integrating skills 1 & writing Unit 19 Modern agriculture integrating skills 1 & writing

1 warming up summer spring winter autumn

2 Pre reading 1 What can you see in the stamp? 2 What do you know about Jia Sixie?

about Jia Sixie about Qi Min Yao Shu about Jia Sixie’s advice topic What’s talked about? Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 the time when he lived; his birthplace;how he did his research into agriculture about Jia Sixie about Qi Min Yao Shu growing green vegetables and fruit trees; keeping cows,sheep and fish; making wine do things at the right time; clean ground before sowing; improve the soil if not good; remove weeds; plough the soil;change crops in the same field;plant wheat close together; grow plants next to each other about Jia Sixie’s advice

Yidu, Shandong Province; In Northern Wei Dynasty Read the passage and answer: 1. Where was Jia Sixie born and when did he live? Yidu, Shandong Province; In Northern Wei Dynasty

1.Growing green vegetables and fruit trees, keeping 1. What advice did Qiminyaoshu include? 1.Growing green vegetables and fruit trees, keeping cows,sheep and fish in lakes. There are also instructions for making wine. 2. What should you do as a farmer? 2. Do the things at the right time of the year. 3. What must be done before sowing or planting crops? 3. Clean rough ground and remove weeds.

4. Why did Jia Sixie let sheep or cows walk on the land? 4. Because they would destroy or eat the weeds. 5. What should we do if we want reach the best harvest? 5. Change the crops in your fields/ Do not plant the same crop year after year in the same field. 6. Should wheat planted close together or with space? 6. Jia Sixie did experiment to show that wheat should be planted together instead of with space.

When you plough the soil, plough deeply the 7. What advice did Jia Sixie give about ploughing the field? When you plough the soil, plough deeply the first time and less deeply the second time, and the autumn ploughing should be deeper than the spring ploughing.

Language points Rough 1.This paper feels rough. 粗糙 2.You cant believe such a fine figure was drawn with such rough hands 粗糙 3.There was a rough wind last night. 狂暴的 4.She had a rough crossing to France . 不平静的 5.He is rough with her. 粗鲁的 6. I have a rough idea where it is . 粗略的 Rough adj. 表面不平的;不光滑;(指气候,海面或航行)狂暴的;不平静;(人或行为)粗鲁的,粗暴的;无礼的;(计划,计算)粗略的

在比较级中,表示否定的: less +形容词/副词原级+ than not + 比较级 + than not + so /as + 原级+ as 这些花看起来不如昨天美丽. The flowers look less nice than yesterday. The flowers don’t look nicer than yesterday. The flowers don’t look as/ so nice as yesterday.

Group work Work in groups of four and find any farmers’ proverbs and sayings in China or in the place where you live. Try to explain them in English.

Homework 1. Read the passage again and find any language points you think difficult. 2. Try to translate the Chinese farmers’ proverbs and sayings into English. References: Senior English for China Student’s and Teacher’s Books1B