1、An Early Farmer Pioneer (P52),賈思勰北魏末年和 東魏時的著名農學家, 為我國完整保存至今 最早的農書齊民要 術的作者。賈思勰 具有廣泛的農事知識, 他深入鄉(xiāng)里訪問農家, 并到田間親自觀察實驗,結合古文獻中的資料與自己的心得,較為系統(tǒng)地,總結了6世紀以前中原地區(qū)的農業(yè)生產(chǎn)經(jīng)驗。齊民要術全書10卷,92篇,分別論述了各種農作物、蔬菜、果樹、竹木的栽培,以及家禽家畜的飼養(yǎng)，農副產(chǎn)品加工等。尤為可貴的是,書中還記寫了干旱地區(qū)的耕作、果樹的嫁接等, 反映了北朝時期農業(yè)生產(chǎn)的發(fā)展情況。,born-in Yidu in Shandong Province,live-in the

2、 sixth century AD,What did he do- do research in agriculture, collect information, study, do experiments and write a book called Qi Min Yao Shu.,What was Jia Sixies plan? What caused him to have such a plan ? What did he do to carry out his plan?,His plan,He had always been interested in agriculture

3、, so he intended to do something to make Chinese farming even better - using his knowledge to find out the best ways for farmers to grow crops and then write a book to help them.,The cause of his plan,He found some farms produced good crops and healthy animals while others did not when he rode throu

4、gh the countryside on his journey for his work .,He became interested in how farmers could get good crops from the fields.,His research work,He collected information from farmers who did well, studied it and did experiments to find the best way.,the advice he gave farmers,how to choose and keep seed

5、s,how to get rid of weeds,how to turn over the soil,how to grow crops better,other suggestions,choose seed-heads with the best colour;hang them up to dry all winter; knock seeds out of the seed-heads and plant them in the ,clear weeds from the ground before planting crops; let animals eat weeds ; tu

6、rn the soil over and cover the weeds to let them rot,dig deeply the first time ( deep autumn ploughing )dig less deeply the second time (less deep spring ploughing ),change crops in the field every year;grow different plants next to each other;,how to fish, keep a garden and make wine,Jia Sixie :,bo

7、rn in Yidu in Shangdong Province,living in the sixth century AD,working for the emperor ( being an official ),doing research into agriculture and writing a book called Qi Min Yao Shu after retiring from his work for the emperor,Qi Min Yao Shu :,giving advice on how to farm better,considered an impor

8、tant summary of the knowledge of farming,Language points,1. He was lost in thought.陷入沉思 be lost in sth. 全神貫注;沉浸于 _ in thought，he almost ran into the car in front of him. A. Losing B. Having lost C. Lost D. To lose,2. The next spring the seeds should be knocked out of their seed-heads and planted. kn

9、ock out of 把.敲出來 knock into sb. 表示“撞在某人身上 knock down 撞倒 3. turn over 翻轉 4. clear/ get rid of /remove weeds 除草,P.49 Ex. 1 circulated focus export commented regret struggled confusing equip,Ex. 2 chemicals 2. pests 3. bacteria 4. productions 5 soil 6. discoveries 7. chemicals 8. minerals 9. nutrition 10. root 11. focus,P.50 Ex.1 Smoking paying getting Learning playing