Unit 24 The science of farmingLesson 94

Teaching Aims: 1.Have the students learn and master the new

words. 2.Train students’ listening ability by listening

and answer some questions. 3.Master the usage of “be made of ,be made

from”.

Teaching important point and difficult

1.Train students’ listening ability by listening and answer some questions.

2.Master the usage of “be made of ,be made from”.

Teaching Methods

1.Pair work make every students take part in the activities.

2.Listen some materials to improve the students’ ability.

Who is he?

“齐民要术”

New words Farming n. 　　　 　 农事 Develop vt. 　　 　 发展，开发 Experience n 　　 经验，经历 Keep kept kept vt . 培育 Seed-head 　 n. 　　　 种子穗 Knock out of 　　　 从．．．中敲出 Condition 　　 n. 　　 　条件，状况 Rough 　 adj. 　　　 粗糙的　 Point out 指出 Weed 　　 n. 　　　　　 野草，杂草 Turn over 　　　　　 翻动，耕翻（土地） Gardening 　 n. 　　　 　园艺学 Go against 　　　　　 反对，不利于 Plough 　　 n. 　　　　 　耕，犁 Year after year 　　　　 年年，每年 Agree to do sth. 　　　　同意做某事 Now and then 　　　　 有时，不时的 Give a talk 　　　　　 做报告，做演讲

Questions

1.Where was Jia Sixie born ?

2.What advice did he give about ploughing the field?

Answers

1.Born in YIdu ,Shandong province

2.He said when you plough the soil ,plough deeply the first time and less deeply the second time, and the autumn ploughing should

Questions

1:What advice did Qi Min Yao Shu include?

2: What should you do first as a farmer? 3:What must be done before sowing or

planting crops? 4:What should you do if you want to reach

the best harvest ?

Answers:

1.I includes the following advice: growing green vegetables and fruit tress, keeping cows ,sheep and fish in lakes. There are also instruction for making wine.

2.Fristly as a farmer ,you should remember to do things at the right time of the year. If so ,your work will be less and the result will be better.

3.Before you sow or plant crops, you must clean rough ground and remove weeds.

4.If you want to reach the best harvest, you should change the crops in your fields . For example, if you plant rice in a field one year and wheat in the field the next year, you will harvest good crops. That is to say, do not plant the same crops year after year in the same field.

Note to the next

A. Jia Sixie was an important agricultural pioneer of the Northern Wei Dynasty(386~534AD)

B. spent his time on research into agriculture : spend time on something/doing something

C. go against nature=do things that are the opposite of the nature way

D. Do things at the wrong time of year=do things at a time of year when the weather conditions are un suitable

E. Year after year =every year

Farming and gardening

1.about Jia Sixie(1) 2.QI MIN Yao Shu(2) 3.Jia SIxie’ advice(3)

Homework

1.read the text again. 2.do the exercise.

Thank You ! Bye-bye