高一英语Reading

Skimming
Answer the following the questions. 1. What is the biggest problem to Chinese people? The shortage of arable land. 2. How much does arable land take up in China? Only 7 percent.
Weather Greenhouses conditions
Learn from other people Bigger and better crops
Innovations
Problems
Advantages
Greenhouses Shortage of More crops (roots in arable land in one year water tanks) Shortage of Crops can GM arable land grow in poor technique soil; bigger & (crops can healthier; less grow in poor time to ripe soil)
vegetables are planted. And the roots of
these vegetables are not planted in earth but hang in water that contains all the nutrients they need to grow. “G” stands for “genetically” from the word “genes”. “M” stands for “modified”, which means “changed”.
Agriculture Traditional Techniques agriculture Open air controlled Climate by weather control and land condition
Modern agriculture Greenhouse expensive, but can be built where necessary
opening. Another example, most people
like fish, so fishery prospers.
Pre-reading
Agriculture
Compare traditional and modern farming
traditional
modern
water pipe
Post-reading
Choose the best answer.
1. In China only seven percent of the land is used for farming. This is _____. A. because farmers don’t need more land to produce food for the whole population B. because China needs more and more land to build cities C. because there are not enough farmers to work on the land D. because the other land cannot be used for agriculture
new techniques?
From the early 1990s.
6. How many unusual ways are mentioned to deal with the shortage of arable land? Two ways are mentioned. Grow vegetables in greenhouses; GM. 7. What is a greenhouse? What is GM? A greenhouse is a place in which
Fertilisers
Agriculture Traditional Modern Techniques agriculture agriculture Machines Animals cheap, no expensive, Farming pollution, air pollution, tools need to rest convenient, use longer
What other changes have happened on
farms in the last 100 years?
The use of machines, the use of chemical
fertilisers, the use of insect killers, the use of food supplements in animal feed, the growth of the farms (bigger farms), doing the work with workers who are not part of the family, growing different crops, etc.
2. Fertilisation is a technique that is used to ______. A. make poor soil better B. make wet land drier C. make dry land better D. grow vegetables with their roots in water instead of earth
2. How has agricultural produce changed during these years? What do you think caused these changes? The agricultural produce changes very much during these years. I think it’s because people nowadays have changed their eating habits, they need more fine and healthy food.
Further reading
Identify the main problems in Chinese agriculture and the solutions that are discussed in the
reading passage.
Innovations Chemical fertilizers Pumps for irrigation
1991-1995, the production of meat has increased 80% compared with that five years before. People in the past could only eat what they produced, but now they can eat what others produce. This is because people are becoming richer, and they now have enough time to think about their food.
Agriculture Traditional Techniques agriculture
Raising animals
Modern agriculture
in small scale in large scale expensive, cheap, eggs and meat are chickens are big and fat tasty
人教修订版 高中一年级(下) Unit 19
Reading
Warming up
Look at the graph and discuss the following questions. 1. How are people’s eating habits changing over the years? Why do you think this happens? Today, everybody in China can buy and eat more chicken, pork, and beef than before. In the years between
electric pump
plane
father of hybrid rice
world food prize
Genetically Modified (GM) food
cherry tomato
Advantages and disadvantages of traditional and modern agriculture.
Special seedbeds
Problems Advantages Shortage of Bigger and arable land better crops Weather conditions
Shortage of arable land
Bigger and better crops
More crops in one year
3. What effects do you think the changes
in eating habits will have on agriculture or nature? The changes in eating habits will have great effect on agriculture. First, people nowadays are paying more attention to the food structure. For