人教版高二英语必修4unit2 reading3.pptVIP

Some people thought Jia Sixie was a lucky man. He had worked for the emperor and when he got old, he was able to go to his hometown to relax. 幸运的 work...for...为...工作 皇帝 be able to do sth 可以做...；能够做... 许多人都认为贾思勰是个幸运的人，他为君主工作过，并且可以告老还乡。 Jia Sixie, however, had other plans. He had always been interested in agriculture and intended to do something to make Chinese farming even better. intended to do sth 打算做... 然而，贾思勰有其他的打算。他总是对农业很感兴趣，并且想要为中国的农业发展做出自己的贡献。 Jia Sixie lived in the sixth century AD. He was born in Yidu in Shandong Province and worked in Gaoyang, which is also in Shandong. 贾思勰于公元六世纪，出生在山东宜都，在山东的高阳工作. As he rode through the countryside on his journeys for his work he looked out at the fields. Some of them were greener and had more crops than others. Some cows and sheep looked healthier than others too. 当他因为工作在乡村环游时，他向外看着田地。发现有的田地要比别的地方嫩绿，并且农作物长得也比别的地方旺盛。同样的这里的牛羊也比别的地方健壮。 He was lost in thought. What could a farmer do to get good crops from his fields? Surely there must be rules that would help them. 他陷入了沉思，怎样能够让农民在自己的田地上收获更多的作物？他相信一定有规律可以帮助农民们。 be lost in 陷入... He thought he could use his kownledge to find out the best ways for farmers to grow crops and then write a book to help them. In doing so he collected information from farmers who did well, studied it and did experiments to find the best way. 他想他可以运用自己学到的知识为农民们找到最好的种植方法，然后写一本书去帮助他们。为此，他从善于种植的农民那里收集信息，然后学习并且做实验去找到最好的方法。 找出，发现 For example, he studied ways of keeping seeds and advised farmers to choose seed-heads which had the best colour. Then he told them to hang them up to dry all winter. 例如，他学习储存种子的方法，并建议农民们选择那种颜色最好的谷穗，然后他告诉他们整个冬天要把种子挂起来保持干燥， hang up 把...挂起 The next spring the seeds should be knocked out of their seed-heads and planted. He studied how to improve the soil. He advised farmers to clear weeds from the ground before planting crops. 来年的春天把种子从谷穗中敲掉，并种上。他还学习了怎样提高土地质量。他建议农民们在播种前把杂草清除掉。 They could either let the animals eat the weeds or turn the soil over so that the weeds w