阅读课教学设计，约1850字。

　　Unit 2 Working the land
　　阅读课
　　一、教学内容 Warming up (p. 9); Pre-reading (p. 9); Reading (p. 10)
　　二、教学目标
　　1. 能力目标
　　 学生能够利用文章信息填表格，归纳文章的中心思想，并找出文中的支撑句。
　　 学生能够比较描写人物的文章的不同点。
　　 学生能够针对文章内容发表自己的见解和观点。
　　2. 语言目标
　　 重点词汇和短语
　　sunburnt, struggle, decade, super, output, crop, hunger, disturbing, expand, circulate, battle, freedom, equip, therefore, grain, export, nationality, occupation
　　work the land, thanks to, rid … of …, be satisfied with …, would rather
　　 重点句子
　　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.
　　This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields.
　　Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields.
　　Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger.
　　Dr Yuan is satisfied with his life. However, he doesn’t care about being famous.
　　He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.
　　3. 文化目标
　　学生能够了解我国的著名农业科学家、中科院院士袁隆平及其科研成果，以及他的杂交水稻技术对我国乃至世界其他国家的巨大影响。
　　三、教学步骤
　　步骤一 热身
　　1. 给学生展示几幅照片，问：What are they doing?让学生从图中人们的动作和行为预测本节课的话题（agriculture）。