Unit 19　Modern agriculture

e.year after year=every year
f.grow different plants next to each other in same field:“next to each other”refers to“different plants”.
t:(after explaining the language points.)do you have anything you don't understand?please read the text again and see if you have any.(teacher goes among the students and answers the questions raised by the students.then teacher plays the tape and let the students listen and follow.)
step ⅴ.discussion
t:this text is written in three paragraphs and each paragraph has its topic.now read the text again and make notes about the topics on the screen.you can do it in pairs or groups,then we'll check the answers.
(teacher shows the screen.)
farming and gardening
1.about jia sixie
(paragraph 1)
2.about qi min yao shu
(paragraph 2)
3.about jia sixie's advice
(paragraph 3)
t:(after a few minutes.)have you fi-nished?now i'll show the answers on the screen.please check your answers with them.
farming and gardening
1.about jia sixie
 
2.about qi min yao shu(about farming and gardening)
 
t:now let's do the second exercise on page 37.read the instructions and write it on a piece of paper.you can have a discussion with your classmates if you are not sure about it.
possible version:
november:it's in november that we have to plough the land for the first time.the ploughing has to be done deeply.
march:it's in march that we should remove the weed and plough the land for the second time.the ploughing has to be done less deeply.then we clean the rough ground.
april:it's in april that we should sow the seeds.we should remember to grow different plants next to each other.
may~september:it is in this time that we should water the plants,put fertilizer on the soil and remove weeds regularly.
july~october:it is in this time that we should harvest them.
step ⅵ.checkpoint
t:please turn to page 38.let's go over checkpoint of this unit.read the examples of the use of“it”for emphasis and find useful expressions from this unit.then make sentences with them.you can turn to your dictionary if ne-cessary.
sample sentences:
such as:a student such as he will surely succeed.
make use of:on your trip to mexico you will be able to make good use of your knowledge of french.
as…as possible:be as kind to her as possible.
bring in:his work brought him in$50 000 a year.
depend on:i depend on you to do it.
shortage of:shortage of skilled workers is our main difficulty.
stand for:our flag stands for our country.
in other words:he became,in other words,a great hero.
a variety of:this shop has a variety of toys.