新人教必修4 Unit2 Working the land-Extensive reading.pptVIP

1.What is organic farming? 1. What made Jia Sixie become interested in improving Chinese farming? He saw how some farms produced good crops and healthy animals and others did not. * 罗远芬 Organic Farming listen and then find out the main idea of each paragraph. Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: What is organic farming? Farmers prefer natural waste from animals. Farmers change crops every two or three years. Second reading Read the text again and answer the following questions: 1.What is organic farming? 2.What problems are caused by using chemical fertilizers? 3.Why do organic farmers grow peas or soybeans after corn or wheat? Organic farming means growing crops without chemical fertilizers. 2.What problems are caused by using chemical fertilizers? There are three problems.First, chemical fertilizers affect the soil and the water supply badly.Second, they allow farmers to grow the same crop year after year and exhaust the soil.Third, they kill both helpful and harmful pests. Farmers grow peas or soybeans after corn or wheat so that peas and beans can put minerals back into the soil, making it rich and healthy and ready to grow more wheat or corn. 3.Why do organic farmers grow peas or soybeans after corn or wheat? Organic farming Crops growing with natural rather than chemical fertilizer Natural waste from animals Make the soil richer in minerals and more fertile A healthy soil Reduce diseases in crops Help crops grow strong and healthy Chemical fertilizer Not good for the soil or the water supply The soil gets exhausted Kill both helpful and harmful bacteria and pests Change crops every two or three years Corn ,wheat Peas soybeans Put the minerals back into the soil, making it rich and healthy Crops that use the surface of the soil (peanuts) Crops that need a deeper level of soil (root vegetable) Make sure that what is left in the ground after harvesting becomes a natural fertilizer for the next year’s crop 1.refer （常与to 连用） vt. 提交