b4Unit2Workingtheland听说读写.pptVIP

Unit 2 Working the land Listening ,Reading,Speaking and Writing; Organic Farming;Listening ;The possible bad effects of chemical fertilizers on the fruit and vegetables that we eat today.;Listen to the dialogue a second time. Decide if the following statements are true or false, according to the conversation. Give your reasons.;3 Today’s fruit is not as healthy for people as fruit fifty years ago. 4 Eating more vegetables might not always be good for us. 5 All of today’s vegetables look healthy but in fact are not.;Listening text ;BOY: Empty? You’re joking, Carrie … that can’t be true! Girl: I didn’t believe it either! This article says this can happen sometimes with vegetables like cucumbers, carrots and pumpkins. This chemical fertilizer makes the vegetables grow fast to look big and beautiful, but they’re empty inside! ; BOY: You know, I’ve noticed that sometimes my mum buys carrots from the supermarket that have big holes down the center. I guess that must be from using chemical fertilizers! GIRL: Yeah, that’s what the magazine says! The main point of the article, though, isn’t about holes in our vegetables. ; It’s talking about why the fruit and vegetables we eat today aren’t as nutritious as the ones our grandparents ate. BOY: What? My mum is always telling me to eat more vegetables, because they’re good for me! GIRL: Yeah, I know – my mother says that same thing! And it’s true -;they are good for us… but the problem is that they aren’t healthy enough! All these chemical fertilizers – they kill off both the bad and the good things in the ground. The ground doesn’t have enough vitamins and minerals any more to help crops grow healthy. ;BOY: So … if our fruit and vegetables were grown with