UNIT5WORKINGTHELANDReadingandThinking:GettoknowanagriculturalscientistApioneerforallpeopleWhoisthemaninthephoto?Whatcropisheholdinginhishand?ThephotoisofYuanLongping,holdingsheavesofhishybridrice.Whatdoyouknowabouthim?Heiscalledthe"fatherofhybridrice",andhisworkhassparkedafarmingrevolutioninChina.Readthetextandmatchthemainideawitheachparagraph.Paragraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4Paragraph5Paragraph6A.Yuanconductedresearchanddevelopedhybridrice.B.Yuanworkedhardtofulfilhisdreams.C.Yuanconsideredhimselfafarmer.D.Yuandecidedtostudyagriculture.E.Yuan'sinnovationhashelpedtofeedmorepeople.F.Yuancaredlittleforfameorwealth.Listenandread:Pleaseuseonekeywordtosummarizeeachparagraph.Answerthefollowingquestions:1.WhydidYuanLongpingconsiderhimselfafarmer?2.WhydidYuandecidetostudyagriculture?3.Whatisthemainadvantageofhybridcrops?4.HowhasYuan'sworkhelpedChinaandothercountries?5.WhatwasYuan'slatervision?1.WhydidYuanLongpingconsiderhimselfafarmer?YuanLongping,knownasthe“fatherofhybridrice”,wasoneofChina’smostfamousscientists.Yet,heconsideredhimselfafarmerbecausehecontinuallyworkedthelandinhisresearch.Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodywasjustlikethatofmillionsofChinesefarmers,towhomhehaddevotedhislife.V-ed作后置定語，“被稱作...”雜交水稻oneof+cn.復(fù)數(shù)

considersb（as/tobe）認(rèn)為某人是...pron.代指hisbodywhom引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，作賓語devote…to…獻(xiàn)身于...；致力于...袁隆平，被譽(yù)為“雜交水稻之父”，是中國最著名的科學(xué)家之一。然而，他認(rèn)為自己是個農(nóng)民，因為他不斷地在田間耕作，進(jìn)行科學(xué)研究。確實，他瘦削但結(jié)實的身軀看起來和他為之奉獻(xiàn)了一生的千百萬中國農(nóng)民一樣。2.WhydidYuandecidetostudyagriculture?YuanLongpingwasbornin1930inBeijing.Hisparentswantedhimtopursueacareerinscienceormedicine.However,whatconcernedhimmostwasthatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadaseriousshortageoffoodtoeat.Totacklethiscrisis,hechosetostudyagricultureandreceivedaneducationatSouthwestAgriculturalCollegeinChongqing.從事（追求）……事業(yè)what引導(dǎo)主語從句欠收嚴(yán)重缺乏后置定語todo作目的狀語，為了解決危機(jī)choosetodo選擇做...choose-chose-chosen西南農(nóng)學(xué)院袁隆平1930年出生于北京。他的父母希望他從事科學(xué)或醫(yī)學(xué)方面的工作。然而，最讓他擔(dān)心的是，農(nóng)民經(jīng)常歉收，有時甚至嚴(yán)重缺乏食物。為了應(yīng)對這一危機(jī)，他選擇了學(xué)習(xí)農(nóng)業(yè)，并在重慶的西南農(nóng)學(xué)院接受教育。Aftergraduatingin1953,heworkedasaresearcher.YuanLongpingrealisedthatlargerfieldswerenotthesolution.Instead,farmersneededtoboostyieldsinthefieldstheyhad.Howthiscouldbedonewasachallengingquestionatthetime.Yuanwasconvincedthattheanswercouldbefoundinthecreationofhybridrice.以……身份而工作增加產(chǎn)量how引導(dǎo)主語從句adj.富于挑戰(zhàn)性的確信……that引導(dǎo)賓語從句1953年畢業(yè)后，他從事研究工作。袁隆平意識到，解決問題的辦法并不是擴(kuò)大農(nóng)田面積，而是農(nóng)民們需要提高他們已有土地上農(nóng)作物的產(chǎn)量。如何做到這一點在當(dāng)時是一個具有挑戰(zhàn)性的問題。袁隆平堅信，可以在雜交水稻的培育中找到答案。Ahybridisacrossbetweentwoormorevarietiesofaspecies.Onecharacteristicofhybridsisthattheyusuallyattainahigheryieldthanconventionalcrops.However,whetheritwaspossibletodevelopahybridofself-pollinatingplantssuchasricewasamatterofgreatdebate.Thecommonassumptionthenwasthatitcouldnotbedone.3.Whatisthemainadvantageofhybridcrops?n.雜交，混合物v.(通常經(jīng)過努力)獲得；得到adj.依照慣例的；常規(guī)的whether引導(dǎo)主語從句；it是形式主語，todevelop…是真正主語pollinatevt.對…授粉一件引起巨大爭議的事情n.假定，假設(shè)v.assume雜交植物是一個物種的兩個或多個變種之間的雜交。