1. spring summer autumn winter

2. The wisdom of farmers about the weather and farming is collected in many popular proverbs and passed on from generation to generation. The following proverbs tell you something about the weather in England. Are they true for China? No weather is ill, if the wind be still. No weather is ill, if the wind be still. 风止天气好。 / 风平浪静天气晴朗。 风止天气好。 / 风平浪静天气晴朗。 Yellow sky at sunset, wind in the morrow ( 次日 ). Yellow sky at sunset, wind in the morrow ( 次日 ). 日落黄澄澄，明日刮大风。 日落黄澄澄，明日刮大风。 Rain before seven, clear by eleven. Rain before seven, clear by eleven. 开门雨涟涟，晴朗在午前。 / 早雨不过午。 开门雨涟涟，晴朗在午前。 / 早雨不过午。 Farmer’s proverbs and sayings TIPS

3. April showers bring May flowers. April showers bring May flowers. 四月雨带来五月花。 四月雨带来五月花。 Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves. Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves. 只说不干，无收获。 只说不干，无收获。 The best ground bears weeds as well as flowers. The best ground bears weeds as well as flowers. 有喜必有忧。 有喜必有忧。 Never cackle unless you lay. Never cackle unless you lay. 不下蛋，别乱叫。 不下蛋，别乱叫。 Farmer’s proverbs and sayings TIPS

5. 1. Jia Sixie was the earliest agricultural scientist. 2. The knowledge in Qi Min Yao Shu is not useful for farmers today. 3. Jia Si Xie’s book is a practical guide to farming. 4.Jia Sixie’s book deals with only farming. 5.China was the earliest research center for agriculture. 6.Jia Sixie was born in Gaoyang in Shandong Province. ( T ) ( F ) 2. True or False

6. Farming and gardening (Para.1) About Jia Sixie. (Para.2)About Qi Min Yao Shu (Para.3) About Jia Sixie’s advice

7. Jia Sixie: Time:_________________________ Place:______________________ Spent his time on:_________________ _________________________________ ___________________ the sixth century AD Yidu, Shandong province research into agriculture (collected···, studied···, did···, learnt from···)

8. Qi Min Yao Shu: Time :_______ Includes advice on: ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ both farming and gardening growing green vegetables and fruit trees keeping cows and fish in lakes making wine About:_______________________ 540 AD

9. Jia Sixie’s Advice: 1.do things_______________________ 2.________the soil and_______ it if not good 3.______ rough ground ________ weeds before sowing 4. _______the soil 5.___________the crops in the fields 6. wheat is planted _______________ 7. Grow different plants___________ _______________________ ________ploughing at the right time of the year improve clean remove plough autumn spring change close together next to each other in the same field Examine

10. Discussion: Imagine you have a vegetable garden and you want to grow beans, cabbage,onions, tomatoes and sunflowers. Write a plan for your vegetable garden. What will you do in the following periods of the year? November; March; April; May~September; July~ October

11. It isthat It is in November that we have to plough the land for the first time. The ploughing has to be done deep. November

12. It’s in November that we have to plough the land for the first time.The ploughing has to be done deeply. November : It’s in March that we should remove the weeds and plough the land for the second time.The ploughing has to be done less deeply.Then we clean the rough ground. March : Write a plan for your vegetable garden.

13. It is in this time that we should harvest them. It’s in April that we should sow the seeds. We should remember to grow different plants next to each other. It is in this time that we should irrigate the plants, put fertilizer on the soil and remove weeds regularly. April : May ― September : July ―October :

14. 做某方面的研究：农业入门：土壤条件：年复一年： do research on/into sth A guide to farming the condition of soil year after year 1.She sent money ______________to help the poor. 2.________________ those students come to see the old teacher. They find he grows weaker _________________. year after year Year after year year by year.

16. 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，二 靠袁隆平 ---- 发明了杂交水稻。 毕业后，袁隆平一直从事杂交水稻研究。 经过研究， 他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，受到联合 国教科文组织的称誉。 writing

17. Yuan Longping is known as China ’ s “ father of hybrid rice ”. It ’ s said that in China, people eat depending on “ Two Ping ” ---- Deng Xiaoping, and Yuan Longping, who invented hybrid rice. Yuan Longping has been working on the research into hybrid rice since graduation. Then, 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 and was honored by UNESCO.

18. Cloze text : Agriculture has a long history in China.One of China’s early ___________scientists was Jia Sixie, who lived in the _______________AD. Around _______, he wrote a book ______Qimin Yaoshu, which is about ________ and _________.This book is a _____________to farming. Firstly, as a farmer you should do things at____________ of the year.If the condition of your soil is not good, you should ________it.When you plough the soil, plough_____ the first time and ________the second time.Change the crops in their fields and do not plant rice _____________ in the same field. Jia also said that it is ______to grow different plants _________________in the same field. agricultural 540 AD sixth century called farming gardening practical guide the right time improvedeep less deep year after year good next to each other