Unit19 Period7 Integrating Skills

1.Pre reading 1 What can you see in the picture? 2 What do you know about Jia Sixie? He is a scientist in farming; he wrote a book called Qimin Yaoshu.

2 While reading 1) Fast reading Why do we consider Jia Sixie as an agriculture scientist? 2) Careful reading The life of farmer is busy. Each month there is a lot of work to do: ploughing, sowing, weeding, harvesting, fertilising and so on. What advice does Jia Sixie give farmers? Because he spent his time on research into agriculture & wrote a book called Qimin Yaoshu, which is about both farming & gardening.

Advice On time of farming at the correct time … On soil On ploughing On changing crops On plants in the same field go against … at the wrong time to grow different plants next to each other the best harvest is reached examine the soil … carefully condition … not good, … improve … before sowing & planting crops … clean & remove the weeds sheep or cows land should be ploughed plough deep … plough less deep autumn … deeper than spring ploughing

Farmers’ proverbs & sayings The wisdom of farmers about the weather & farming is collected in many popular proverbs & passed on from generation to generation. The following proverbs tell you sth. About the weather din England. Are they true for China? 3 Post reading 1 No weather is ill, if the wind be still. 2 Yellow sky at sunset, wind in the morrow. 3 Rain before seven, clear by eleven. 4 April showers bring May flowers. 5 Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves. 6 The best ground bears weeds as well as flowers. 7 Never cackle unless you lay.

2) Imagine you have a vegetable garden & you want to grow beans, cabbages, onions, tomatoes & sunflowers. What will you do in each month of the year? It is in November when we have to plough the land for the first time. The ploughing has to be done deep. November Write a plan for your vegetable garden.

Language points research do (some) research on/into sth experience 作 “ 经验 ” 讲是不可数名词 ; 作 “ 经历, 阅历 ” 讲是可数名词. eg: 1. I’m a good teacher with (many,much)teaching ( experience,experiences) muchexperience 2. It’s an experience I’ll never forget. following “ 以下的, 接着的 ”. the following 可以用作名词, 作 “ 如下 ” 讲, 既可 以指单数, 也可以指复数 eg: 1. The following are the books that I bought yesterday. 2. The following is the question that he wants to ask.

go against 违背, 不利于 1.She went against her parents’ wishes. 2. go against nature condition 1.a state of being of general health 状态, 健康状况 eg: The astronauts soon got used to the condition of weightlessness. 固定短语 : out of condition 身体不好 in good condition 情况良好 in poor condition 情况不好 guide to sth 英语入门 a guide to English 中国旅行指南 a guide to China

deep VS deeply deep 用于具体的深度, 包括时间和空间 They dived deep in the sea. They talked deep into the night. deeply 用语抽象的, 比喻的意义 We were deeply moved by this film. deeply 可以修饰形容词和过去分词, deep 不能 They are digging _________ to find the water. He is_______ interested in English. We _______ regret the death of the young man. deep deeply housing conditions 住房条件 Under present conditions we can’t have more time to play. 2. (pl.) the state of affairs at a particular place or time 环境, 情况, 常用 复数 eg:

year after after VS year by year year after year 侧重同一动作的重复, 意思是 “ 年复一年地, 年年 ” year by year 强调动作的逐渐变化过程, 意思是 “ 逐年 ” eg: 1.We plant trees year after year in March. 2.My grandpa gets older year by year. 1.She sent money ________________ to help the poor. 2.________________ those students come to see the old teacher. They find he grows weaker _________________. year after year Year after year year by year.