高中一年级英语Integrating Skills 课件.pptVIP

Who is the man in the picture? He’s Jia Sixie. What do you know about him? Jia Sixie, author of China’s first agricultural encyclopedia (百科全书), was one of the leading agronomists in Chinese history. In the late years of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), he wrote Qimin Yaoshu (Essential Skills for the Common People). It is the earliest and most complete agricultural encyclopedia still in existence in China. Reading What advice does Jia Sixie give farmers? 1. Farmers should do things at the right time of the year. 2. Farmers should examine the soil carefully. 3. If the conditions of the s