AnEarlyFarmerPioneer人教版必修4Unit2WorkingthelandReadingTask安徽省淮北市第十二中學夏素云PoemFarmersweedingatnoon,Sweatdownthefieldsoon.Whoknowsfoodonatray,Duetotheirtoilingday.Thispoemdescribesthesceneoffarmers’workingthelandHaveyoueverbeentothecountryside?Areyouinterestedinfarming?selecttheseedsploughthesoilturnoverthesoilsowtheseedsremovetheweedsfertilizefarmingstepsDiscuss:

Howdoyougetridofweeds?賈思勰—北魏末年和東魏時的著名農學家,為我國完整保存至今最早的農書《齊民要術》的作者。

JiaSixie:thefirstpersontowriteacleardescriptionofbestfarmingpracticeofhisdayThecontributionofJiaSixieBesystematicinhiswritingTesthistheoryexperimentallyborninYiduin_____Provinceliveinthe__________centuryADWhatdidhedo---research,collecti_______,study,doe________sandwriteabookcalledQiMinYaoShuListen:unit2WBreadingtask.mp3Readthequestionsandanswerthem.1WhatmadeJiaSixiebecomeinterestedinimprovingChinesefarming?Hesawhowsomefarmersproducedgoodcropsandhealthyanimalsbutothersdidnot.2Howdidhethinkhecouldhelpfarmers?HethoughtthatwhenhefoundthebestagriculturalmethodshewouldwritethemdownsoallfarmerscouldreadaboutthemandbenefitalotfromthebookWhatadvicedidJiaSixiegivefarmers?Makenotesinthechartbelow.AdviceforfarmersKeepingseedsChoosingseedstoplantWaytogetridofweeds(1)Waytogetridofweeds(2)AutumnploughingSpringploughingCropsAdviceforfarmersKeepingseedshangseed-headsuptodryallwinterknockseedsoutwhentheyareplantedChoosingseedstoplantchooseoneswiththebestcolourWaytogetridofweeds(1)letanimalseatthembeforeplantingAdviceforfarmersWaytogetridofweeds(2)turnthesoiloverandcovertheweedssotheyrotAutumnploughingdeepploughingSpringploughinglessdeepploughingCropschangecropsgrowninthesamefieldeveryyearSpeakingJiaSixie’sworkwaswritten1,600yearsago.Isitstillatallusefultoday?Inpairs,discussthefollowingquestionsandtakenotesonyourconclusions.1WhatideasinQiMinYaoShuarestillinfarmingtoday?2WhatproblemsdowehavetodayinmodernfarmingthatJiaSixiedidnothaveinhistime?

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arefedfrom7%farmlandFarmlandisbeingoccupiedbyconstructionTheenvironmentalpollution:harmsfieldsandcropsOverusechemicals(農藥）orfertilizers（化肥)GM（轉基因）foodmaycausenewunknownhealthproblemsforhumanUsetheideasyoudiscussedabovetowriteareportabouthowusefulJiaSixie’sideasareformoderntimes.Usethestepsonpage53tohelpyou.WritingTask:Learntowriteareport

1,600yearsagotheChinesewriterJiaSixiewroteabookQiMinYaoShuaboutgood_____________.TodaysomeofJiaSixie’sideasarestillveryusefultoourmoderntimes,butwehavesomeproblemstodaythathe______________________________.SamplewritingFirstly,farmersstill___________________________.Secondly,theystillploughdeeply____________andlessdeeplythesecondtime.Inaddition,farmerseverywherestillunderstandthat______________________

However,wehavesomeproblemstodaythatJiaSixieneverfacedinhistime.Wehave_______________________.Wehave_______________________.Wehave___________________