Unit 5 Working the Land Reading for Writing 课件 高中英语新人教版选择性必修第一册（2022-2023学年）

1、Working the LandUnit 5 Using language Evaluate chemical farming and organic farmingLearning Objectives1. know the difference between working in a city and a countryside;2. work out the content, structure and language features of the text;3. know the writing skills of an argumentative essay, such as

2、illustrating, giving examples or making contrast;4. write your opinion in an essay about working in a city and a countryside.Lead-inDo you want to have a land of your own?What will you grow if you have a land?It is fertilizer. What is the substance we put on the soil to make crops grow?Pre-readingWh

3、at kind of fertilizers do farmers use?chemical fertilizers natural fertilizersA. What organic farming is B. Why man-made chamical are still used in farming C. Organic methods for producing rich soilD. The problems with chemical farminngPara. 1-2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Read the text and then Match t

4、he main idea with each paragraph.Chemical farmingOrganicfarmingThinking1. What do some young people hope to achieve by living in their hometowns?2. How was Li Dans decision to work in her hometown contributed to her community?3. Why does the government support people who want to stay and work in the

5、ir hometowns?4. Based on the context, what do you think the sentence “Life in big cities is not all its cracked up to be” means?5. What is meant by “a strong support network”? Read the text and then answer the questions. Para. 1Para. 2Para. 3Para. 4Fast reading1. What do some young people hope to ac

6、hieve by living in their hometowns?2. How was Li Dans decision to work in her hometown contributed to her community?Read the text and then answer the questions. On the one hand, it is a matter of making the quality of life for other peoplein their hometowns better. On the other hand, they also have

7、a desire to improve and maintain the natural and economic environments in these places for generations to come.Her decision has helped to alleviate poverty and improve the lives of many people in her village.Fast reading3. Why does the government support people who want to stay and work in their hom

8、etowns?Read the text and then answer the questions. First, the government understands the importance of agriculture. Second, it also understands that university graduates can help come up with better ways to grow crops, and develop new, creative ways of farming using modern technology.Fast reading4.

9、 Based on the context, what do you think the sentence “Life in big cities is not all its cracked up to be” means?5. What is meant by “a strong support network”? Read the text and then answer the questions. The air was bad, transport was terrible, and it was hard to make a decent living. Family and f

10、riends.Para. 1Fast readingBenefits Problems SolutionsFarming Benefit Problem Solution Chemical farming Organic farmingfight crop disease and increase productionsometimes harm both the land and peoples healthswitch to organic farmingmake the soil rich; keep the air, soil, water and crops free of chem

11、icalscannot meet the needstill a long way to find a suitable solutionFill in the table according to the passage辩论报告写作指导辩论报告属于应用文文体之一，同时又具有议论文的特点，是对某个话题的辩论。该类文章一般分为三部分：第一部分：开门见山，说明自己的看法或观点；第二部分：列举支持方的观点及其理由；或列举反对方的观点及其理由；第三部分：得出结论或给出自己的观点。Which do you prefer, city or countryside?In my opinion, workin

12、g in the city/country is better.First, (Advantage 1): _ (Detail) _Second, (Advantage 2): _ (Detail) _Third, (Advantage 3): _ (Detail) _Of course, there are some disadvantages to working in the city/country.For example, (disadvantage) _In addition, (disadvantage) _However, (reasons they do not bother

13、 you)_All in all, I would prefer to work in the city/country.ModelUse some transitional words(衔接词) between ideas.Transitional wordsFunction For example,Illustrating, but alsoAdding more information and emphasisingIn addition,Adding more informationIn turn,SequencingIn fact,Illustrating / Emphasising

14、As forIntroducing a new topic / thing, butContrasting, and as wellAdding more informationexpress your opinions:In my eyes In my opinion . Im opposed to Id prefer because Id rather.I think/believe/guess that. From my point of view,What I firmly believe in is thatMy view/opinion/belief is that.My impr

15、ession is that.I have a feeling that.Im fully convinced that.make a conclusion:In summary/conclusionIn a word,All in all,To sum up,Therefore.发表议论就是通过议论或说理来表达作者的见解和主张，作者对某一问题持有一种看法，为了使读者同意自己的看法，提出若干理由，试图说服别人。发表议论时，我们要注意三个要素：论点、论据、 论证。 Write an argumentative essay giving your opinion on chemical or or

16、ganic farming. 明确体裁话题确定时态人称 布局文章架构 列出核心要点 Write an argumentative essay.开头：介绍农业发展概况和有机农业的出现。展开论述：分层次介绍化学农业和有机农业的区别，有机农业的优势。结尾：总结观点，提出建议。支持有机农业文体：议论文以现在时为主、兼顾过去时、将来时；第一、三人称1.化学农业的缺点。2.有机农业的优点，人们对健康的重视和选择有机农业的理由。Sample WritingIn my opinion, organic farming is preferable to chemical farming because of t

17、he benefts to the environment as to people, and because organic food is more nutritious. To begin with, chemical farming harms the environment. Since chemical pesticides are not found in nature, normal natural processes cannot get rid of them. Instead, the chemicals tend to accumulate in the soil an

18、d water, and are absorbed in the food chain, where they poison wildlife and domestic animals. This affects us directly, because we end up eating plants, dairy products, eggs, and meat that have high levels of pesticides. Think about it: The purpose of the pesticides is to kill “pests”, that is, to k

19、ill insects.Something that can kill an insect probably is not healthy for a person to eat. While it may be true that the food we eat does not have enough pesticide in it to kill us immediately, over the years this pesticide may cause us health problems or give us diseases such as cancer. Finally, organic food is generally more nutritious than food grown with man-made chemicals. If you remember a few years ago, there was the case of watermelons literally exploding in the fields beca