Unit2WorkingthelandFarmingAreyoufromafarmer’sfamily?whatdoyouknowaboutfarming?soilploughingcropsweather&climateIrrigating(灌溉)……LargeheadingsHewantseveryonetocallhimafarmer.Hisbiography.Hispersonality.Hisdreams.Remembertoreviewtheknowledge!Seeyounexttime!Unit2UsinglanguageReadingFirstreadingReadthepassage,thenfindoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para1:Para2:Para3:Whatisorganicfarming?Farmersprefernaturalwastefromanimals.Farmerschangecropseverytwoorthreeyears.SecondreadingReadthetextagainandanswerthefollowingquestions:1.Whatisorganicfarming?2.Whatproblemsarecausedbyusingchemicalfertilizers?3.Whydoorganicfarmersgrowpeasorsoybeansaftercornorwheat?1.Whatisorganicfarming?Organicfarmingmeansgrowingcropswithoutchemicalfertilizers.2.Whatproblemsarecausedbyusingchemicalfertilizers?Therearethreeproblems.First,chemicalfertilizersaffectthesoilandthewatersupplybadly.Second,theyallowfarmerstogrowthesamecropyearafteryearandexhaustthesoil.Third,theykillbothhelpfulandharmfulpests.Farmersgrowpeasorsoybeansaftercornorwheatsothatpeasandbeanscanputmineralsbackintothesoil,makingitrichandhealthyandreadytogrowmorewheatorcorn.3.Whydoorganicfarmersgrowpeasorsoybeansaftercornorwheat?ThirdreadingReadthetextagain,andfillinthefollowingforms.2.Thesoilisnotexhausted.2.Peasandsoybeansrenewthemineralsinthesoilbecomesrichandhealthy.3.Theyusethesoiltobestadvantage.3.Theyplantcropsthatneedsurfacesoilandnextcropsthatgrowatadeeperlevel.Sothewindandwaterdoesn’tcarryawaythesoil.Alltherichnessofthesoilisused.AdvantagesoforganicfarmingReasons1.Thismakesthesoilricherinmineralsandsomorefertile.1.Farmersusenaturalwastefromanimals.Whatisthedisadvantageofusingchemicalfertilizers?1.Leavingchemicalsinthegroundforalongtimeisnotgoodforthesoilorthewatersupply.2.Farmeroftengrowthesamecropyearafter.Asaresult,thesoilgetsexhausted.3.Chemicalfertilizerskillbothhelpfulandharmfulbacteriaandpests.RetellingRetellthetextaccordingtothechart:OrganicfarmingI.Cropsgrowingwithnaturalfertilizers.II.Farmersprefernaturalwastefromanimals.NaturalfertilizerChemicalfertilizer1.make…richerandmorefertile2.reduce…andhelp…strong3.thefertilizerskill…andhealthy4.keepfree…fromchemicals1.leaving…isnotgood2.grow…yearafteryearIII.Farmerschangecropseverytwoorthreeyears.…tomakesurewhatisleft…Let’slearntomakeadialogue.Areyouready?Go!Speaking--I(8ms)1.Imagineyouwanttostartyourownfarm.Discusshowyouwouldstartitwithyourpartners.Thinkaboutthefollowingpoints(ingroups):A)kindoffarm(givereasonsforyourchoice)B)whereyouwouldlikeyourfarmtobeC)whatcropsyouwouldgrowD)whatanimalsyouwouldhaveonthefarmE)howyouwouldgeteverythingyouneedF)sellingyourproduceetc.2.Asksomegroupstoshowtheirgroupwork.•Doyoubelievethatsoilisprecious?Why/whynot?•Whatisusedtofeedthesoilinyourarea?Doyouthinkthatisagood/badidea?Giveyourreasons.Speaking--II(5ms)DiscussionFarmers’proverbs&sayingsThewisdomoffarmersabouttheweather&farmingiscollectedinmanypopularproverbs&passedonfromgenerationtogeneration.Thefollowingproverbstellyousth.AbouttheweatherdinEngland.AretheytrueforChina?Postreading1Noweatherisill,ifthewindbestill.2Yellowskyatsunset,windinthemorrow.3Rainbeforeseven,clearbyeleven.4AprilshowersbringMayflowers.5Deedsarefruits,wordsarebutleaves.6Thebestgroundbearsweedsaswellasflowers.7Nevercackleunlessyoulay.Remembertoreviewtheknowledge!Seeyounexttime!
