Unit2WorkingthelandUsingLanguageLearningaims1.Totalkaboutorganicfarming&greenfood.2.Tolearnsomekeylanguagepoints.3.Topractisetheskillsofreading,listening,speakingandwriting.*grownin______air*freeofp_______*_______nutrition*do_____topeople’shealthandthee___________cleanollutionrichingoodnvironmentHowdoyouunderstandgreenfood?Leading-insafefood

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.organicfarmingtask1Findoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.task2FastreadingC.Whatisorganicfarming?D.Someproblemscausedbyusingchemicalfertilizers.Theadvantagesoforganicfarming.B.Somemethodsofkeepingthesoilfertile.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Matchthemainideaforeachparagraph.Theyareagreatwaytostopcropdiseaseandincreaseproduction.1.Whyarechemicalfertilizerssopopularinfarmingtoday?

CarefulreadingReadthepassageandanswerthefollowingquestions.First：Theycandamagethelandbykillingthehelpfulbacteriaandpestsandstayinginthegroundandundergroundwaterforalongtime.Second：Theydamagepeople'shealthbybuildingupintheirbodiesandleadingtocancerorotherillnesses.2.Whatproblemscanbecausedbyusingchemicalfertilizers?Organicfarmingissimplyfarmingwithoutusinganychemicals.3.Whatisorganicfarming?Themainreasonforusingorganicfarmingmethodsistogrowgoodfoodandavoiddamagingtheenvironmentorpeople’shealth.4.Whatisthemainreasonforusingorganicfarmingmethods?

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FFListeningWhatmakestheworld’sdesertsgrow?ListeningonPage48ListeningListentothetapeandtickwhatyouhear.1.Heatandlittlerain.2.Turningforestsintofarmland.3.Overusingfieldstofeedfarmanimals.4.Usingnewscientificfarmingmethods.5.Wastingwaterinfarmsandathome.6.Farmingtoomuchonpoorland.I’mgreat!1.WhywasNorthAfricaimportantinthefirstcenturyBC?A.RomesentalotofcornandwheattoNorthAfrica.B.LandinNorthAfricawasusedtoproducethebreadthatfedallofRome.C.ThedesertinNorthAfricawasfamousinRome.Listentothetapeagainandchoosethebestanswertoeachquestion.2.Howdoesfarmlandturnintodesert?A.Windblowsawaydrysoilandthenthelandbecomessandy.B.Hotweathermakesthelandbecomesandy.C.Toomanyplantscanmakefarmlandbecomedesert.3.HowarenewfarmingmethodshelpingtostopthedesertinXinjiang?A.Themethodsletthefarmersuselesswater.B.Themethodsletfarmersgrowthesameamountofcropsinlessland.C.Themethodsdonotusefertilizers.◎WritingTaskonPage53Classexercises

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Sixie’sideasarestillveryusefultoourmoderntimes,butwehavesomeproblemstodaythatheneverhadinhistime.SomeofJia

Sixie’sideasarestillveryusefultoourmoderntimes.Farmersstillcleartheirfieldsofweeds.Theystillploughdeeplythefirsttimeandlessdeeplythesecondtime.Inaddition,farmerseverywherestillunderstandthatchangingcropsinthefieldsisstillimportant.However,wehavesomeproblemstodaythatJia

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