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选1 Unit 5 Reading and Thinking
Language Points
Para. 1
Yuan Longping, ①known as the “father of hybrid rice”, is one of China’s most famous scientists. Yet, he ②considers himself a farmer because he continually ③works the land in his research. Indeed, his slim but strong body is just like that of ④millions of Chinese farmers, to whom he has devoted his life .
be known as 被称作
consider ...(as/to be)... 认为...是
work the land 耕种土地
millions of 数以百万的
过去分词作定语
Para. 1
1. Indeed, his slim but strong body is just like that of millions of Chinese farmers, to whom he has devoted his life.
介词 “to + whom”引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词farmers。这里to被提到了关系代词前面。
事实上，他苗条但强壮的身躯就像他毕生为之奉献的数百万中国农民一样。
He has devoted his life to Chinese farmers.
Para 2
Yuan Longping was born in 1930 in Beijing. His parents wanted him to ⑤pursue a career in science or medicine. However, what concerned him most was that farmers often had ⑥poor harvests and sometimes even had ⑦a serious shortage of food to eat. To ⑧tackle this crisis, he ⑨chose to study agriculture and received an education at Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing
⑤pursue a career 追求事业 (n. pursuit 追求)
⑥poor harvests 歉收；收成不好
⑦a shortage of 缺乏
⑧tackle this crisis 解决这个危机 (pl. crises)
⑨choose to do sth 选择做某事 (n. choice 选择）
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Para 3
After graduating in 1953, he ⑩worked as a researcher. Yuan Longping realised that larger fields were not the solution. Instead, farmers needed to boost yields in the fields they had. How this could be done was a challenging question at the time. Yuan was convinced that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. A hybrid is a cross between two or more varieties of a species.
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⑩ worked as... 担任
boost yields 提高产量（yield vt.产生 vi.屈服）
be convinced that 坚信...
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One characteristic of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than conventional crops. However, whether it was possible to develop a hybrid of self-pollinating plants such as rice was a matter of great debate. The common assumption then was that it could not be done. Through intense effort, Yuan overcame enormous technical difficulties to develop the first hybrid rice that could be used for farming in 1974. This hybrid enabled farmers to expand their output greatly.
characteristic n./adj.
be characteristic of 是....特有的
a matter of ... 的问题
through intense effort 通过不懈的努力
overcame enormous difficulties
克服巨大的困难
be used for 被用于...
enable sb to do sth 使某人能做某事
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Para 4
Today, it is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is comprised of crops generated from Yuan’s hybrid strains, and his strains have allowed China’s farmers to produce around 200 million tons of rice per year. Yuan’s innovation has helped feed not just China, but many other countries that depend on rice as well, such as India and Vietnam. Because of his invaluable contributions, Yuan Longping has
received numerous awards both in China and abroad.
It is estimated that...据估计
be comprised of 由...组成
allow sb to do sth允许某人做某事
depend on 依靠，依赖
receivenumerous awards
获得许多奖项
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Para. 5
Given that Yuan’s hybrids made him quite wealthy, one might think he would have retired to a life of leisure. However, this is far from the case. Deep down, Yuan was still very much a farmer at heart. As a man of the soil, he cared little for celebrity or money. Instead, he made large donations to support agricultural research.
Given (that) 鉴于，考虑到
far from the case 远非如此
deep down 在内心深处
at heart 内心里，本质上
care little for 不在乎
Para 6
What impresses people most about Yuan Longping is his ongoing ability to fulfill his dreams. Long ago, he envisioned rice plants as tall as sorghum, with each ear of rice as big as a broom, and each grain of rice as huge as a peanut. He succeeded in producing a kind of rice that could feed more people at home and abroad.
fulfill one’s dreams实现某人梦想
succeed in doing 成功做...
at home and abroad 在国内外
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His later vision for “seawater rice” became a reality, and potentially opened up nearly one million square kilometres of salty land in China for rice production. Even in his later years, Yuan Longping was still young at heart and full of vision, and everyone was always excited to see what he would dream up next.
open up 开发，开拓
full of vision 富有远见
dream up 构思,构想
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