Helpme,helpyou,helpeveryone.ReturnGREENtotheearth!Unit2WorkingthelandClass13&Class14SeniorOneGuangdongZhaoqingMiddleSchoolMr.PaulZengDailygreetings1.Haveyouevergoneshoppingforvegetables?2.Howdoyoudealwiththembeforeeatingthem?3.Whydoyouhavetodoso?4.Canyousayanythingaboutgreenfood?Whatisthesubstanceweputonthesoilwhichmakescropsgrow?Itisfertilizer.Howmanykindsoffertilizersdofarmersuse?Therearetwokinds.Theyarechemicalfertilizersandnaturalones.Whichkinddofarmersusewhentheyaredoingorganicfarming?Doyouknowaboutorganicfarming?ORGANICFARMINGOrganicfarmingissimplyfarmingwithoutusinganychemicals.Skimthepassagetofindthemainideaofthepassage.Writeitdowninyourownwords.MainideaofthepassageChemicalfertilizerscancausemanyproblems,soorganicfarmingisbecomingmorepopular.Underlineandrewordtopicsentences•Findandunderlinethetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.Rewriteeachtopicsentence,usingyourownwords.Donotcopyfromthepassage!ParagraphOneRecently,however,scientistshavebeenfindingthatlong-termuseofthesefertilizerscancausedamagetothelandand,evenmoredangerous,topeople’shealth.Inrecentdays,scientistshavediscoveredthatusingchemicalfertilizersforalongtimecanharmthelandandalsopeople’shealth.ParagraphTwoWhataresomeoftheproblemscausedbychemicalfertilizers?Thereareseveralproblemscausedbychemicalfertilizers.ParagraphThreeWiththesediscoveries,somefarmersandmanycustomersarebeginningtoturntoorganicfarming.Organicfarmingisbecomingmorepopularwithsomefarmersandmanycustomersafterdiscoveriescameout.ParagraphFourOrganicfarmersalsousemanyothermethodstokeepthesoilfertile.Therearemanyotherorganicfarmingmethodsformakingthelandhealthyandproductive.Writethesummary.•Firststatethemainideaofthepassageandthenthetopicscoveredbyeachparagraph.Remembertouseyourownwords!•Words:30~100•30isOK.Swapsummaries•Swapsummarieswithyourpartnersandgiveeachothercomments(评价).Checkyourpartner’ssummaryforthemainideaandtopicsentences.Showyoursummarytothewholeclass.SUMMARYforreferenceScientistshaverecentlydiscoveredusingchemicalfertilizersforalongtimecanharmthelandandalsopeople’shealth.Chemicalfertilizerscausesomeproblems.Theyharmtheland,stayinthewaterforalongtimeandgetintopeople’sbodiesthroughtheirfood.Withthesediscoveries,organicfarmingisbecomingmorepopularwithfarmersandmanycustomers.Organicfarmingusesnochemicals.Therearemanyorganicfarmingmethodsformakingthelandhealthyandproductive.Allofthesemethodstrytoproducegoodfoodandtokeeptheenvironmentandpeoplehealthy.(93words)SUMMARYforreferenceInrecentyears,scientistshavediscoveredseveralproblemscausedbychemicalfertilizers,whileorganicfarming,whichcanmakethelandhealthyandproductive,isbecomingmorepopular.(27words)Readthepassageandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whyarechemicalfertilizerssopopularinfarmingtoday?2.Whatproblemscanbecausedbyusingchemicalfertilizers?3.Whatisorganicfarming?4.Whatisthemainreasonforusingorganicfarmingmethods?1.Whyarechemicalfertilizerssopopularinfarmingtoday?Answerthefollowingquestions.Theyareagreatwaytostopcropdiseaseandincreaseproduction.2.Whatproblemscanbecausedbyusingchemicalfertilizers?Theycandamagethelandbykillinghelpfulbacteriaandpestsandbystayinginthegroundandundergroundwaterforalongtime.Theydamagepeople’shealthbybuildingupintheirbodiesandleadingtocancerorotherillnesses.3.Whatisorganicfarming?Organicfarmingmeansgrowingcropswithoutusinganychemicals.4.Whatisthemainreasonforusingorganicfarmingmethods?Themainreasonforusingorganicfarmingmethodsistogrowgoodfoodandtoavoiddamagingtheenvironmentorpeople’shealth.•ListentothetextandchooseTrueorFalseforthefollowingstatements.TrueorFalseTrueorFalse•1.Toavoiddamagingtheenvironmentisoneofthemainreasonsforusingorganicfarmingmethods.•2.Toincreaseproductionisthemainreasonforusingorganicfarmingmethods.•3.Organicfarmingmeansgrowingcropswithoutusinganychemicals.•4.Chemicalfertilizerscanonlyhurtpeople’shealth.•5.Therewillbemoreorganicfarmersinthefuture.TFTFTOralTranslationTranslatethefollowingintoEnglishwordsandexpressions.Payattentiontothosethatyouarenotsureof.•1饥荒•2烦人的•3十年•4努力•5除去•6感到满意•7因此•8集中•9战斗•10统计数字•11扩大••23矿物质•24发现•25有机耕作•26使……免受•27多亏•28高产量•29交流•30使具备装备•31国籍•32职业12减少13导致14庄稼15产量16宁愿17化学肥料18细菌19害虫20残留在21积累22营养•1饥荒•2烦人的•3十年•4努力•5除去•6感到满意•7因此•8集中•9战斗•10统计数字•11扩大••1hunger•2disturbing•3decade•4struggle•5rid…of…•6besatisfiedwith•7therefore•8focuson•9battle•10statistic•11expand•12减少13导致14庄稼15产量16宁愿17化学肥料18细菌19害虫20残留在21积累22营养12reduce13leadto14crop15production16wouldrather17chemicalfertilizer18bacterium,bacteria19pest20stayin21buildup22nutrition•23矿物质•24发现•25有机耕作•26使……免受•27多亏•28高产量•29交流•30具备•31国籍•32职业•23mineral•24discovery•25organicfarming•26keep…freefrom•27thanksto•28highoutput•29circulate•30equipwith•31nationality•32occupationTranslatethefollowingpassageintoEnglish.•在过去的几十年里,饥荒一直是一个令人烦恼的问题,尽管人类一直努力除去它,但我们仍然不能对这种情况感到满意,因此,我们必须把更多精力集中在这场战斗中。•统计数字表明沙漠正在扩大,耕种面积正在减少,导致了庄稼的产量降低。•出现这种情况的另一个原因是农民宁愿用既能杀死有害细菌和害虫也能杀死有益细菌和益虫的化学肥料。化学物质残留在食物和水果中,后来便在人体中慢慢积累。另外,水果长得太快,而营养和矿物质不足。由于这些发现,能使土壤免受化学污染的有机耕作现在很受欢迎。多亏了袁隆平教授,他的超级杂交水稻带来了高产量。这使得在同一块地上多产三分之一的农作物。现在他正在许多国家交流他的知识。•只要具备了这些知识,不管你的国籍和职业是什么,你最好多加关注这些问题。•