1. integrating skills 1 & writing
Unit 19 Modern agriculture
integrating skills 1 & writing

2. 1 warming up
summer
spring
winter
autumn

3. 2 Pre reading 1 What can you see in the stamp?
2 What do you know about Jia Sixie?

4. about Jia Sixie about Qi Min Yao Shu about Jia Sixie’s advice topic
What’s talked about?
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
the time when he lived;
his birthplace;how he did his
research into agriculture
about
Jia Sixie
about
Qi Min
Yao Shu
growing green vegetables and
fruit trees; keeping cows,sheep
and fish; making wine
do things at the right time; clean
ground before sowing; improve
the soil if not good; remove weeds;
plough the soil;change crops
in the same field;plant wheat
close together; grow plants next
to each other
about
Jia Sixie’s
advice

5. Yidu, Shandong Province; In Northern Wei Dynasty
Read the passage and answer:
1. Where was Jia Sixie born and when did he live?
Yidu, Shandong Province; In Northern
Wei Dynasty

6. 1.Growing green vegetables and fruit trees, keeping
1. What advice did Qiminyaoshu include?
1.Growing green vegetables and fruit trees, keeping
cows,sheep and fish in lakes. There are also
instructions for making wine.
2. What should you do as a farmer?
2. Do the things at the right time of the year.
3. What must be done before sowing or
planting crops?
3. Clean rough ground and remove weeds.

7. 4. Why did Jia Sixie let sheep or cows walk
on the land?
4. Because they would destroy or eat the weeds.
5. What should we do if we want reach the
best harvest?
5. Change the crops in your fields/ Do not plant the
same crop year after year in the same field.
6. Should wheat planted close together
or with space?
6. Jia Sixie did experiment to show that wheat
should be planted together instead of with space.

8. When you plough the soil, plough deeply the
7. What advice did Jia Sixie give about ploughing
the field?
When you plough the soil, plough deeply the
first time and less deeply the second time,
and the autumn ploughing should be deeper
than the spring ploughing.

9. Language points Rough 1.This paper feels rough. 粗糙
2.You cant believe such a fine figure was drawn with such rough hands 粗糙
3.There was a rough wind last night.
狂暴的
4.She had a rough crossing to France .
不平静的
5.He is rough with her.
粗鲁的
6. I have a rough idea where it is .
粗略的
Rough adj. 表面不平的;不光滑;(指气候,海面或航行)狂暴的;不平静;(人或行为)粗鲁的,粗暴的;无礼的;(计划,计算)粗略的

10. 在比较级中,表示否定的:
less +形容词/副词原级+ than
not + 比较级 + than
not + so /as + 原级+ as
这些花看起来不如昨天美丽.
The flowers look less nice than yesterday.
The flowers don’t look nicer than yesterday.
The flowers don’t look as/ so nice as yesterday.

11. Group work Work in groups of four and find any
farmers’ proverbs and sayings in China
or in the place where you live. Try to
explain them in English.

12. Homework 1. Read the passage again and find any
language points you think difficult.
2. Try to translate the Chinese farmers’
proverbs and sayings into English.
References:
Senior English for China Student’s and Teacher’s Books1B