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My lifelong pursuit is to
keep all the people
away from hunger.
Yuan Longping
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1.I guess it was taken somewhere in southern
China.There are folk houses built beside farmland.
2.No.I have never been to a place like this,but I
Elaine英语
did see such places on TV.The farmland is large
and beauti时ul.
In this unit,you will
Look and discuss
1 read about agricultural scientist Yuan Longping.1 Where do you think the photo was taken.
2 listen to and talk about the problem of world
and what is it of
hunger.
2队为琼张聚片是在里拍动,是关手对雨3
3 write about your opinion on organic farming or
What was it like
chemical farming.
你去过像这样的她而吗?名是什儿样的?
4 learn about farming industries in other
countries.
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Reading and Thinking
Elaine英语
Get to know an agricultural scientist
认议一位农业科学家
1
Before you read,look at the photo and the title of the text.Discuss these
questions in groups.在阅读之前,石照片和深文南题,分组时论这些问题.
2.I know that he is often called
I.The photo is of Yuan Longping,holding sheaves of his hybrid rice.
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the "father of hybrid rice"
gnd his work has sparked a
对那个人马解多少?头子他还想知适些什4?
arming revolution in China.I
guess I want to know what he
2 Read the text.Match the main idea with each paragraph
thinks about the future of
闵读详文。把大意与与一段相匹配,
Ching's gariculture.
Paragraph
A
Yuan conducted research and developed hybrid rice.
表隆平进行累交水船耐反。
Paragraph
Yuan worked hard to fulfil his dreams.
表魔早老马,但仍车号力字现他印梦想。
Paragraph 3
Yuan considered himself a fammer.
素隆平认为他目己是农民,
Paragraph
Muan家鲜g装y.agricuture。.
Paragraph 5.
E
Yuan's innovation has helped to feed more people.
表魔平的创新有助子养活更多的人:
Paragraph 6
Yuan cared little for fame or wealth.
Elaine英语
表隆平不在平名利。
A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE
笼福全人类的先驼有
Elaine英语
Yuan Longping,known as the "father of yrdwas one of China's most famous
scientists.Yet,he considered himself a farmer because he continually worked the land in
his research.Indeed,his slim but strong body was just like that of millions of Chinese farmers,
to whom he had devoted his life.
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Yuan Longping was born in 1930 in Beijing.His parents
wanted him to pursue a career in science or medicine.
However,what concerned him most was that farmers
often had poor harvests and sometimes even nad
serious shortage of food to eat.To tackle this crisis.
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Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing.
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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 nice.A hybrid is a
cross between two or more varieties of a species.One
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was a matter of great debate.The comm90)道;线k格could not be
done.Throygh intense eftort.Yuan oversame enormous technical difficulties to develop
the first bridnce that couldbeused for farming in 1974.This hybrid enabled farmers to
expand their output greafly
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Today.it is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is
vt.估计;估价:估料n.估计;估荠
n.消花ì消花量;消潮
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consume vt.消员
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UNIT 5 WORKING THE LAND