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Lesson 94

A FARMING PIONEER ( 1 )

_________ the science of farming

_________ the top of the plant where the seeds are formed

_________ knowledge or skill from pracice rather than from books

_________ a state of bing or existence

_________ having an uneven surface; not smooth

_________ an unwanted wild plant

_________ 对----的研究

———— 做实验

agriculture

Seed-heads

experience

condition

rough

weed

research into

do experiments

Jia Sixie was an important agricultural pioneer

Of the Northern Wei Dynasty.He was born in

Yidu district in Shandong Province.He worked in the government for many years. Later he resigned from the office and returned to home to devote himself to agricultural studies and his writing.

Read the title and the first sentence of each paragragh to find out what the passage is about.

Science of farming

Jia Sixie ,a great farmer in Chinese history

QUESTIONS

1.What were the people in other countries doing while the farmers in China were developing the science of farming?

2.Who was Jia Sixie ?

3. What did he do after he finished his work for the government ?

4.What did he advise farmers to do for keeping seeds ?

5.What did farmers have to do before they sowed seeds in the soil ?

6. What did he suggest for removing weeds ?

7. What was Jis Sixie’s opinion of planting wheat ?

8.What book did he write ? What is the book about ?

TRUE OR FALSE

1 China was the first country in the world to study the science of farming.

2 The text does not tell us where the earliest research centre for agriculture was.

3 Jia Sixie didn’t want to work in the government, so he returned home and spent his time on agriculture.

4 He advised the farmers to choose the best seed-heads, which were much bigger than others.

5 After the seeds were sown, they should be knocked out of the seed-heads.

6 He did experiments to show his way of planting wheat was better.

7 The book called QI MIN YAO SHU was written over 500 years ago.

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F

Retell the text

How Jia Sixie Studied the Science of Farming

government home

information experiments

keeping seeds improve soil conditions

clean rough ground wrote a book

HOMEWORKDo Lesson 94, Ex.2

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