選必一U5課文原句詞匯精準漢意1.Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodyisjustlikethatofmillionsofChinesefarmers,towhomhehasdevotedhislife.2.However,whatconcernedhimmostwasthatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadaseriousshortageoffoodtoeat.3.Totacklethiscrisis,hechosetostudyagricultureandreceivedaneducationatSouthwestAgriculturalCollegeinChongqing.4.Instead,farmersneededtoboostyieldsinthefieldstheyhad.

5.Yuanwasconvincedthattheanswercouldbefoundinthecreationofhybridrice.6.Onecharacteristicofhybridsisthattheyusuallyattainahigheryieldthanconventionalcrops.7.Thecommonassumptionthenwasthatitcouldnotbedone.8.Throughintenseeffort,Yuanovercameenormoustechnicaldifficultiestodevelopthefirsthybridricethatcouldbeusedforfarmingin1974.9.Thishybridenabledfarmerstoexpandtheiroutputgreatly.

10.Today,itisestimatedthatabout60percentofdomesticriceconsumptioninChinaiscomprisedofcropsgeneratedfromYuan’shybridstrains,andhisstrainshaveallowedChina’sfarmerstoproducearound200milliontonsofriceperyear.11.GiventhatYuan’shybridshavemadehimquitewealthy,onemightthinkhewouldretiretoalifeofleisure.12.Asamanofthesoil,hecareslittleforcelebrityormoney.Instead,hemakeslargedonationstosupportagriculturalresearch.13.Longago,heenvisionedriceplantsastallassorghum,witheachearofriceasbigasabroom,andeachgrainofriceashugeasapeanut.14.Hislatestvisionfor“seawaterrice”hasalsobecomeareality,andpotentiallyopenedupnearlyonemillionsquarekilometresofsaltylandinChinaforriceproduction.15.AvastundergroundshelterbuiltduringWorldWarIIhasbeenturnedintoanurbanfarm,supplyingsupermarketsandrestaurantsinLondon.16.Theshelter,whichcouldprotectupto8,000peoplefromwartimebombs,wascomprisedoftwolargetunnelsthatwereintendedtoonedaybecauseanextensionoftheLondonUnderground.17.Whenthesewheatfarmerswilljointhispilotexperiment.18.Whatworriesmanypeopleisthatthesechemicalsmayevencausecancer.19.However,whatsheisunhappyaboutisthelowernutritionalvalueandreducedflavour.20.Chemicalpesticidesandartificialfertilisershavebeeninwidespreaduseinfarmingsincethemiddleofthe20thcentury.21.Thisaffectsthecropsgrownonthelandand,inturn,theanimalsandhumanswhodigestthem.22.Asforchemicalfertilisers,cropsgrownwiththemusuallygrowtoofasttoberichinnutrition.23.Theymaylookbeautifulontheoutside,butinsidethereisusuallymorewaterthanessentialminerals,andtheyoftenhavelessflavouraswell.24.Asanalternative,somefarmershaveswitchedtoorganicfarming,andmanycustomershaveturnedtoorganicfoodwhentheyshopatthelocalgrocery.25.Forinstance,theymaygrowcornorwheatinafieldoneyear,andthengrowbeanstherethenext.26.Organicfarmersalsoplantdiversecropsthatusedifferentdepthsofsoiltohelpkeepitrich.27.Forexamplepeanutsgrowontheground’ssurface,butmanyothervegetablesputdowndeeproots.28.Somepeoplewouldprefertostoptheuseofman-madechemicalsinagricultureentirely.29.Whatotherimportantaspectsofagriculturedoyouwanttoknowabout?短語：1.Deepdown,Yuanisstillverymuchafarmeratheart.1.devote[d??v??t]vt.

把……獻（給）；把……專用于；專心于devote...to把……用于；獻身；致力；專心2.shortage[????t??]n.

不足；缺少；短缺3.tackle[?t?kl]vt.

解決（難題）；應付（局面）；處理crisis[?kra?s?s]n.

（pl.crises)危機；危急關頭4.boost[bu?st]vt

n.

使增長；使興旺;.

增長；提高；激勵5.convincevt.

使相信；使確信；說服6.characteristic[?k?r?kt??r?st?k]n

adj.

特征；特點；品質;.

典型的；獨特的attain[??te?n]vt.

（通常經(jīng)過努力）獲得；得到conventional[k?n?v?n??nl]adj.

傳統(tǒng)的；習慣的7.assumption[??s?mp?(?)n]n.

假定；設定；（責任的）承擔；（權利的）獲得8.intense[?n?t?ns]adj.

熱切的；十分強烈的；激烈的overcomevt.

（overcame，overcome)克服；解決；戰(zhàn)勝9.expand[?ks?p?nd]vt.

＆vi

.

擴大；增加;.

擴展；發(fā)展（業(yè)務）output[?a?tp?t]n

vt.

.

產(chǎn)量；輸出；輸出量;（output，output）輸出10.estimate[??st?m?t]vt

n.

估計；估價；估算;.

估計；估算domestic[d???m?st?k]adj.

本國的；國內的；家用的；家庭的consumption[k?n?s?m(p)??n]n.

消耗；消耗量；消費comprisevt

.

包括；包含；由……組成becomprisedof包括；包含；由……組成（或構成）generate[???n?re?t]vt.

產(chǎn)生；引起11.leisuren.

閑暇；休閑；空閑12.soil[s??l]n.

泥士；土壤；國土；領土celebrity[s??l?br?ti]n.

名望；名譽；名人；名流13.grain[gre?n]n.

谷物；谷粒；顆粒14.vision[?v???n]n.

想象；視力；視野；影像envision[?n?v???n]vt.

展望；想象reality[ri(?)??l?ti]n.

現(xiàn)實；實際情況；事實salty[?s??lti]adj.

含鹽的；咸的15.urbanadj.

城市的；都市的；城鎮(zhèn)的16.bomb[b?m]n

v.

炸彈;.

轟炸；對…投炸彈extension[?ks?t?n??n]n.

擴建部分；擴大；電話分機wheat[wi?t]n.

小麥；小麥籽18.chemical[?k?m?k?l]adj

n.

.

與化學有關的；化學的;.

化學制品；化學品19.flavor[?fle?v?]n.

味道；特點；特色20.widespread[?wa?dspr?d]a.

分布廣的；普遍的；廣泛的21.inturn相應地；轉而；依次；輪流digest[?da???st]vt.

＆vi

n.

.

消化;.

領會；領悟;摘要；文摘22.nutritionaladj.

營養(yǎng)（物）的nutritiousadj.

有營養(yǎng)的；營養(yǎng)豐富的nutritionn.

營養(yǎng)；滋養(yǎng)23.essential[??s?n??l]adj.

完全必要的；極其重要的mineral[?m?n?r?l]n.

礦物；礦物質24.alternative[??l?t??n?t?v]n

adj.

可供選擇的事物;.

可供替代的；非傳統(tǒng)的organic[???g?n?k]adj.

有機的；不使用化肥的；有