【学习目标】

1.知识目标：Subject and object; simple present and present continuous; gradable and extreme adjectives; referring pronoun.

2.能力目标：Use wordsand expressions to talk about friendship and communication; Use words to describe experiences in the present; Use words to give and respond to opinions; Use proper words and expressions to write a guide.

3.素质目标：Use words and expressions from the textbook to talk about plant growing environments.

【课程思政设计思路】

用现代农业生产对环境造成影响的视频引入，强调人类活动对生态环境安全的影响，让学生理解我们专业学习的重要性，例如在生产过程中提倡“双减”，减少肥料和农药的施用，并且培养氮肥、钾肥或者磷肥高效吸收的品种。培养学生敬畏热爱大自然、热爱自己专业的情怀。

【学习内容】

1. Plant Production Unit1-- Growing Environments

Words: fertile, field, furrow, grass path, irrigation, organic matter, pH, raised bed, row, soil survey, soil test, wind, windbreak

2. Talk

(1) Talk about friendship and communication

G : Subject and object questions

V : Friendship and communication

(2) Learn to describe experiences in the present

G : Simple present and present continuous

V : Gradable and extreme adjectives

(3) Learn to give and respond to opinions

P : Word groups

S : Using me too/ me neither

(4) Learn to write a guide

W : Introducing a purpose; referring pronouns

【重点与难点】

1. Simple present and present continuous 

2. Use words to describe growing environments

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