingworld.Usingrooftops,indoorspaces,andcommunitygardens,urbanfarminghasbecomeaglobalmovementtoproducesustainable(可持續(xù)的)foodforpeopleinneed.Parisisjustonelargecitythathasrooftopfarms.Inanefforttomakethecitygreener,in2016thecitylaunched①Parisculteurs,aprojectwhichplanstocovertherooftopsandwallswithvegetationby2020.One-thirdofthespaceistobeusedforurbanfarming.

Now,theworld’slargesturbanfarm—150,000squarefeet—isunderconstruction②inthesouth-westofthecityontheroofoftheParisExpoPortedeVersailles,ahugeentertainment③complex(建筑群)thatisbeingrenovated(翻新).Theplanistogrowmorethan30differentspeciesoforganicfruitsandvegetablesaccordingtoThe

Guardian.Thegardenisexpectedtoharvest④nearly1,000KGofproduceeverydayinseason.Withtheuseofhydroponics(水培)andsoil-freegrowing,thefarmisexpectedtohaveaverysmallcarbonfootprint.Thefarmwillhaveitsownon-siterestaurantandbarwithacapacity⑤ofaround300people.RunbyParis’famouschainofrooftopvenues,LePerchoir,willfeaturetheproducegrownonthefarm.Thefarmwillalsooffereducationaltours,teambuildingworkshops,andwillhostspecialevents.AccordingtoThe

Guardian,residentswillbeabletolease(租用)theirownsmallwoodencratevegetableplotstogrowtheirownfood.Parisisnottheonlycitytohavelargescaleurbanfarms.InNewYorkCity,BrooklynGrangeisoneoftheworld’slargesturbanfarms.Thefarmopenedin2010andconsistsof65,000squarefeetoftherooftopofalargewarehouse.Althoughitproducesthousandsofpoundsofproduceayear,thisisaverysmallamountcompared⑥towhatisbeingbuiltinParis.詞海拾貝①launchvt.發(fā)起②constructionn.建設(shè)③entertainmentn.娛樂(lè)④harvestvt.收獲⑤capacityn.容量⑥comparevt.比較典句欣賞Inanefforttomakethecitygreener,in2016thecitylaunchedParisculteurs,aprojectwhichplanstocovertherooftopsandwallswithvegetationby2020.譯文:為了使城市更加綠色,巴黎市在2016年推出了“巴黎種植”項(xiàng)目,該項(xiàng)目計(jì)劃在2020年之前用植被覆蓋屋頂和墻壁。分析:inanefforttomakethecitygreener是介詞短語(yǔ)作目的狀語(yǔ),Parisculteurs是句子的賓語(yǔ),aproject...是賓語(yǔ)的同位語(yǔ),which引導(dǎo)的是定語(yǔ)從句。理解誘思1.WhydidParislaunchtheprojectParisculteurs?2.WhatdoyouthinkoftheprojectinParis?答案:1.TomaketheFrenchcapital—Parisgreener.2.Itnotonlymakesthecitygreener,butalsoprovidessomefarmingexperiencesforthecitizens.Section

A

Reading

and

ThinkingⅠⅡⅢⅠ.知識(shí)體系圖解

devoteshortagetacklecrisisboost

convincecharacteristicattainconventionalassumptionintenseovercomeexpandoutputⅠⅡⅢestimatedomesticconsumptioncomprisegenerateleisuresoilcelebritygrainvisionrealitysaltyⅠⅡⅢ把……用于;獻(xiàn)身;致力;專(zhuān)心包括;包含;由……組成(或構(gòu)成)

在內(nèi)心深處;本質(zhì)上;實(shí)際上作為……而著名依靠幾乎不關(guān)心國(guó)內(nèi)外夢(mèng)想出;虛構(gòu)出除了被用來(lái)做ⅠⅡⅢⅡ.釋義匹配1.shortage

A.tohaveaspartsormembers,ortobethosepartsormembers2.convince B.asituationinwhichthereisnotenoughofsomethingthatpeopleneed3.overcome C.toguessthecost,size,value,etc.ofsomething4.estimate D.todefeatorsucceedincontrollingordealingwithsomething5.comprise E.tomakesomeonefeelcertainthatsomethingistrue答案:1.B

2.E

3.D

4.C

5.AⅠⅡⅢⅢ.閱讀導(dǎo)學(xué)根據(jù)pp50—51課文內(nèi)容,選擇正確答案。1.WhydoesYuanLongpingthinkhimselfasafarmer?A.Hisbodyisslimandstrong.B.Hefarmsthelandinhisresearch.C.Hewasborninafarmer’sfamily.D.Healwayslearnsfromfarmers.2.Whatisthemainideaofthesecondparagraph?A.Yuan’sdecisiontobeafarmer.B.Yuan’sdecisiontostudyagriculture.C.Yuan’sparents’arrangementforhim.D.Theshortageoffoodinthecountry.答案:B

