九年級上冊Unit6Healthydietmorepractice牛津目錄contentLeadinMorepracticeExercisesLookatthepictureandanswerthequestions.Whatarethefamersdoinginthepicture?Whatdoyouthinkoftheirwork?Itishardandtiring.Theyaregrowingplantsinthefields.PitythefarmerbyLiShen(772–846)Thefarmerhoesgraininthenoondaysun,Withsweatdrippingontothefield.Whorealizesthatthefoodontheirplate—Everygrain—comesfrombittersuffering?Readthefirstpoem.Thenanswerthequestions.Morepractice/3pIti//drIp//3sVfRrIN/Whatisthefarmerdoing?Whattimeofthedayisit?Howdoesthefarmerwork?Howdoyouknowthat?Heworkshard.Becauseheworkswithsweatdrippingontothefield.Atnoon.Heisworkinginthefield./Heishoeinggraininthefield.Inpairs,discussthequestionsbelow.

Whydoesthewriterpitythefarmer?

Whatdoesthelastsentenceinthepoemmean?Whatdoesthepoemwanttotellus?Becausehisworkingenvironmentisveryhardandhisworkisverytiring.Itmeansitisnoteasyforustogetfood.Everygrainonourplatecomesfromfarmers’hardwork.Readthesecondpoemandanswerthequestions.ThericefarmerbySaoirseMcCannTheSunissettinglow,theredskyawelcomingsight;Thefarmerstandssilentlyinthefadinglight.Thefieldsarewateredandplanted,thebuffaloesarefed;Theonlythinghethinksofnowisfindinghomeandbed.Agentlewindiswhisperingofhopeanddreamsoflife;Everygrainofricerequiressucheffortandsuchstrife.Remember,whenyousitandeatwithfamilyorfriends,Allthemanyhoursheworks,ashisfieldshetends./3bVfRlRW//3efRt//straIf//tend/Whattimeisthepoemset?Thefarmerhasfinishedhiswork,hasn’the?Whathashedone?Howdoeshefeelnow?Howdoyouknowthat?Inthelateafternoon./Beforesunset.Yes,hehas.Hehaswateredandplantedthefieldsandfedthebuffaloes.Hefeelsverytired.Theonlythinghethinksofnowisfindinghomeandbed.Whatdoesthepoemwanttotellus?Everygrainofricerequireseffortandstrife,sowemustnotwasteourfood.Ingroups,discusstheimpliedmeaningsofthesentences.Theonlythinghethinksofnowisfindinghomeandbed.Everygrainofricerequiressucheffortandsuchstrife.Heisverytiredafterthework.Heworksveryhardandtheworkisverydifficultandtiring.Findtherhymingwordsfromthesecondpoemandmarktheirpronunciations.sightlight/a

t/fedbed/ed/lifestrife/a

f/friendstends/ends/AReadthesetwopoemsaboutfarmingandanswerthequestionsbelow.1Inthefirstpoem,whatisthefarmerdoing?2Inthesecondpoem,whattimeofthedayisit?3Whyisthefarmernowthinkingonlyofhomeandbed?

4Whatdothepoetswanttotellus?Thefarmerishoeinggraininthenoondaysun.Itislateintheafternoon.Becauseheisverytired.Farmers’livesareverydifficult.Everygrainonourplatecomesfromtheirhardwork.Therefore,weshouldrememberallthemanyhourstheywork/theirhardworkwhenwesitandeatwithourfamiliesorfriends.Thefarmerishoeinggraininthenoondaysun.Itislateintheafternoon.

Becauseheisverytired.Farmers’livesareverydifficult.Everygrainonourplatecomesfromtheirhardwork.Therefore,weshouldrememberallthemanyhourstheywork/theirhardworkwhenwesitandea