3. Discussion 1 1 What kind of food did people eat for their meals in the past & at present( time ? 2 What can we learn from the differences between the food in the past & at present time? Peoples eating habits are changing over the years. Why do you think this happen?

4. Growth of major farm products1991-95 compared with 1986-90 percentages.

5. Q 1. In ancient times, how did farmers get and use their fields? ( ) A.They burnt a part of a forest and used this land for one or two years then moved around the country. B.They worked on the arable land and never moved. C.They worked on the arable land and sometimes moved around the country. A

6. Q 2. If many forests are destroyed, what environmental problems will happen? droughtsfloods Trees are cut down. Forests are burnt. environmental protection

7. Q 3.Suppose you are a farmer now, you have fields around lakes which are too wet,how will you make good use of the fields? too wet to grow crops

8. ( ) history of farming ( ) protection of nature ( ) environmental problems ( ) farmers in America ( ) farmers in China ( ) trees ( ) fishing ( ) pigs ( ) dikes 1 Listen to the tape. The passage you hear talks about

9. 2 Which of the following sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)? 1 In early times farmers in China moved around and burnt forests. ( ) 2 All farmers in South America burn forests to create farmland. ( ) 3 Floods and droughts are disasters that farmers cannot stop. ( ) 4 Some of the land in China is too wet to grow crops.( ) 5 Fish farmers damage nature. ( ) T F F T F dont damage nature. Some can

10. 3 Listen to the tape and complete the sentences by using your own words. When farming goes against nature, __________ problems are the result. The earliest farmers _______ nature. Their way of agriculture led to ______ and _______.It is an old truth that ______ should not ________ nature. The land that Tan and Xiao Zao bought was too ____and could not be used for ___________________ __. instead they changed the fields into ______.On their farm they kept _________________ and grew ________. environmenta l destroyed floods droughts farming go against wet farming / growing crops fishponds fish / ducks / chickens fruit trees

11. 1. over.. … 1. over.. … Will you be at home over Christmas? Will you be at home over Christmas? Over the years he has become lazier and lazier. Over the years he has become lazier and lazier.

12. 2. What do you think causes these changes? do you think believe, consider, suppose, imagine, guess, suggest do you think believe, consider, suppose, imagine, guess, suggest What can you guess made us so worried?. Where did they suggest we should go during the summer holidays?

13. Exercises 1. They ____ chickens, cattle and crops as well on the farm. A. raise B. feed C. keep D. bring up 2. My brother stayed at home studying English _____ going to the cinema. A. instead B. instead of C. without D didn't 3. The accident was my fault, so I had to pay for the damage ______ the other car. A. of B. at C. to D. on A B C

14. 4. cattle cows,bulls,oxen 4. cattle cows,bulls,oxen The cattle are in the shed. five cattle, these cattle 5. play 5. play play a part( role ) in …, play a part( role ) in …, 6. prepare sth …. prepare for sth … prepare for sth …

15. steamed bread of corn

16. Summary raise/ feed too…to… lead to change…into… make a decision a reason why …is that… a waste of time make good money do what is best for everybody take notes of

18. Useful expressions In my opinion you should… If I were you… As far as I can see the best thing would be to… Wouldnt it be better if…? I think he is right… We have to make a choice… We cant do both, so… The other idea sounds better to me…

19. Workbook Page 107 1.What is Helens job? 2.What do you think she is going to do? 3.What would she be doing every day in her job? She is (probably) a fishwoman. I think she is going to open the boxes and feed the fish. Or: I think she is on her way to the market to sell the fish. The first thing to do is to go out in the boat and see if anything is caught in the nets. Next, you have to bring in the fish and throw out the nets for the next catch. Then, the fish must be brought to land. The fish should be kept in big boxes full of water, so they dont die.

20. 1. We feed the _____________________________. 2. We ___________________________________ the tanks( ). 3. We get __________ out of the best of the ______________. 4. When the ________ are big enough, we put them in ______ in the sea. 5. When the ________ have grown to the right size, we ________ them, freeze them or_______ them. 6. We take them by truck to the nearest _________. fish twice a day produce our own fish from eggs in the eggs large fish fish cages fish harvest smoke market

21. 1.Why do they have to tie the cages to the rocks on the bottom of the sea? 2.Why do they smoke or freeze all the fish? 3. Why do they burn their own wood? 4. Why do they smoke their fish themselves? The cages have to be tied to the bottom of the sea because it is windy. Because the fish farm is a long way from the nearest market. Because in that way they get a good strong smoke. Because they get higher prices for smoked fish.

22. Listening text Hello, my names Helen and I live on the west coast of Canada. I work on a fish farm. Right now Im feeding the fish, which are kept in cages inthe sea. The cages are tied to the rocks on the bottom of the sea. It can get very windy here.Twice a day I put the fish food in theboat and go out to the cages. The fish are always hungry! When the fish have grown to the right size, we pull the cages out of the water. The fish are killed and cleaned. Our fish farm is a long way from the nearest market. So we either freeze the fish or smoke them. We dont salt any fish here. Some fish farms do, but we dont.

23. Three of us work here and theres always a lot to do. Inside that building over there we have tanks for the young fish. We produce all our own fish from eggs. The fish start to grow in fresh water. Then, when they are bigger they go into the sea, which is salty, of course. Theres always a lot of work to do: feeding the fish, cleaning the tanks, getting eggs out of the best of the large fish, harvesting the fish, cleaning them and smoking them. We burn our own wood and that way we get a very good strong smoke. Its more work, but we get higher prices for our smoked fish.