答案:B

ⅠⅡⅢ3.WhatwasYuan’ssolutiontofoodshortage?A.Toexpandfarmers’fields.B.Togivethefieldsmorewater.C.Toaddmorefertilizertothefields.D.Tocreatehybridrice.4.WhatimpressespeoplemostaboutYuanLongping?A.Hisongoingabilitytofulfillhisdreams.B.Theoutputofhishybridrice.C.Hisdonationstoagriculturalresearch.D.Hiscreationof“seawaterrice”.答案:D

答案:A

重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)1.devote

vt.把……獻(xiàn)(給);把……專(zhuān)用于;專(zhuān)心于【教材原句】Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodyisjustlikethatofmillionsofChinesefarmers,towhomhehasdevotedhislife.確實(shí),他瘦削但結(jié)實(shí)的身軀看起來(lái)和他為之奉獻(xiàn)了一生的千千萬(wàn)萬(wàn)的中國(guó)農(nóng)民一樣。【詞匯精講】devotevt.把……獻(xiàn)(給);把……專(zhuān)用于;專(zhuān)心于Hethinksweshouldnotdevoteanymoretimetothisissue.他認(rèn)為我們不應(yīng)該再在這個(gè)問(wèn)題上多花時(shí)間了。Theseartistsdevotedalltheirlifetoart.這些藝術(shù)家把終生獻(xiàn)給了藝術(shù)。重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)【詞匯拓展】Theydevoted

themselves

todoingthescientificresearchjob.他們把自己獻(xiàn)身于科學(xué)研究工作。He’sdevotedmostofhistimetohispainting.他把大部分時(shí)間都花在了作畫(huà)上。重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)2.convince

vt.使相信;使確信;說(shuō)服【教材原句】Yuanwasconvincedthattheanswercouldbefoundinthecreationofhybridrice.袁確信,在雜交水稻的研制中可以找到答案。【詞匯精講】convincevt.使相信;使確信;說(shuō)服Yourargumentistooweaktoconvinceme.你的論點(diǎn)太薄弱了,說(shuō)服不了我。Itriedtoconvincemyselfthatthetroublewaswiththeproblemitself,notwithme.我努力說(shuō)服自己麻煩是問(wèn)題本身所引起的,而不是我自身(的麻煩)。重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)【詞匯拓展】Isoonconvinced

him

ofmyinnocence.我很快便讓他相信了我是清白的。Wewilltrytoconvince

her

to

stay.我們要盡力說(shuō)服她留下來(lái)。重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)3.attain

vt.(通常經(jīng)過(guò)努力)獲得;得到【教材原句】Onecharacteristicofhybridsisthattheyusuallyattainahigheryieldthanconventionalcrops.雜交水稻的一個(gè)特點(diǎn)是它們通常比傳統(tǒng)作物獲得更高的產(chǎn)量?！驹~匯精講】attainvt.(通常經(jīng)過(guò)努力)獲得;得到Afterhisgraduationhereturnedandattainedthedegreeofcivilengineering.畢業(yè)后,他再回校攻讀,獲得了土木工程學(xué)學(xué)位。Theoldmanattainedgreatreverencefromtheyoungmen.這位老人在年輕人當(dāng)中享有極高威望。Hehasattainedthehighestgradeinhismusicexams.他在音樂(lè)考試中獲得最高分。重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)4.overcome

vt.克服解決;戰(zhàn)勝【教材原句】Throughintenseeffort,Yuanovercameenormoustechnicaldifficultiestodevelopthefirsthybridricethatcouldbeusedforfarmingin1974.通過(guò)努力,袁隆平克服了巨大的技術(shù)困難,在1974年研制出第一種可用于農(nóng)業(yè)的雜交水稻。【詞匯精講】overcomevt.克服解決;戰(zhàn)勝M(fèi)ollyhadfoughtandovercomeherfearofflying.莫莉已經(jīng)努力克服了對(duì)飛行的恐懼。Weovercamemanyunforeseendifficulties.我們克服了許多沒(méi)有料到的困難。重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)5.expand

vt.&

vi.擴(kuò)大;增加vt.擴(kuò)展;發(fā)展(業(yè)務(wù))【教材原句】Thishybridenabledfarmerstoexpandtheiroutputgreatly.這種雜交水稻使農(nóng)民大大增加了產(chǎn)量。【詞匯精講】expandvt.&

vi.擴(kuò)大;增加vt.擴(kuò)展;發(fā)展(業(yè)務(wù))Metalsexpandwhentheyareheated.金屬受熱會(huì)膨脹。Thenewsystemexpandedtheroleoffamilydoctors.新體制擴(kuò)大了家庭醫(yī)生的作用。We’veexpandedthebusinessbyopeningtwomorestores.我們?cè)鲩_(kāi)了兩個(gè)商店以擴(kuò)展業(yè)務(wù)。重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)【詞匯拓展】Wehaveplanstoexpand

