高一英语unit19-Integrating-Skills.pptVIP

Unit19 Period7 Integrating Skills 1.Pre reading 1 What can you see in the picture? 2 What do you know about Jia Sixie? He is a scientist in farming; he wrote a book called Qimin Yaoshu. 2 While reading 1) Fast reading Why do we consider Jia Sixie as an agriculture scientist? 2) Careful reading The life of farmer is busy. Each month there is a lot of work to do: ploughing, sowing, weeding, harvesting, fertilising and so on. What advice does Jia Sixie give farmers? Because he spent his time on research into agriculture wrote a book called Qimin Yaoshu, which is about both farming gardening. ? Advice On time of farming at the correct time… ? ? On soil ? ? ? ? ? ? On ploughing ? ? On changing crops ? On plants in the same field ? go against…at the wrong time to grow different plants next to each other the best harvest is reached examine the soil…carefully condition…not good, …improve… before sowing planting crops… clean remove the weeds sheep or cows land should be ploughed plough deep…plough less deep autumn…deeper than spring ploughing Farmers’ proverbs sayings The wisdom of farmers about the weather farming is collected in many popular proverbs passed on from generation to generation. The following proverbs tell you sth. About the weather din England. Are they true for China? 3 Post reading 1 No weather is ill, if the wind be still. 2 Yellow sky at sunset, wind in the morrow. 3 Rain before seven, clear by eleven. 4 April showers bring May flowers. 5 Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves. 6 The best ground bears weeds as well as flowers. 7 Never cackle unless you lay. 2) Imagine you have a vegetable garden you want to grow beans, cabbages, onions, tomatoes sunflowers. What will you do in each month of the year? It is in November when we have to plough the land for the first time. The ploughing has to be done deep. November Write a plan for your vegetable garden. Language points research do (some) research on/into sth