Friday, February 22, 2013

ESL Discussion Questions about Farming

What is it?

What are some synonyms for "farming?"

What are some synonyms for "farmers?"

What do farmers do? What task or duties do they perform?

Do you have farming experience? Are there farmers in your family?

Have you visited a farm? What did you think?

Would you like to own a farm or live on a farm?

If you had a farm, what would you grow or raise? Crops, livestock.

How is farming in China?

Can a farmer become wealthy in China?

Is farming a good career choice?

What do city people think of farmers? Do they think they are bumpkins or hayseeds?

What did Chairman Mao think of farmers?

If you were a farmer, what kind of woman would you marry?

If you were a woman, what kind of farmer would you marry?

A smaller percentage of the population works in the farming sector. Is this a good thing?

What things do you think farmers worry about?

What kind of problems does the modern Chinese farmer have?

What is it like to farm in the West?

What's a farmer's daily life like?

Are there farmers markets in Wuxi?

Do you think bio-fuels are a good idea?


What do these farming terms mean:

Rotate crops

Barn

Fence

Hoe

Shovel

Rake

Tractor

Combine Harvester

Hay

Haystack (needle in a haystack)

subsistence farming

dairy farming

arable land (Is there lots of arable land in China? Jiangsu? Wuxi?


Idioms

Buy the farm

sell the farm

Bet the farm

funny farm

Were you born in a barn?

He couldn't hit the side of a barn.

No comments: