人教修订版 高中一年级 ( 下 ) Unit 19

Unit 19 Modern agriculture

1 warming up spring summer autumn winter

2 Pre reading 1 What can you see in the picture? 2 What do you know about Jia Sixie?

3 While reading 1) Fast reading Why do we consider Jia Sixie as an agriculture scientist? 2) Careful reading The life of farmer is busy. Each month there is a lot of work to do: ploughing, sowing, weeding, harvesting, fertilising and so on. What advice does Jia Sixie give farmers? Because he spent his time on research into agriculture & wrote a book called Qimin Yaoshu, which is about both farming & gardening.

Advice On time of farming at the correct time … On soil On ploughing On changing crops On plants in the same field go against … at the wrong time to grow different plants next to each other the best harvest is reached examine the soil … carefully condition … not good, … improve … before sowing & planting crops … clean & remove the weeds sheep or cows land should be ploughed plough deep … plough less deep autumn … deeper than spring ploughing

1 Farmers’ proverbs & sayings The wisdom of farmers about the weather & farming is collected in many popular proverbs & passed on from generation to generation. The following proverbs tell you sth. About the weather din England. Are they true for China? 4 Post reading 1 No weather is ill, if the wind be still. 2 Yellow sky at sunset, wind in the morrow. 3 Rain before seven, clear by eleven. 4 April showers bring May flowers. 5 Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves. 6 The best ground bears weeds as well as flowers. 7 Never cackle unless you lay.

2 Imagine you have a vegetable garden & you want to grow beans, cabbages, onions, tomatoes & sunflowers. What will you do in each month of the year? 4 Post reading It is in November when we have to plough the land for the first time. The ploughing has to be done deep. November Write a plan for your vegetable garden.

袁隆平被誉为中国的 “ 杂交水稻之父 ”. 中国农民说， 吃饭靠 “ 两平 ” ，一靠邓小平 ---- 制定了生产承包责任制 的政策，二靠袁隆平 ---- 发明了杂交稻。 袁隆平，男，１９３０年９月出生于北京，１９ ５３年毕业于西南农学院农学系。毕业后，一直从事 农业教育及杂交水稻研究。 在中国人民正闹饥荒的 20 世纪 60 年代，袁隆平提 出了杂交水稻的概念，这种新型水稻具有高产量的特 点。 10 年后，他研制成功了一种产量比一般水稻高出 20% 的新型水稻。 袁隆平一生献身于农业研究，先后受到联合国教 科文组织、粮农组织的称誉。袁隆平虽已年届７０岁， 仍然一如既往地从事农业研究。 袁隆平人物简历 writing hybrid rice; System of Production Responsibility; institute; suffer the famine; Yield; UNESCO, FAO.

Possible version: Yuan Longping is known as China ’ s “ father of hybrid rice ”. It ’ s said that in China, we eat depending on “ Two Ping ” ---- Deng Xiaoping, who made the policy of System of Production Responsibility, & Yuan Longping, who invented hybrid rice. Yuan Longping, who was born in September, 1930, graduated from Agriculture Department in Southwest Agricultural Institute. He has been working on agriculture education & the research into hybrid rice since he left the institute. In the 1960s, when China was suffering serious famine, he came up with the idea of hybrid rice, which has a high yield. Ten years later, he succeeded in inventing a new species that produced a 20 percent higher yield than common types of rice. Yuan devoted himself to the research into agriculture, & was honored by UNESCO & FAO. Although he is 70 years old, he is still working on the research into agriculture.

Homework: Write a passage introducing Yuan Longping. Consult the websites: 子部 - 魏晋天下 / 子部 - 魏晋天下 / 齐民要术