Unit 2Learning about language

After I gave birth to my babyson last year, the news spreads quickly among relatives and friends.

circulates

Thanks to him, our family became larger we are leading a happier life now.

expanded

Make known to people

I. Finding word or phrase from the text for each of these meanings.

1.To make something or somebody free of.2.To become larger in size, number or amount3.To make information and ideas known to many people4.Would prefer to5.To try extremely hard to achieve something6.To send things to foreign countries for sale7.Pleased by having what one wants or needs8.To provide with things necessary for a certain purpose9.Plants grown in large amounts by farmers10.Because of

Rid…of

Expand

circulateWould rather Struggle

exportBe satisfied with

equip

cropsThanks to

II. complete the passage about Dr Yuan

Dr Yuan _______ a simple life. He _____ ______ work on the farm than have a rest. He has ________ for five decades to search for a way to increase rice harvest without _____________ the area of fields. _______ to the discovery of super hybrid rice, his dream of ______ China of _______ is realized . Now, he has another dream---to _______his rice so that it can be grown all over the world.

leads wouldrather

struggled

expanding Thanks

ridding hungerexport

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The pioneer for all people

“China will feed itself. What’s more, we will also help the whole world to ___________hunger.”

get rid of

Indeed, _________his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger.

thanks to

1 ． Rid…of

be/get rid of 摆脱He was a boring man. I’m glad to be rid o

f him.He hopes to get rid of the pain.( 痛苦）rid …of… 使（某人／物）摆脱，除去rid the world of hunger 使世界不再有饥饿rid the house of mice 使房子里没老鼠

练习（填空）要改掉一个人的坏习惯确实不容易．It is not easy to _____ _______ ___ a bad

habit. 他整晚坐在那里闲聊，我没法赶他走．He just sat there talking all the evening

and I couldn’t _____ _______ ______ him.

get rid of

get rid of

2.Thanks to his research, …

thanks to: due to because of1. _______ ____ _______ ________( 由于你的帮助） , I pas

sed the exam.2. I was late thanks to traffic.

Thanks to your help

3. Hunger is still a disturbing problem. That is to say, millions of people die of hunger every year.

Imitation( 模仿秀） :____________________________.

The girl has a strong hunger for knowledge.女孩有强烈的求知欲 .

( n.) 饥饿；欲望，渴望 (for) .

(vi) 挨饿 ; 渴望 渴望得到…… hunger for/after …渴望做某事 hunger to do sthShe hungers to improve her studies.翻译：(adj.) hungry 饥饿的 ; 渴望的 be hungry for knowledge 渴望知识

Playing the violin is his hobby.

Playing the violin gives him a lot of pleasure.

V-ing used as subject 主语

Task 3 pair-work

So…is

my hobby .

my dream.

what I like most.

Doing…makes/gives/brings me/is…

Tell your partner your hobbies and dreams by using the following sentence patterns.

1. Being a teacher makes me proud of myself. So becoming a good teacher is my dream.2. Being together with my son brings me happiness and pleasures. So Spending time with him is what I like most.

Cats like…enjoy…are good at…

sleeping in the sun.eating fish.

catching mice.

V-ing used as object 宾语

Task 4 Describe the picture with V-ing used as object (1)

2. The cat is fond of ________________

1.It seems that the cat enjoys _____________ very much.

drinking beer.

3. The cat doesn’t care about_____________

watching TV.

becoming fat.

1.The dog dreams of_____________________

Task 4 Describe the picture with V-ing used as object (2)

being a bird.

2. The dog looks forward to ______________flying in the sky.

3. We can’t help _______ when we see the dog having such a dream.

laughing

Task 5 describing a person

be good at be interested indream of look forward to devote…tocare (little/ more) about

Work in groups of four, and use at least three sentences with V-ing to describe one of your classmates.

… is his/her hobby. ...interests him/her most.…is his dream

农场

Oddis

watch a short video

Oddis spends a lot of time in _______with his friends.He is good at _________.He likes________ ______very much. ________the golf ball rolling into the hole brings him great fun. Although he and his friends are afraid of ________ discovered when they are playing in the town,they still risk( 冒险 )_________ a football match on TV outside a doctor’s house, which brings them great excitement.His friends can’t help________ after seeing Oddis ________ ______behind a postman.

Task 6 Complete the passage about Oddisplaying

swimmingplaying golf Seeing

beingwatching

laughingmaking

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3 4

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78 faces

Task 7 make an interview

1. What do you like doing?2. What will you risk( 冒险 ) doing?

Make an interview of Oddis. Try to use as many V-ing forms as you can during the interview.

3. What do you do to prevent yourself from being discovered by people?

4…

…

Use these words to complete the following sentences: rid..of, export, struggle, circulate, be satisfied with, eq

uip, crop, thanks to, would rather, expand, .

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11. equip vt / vi. 装备，配备 equipment [u] 装备equip sb/sth with sb/sth 用某事物装备某人be equipped with sth

equip … for 为．．．做准备Eg: The traveller equipped himself for a l

ong journey.

The soldiers were equipped with the latest weapons.( 最新的武器）

　翻译：我们学校有一些新设备．（ equipment)

our school has some new equipment.

这个工厂配有现代化机械．（ machinery)The factory is equipped with modern m

achinery.

2.Dr. Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India,...circulate: to move around within a system 循环 became known by others 交流Rumors circulated quickly.The blood circulates around the body.

circulation n.

4.So he gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.equip: to provide with thingsThe boys equipped themselves with torches and rope, and set off.The emergency services are equipped to deal with disasters of this kind.We want our son to have an education that will equip him for later life.equipment n.

rest for a while