1、Working the LandUnit 5 Using language Evaluate chemical farming and organic farmingLearning Objectives1. know the difference between working in a city and a countryside;2. work out the content, structure and language features of the text;3. know the writing skills of an argumentative essay, such as

2、illustrating, giving examples or making contrast;4. write your opinion in an essay about working in a city and a countryside.Lead-inDo you want to have a land of your own?What will you grow if you have a land?It is fertilizer. What is the substance we put on the soil to make crops grow?Pre-readingWh

3、at kind of fertilizers do farmers use?chemical fertilizers natural fertilizersA. What organic farming is B. Why man-made chamical are still used in farming C. Organic methods for producing rich soilD. The problems with chemical farminngPara. 1-2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Read the text and then Match t

4、he main idea with each paragraph.Chemical farmingOrganicfarmingThinking1. What do some young people hope to achieve by living in their hometowns?2. How was Li Dans decision to work in her hometown contributed to her community?3. Why does the government support people who want to stay and work in the

5、ir hometowns?4. Based on the context, what do you think the sentence “Life in big cities is not all its cracked up to be” means?5. What is meant by “a strong support network”? Read the text and then answer the questions. Para. 1Para. 2Para. 3Para. 4Fast reading1. What do some young people hope to ac

6、hieve by living in their hometowns?2. How was Li Dans decision to work in her hometown contributed to her community?Read the text and then answer the questions. On the one hand, it is a matter of making the quality of life for other peoplein their hometowns better. On the other hand, they also have

7、a desire to improve and maintain the natural and economic environments in these places for generations to come.Her decision has helped to alleviate poverty and improve the lives of many people in her village.Fast reading3. Why does the government support people who want to stay and work in their hom

8、etowns?Read the text and then answer the questions. First, the government understands the importance of agriculture. Second, it also understands that university graduates can help come up with better ways to grow crops, and develop new, creative ways of farming using modern technology.Fast reading4.

9、 Based on the context, what do you think the sentence “Life in big cities is not all its cracked up to be” means?5. What is meant by “a strong support network”? Read the text and then answer the questions. The air was bad, transport was terrible, and it was hard to make a decent living. Family and f

10、riends.Para. 1Fast readingBenefits Problems SolutionsFarming Benefit Problem Solution Chemical farming Organic farmingfight crop disease and increase productionsometimes harm both the land and peoples healthswitch to organic farmingmake the soil rich; keep the air, soil, water and crops free of chem

11、icalscannot meet the needstill a long way to find a suitable solutionFill in the table according to the passage辯論報告寫作指導辯論報告屬于應用文文體之一，同時又具有議論文的特點，是對某個話題的辯論。該類文章一般分為三部分：第一部分：開門見山，說明自己的看法或觀點；第二部分：列舉支持方的觀點及其理由；或列舉反對方的觀點及其理由；第三部分：得出結論或給出自己的觀點。Which do you prefer, city or countryside?In my opinion, workin

12、g in the city/country is better.First, (Advantage 1): _ (Detail) _Second, (Advantage 2): _ (Detail) _Third, (Advantage 3): _ (Detail) _Of course, there are some disadvantages to working in the city/country.For example, (disadvantage) _In addition, (disadvantage) _However, (reasons they do not bother

13、 you)_All in all, I would prefer to work in the city/country.ModelUse some transitional words(銜接詞) between ideas.Transitional wordsFunction For example,Illustrating, but alsoAdding more information and emphasisingIn addition,Adding more informationIn turn,SequencingIn fact,Illustrating / Emphasising

14、As forIntroducing a new topic / thing, butContrasting, and as wellAdding more informationexpress your opinions:In my eyes In my opinion . Im opposed to Id prefer because Id rather.I think/believe/guess that. From my point of view,What I firmly believe in is thatMy view/opinion/belief is that.My impr

15、ession is that.I have a feeling that.Im fully convinced that.make a conclusion:In summary/conclusionIn a word,All in all,To sum up,Therefore.發表議論就是通過議論或說理來表達作者的見解和主張，作者對某一問題持有一種看法，為了使讀者同意自己的看法，提出若干理由，試圖說服別人。發表議論時，我們要注意三個要素：論點、論據、 論證。 Write an argumentative essay giving your opinion on chemical or or

16、ganic farming. 明確體裁話題確定時態人稱 布局文章架構 列出核心要點 Write an argumentative essay.開頭：介紹農業發展概況和有機農業的出現。展開論述：分層次介紹化學農業和有機農業的區別，有機農業的優勢。結尾：總結觀點，提出建議。支持有機農業文體：議論文以現在時為主、兼顧過去時、將來時；第一、三人稱1.化學農業的缺點。2.有機農業的優點，人們對健康的重視和選擇有機農業的理由。Sample WritingIn my opinion, organic farming is preferable to chemical farming because of t

17、he benefts to the environment as to people, and because organic food is more nutritious. To begin with, chemical farming harms the environment. Since chemical pesticides are not found in nature, normal natural processes cannot get rid of them. Instead, the chemicals tend to accumulate in the soil an

18、d water, and are absorbed in the food chain, where they poison wildlife and domestic animals. This affects us directly, because we end up eating plants, dairy products, eggs, and meat that have high levels of pesticides. Think about it: The purpose of the pesticides is to kill “pests”, that is, to k

19、ill insects.Something that can kill an insect probably is not healthy for a person to eat. While it may be true that the food we eat does not have enough pesticide in it to kill us immediately, over the years this pesticide may cause us health problems or give us diseases such as cancer. Finally, organic food is generally more nutritious than food grown with man-made chemicals. If you remember a few years ago, there was the case of watermelons literally exploding in the fields beca