雜交作物的一個特點是它們的產(chǎn)量通常比常規(guī)作物高。然而，是否有可能培育出如水稻等自花授粉植物的雜交種，這是一個充滿爭議的問題。人們普遍認(rèn)為這是不可能做到的。Throughintenseeffort,Yuanovercameenormoustechnicaldifficultiestodevelopthefirsthybridricethatcouldbeusedforfarmingin1974.Thishybridenabledfarmerstoexpandtheiroutputgreatly.adj.熱切的；專注的克服各種技術(shù)難題定語從句使……能夠……v.擴(kuò)大，增加通過不懈的努力，袁隆平克服了巨大的技術(shù)難題，于1974年研制出了第一批可用于農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)的雜交水稻。這種雜交植物使農(nóng)民能夠大幅度增加他們的水稻產(chǎn)量。Today,itisestimatedthatabout60percentofdomesticriceconsumptioninChinaiscomprisedofcropsgeneratedfromYuan’shybridstrains,andhisstrainshaveallowedChina’sfarmerstoproducearound200milliontonsofriceperyear.4.HowhasYuan'sworkhelpedChinaandothercountries?it為形式主語，that引導(dǎo)主語從句，意為“據(jù)估計...”由…組成V-ed作后置定語allow…todo允許……做某事?lián)浪悖F(xiàn)在中國國內(nèi)消費的稻米有大約60%來自袁隆平的雜交水稻品種形成的作物，這些品種(形成的作物)讓中國農(nóng)民每年能夠生產(chǎn)出大約兩億噸稻米。Yuan’sinnovationhashelpedfeednotjustChina,butmanyothercountriesthatdependonriceaswell,suchasIndiaandVietnam.Becauseofhisinvaluablecontributions,YuanLongpingreceivednumerousawardsbothinChinaandabroad.n.革新，創(chuàng)新依賴，依靠adj.極寶貴的在國內(nèi)外袁隆平的創(chuàng)新不僅幫助養(yǎng)活了中國，也養(yǎng)活了許多其他依賴大米的國家，如印度和越南。因為他做出了不可估量的貢獻(xiàn)。袁隆平在國內(nèi)外獲得了無數(shù)獎項。GiventhatYuan’shybridsmadehimquitewealthy,onemightthinkhewouldhaveretiredtoalifeofleisure.However,thisisfarfromthecase.Deepdown,Yuanwasstillverymuchafarmeratheart.Asamanofthesoil,hecaredlittleforcelebrityormoney.Instead,hemadelargedonationstosupportagriculturalresearch.意為“考慮到，鑒于”，引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句make+賓語+賓補(bǔ)（adj.）賓語從句，省略thatn.閑暇，業(yè)余時間；休閑活動事實遠(yuǎn)非如此實際上，在內(nèi)心深處名聲，聲望捐獻(xiàn)巨資考慮到雜交水稻使袁隆平變得相當(dāng)富有，人們可能認(rèn)為他會退休享受閑適的生活。然而，事實遠(yuǎn)非如此。實際上，袁隆平在內(nèi)心深處仍然是一位農(nóng)民。作為一個土生土長的人，他不太在乎名利。相反，他大量捐款支持農(nóng)業(yè)科學(xué)研究。WhatimpressespeoplemostaboutYuanLongpingwashisongoingabilitytofulfillhisdreams.Longago,heenvisionedriceplantsastallassorghum,witheachearofriceasbigasabroom,andeachgrainofriceashugeasapeanut.Hesucceededinproducingakindofricethatcouldfeedmorepeopleathomeandabroad.what引導(dǎo)主語從句adj.仍在進(jìn)行的，不斷發(fā)展的實現(xiàn)他的夢想v.想象，預(yù)想with+賓語+賓補(bǔ)成功做到that引導(dǎo)定語從句袁隆平給人印象最深的是他不斷實現(xiàn)夢想的能力。很久以前，他設(shè)想水稻高至高粱，稻穗大如掃帚，而每粒稻谷大如花生。他成功地種植出一種可以養(yǎng)活國內(nèi)外更多人口的水稻。Hislatervisionfor“seawaterrice”alsobecameareality,andpotentiallyopenedupnearlyonemillionsquarekilometresofsaltylandinChinaforriceproduction.Eveninhislateryears,YuanLongpingwasstillyoungatheartandfullofvision,andeveryonewasalwaysexcitedtoseewhathewoulddreamupnext.5.WhatwasYuan'slatervision?開辟，打開即使在他的晚年富有遠(yuǎn)見構(gòu)思、創(chuàng)造后來他的“海水稻”愿景也已成為現(xiàn)實，并有望在中國開辟近100萬平方公里的鹽堿地用于水稻生產(chǎn)。即使在他晚年，袁隆平仍然保持年輕的心態(tài)，而且滿懷憧憬，大家都會興奮地期待他下一個不同尋常的夢想。educatedgraduationcreationgeneratedestimationYuanLongping,fatherofhybridrice,_________hislifetoriceproduction.Asayoungman,hechosetostudyagriculturebecausehewas__________aboutpoorharvestandthe________offoodforfarmers.After___________enormousdifficulties,hedevelopedthefirsthybridricein1974,enablingfarmersto_______ahigheryield.Itisestimatedthat60%ofrice____________inChinacomesfromYuan'sinnovation.However,asamanof______,littledidhecareformoneyorfame.Heimpresseduswithhi