本教材的编写指导思想就是依托中国农业文化中最具国际影响力和最典型、最核心的农耕文化思想或现象，循序渐进地引导学生从了解农耕文化到熟知英语表达，再到引发对传统文化现象的思考，最终达到用辩证的观点去看待传统文化现象的目标。基于此，本教材选取了中国农业文化中最具代表性的十个主题作为编写的主要内容，对中国农耕文明的起源、相关的神话传说、农耕思想、传统节日、丝绸之路、瓷器的发展历程还有和我们日常生活密切相关的酒文化和茶文化等话题进行了介绍。同时，本教材在每个单元后面都增设了练习题，包括“判断正误”“填空”“术语解析”“传统文化段落翻译”与“批判性思考”五种题型。练习题的设计遵循了由易到难、由了解认知到辩证思考的编写原则。本教材在选取具体的内容方面充分考虑到了学生的兴趣，比如有关神农氏的传说、具有中国农业百科全书称号的《齐民要术》、古代的丝绸之路、古代庙会的现代演变、古代婚礼的三书六聘、喝酒与饮茶的礼节以及二十四节气的由来等。这些内容可以激发学生对用英语学习农耕文化的内在动机，帮助学生更好地用英语讲好中国的农耕文化故事。

前言
Chapter 1 Myth and Sacrifice
Section A Myth
Section B Sacrifice
Chapter 2 Wisdom and Thoughts of Farming
Section A Agricultural Policies and Reforms
Section B Ancient Agricultural Books
Chapter 3 Twenty-Four Solar Terms
Section A General Introduction to Twenty-Four Solar Terms
Section B Farming Activities and Twenty-Four Solar Terms
Section C Dietary Customs and Twenty-Four Solar Terms
Chapter 4 Typical Chinese Food Crops and Farming Tools
Section A Typical Food Crops in China
Section B Traditional Chinese Farming tools
Chapter 5 Flood Control and Irrigation
Section A Yu Taming the Flood
Section B Dujiangyan Irrigating System
Section C Harnessing of the Yellow River
Chapter 6 Traditional Festivals and Folk Customs
Section A Traditional Festivals
Section B Marital and Funeral Customs
Section C Temple Fair
Chapter 7 Silk and Ceramics Culture
Section A Culture of Silk
Section B Culture of Ceramics
Section C The Silk Road
Section D The Belt and Road Initiative
Chapter 8 Chinese Tea Culture
Section A Origin and Development of Tea
Section B Tea Varieties and Benefits
Section C Tea Customs and Etiquette
Chapter 9 Chinese Alcohol Culture
Section A Origin and Development of Chinese Alcohol
Section B Drinking Customs
Section C Alcohol and Social Life
Chapter 10 Chinese Food Culture
Section A Food and Regions
Section B Food and Festivals
课后练习题答案
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