Unit+5+Working+the+land+Reading+and+Thinking 高二英語人教版（2019）選擇性必修第一冊

Whatdoyouknowabouttheman?agreatscientist

“fatherofhybridrice”Bornin1930,YuanLongpingisaChineseagriculturalscientistandeducator.Heisknownfordevelopingthefirsthybridricevarietiesinthe1970s,andiscalled"TheFatherofHybridRice".Thehybridricehassavedseveralbillionpeopleathomeandabroadfromstarving.His

contributiontomankindisenormous.In2021,hediedinChangshaattheageof91.YuanLongping(1930-2021)Mylifelongpursuitistokeepallthepeopleawayfromhunger.--YuanLongpingInthisclass,youwillreadaboutagriculturalscientistYuanLongping;analysewhyYuanLongpingiscalledapioneerforallpeople.Learningobjectives:

認(rèn)為自己是……致力于學(xué)科學(xué)/學(xué)醫(yī)為了解決這場危機(jī)接受教育耕種土地Readthetext.HowdoestheauthordescribeYuanLongpingwiththefollowingexpressions?提高產(chǎn)量一個(gè)難題通過不懈努力克服眾多技術(shù)問題頤養(yǎng)天年遠(yuǎn)非，遠(yuǎn)不是不慕名利在內(nèi)心深處為……大量捐贈(zèng)國內(nèi)外年事已高充滿憧憬Apioneerforallpeople

YuanLongping,knownasthe“fatherofhybridrice”,isoneofChina’smostfamousscientists.Yet,heconsidershimselfafarmerbecausehecontinuallyworksthelandinhisresearch.Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodyisjustlikethatofmillionsofChinesefarmers,towhomhehasdevotedhislife.Paragraph1

認(rèn)為自己是……耕種土地Paragraph2:YuanLongping’syouthandeducation

YuanLongpingwasbornin1930inBeijing.Hisparentswantedhimtopursueacareerinscienceormedicine.However,whatconcernedhimmostwasthatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadaseriousshortageoffoodtoeat.Totacklethiscrisis,hechosetostudyagricultureandreceivedaneducationatSouthwestAgriculturalCollegeinChongqing.致力于學(xué)科學(xué)/學(xué)醫(yī)為了解決這場危機(jī)接受教育

Aftergraduatingin1953,heworkedasaresearcher.YuanLongpingrealisedthatlargerfieldswerenotthesolution.Instead,farmersneededtoboostyieldsinthefieldstheyhad.Howthiscouldbedonewasachallengingquestionatthetime.Yuanwasconvincedthattheanswercouldbefoundinthecreationofhybridrice.Ahybridisacrossbetweentwoormorevarietiesofaspecies.Onecharacteristicofhybridsisthattheyusuallyattainahigheryieldthanconventionalcrops.However,whetheritwaspossibletodevelopahybridofself-pollinatingplantssuchasricewasamatterofgreatdebate.Thecommonassumptionthenwasthatitcouldnotbedone.Throughintenseeffort,Yuanovercameenormoustechnicaldifficultiestodevelopthefirsthybridricethatcouldbeusedforfarmingin1974.Thishybridenabledfarmerstoexpandtheiroutputgreatly.Paragraph3:TheBirthofHybridRice提高產(chǎn)量一個(gè)難題通過不懈努力克服眾多技術(shù)問題

Today,itisestimatedthatabout60percentofdomesticriceconsumptioninChinaiscomprisedofcropsgeneratedfromYuan’shybridstrains,andhisstrainshaveallowedChina’sfarmerstoproducearound200milliontonsofriceperyear.Yuan’sinnovationhashelpedfeednotjustChina,butmanyothercountriesthatdependonriceaswell,suchasIndiaandVietnam.Becauseofhisinvaluablecontributions,YuanLongpinghasreceivednumerousawardsbothinChinaandabroad.Paragraph4:TheImportanceofHybridRice

GiventhatYuan’shybridshavemadehimquitewealthy,onemightthinkhewouldretiretoalifeofleisure.However,thisisfarfromthecase.Deepdown,Yuanisstillverymuchafarmeratheart.Asamanofthesoil,hecareslittleforcelebrityormoney.Instead,hemakeslargedonationstosupportagriculturalresearch.頤養(yǎng)天年遠(yuǎn)非，遠(yuǎn)不是不慕名利在內(nèi)心深處為……大量捐贈(zèng)Paragraph5

WhatimpressespeoplemostaboutYuanLongpingishisongoingabilitytofulfillhisdreams.Longago,heenvisionedriceplantsastallassorghum,witheachearofriceasbigasabroom,andeachgrainofriceashugeasapeanut.Hesucceededinproducingakindofricethatcouldfeedmorepeopleathomeandabroad.Hislatestvisionfor“seawaterrice”hasalsobecomeareality,andpotentiallyopenedupnearlyonemillionsquarekilometresof