1、Unit 5 Working the LandVideo Time年年 级：高二级：高二 学学 科：英语（人教版）科：英语（人教版）Learning objectivesIn this class,you will1.obtain the information of Earth University in Costa Rica;2.share opinions about Earth University.Who is this?Yuan Longping.Review What have you learned about him?Review What have you learned
2、about him?He is known as the“father of hybrid rice”.He decided to learn agriculture because he thought farmers had poor harvests and sometimes even had a shortage of food to eat.Review 1.What other kinds of farming have you learned from this unit?2.What is the difference between them?Review 1.What o
3、ther kinds of farming have you learned from this unit?Chemical farming and organic farming.Review 2.What is the difference between them?Crops grown with chemical fertilisers usually grow too fast to be rich in nutrition.Organic farming is simply farming without using any chemicals.Organic farmers fo
4、cus on keeping their soil rich and free of disease through natural means.Review 1.Where do you think people can learn professional agricultural knowledge?2.Do you think it is necessary to have an agricultural college?Give the reasons.Warm up 1.Where do you think people can learn professional agricul
5、tural knowledge?On the Internet;In the book;In a professional school;Warm up 2.Do you think it is necessary to have an agricultural college?Give the reasons.I think it should be necessary to have an agricultural college.Because people need a specific place to learn professional knowledge to work the
6、 land.Warm up Complete the passage with the words in the box.Before you watch Check these words.ecology:the relation of plants and living creatures to each other and to their environment;the study of this;sustainable:able to continue without causing damage to the environment;able to continue for a l
7、ong time;Before you watch Check these words.Earth University:Before you watch Complete the passage with the words in the box.Before you watch Watch the video.While you watchEarth University is located in Guacimo,Costa Rica.It is not a(n)university.typicalWhile you watchWhat is about it is that stude
8、nts study both in classrooms and in the fields.While you watchuniqueThat is because Earth University is a(n)school where students learn about farming.While you watchagriculturalThe kind of farming taught here is called farming.While you watchsustainableThe farming they learn have little or no negati
9、ve impact on the environment.While you watchmethodsIn class,they also learn about ,which is the study of how to protect the natural balance of the environment.While you watchecologyThe students grow bananas on the farm for .While you watchprofitThe money they get from these bananas goes towards for
10、students from poor areas.While you watchscholarships Check the answers.Earth University is located in Guacimo,Costa Rica.It is not a(n)university.What is about it is that students study both in classrooms and in the fields.That is because Earth University is a(n)school where students learn about far
11、ming.The kind of farming taught here is called farming typicaluniqueagriculturalsustainableWhile you watch Check the answers.The farming they learn have little or no negative impact on the environment.In class,they also learn about ,which is the study of how to protect the natural balance of the env
12、ironment.The students grow bananas on the farm for .The money they get from these bananas goes towards for students from poor areas.methodsecologyprofitscholarshipsWhile you watch Circle the best answer.While you watch Watch the video.While you watch Circle the best answer.While you watch Circle the
13、 best answer.While you watch Circle the best answer.While you watch Circle the best answer.While you watch What has been introduced in detail in the video?Location:Students:Purpose:Summarise What has been introduced in detail in the video?Teaching methods:Courses:Produce:Strengths:Summarise Watch th
14、e video.While you watch What has been introduced in detail in the video?Location:Guacimo,Costa Rica.Students:most are from Latin America,some come from as far as Africa.Purpose:to give poor students an education and to teach them skills to protect the environment.Summarize What has been introduced i
15、n detail in the video?Teaching methods:sustainable farming methods.Courses:farming,ecology,business management,leadership.Produce:bananas.Strengths:support scholarships for students from poor areas.Summarize Discuss these questions.1.What do you like about Earth University?2.Would you like to study
16、at Earth University?Why or why not?After you watch Discuss these questions.1.What do you like about Earth University?I like the fact that it gives its students hands-on experience in sustainable farming techniques.After you watch Discuss these questions.2.Would you like to study at Earth University?Why or why not?After you watch Design a poster to introduce this Earth University and encourage more people to attend this school.Homework
