Extensive reading

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Extensive reading
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Warming up
farming
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keeping sheep
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keeping cows
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keeping fish
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Pre-reading
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• Who is the man in the picture?
• Hes Jia Sixie.
• What do you know about him?
• Jia Sixie, author of Chinas first agricultural
  encyclopedia (????), was one of the leading
  agronomists in Chinese history. In the late years
  of the

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• Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534), he wrote Qimin
  Yaoshu (Essential Skills for the Common People).
  It is the earliest and most complete agricultural
  encyclopedia still in existence in China.

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Reading

• What advice does Jia Sixie give farmers?
• 1. Farmers should do things at the right time of
  the year.
• 2. Farmers should examine the soil carefully.
• 3. If the conditions of the soil is not good,
  farmers should improve it.

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• 4. Before sowing or planting crops, farmers
  should clean rough ground and remove weed.
• 5. Farmers should let sheep or cattle (cows) walk
  on the land before sowing or planting crops.
• 6. Farmers should plough the land, so weeds are
  destroyed.

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• 7. When ploughing the land, farmers should plough
  deep the first time and less deep the second
  time.
• 8. Farmers will get the best results if they
  change crops in their fields.
• 9. If farmers plant rice in a field one year, and
  wheat in that field the following year, they will
  harvest good crops.

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• 10. If farmers plant wheat close together, they
  will have better results than when they plant
  wheat leaving space between the plants.
• 11. It is good to grow different plants next to
  each other in the same field.

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Post-reading

• Imagine you have a vegetable garden and you
  want to grow beans, cabbages, onions, tomatoes
  and sunflowers. Write a plan for your vegetable
  garden. What will you do in each month of the
  year?

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Month What will be done
November
Its in November when we have to plough the land
for the first time. The ploughing has to be done
deep. Spread manure and old leaves on the land
and plough them under.
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Month What will be done
December
Its in December when we should make a plan for
our vegetable garden for next year. Check the
seeds left over from last year. Repair tools and
make a list of new tools to buy.
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Month What will be done
January
Its in January when we should buy enough seed to
plant for two or three crops. Check the condition
of the soil. If the soil is not good, you should
improve it. Put manure and dead leaves on the
land if you did not do this in November. You can
also use fertilisers to the soil. Get the
seedbeds or seed boxes ready for growing plants
such as tomato, pepper and eggplant.
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Month What will be done
February
Its in February when you should plant the
seedbeds. Prepare the land for planting. Let
sheep or cows walk on the land. Their manure will
improve the soil and they will destroy weeds or
eat them. Also prepare seeds for planting in
April.
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Month What will be done
March
Its in March when you should give some attention
to the early-planted crops. Add a little
fertiliser to young crops. Thin the young plants
to give them more room to grow. Plough the land a
second time to prepare it for the warm-season
vegetables.
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Month What will be done
April
Its in April when you should plant beans, corn,
eggplant, peas, peppers, tomatoes and
watermelons. Remove weeds and grass.
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Month What will be done
May
Its in May when you have to watch out for
insects. Fight insects and disease when you see
them. Water the plants when needed. Build a frame
of wood or bamboo for beans to climb on.
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Month What will be done
June
Its in June that you have to harvest vegetables
such as beans and peas, onions and potatoes.
Store onions and potatoes dry and cool. Prepare
the land for planting new crops. Take care of
irrigation.
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Month What will be done
July
Its in July when you should make a plan for the
crops you want to plant in autumn. Fight drought
with enough irrigation of the land. Remove weeds.
Plant second crops for tomatoes, corn and beans.
In July its also the time to plant big pumpkins
for Halloween!
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Month What will be done
August
Its in August when we have to plant broccoli,
cabbage, carrots and onions. Make sure to water
the plants enough. Harvest ripe fruit and
vegetables.
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Month What will be done
September
Its in September when we harvest green peppers
and tomatoes before the cold of winter comes.
Water and weed the crops that were planted in
August.
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Month What will be done
October
Its in October when the last crops are
harvested. Put dead plants, old leaves and other
materials together. Store animal manure for use
as fertiliser next year. Start thinking about
your garden plans for next year.
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Explanation

• 1. Much of the wisdom discovered by early Chinese
  scientists is still useful for farmers and
  gardeners today.
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• ??discovered by early Chinese scientists
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• The man injured by the bullet was taken to the
  hospital.
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  to the hospital. ????????????????

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• One of the houses wrecked by the storm belonged
  to my grandfather.
• One of the houses that had been wrecked by the
  storm belonged to my grandfather.
  
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• 2. He spent his time on research into
  agriculture.
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• 3. But if you go against nature and do things at
  the wrong time of year, you will have to do more
  work and the results will not be so good.
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• His thinking goes against all logic.
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• The war is going against us.
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• Dont go against your parents wishes.
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• He went against the advice of his colleagues and
  resigned.
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• 4. Jia Sixies book is a practical guide to
  farming.
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• He made practical use of his knowledge of
  English.
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• He is the practical president of this company.
  
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• 5. Before sowing or planting crops, rough ground
  must be cleaned and weeds removed.
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• before?????, ????????????before you sow
  or plant crops? ??

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• After you finish your homework, you can help me
  with the farmwork.
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• After finishing your homework, you can help me
  with the farmwork.

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Tips

• Farmers proverbs and sayings
• No weather is ill, if the wind be still.
• Yellow sky at sunset, wind in the morrow.
• Rain before seven, clear by eleven.
• April showers bring May flowers.

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• Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves.
• The best ground bears weeds as well as flowers.
• Never cackle unless you lay.

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Reading on P111

• Look at the pictures below. Put them in the
  right order and write two sentences for each to
  describe what you can see in the picture and what
  will happen.

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The correct order of the pictures 3-4-1-2
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Sample sentences

• 1. The hills surrounding the villages are green
  and covered with trees and grasslands. Farmers
  use the land, but also take care of the
  environment.

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• 2. The trees are cut down in large numbers. The
  whole forest has disappeared, and no new trees
  are planted.
• 3. When it rains, the soil is washed away. The
  barren hills cannot be used for agriculture.

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• 4. Local people start to repair the damage that
  was done to the environment. By planting trees,
  the barren hills will be turned green again.

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• Write down five possible rules of what people
  should and should not do in the woods.

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Five rules of what people should do in the woods.

• 1. WALK on the paths or roads.
• 2. PLANT new trees when cutting down any.
• 3. PROJECT young trees from being eaten by deer
  or rabbits.

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• 4. WATER young trees and give left-over
  fertiliser to trees near the village.
• 5. RESPECT nature and care for the trees.

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Five rules of what people should not do in the
woods.

• 1. DONT make any fires in the wood.
• 2. DONT throw away any cigarettes.
• 3. DONT damage or cut down young trees.

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• 4. DONT throw away any rubbish.
• 5. DONT kill birds or other animals in the wood.
  

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Do the following exercises.

• 1. Trees grow everywhere ___ all the hills ______
  the village.
• 2. _______________ , there may be problems, such
  as floods, sand storms or droughts.
• 3. The time has ____ to repair the damage ____
  was done to the environment.

on
around
As a result of this
come
that
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• 4. That does not always have to be difficult __
  expensive.
• 5. After about three years, her work planting
  trees __________ barren land green again.
• 6. To the villagers great joy, the tree and tea
  crops are also __________ money to them.

or
had turned
bringing in
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Homework

• Go over the texts after class and try to
  preview Writing on Page 112.