《农业科技英语》Unit 7 Agricultural Mechanization.pptx

Unit 7 Agricultural MechaniazationUnit 7 Agricultural MechaniazationOverview Text AText B Warm-upWarm-upLeading inLeading in Cultural notesCultural notesText studyText studyUnit 7 Agricultural Mechaniazation Overview The history of agriculture contains many examples of tool use, but only in recent time has the high rate of machine use been at such a level. The effect of mechanization on farm productivity and society is profound. With the aid of such devices as drones, robots, tractors, etc., a single farmer in a farm today can produce enough food to feed over a thousand people. Technology is changing the way that humans operate the farm machines. Computer monitoring systems, GPS maps, locators, electronic sensors, and self-steer programs allow the most advanced farm machines to be more precise and less wasteful in the use of fuel, seed, or fertilizer. As both big farms in the U.S. and the smallest ones in India are mechanizing, fewer and fewer farm workers will be needed in most of the countries across the globe.Text A Robots to Revolutionize Farming, Ease Labor WoesWarm-up Questions1. Do you like to have a robot? Why? If I have a robot, I want him to do many things and alleviate the burden on people so that people can relax and will not be tired. I can make it help me fulfill learning tasks or assignments, to help me do housework, to sweep and mop the floor, to cook and wash dishes. I want it to help more people. Text A Robots to Revolutionize Farming, Ease Labor WoesWarm-up Questions2. What types of robots have you ever seen or heard about?Robots that can play football, play chess, work in a car manufacturing factory, remove possibly dangerous package from a street, pack products, etc.Text A Robots to Revolutionize Farming, Ease Labor WoesWarm-up Activities3. Listen to the passage and answer the following questions. 1) What is the robot for? 2) What does the farm owner need to do when the robot is working? It milks the cows.He inspects the progress of the