Unit 1 From the Soil Text A From the Soil: The Foundations of Chinese Society Reading Strategy Inferencing Text B Soil and Humanity: Culture, Civilization, Livelihood and Health Supplementary Reading Farming in the 21st Century — A Practical Approach to Improve Soil Health Unit 2 Food Security Text A How to Feed a Hungry World Reading Strategy Dealing with Unknown Words ( I ) Text B What You Need to Know about Food Security and Climate Change Supplementary Reading Understanding Food Insecurity: Insights Through the Lenses of Gender and Urbanization Unit 3 Agriculture Technology Text A Robotics and Sensing Technology in Agriculture Reading Strategy Dealing with Unknown Words ( Ⅱ ) Text B How Has Technology Changed Farming Supplementary Reading 10 Digital Technologies That Are Transforming Agriculture Unit 4 Smart Agriculture Text A How Smart Technology Is Revolutionizing Agriculture Reading Strategy Pre-reading Text B Smart Agriculture System in India Using Internet of Things Supplementary Reading China's Smart Agriculture: Technologies for High-quality Growth Unit 5 Eco-agriculture Text A Eco-agriculture: A Review of Its History and Philosophy Reading Strategy Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions ( I ) Text B Designing Agricultural Landscapes for Biodiversity-based Ecosystem Services Supplementary Reading Livestock Production and the Functioning of Agricultural Ecosystems Unit 6 Low-carbon Agriculture Text A Low-carbon Agriculture Reading Strategy Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions ( Ⅱ ) Text B The Pathway to China's Carbon-neutral Agriculture Supplementary Reading The Four Pillars of Low-carbon Agriculture Unit 7 New Agricultural Business Model Text A E-commerce — An Engine of Growth for Digital Agriculture Reading Strategy Annotating Text B New Opportunities for Agribusiness in E-commerce Supplementary Reading E-commerce in Agriculture and Rural Areas: Case Studies Unit 8 Digital Villages Text A Realizing the Potential of Digitalization to Improve the Agri-food System Reading Strategy Scanning Text B China's Digital Farmers Are Making Agriculture More Profitable Supplementary Reading Basic Conditions for Digital Transformation of the Agriculture and Food Sector Unit 9 The Chinese Model of Common Prosperity Text A 70 Years of Poverty Alleviation in China Reading Strategy Assistance of Text Structural Knowledge to Reading Comprehension Text B The Core of China's Rural Revitalization Supplementary Reading Revitalize the World's Countryside Unit 10 The Future of Agriculture Text A Fix the Broken Food System for the Future Reading Strategy Summary Text B Sustainable Agriculture Supplementary Reading Why We Must Scale Up Climate-smart Agriculture to Feed a Hungrier World
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