高中英语人教版备课资料包：必修4 Unit 2课件 U2 Listening.pptVIP

Listening radish Listening What is the main topic of the conversation? 　 The possible bad effects of chemical fertilizers on the fruit and vegetables that we eat today. Listening Paul thinks that Carrie is not telling him the truth. Using chemical fertilizers always makes vegetables empty inside. Today’s fruit is not as healthy for people as fruit fifty years ago. Eating more vegetables might not always be good for us. All of today’s vegetables look healthy but in fact are not. Listening text WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE VEGETABLES? Boy: You know, I’ve noticed that sometimes my mum buys carrots from the supermarket that have big holes down the centre. I guess that must be from using chemical fertilizers! Listening on Page 48 Do you remember the poem? 天苍苍，野茫茫，风吹草低见牛羊。 Listening Listen to the tape and tick what you hear. Heat and little rain. Turning forests into farmland. Overusing fields to feed farm animals. Using new scientific farming methods. Wasting water in farms and at home. Farming too much on poor land. Listening text FIGHTING GROWING DESERTS This poor land can very quickly turn into desert, if it is farmed too much. One of the biggest causes, however, is when people take their animals to the same fields to feed over and over, and the fields finally lose all their nutrition. Because of these problems, deserts are slowly taking over green land in many parts of the world, including China. One Xinjiang farmer, used only HALF of his fields to grow the SAME amount of crops as last year. On the other half of his land, he planted fruit trees. The work of people like this is helping to fight the world’s growing deserts. * chemical fertilizer cow dung 用化学肥料和有机肥料的区别: T F T F T Girl: Hey, Paul, listen to this … a magazine article about a farmer who used too much chemical fertilizer on his fields. When his vegetables were picked, they were all found to be empty! Boy: Empty? You’re joking, Carrie… that can’t be true! Girl: I didn’t believe it eith