人教版高一英语Unit19-Modern-Agriculture(Reading)

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The use of machines, the use of chemical fertilisers, the use of insect killers, the use of the greenhouses, the use of GM technique ,etc.
Step 2:Listening
Small scale Large scale
Natural fertiliser
Chemical fertilizer
[ˈfɜːtəlaɪzə(r)]
Plough with animals
[plaʊ]
[ˈtræktə(r)]
A tractor
[ˈbærən]贫瘠的
Dry and barren land
4. GM is a new technique that can make a plant quite different from
what it used to be, bigger and healthier and with no diseases, but
it takes longer time to grow. F
2.What is important for future agriculture? What should future agriculture depend on?
3.What does “which”refer to in the last two lines?
1.When was more advanced technical
instead of earth
3. Modern agriculture means finding ways to ____. A. increase irrigation and stop using fertilisers B. stop irrigation and using fertilisers C. increase production and be friendly to the
scientists grow vegetables in greenhouses. Para.5----Another technique tries to create plants that produce more and bigger fruit. Para.6----The tomota is one of nearly 4,500 different
1.What is the theme of the text? Modern agriculture.
Step 3:Fast reading
Read the passage and then answer some questions.
1.When was more advanced technical information brought in from abroad?
environment D. produce the same amount while taking better care of
nature
4. In the sentence “…they are protected from the wind, rain and insects”, “they” means _____.
D. because the other land cannot be used for agriculture.
2. Fertilisation is a technique that is used to _____. A. make poor soil better B. make wet land drier C. Make dry land wetter D. Grow vegetables with their roots in water
A greenhouse
2.What other changes have happened on farms in the last 100 years?
Over the past 100 years there have been some change on farms and in agriculture:
without harming the environment since the early 1990s. T
3. Traditional methods of farming have no advantages so they won’t
be used in future agriculture. F
information brought in from abroad? In the 1980s.
2.What is important for future agriculture?
What should future agriculture depend on?
Both food production and taking care of the environment are important.And future agriculture should depend on high technology as well as traditional methods.
Modern agriculture
Pre-reading Reading Post-reading
Step 1:Pre-reading
Discuss the following questions with you partner. 1、Look at the pictures and compare traditional and modern farming.
A. because farmers don’t need more land to produce food for the whole population
B. because China needs more and more land to build cities
C. because there are not enough farmers to work on the land
farmers take care of the environment
Step 5:Discusion
▲What are the advantages and disadvantages of each way ? Traditional farming
Advantages: natural fertilisers are free;the soil is not polluted. Disadvantages:if the weather conditions are bad,the farmers will loose the crops ;the food production is low.
Para.1---- For thousands of years traditional
agriculture in China did not change very much. Para.2---- Over time, many farming techniques have been modernised. Para.3----Not only is food production important but also taking care of the environment. Para.4----Using the latest technologies, Chinese
Disadvantages:the machines and chemical fertilisers are not cheap;the air,the water and the soil is more or less polluted.
Thank you! Good bye everyone!
Modern farming
Advantages:weather conditions are controlled;the advanced technology and machines are used;use chemical fertilisers and greenhouses improve the production.
5. The GM technique can only be used on plants, but not on animals
at the present time. F
Ⅲ Choose the best answers.
1. In china only seven percent of the land is used for farming. This is ______.
2、What other changes have happened on farms in the last 100 years?
1、Look at the pictures and compare traditional and modern farming.
The old way of doing farmwork The new way of doing farmwork
plants that are genetically modified.
Ⅱ. Do the true or false questions:
1.No advanced technical information was brought in from abroad
after 1980. F
2.Scientists have always tried to increase farming production
A. greenhouses B. roots C. vegetables D. tomatoes
5. In GM “M” stands for “modified”, which means “changed”. What changes is ____.
A. the way in which poor soil is made better B. the way in which Chinese farmers work on their land C. the way in which crops develop from seed D. the way in which
3.What does “which”refer to in the last two
lines? GM eading
Ⅰ.Read the text carefully, then find out the top
sentence of each paragraph.
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