话题agriculture高级第1部分我们来学一些新单词吧.pdfVIP

Let’s learn some new words. Grain the seeds of crops such as corn, wheat, or rice Fertilizer It can be put on the soil so that nts can grow Fertile soil nts can grow much better in fertile soil. Poor soil Poor soil keeps many farmers from growing good crops. Pasture land Our livestock can grow fast on this pasture land. Cattle farm Have you ever visited a cattle farm? Countryside Have you ever lived in the countryside for a long time? Exercise Use the words below to complete the sentences. Fertilizer Cattle farm Countryside Grain Poor soil My grandpa takes good care of the animals in his . Are there many people moving from the to the city? If you want a good harvest, you need enough for the soil. Corn is America’s most important . The farmers worked so hard for nothing because of the Listen to the words and repeat them. Which have the /a/ or / ə / sound? Pasture Fertilizer Farm Poor Farmer PART 2 SPEAKING Answer the questions 1. Do you like eating meat? 2. Where does milk come from? 3. Do you want to work in a farm in the future? 4. Do you think farming is important for a country? 5. What are the differences between the city and the countryside. 6. How to produce more food for the growing population of the world? PART 3 READING A farm is always a busy ce. One of the busiest things is when the farmer is getting land ready to grow nts. If the farmer is going to grow wheat, he has to turn the ground over first. The farmer drives up and down the paddock on a tractor. When the ground is ready, the farmer sows the seeds. He does this with a mach hat the tractor pulls along. Now, one farm and one machine can do as much a day as twenty sed to