第四册第二单元第二课时 语言点
book4 unit two “working the land”
help yourself and god will help you 自助者天助之
learning goals: learn the following new words and phrases: struggle, expand, thanks to, rid…..of, the first ……to do.
step1. leading in
ask a few students to briefly introduce yuanglongping .
step2. reading and thinking
1. indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past five decades.
思考：为什么whom 前用 for?
1.struggle v. n. 斗争 拼搏 ，努力
eg:1) the young man has struggled with sickness for a few months.
2) in 1862, the american slaves won their struggle for freedom
知识归纳：
struggle with sb 与某人搏斗，斗争,与……并肩作战
struggle against.. 为抵抗……而斗争
struggle for……. 为…而斗争;努力争取
struggle to do sth 努力做某事
struggle to one’s feet 挣扎着站起来
即学即练：
1) the two brothers struggled each other their parents’ old house.
2) in order to protect the environment, we should struggle all kinds of pollution_______________________________________
3) after a few minutes, the young man struggled his feet, glaring at the enemy
4) the angry man struggled control his temper(脾气))
2.dr yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields．
袁博士(开始)在不增加土地面积的基础上寻求达到增收的途径。
expand，vt．张开，使膨胀；扩张；扩充，扩展，发展业务
vi.发展；膨胀
expand…into… 把……扩展／发展成……
expand into… 发展成／扩大成……
expand on sth． 细说(阐述)……
expansion n． 扩大，膨胀
1) as we all know, metals expand when they are heated
译：________________________________________________
2)you can expand your knowledge by reading more books
译：________________________________________________
3)why not your story a novel?
为什么不把你的故事扩展成小说呢?
4)he his new plan．他阐述了他的新计划。
辨析：expand／extend／enlarge／spread
