冀教版九年级英语上册Lesson35China27sMostFamousFarmer.pptVIP

Lesson 35:China’s Most Famous “Farmer” Read the text and find the sentences including the following phases or words. 1. so that 2. graduate from 3. come up with 4. devote oneself/sth. to sth./doing sth. 5. be honored with 6. because of 7. besides 8. It is said that… 9. nothing but The grain of this new type of rice would be as big as a peanut so that farmers could rest in the cool shadows of big rice plants. 这种新型水稻的米粒会象花生一样大,以便农民们能在很大的稻秧的阴凉里休息。 so that引导目的状语从句，意思是“为了，以便”，句中常有情态动词can, could, may, might等，so that还可表示结果，意为“因此，结果”，so that前常有逗号隔开。 1. We all study hard so that we can pass the exam. 我们都努力学习以便能通过考试。 2. He got up early, so that he caught the first bus. 他早早起床，因此赶上了第一班车。 He graduated from the Southwest Agricultural University in 1953. 他1953 年毕业于西南农业大学。 graduate from 毕业于… eg: What are you going to do after you graduate from junior high school? 你中学毕业后打算干什么？ He came up with an idea for a hybrid rice in the 1960s. 他在二十世纪六十年代产生了发明一种杂交水稻的想法。 come up with 意思是“找到或提出（答案或办法等） eg: He couldn’t come up with an idea. 他想不出办法来。（此处可用 think of 代替） Since then, he has devoted himself to research and the development of new varieties. 从那时起，他就一直致力于这项研究以及新品种的开发。 devote oneself/sth. to sth./doing sth. 献身于，致力于 eg: They devoted themselves to helping the disabled people. 他们致力于帮助残疾人。 For this, he was honored with the name “Father” of Hybrid Rice. 他被誉为杂交水稻之父的美名。 be honored with… “被誉为…; 给某人以荣誉” eg: Mao Zedong was honored with the “sun” of China. 毛泽东被誉为中国的太阳。 Because of Professor Yuan’s hard work, China now produces enough rice to feed her people every year. 由于袁教授的辛勤工作，现在中国每年生产足够全国人民食用的水稻。 because of “因为，由于” 相当于with或thanks to eg: Because of ( With / Thanks to) your help, I finished the work. Besides, many other countries including the U.S., have benefitted from his work. 其他许多国家包括美国，也从他的工作中受益。 besides “除了…之外（还有）”= in addition to except “除了…之外（不再有）”（多用于疑问句和否定句） 1. Five students have passed the exam besides Li Ming. 除了李明之外还有五个同学通过了这次考试。