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1、Unit19 ModernagricultureⅠ.TeachingGoals:1.Talkaboutmodernagricultureandtheeffectsithasonpeople'slife.2.Practisegivingadviceandmakingdecisions.3.Use“It”foremphasis.4.Readstatisticalgraphs.5.Writeaplanforavegetablegarden.Ⅱ.TeachingTime:FiveperiodsⅢ.BackgroundInfo
2、rmation:1.AnAmericanSmallFarmLastyear,atharvesttime,wevisitedtheSteenhoekfarm,whichis2200mu,or340acres.Typicalfamilyfarmsarerunentirelybyfamilymembers,witheverymemberplayingavitalpartintheoperation.BothofthesefamiliesaredescendantsofDutchimmigrantswhosettledher
3、eoveracenturyago.TheSteenhoekfarmsupports3generations.ThefamilyofMr.andMrs.Steenhoekincludesthreechildrenand2grandchildren.Aswewillsee,thisfamilyisanexcellentexampleofhardworking,experiencedfarmerswhostayonthelandnotpurelybecauseofprofit,butbecausetheyareliving
4、alife-stylethatsatisfiesthem.SixtypercentoftheSteenhoek'sacresaredevotedtopastureland,onwhichtheyraise120beefcattle.Therestofthelandisusedforgrowingcorn.Fifteenyearsago,theAmericanfarmeconomywasbooming.Farmerscouldspecialize,raisingonecrop,oronetypeofanimal.Tod
5、ay,withanuncertainfarmeconomy,suchanideaisconsideredfoolhardy,anddiversifyingisonewaythatfarmerscanlessontheirriskofloss.Forexample,ifweatheraffectsthesizeofacrop,thesaleofthelivestockwillmakeupthedifference.Iftheanimalsareplaguedbydisease,atleastthereisgrainto
6、taketomarket.KendallSteenhoek,Simon'seldestson,divideshistimebetweenrunningthismachineshopandfarmingzooacresofcorn.HeattendedacommunitycollegeinIowafortwoyearstostudydieselmechanics.Thenheopenedthisrepairshopforfarmmachinery.Kendallalsoplantsandharvestsover3000
7、0bushelsofcorneachyear,butitistheincomefromtherepairshopthathasenabledhimtostaywithinthefarmingcommunity.Theheavyequipmentusedonthefarmstodayisinconstantneedofmaintenance,andrequiresprecisiontoolingforrepairs.Byfar,themostimpressiveandcertainlythemostcostlypiec
8、eoffarmequipmentusedonasmallfarmisaharvestingmachinecalledacombine,whichcancostupto$100000.ThistypeofmachineryiswhatmakestheAmericanfarmsoefficient.Withacombine,onemanandhis