intotheU.S.market.我們有進(jìn)入美國(guó)市場(chǎng)的計(jì)劃。Allthedetailsareinthebook,soIneednotexpand

onit.所有的細(xì)節(jié)都在書(shū)上呢,我無(wú)須詳述。重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)6.estimate

vt.估計(jì);估價(jià);估算n.估計(jì);估算comprise

vt.包括;包含;由……組成【教材原句】Today,itisestimatedthatabout60percentofdomesticriceconsumptioninChinaiscomprisedofcropsgeneratedfromYuan’shybridstrains...據(jù)估算,現(xiàn)在中國(guó)國(guó)內(nèi)消費(fèi)的稻米有大約60%來(lái)自袁隆平的雜交水稻品種形成的作物……【詞匯精講1】estimatevt.估計(jì);估價(jià);估算n.估計(jì);估算Heestimatedthespeedofthewindsfromthedegreeofdamage.他根據(jù)破壞的程度估算風(fēng)速。Itisnoteasytoestimatehowmanypeoplewillcome.很難估計(jì)多少人會(huì)來(lái)。Icangiveyouaroughestimateoftheamountofmoneyyouwillneed.我可以粗略地估計(jì)一下你所需要的錢(qián)。重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)【詞匯拓展】Thetreeisestimated

to

beatleast700yearsold.這棵樹(shù)估計(jì)至少700年了。It

is

estimated

thatthemeetingwilllastfourdays.這次會(huì)議預(yù)計(jì)要開(kāi)4天。重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)【詞匯精講2】comprisevt.包括;包含;由……組成Thehousecomprisestwobedrooms,akitchen,andalivingroom.這所房子包括兩間臥室、一間廚房和一間客廳。Girlstudentscomprise60%oftheclass.女生占班級(jí)的60%。【詞匯拓展】becomprisedof包括;包含;由……組成(或構(gòu)成)Theclassis

comprisedmainlyofItalianandFrenchstudents.該班主要由意大利和法國(guó)學(xué)生組成。重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)1.Yuan

Longping,known

as

the“father

of

hybrid

rice”,is

one

of

China’s

most

famous

scientists.袁隆平,被稱為雜交水稻之父,是中國(guó)最著名的科學(xué)家之一。【句式剖析】knownas意為“作為……而著名”,是過(guò)去分詞短語(yǔ),在句中作定語(yǔ),修飾主語(yǔ)YuanLongping。過(guò)去分詞作定語(yǔ)時(shí)和所修飾的詞有邏輯上的動(dòng)賓關(guān)系。Thenewproductfinallypassedtherequiredtest.新產(chǎn)品終于通過(guò)了要求的測(cè)試。Therearemanybeautifullydecoratedhousesinthisricharea.這個(gè)富人區(qū)有許多裝飾精美的房子。重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)【句式拓展】過(guò)去分詞作定語(yǔ)時(shí)相當(dāng)于定語(yǔ)從句。Themeetingheldyesterdayisofgreatimportance.=Themeetingwhichwasheldyesterdayisofgreatimportance.昨天舉行的會(huì)議非常重要。重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)2.Given

that

Yuan’s

hybrids

have

made

him

quite

wealthy,one

might

think

he

would

retire

to

a

life

of

leisure.考慮到雜交水稻使袁隆平變得相當(dāng)富有,人們可能認(rèn)為他會(huì)退休享受閑適的生活?！揪涫狡饰觥縢iven可作介詞,表示“只要是;考慮到;假定;已知”等意思。“given+that從句意思是“考慮到”,相當(dāng)于considering。Givenhisbackground,it’snosurprisethathecandothis.考慮到他的背景,他能做這件事情就不令人吃驚了。Giventhathecangetanotherchance,hewillsurelysucceed.假定他能得到另一次機(jī)會(huì),他肯定會(huì)成功。重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)Ⅰ.課文語(yǔ)法填空Knownasthe“fatherofhybridrice”,YuanLongpingconsiders1.

(him)afarmerbecausehecontinuallyworksthelandinhisresearch.Helookslike2.

(million)ofChinesefarmers,for3.

hehasstruggledforyears.

himself

millionswhom重點(diǎn)詞匯重點(diǎn)句式隨堂練習(xí)Bornin1930inBeijing,DrYuangraduatedfromSouthwestAgriculturalCollegein1953.After4.

(graduate),heworkedasaresearcher.Herealisedthatlargerfieldswerenotthesolution5.

foodshortage.Instead,farmersneededtoboostyieldsinthefieldstheyhad.Throughintenseeffort,Yuangotoverenormoustechnical6.

(difficulty)anddevelopedthefirsthybridricein1974,whichenabledfarmers7.