Unit 5 Culture Background Analysis-【新课程能力培养】2025-2026学年高中英语选择性必修第一册学习手册（人教版）

UNIT 5 WORKING THE LAND UNIT 5 WORKING THE LAND Culture Background Analysis Organic Food:Why? claim.An extensive review by the UK Food Europe is now the biggest market for organ- Standards Agency found that there was no statis- ic food in the world,expanding by 25 percent a tically significant difference between organic year over the past 10 years.So what is the at- and conventional crops.Even where results indi- traction of organic food for some people?The re- cated there was evidence of a difference,the re- ally important thing is that organic food sounds viewers found no sign that these differences more "natural".Eating organic food is a way of would have any noticeable effect on health. defining oneself to be natural,good,caring,dif- The simplistic claim that organic food is ferent from the junk-food-eating masses. more nutritious than conventional food was Unlike conventional farming,the organic always likely to be misleading.Food is a natural approach means farming with natural rather than product,and the health value of different foods man-made fertilisers and pesticides.Techniques will vary for a number of reasons,including such as crop rotation improve soil quality and freshness,the way the food is cooked,the type of help organic farmers compensate for the absence soil it is grown in,the amount of sunlight and of man-made chemicals.As a method of food rain crops have received,and so on.Likewise, production,organic farming is,however,ineffi-the flavour of a carrot has less to do with cient in its use of labour and land;there are se- whetherit was fertilised with manure or vere limits to how much food can be produced.somethingout of a plastic sack than with the va- Also,the environmental benefits of not using ar-riety of the carrot and how long ago it was tificial fertilisers are tiny compared with the a- dug up. mount of carbon dioxide emitted by transporting The notion that organic food is safer than food. “normal”food is also contradicted by the fact Organic farming is often claimed to be safer that many of our most common foods are full of than conventional farming.Yet studies into or- natural toxins.As one research expert says, ganic farming worldwide continue to reject this People think that the more natural something 学 (71 高中英语选择性必修第一册（人教版） is,the better it is for them.That is simply not )2.The environment benefits a lot from the case.In fact,it is the opposite that is true: not using man-made fertilisers. the closer a plant is to its natural state,the more )3.There is no denying that organic crops likely it is that it will poison you.Naturally, are safer than conventional ones many plants do not want to be eaten,so we have )4.The weather conditions during the spent 10,000 years developing agriculture and growth of crops affect their nutrition- breeding out harmful traits from crops." al content. 根据上文判断正(T)误(F) )5.The closer a plant is to its natural ()1.Techniques of organic farming help state,the less suitable it is to be eat- improve soil quality. en. 、72)学 NUNIT 5 WORK Culture Background Analysis 1-5 TFFTT "Period 1 Reading and Thinking Learning About Language I.重点知识讲解 1.【情境助记】 (1)devoted;to (2)are devoted to (3)devotion 2.【情境助记】 (1)an acute shortage of (2)no shortage of (3)short of (4)short for 3.【情境助记】 (1)boost our confidence (2)boost tourism (3)boost 4.【情境助记】 (1)tackle (2)tackled;about (3)was tackled 5.【情境助记】 (1)convince;of (2)convince;to (3)convincing (4)convinced 6.【情境助记】 (1)characteristics (2)is characteristic of (3)char- acteristically 7.【情境助记】 (1)attained (2)attainable (3)attainment 8.【情境助记】 (1)Assuming (2)about (3)on (4)assumed 9.【情境助记】 (1)overcame injury (2)were overcome 10.【情境助记】 (1)expansion (2)expand (3)expansive 11.【情境助记】 (1)estimated (2)It is estimated (3)gone down in my estimation 12.【情境助记】 (1)had consumed (2)was consumed with 13.【情境助记】 (1)consists of /comprises/is made up of/is composed of (2)make up/constitute/comprise (3)comprises (4)comprise 参考答案与解析。 KING THE LAND 14.【情境助记】 (1)envision (2)envision (3)of (4)a 15.【情境助记】 (1)deepened (2)deep (3)deep (4)depth 16.【情境助记】 (1)Far from it (2)far from (3)far from satisfacto- Ⅲ.小试牛刀 一、用所给单词的适当形式填空 1.called 2.convincing 3.produced 4.assuming 5.destroying 6.deeply 7.published 8.to go 9.con- sumption 10.researching 二、按要求完成下列句子 1.am convinced 2.overcome his shyness 3.deep down inside 4.devote the rest of his life to 5.I breathe deeply 6.What moved me most 7.It happens 8.attain our goals 9.was overcome by 10.selected from our school 三、语篇填空 l.whether考查连词。whether..or是…还是。 2.necessarily考查副词。necessarily修饰动词 mean。 3.as考查介词。as作为。 4.chemicals考查名词单复数。 5.degrading考查动名词。lead to后应接动名词作 宾语。 6.to evaluate考查不定式。不定式作目的状语。 7.which考查关系代词。which引导非限制性定语 从句。 8.others考查代词e 9.improvement考查名词。Due to后应接名词作宾 语。 l0.better考查形容词比较级 Period 2 Using Language I.重点知识讲解 1.【情境助记】 (1)nutritious (2)nutritional 2.【情境助记】 (1)in turn (2)in turn (3)take turns (4)in re- turn for (5)in return 67