UNIT5WORKINGTHELAND

UsingLanguage:

ChemicalVersusOrganicFarmingKnowthedifferencebetweenchemicalfarmingandorganicfarmingandthestructureofanargumentativeessay;Writeanargumentativeessayusingwhattheywilllearninthisperiod.LearningObjectivesImaginenowyouareafarmerwhohasalotoffields.Howdoyougrowcrops?Whatdofarmersdotoboostyields?ploughsowfertilizethesoilkilloffthepestwaterthecropridthesoiloftheweedLead-inspraypesticides

useartificialfertilisersuseorganicfertilizersWhichoneisorganicfarming?××√Lead-inMakeapredicationaccordingtothephotoandthetitle.1.Whatisthetextabout?Chemicalfarmingversusorganicfarming

2.Whattypeofwritingisit?A.NarrationB.ExpositionC.Argumentation

PredictionChoosethemainideas(A-D)belowwiththeparagraphs.

AWhatorganicfarmingisBWhyman-madechemicalsarestillusedinfarmingCOrganicmethodsforproducingrichsoilDTheproblemswithchemicalfarmingDTheproblemswithchemicalfarmingAWhatorganicfarmingisCOrganicmethodsforproducingrichsoilBWhyman-madechemicalsarestillusedinfarmingTexttype:Argumentation

Fast-readingTitleThe_______and_________ofchemicalfarming.

benefitsproblemsPart1:(Para1&2)Whatorganicfarmingisand__________________.howitkeepthesoilrichPart2:(Para3&4)Part3:(Para5)Conclusion

READFORSTRUCTUREFast-reading

Whatischemicalfarming?

Whatisorganicfarming?Organicfarmingissimplyfarming________________Chemicalfarmingisfarmingwith_________,especially___________________and_________________.chemicalschemicalpesticidesartificialfertilizerswithoutchemicals.Para.1

Para.3

Readpara.1andpara.3,andthenanswerthefollowingquestions.whileDetailed-reading3.Whatisoneproblemwiththeuseofchemical

fertilisers?

Cropsgrownwiththemusuallygrowtoofastto

berichinnutrition.Para.2Detailed-reading5.Whydoorganicfarmerschangethekindof

cropgrowninafieldeveryyear?Differentcropsaregrownbecausetheyput

importantmineralsbackintotheground,makingitreadyforthenextbatchofcrops.Para.4Detailed-readingReadthepassageagain.Findthediscoursemarkersinthetextandcompletethetableaccordingtotheclassification.contrastillustrateaddcauseandeffectintroduceanewtopichowever,but,onthecontrary,instead,ononehand…ontheotherhandforexample,forinstance,infact,suchas,take…forexampleboth…and…,notonly…butalso,inaddition,and,also,aswell,what’smore,besides,furthermore,moreover,what’sworsewhy…isbecause…,therefore,forthisreason,thus,consequently,asaressultasfor,asanalternativePost-readingWhat’stheauthor’sattitudetowardschemicalfarmingandorganicfarming?A.NegativeB.ambiguousC.objectiveD.supportive

What’syouropiniononchemicalororganicfarming?Let’swriteanargumentativepassageaboutit.Post-reading1.Structureofanargumentativeessay:

(Para.1)(Para.2)AnargumentativeessayYouropinionSupportingpoint2(Para.3)Supportingpoint3Supportingpoint1IntroductionBodyConclusionSummaryTitleDetailsDetailsDetailsWriting1.引出話題Recently,theissueof...hasbeenbroughtintopublicfocus.最近，……的問題已成為公眾關(guān)注的焦點(diǎn)。Inrecentyears,therehasbeenagrowingconcernabout...近年來，人們?cè)絹碓疥P(guān)注……2.提出爭議點(diǎn)Thereisaheateddebate/discussiontodayaboutwhether...如今關(guān)于是否……存在一場(chǎng)熱烈的爭論。

Differentpeopleholddifferentviewsonthequestionof...對(duì)于……的問題，不同的人有不同的看法。開頭段Sentencepatterns1.闡述觀點(diǎn)一Firstly,itiswidelyacknowledgedthat...首先，人們普遍認(rèn)為……Tobeginwith,oneofthemainreasonsisthat...首先，主要原因之一是……中間段2.闡述觀點(diǎn)二（對(duì)比或補(bǔ)充）However,ontheotherhand,somepeoplearguethat...然而，另一方面，一些人認(rèn)為……Nevertheless,therearealsothosewhobelievethat...不過，也有人認(rèn)為……3.舉例論證

Forexample/instance,...例如……Acaseinpointisthat...一個(gè)恰當(dāng)?shù)睦邮恰璖entencepatterns1.總結(jié)觀點(diǎn)Inconclusion,takingallthesefactorsintoconsideration,wemayreasonablydrawtheconclusionthat...總之，考慮到所有這些因素，我們可以合理地得出結(jié)論……Tosumup,bothsideshavetheirmerits.Butfrommyperspective,...總而言之，雙方都有其優(yōu)點(diǎn)。但在我看來……結(jié)尾段2.提出建議或展望Itishightimethatwetooksomeeffectivemeasuresto...是時(shí)候我們采取一些有效措施來……Onlyinthiswaycanwe...只有這樣我們才能……Sentencepatterns近年來，媒體對(duì)“農(nóng)業(yè)可持續(xù)發(fā)展”“食品安全”等問題作了一些報(bào)道，引發(fā)了許多討論，化學(xué)種植和有機(jī)種植哪種有利于農(nóng)業(yè)可持續(xù)發(fā)展并解決食品安全問題呢？請(qǐng)用英語寫一篇議論文，表達(dá)自己的觀點(diǎn)，并說明理由。WritingTaskInmyopinion,organicfarmingispreferabletochemicalfarmingbecauseit’sbeneficialtobothpeople’shealthandtheenvironment,andfavorable

to

sustainable

development

of

agriculture.Tobeginwith,chemicalfarmingharmstheenvironment.Forinstance,thechemicalstendtoaccumulateinthesoilandwater,andareabsorbedinthefoodchain,wheretheypoisonwildlifeanddomesticanimals.What’smore,thereisnodoubtthatthechemicalsstayinginsidethecropscancauseushealthproblemsorgiveusdiseasessuchuscancer.Finally,organicproducesimply