young plants

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young plants
seedlings
sprout vi/vt.
soil
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blossom vi.
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What are farmers busy doing?
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plough
ploughing
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sowing
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weeding
harvesting
fertilize
fertilizing/ fertilising
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The life of farmer a lot of work to do
ploughing, sowing, weeding, harvesting,
fertilizing
busy.
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Little Seedsby Else Holmelund MinarikLittle
seeds we sow in springgrowing while the robins(a
kind of bird) sing,give us carrots, peas and
beans,tomatoes, pumpkins, squash and greens.And
we pick them,one and all,through the
summer,through the fall,Winter comes, then
spring, and thenlittle seeds we sow again.
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As a man sows, so he shall reap. ????,?????
Farmers' proverbs and sayings
A snow year, a rich year. ?????
No root, no fruit. ??????
A single flower does not make a
spring. ???????,????????
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Red sky at nightShepherds delight.Red sky in
the morningShepherds warning.
This means that if the sky is red in the evening,
the weather will be fine the next day, but if it
is red in the early morning, the weather may turn
bad.
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Agricultural scientist
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Unit19 Farming and Gardening
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Skimming
Read the passage quickly and find the main idea
of each paragraph.
Para.1 Para.2 Para.3
About Jia Sixie
About Qimin Yaoshu
About his advice
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How much do you know about Jia Sixie?
1. Where was Jia Sixie born and when did he live?
Yidu, Shandong Province
in the sixth century AD
2.How did he spend his time?
spend ones time (in) doing research into.
He collected information, studied it, did
experiments and learnt from the experience from
farmers.
3.Which book did he write ?
The book he wrote is called
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A quick look about Qimin Yaoshu
farming
It is about both _______ and __________. It
________ advice on the following subjects
gardening
includes
growing green vegetables keeping cows, sheep
keeping fishes in lakes how to make wine
value
It is of great ________
It is a ______ _______ to farming.
practical guide
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3. About Jia Sixies advice
Do things at the right time of the year.
Improve the soil if not good.
Clean ground before sowing or planting crops and
remove weeds.
autumn ploughing
Plough the soil
spring ploughing
Change the crops in the field.
Plant wheat close together.
Grow plants next to each other in the same
field.
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Jias advice on wheat planting
Other scientists said that wheat should be
planted with space between the plants, but Jia
did experiments and showed that planting wheat
close together is better.
What can we learn from the sentence?
wheat
planting wheat close together
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a farmer
a scientist
a farming pioneer
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Summary
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• Do things at the right time of the year.
• Let sheep or cows walk on the land.
• Plough deeply the first time and less deeply the
  second time.
• Change the crops in your fields.
• Grow different crops next to each other in the
  same field.

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Farming Calendar
April
March
May--September
October
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March

• It is in March that we should remove the weed.
  Plough the land for the second time. The
  ploughing has to be done less deeply. Then we
  clean the rough ground.

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April

• Its in April that we should sow seeds. We should
  remember to grow different plants next to each
  other.

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From May to September

• It is in this time that we should water the
  plants. Put fertilizer on the soil and remove
  weeds regularly.

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October

• It is in this time that we should harvest them.

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November

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

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Group work

• Youve just received a letter from your
  best friend Mary. Right now shes planning to
  grow a vegetable garden but she has no idea so
  she is asking for your help. Write her a letter
  and make decisions on the following
• What she should grow and why
• How she can grow it
• What to do at different time of the year

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SEFC Unit 24 Science of farming Lesson94 A
Farming Pioneer

• Step 1 Lead-in
• Its spring now. Farmers are very busy.
• What are they busy doing?
• 2) Is farming very important in China?
• China is a country of agriculture. Actually
  it is one of the first
• few countries in the world to study the
  science of farming.
• What are the others?
• 3) But before people started farming, the living
  conditions were
• very bad. As we know, everyone needs
  something to eat.
• What did they live on?
• 4) As time went on, they developed farming. How
  did they make
• a living then?

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5) It was really a great step in agriculture. Do
you think what they planted was always
enough to feed themselves? How to solve the
problem of hunger? collect wild fruits
plant crops increase the production catch
wild animals keep animals do research into
agriculture (6) In Chinese history, there
occurred some persons who spent time on
agriculture and did something of great importance
to China. Can you name some of them and
introduce them?
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Step2 Brainstorming What have you already known
about Jia Sixie?
Step3 Predicting Which (of the following) do you
think will be mentioned in the passage?
Step4 Scanning Read the title and the first
sentence of each paragraph to find out what is
the main idea of each paragraph.
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Step5 Careful reading P1 China was one of the
first countries in the world to study the
science of farming. How earlier may China
begin to study the science of farming than
some other countries in the world? Are you
proud of that? Why (not)? P2 a great farmer in
Chinese history Was he born in a rich
family? Why do you think he spent his time
on research into agriculture after his
retirement from the government? P3 ways of
keeping seeds Do we use the same way as Jia
Sixie advised to keep seeds nowadays? Any
differences?
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P4 how to improve soil conditions Any other
ways can you think of to add to improve the
soil conditions? P5 The book Jia Sixie wrote is
called Qi Ming Yao Shu. Why is the book
called Qi Min Yao Shu? How long did he
spend on the book? Do you think it is a
long time? P6 The book was considered to be an
important summary of the knowledge of
farming. Is the book still of any use
today? Why (not)?
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Step6 Further Thinking 1 What would you rather
call Jia Sixie? a farmer, an official, a
researcher, an agriculturist, a writer or
a pioneer? 2 What kind of characters does he
have? 3 We know now agriculture has developed
from primitive farming to modern agriculture.
Can you imagine what farming will be like in
the future?
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Farmers proverbs sayings
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 sth about the weather
in England. Are they true for China?
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.
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Read and answer
1. What advice did Qiminyaoshu include? 2. What
should you firstly do as a farmer? 3. What must
be done before sowing or planting crops?
4. Why did Jia Sixie let sheep or cows walk
on the land? 5. What should we do if we want to
reach the best harvest? 6. Should wheat
planted close together or with space?
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at the correct time  
examine the soilcarefully
conditionnot good, improve
before sowing or planting crops
clean .. remove the weeds
sheep or cows
be ploughed
plough deepplough less deep
autumndeeper than the spring ploughing
Dont plant the same crop year after year..
grow different plants next to each other