高一英语课件the4thperiodorganicfarming.pptVIP

1.What is organic farming? 3.Why do organic farmers grow peas or soybeans after corn or wheat? 1. This makes the soil richer in minerals and so more fertile. * * First reading Read the passage, then find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: What is organic farming? The fertilizer that organic farmers prefer is natural waste from animals. Organic farmers insist on changing 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. green food 2.What problems are caused by using chemical fertilizers? There are three problems. Firstly, chemical fertilizers affect the soil and the water supply badly. Secondly, they allow farmers to grow the same crop year after year and exhaust the soil. Thirdly, 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. Third reading Read the text again, and fill in the following forms. Advantages of organic farming 2.The soil is not exhausted. 3.They use the soil to best advantage. 1.Farmers use natural waste from animals. 2. Peas and soybeans renew the minerals in the soil becomes rich and healthy. 3. They plant crops that need surface soil and next crops that grow at a deeper level. So the wind and water doesn’t carry away the soil. All the richness of the soil is used. Reasons What are the disadvantages of using chemical fertilizers? 1.Leaving chemicals in the ground for a long time is not good for the soil or the water supply. 2.Farmers often grow the same crop year after year. As a result, the soil gets exhausted. 3.Chemical fertilizers kill both helpful and harmful bacteria and p