Check the exerciseCheck the exercise1. Translation 2. Making the sentences

1. 多亏了你的建议，我按时完成了这项设计。( thanks to )

2. 咱们把房间里的气味除掉吧 . ( rid…of…)3. 听众们都全神集中于他的精彩演讲 . ( focus on)4. 我宁可坐最慢的火车也不愿坐飞机去 . ( would

rather 5. 我们需要的时间而不是钱 . ( rather than )

1. Thanks to your advise, I complete the design on time.2. Let’s rid the house of the smell.3. The audience all focus their attention on his splendid / wonderful

speech.4. I would rather take the slowest train than fly there ( by plane).5. We need time rather than money. / what we need is time rather than

money.

1. 多亏了你的建议，我按时完成了这项设计 (thanks to)

2. 咱们把房间里的气味除掉吧 . ( rid…of…)

3. 听众们都全神集中于他的精彩演讲 . ( focus on)

4. 我宁可坐最慢的火车也不愿坐飞机去 .( would rather

5. 我们需要的时间而不是钱 . ( rather than )

Let’s rid the house of the smell.

Thanks to your advise, I complete the design on time.

The audience all focus their attention on his splendid / wonderful speech.

1.We need time rather than money. / what we need is time rather than money.

I would rather take the slowest train than fly there ( by plane).

2. The doctor devoted all his life to the study of cancer.

3. Only then did I understand what he meant.

4. The child / kid is healthy as well as lively.5. Helping / To help them means helping

yourself.6. The rest of the apple was thrown away.7. It was yesterday that I bought the dress

at a shop nearby.8. The fine / good weather makes it possible

for us to go for an outing next week.

farm

If you were a farmer, how would you work the land and increase the output?

Organic farming?

Organic 有机的 Do you know about organic Do you know about organic

farming?farming?

What does it refer to? What does it refer to?

The term ( 专业术语 ) “organic farming” refers to:

crops growing with natural fertilizers rather than chemical fertilizers.

Natural fertilizer refers to_______________________________ natural waste from animals

Structure of the text

Problem caused by chemical fertilizers

Match the main idea with each para:

Using chemical fertilizers for a long time can hurt the land and also people’s health

Other methods to

keep the soil fertile.

Organic farming is becoming

more popular with some farmers

and many customers after these

discoveries came out.

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

Para 4

Read the passage and answer the following questions.

para1. Why were chemical fertilizers

so popular over the past half

century?

a great way to stop crop disease

and increase production.

2. What problems can be caused by using

chemical fertilizers?1. Damage the land by _____ the _____ _____ and pests as well as the harmful ones.

2. Chemical ___ _____ the ground and underground water, which affect the crops.3. Chemicals in food supply ___ ____ in people’s body, which lead to _____ and _________.4. Food grown with chemical fertilizers look ____, but inside there is usually more water than _____ and _____. There is no much ______.

3. What is organic farming ? What do farmers do to make the soil rich and free from disease? Organic farming means growing crops

without using any chemicals.

1. Make the soil rich in _____ and so more ______.

2. Keep the air, soil, water and crop ____ _____ _____.

Use natural waste.

4. What is the goal for using organic farming methods?

What methods do the farmers use to keep the soil fertile?

1. Use natural waste from animal _____.

2. ____ the kind of crop every few years.

3. Use different _____ of soil.4. Farmers prefer planting _____

between crops.

Why?

How?

Why?

Organic farmers insist on ________ crops every two or three years. By changing crops, these put the minerals back into the soil, making it rich and healthy and _________ to grow crops that need rich and ________ soil . Some organic farmers prefer planting grass _______ crops to ________ wind or water from ______________ the soil. But whatever they grow, they make sure that what is left in the ground after harvest becomes a _______ fertilizer for the next year’s crop.

Organic farming

ready

changing

between preventcarrying away

natural

fertile

Phrases and sentences explanation

1. organic farming2. increase

production3. long—term use4. cause damage

to…5. chemical fertilizer6. stay in7. underground

water8. wash off9. food supply10.build up11.over time12.lead to 13.in addition

1. 有机农业2. 增加产量3. 长期使用4. 造成破坏5. 化肥6. （东西）留在…7. 地下水8. 冲刷走9. 食物供应10.逐步建立，逐渐积聚，增强11.一段时间12.导致13.另外, 加上

1. 转向 ( 求助2. 集中于，聚焦于…3. 使得免受4. 用…方法做…5. 每隔几年6. 把…放回…（地方）7. 根扎得深…8. 带走 , 冲走

1. turn to2. focus on3. keep…free from4. use methods to do…5. every few years6. put …back into / to…7. put down deep roots8. carry away

build up Traffic on this road is building up.He has built up a good business over

years. lead to His mistakes led to his failure.This road leads to the railway station.

focus on

Please focus your mind on the following

problem.

All eyes were focused on him.

Para 1~21. Over the past half century, using

chemical fertilizer has become very common in farming.

2. What are some of the problems caused by chemical fertilizers?

3. In addition, fruit, vegetables and other food grown with chemical fertilizer usually grow too fast to be full of much nutrition.

Para 4:1. Crops such as peas or soybeans put

important minerals back into the soil, making it ready for crops such as wheat or corn that need rich and fertile soil.

2. Organic farmers also plant crops to use different levels of soil, for example, planting peanuts that use the ground’s surface followed by vegetables that put down deep roots.

3. Some organic farmers prefer planting grass between crops to prevent wind or water from carrying away the soil, and then leaving it in the ground to become a natural fertilizer for the next year’s crop.

Exercises in Exercises in classclass

______ industrial and agricultural products can increase country’s income.A. Expanding B. ExportingC. Buying D. Introducing______ chemistry, the girl would take up biology at university.A. Other than learningB. Rather than learnC. Instead of learningD. Except learning

Don’t ______ Australia with Austria. They are two different countries. A.Confuse B. supplyC. Deal D. keep I’d rather have a room of my own, however small it is, than _____ a room with some else.A.share B. to shareC. sharing D. to have shared

---- He will come tomorrow.---- But I’d rather he ____ the day after tomorrow.A.will come B. is comingC. came D. had come

The old professor preferred ____ a lecture rather than ____ among the audience.A.giving ; listeningB.to give; listenC.to give; listeningD.give; listen

Homework 1. Collect some information about the

safety and importance of green food.

2. Suppose you’re a “green” farmer,

design a post to advertise your

product.