Unit 5 Working the landReading and ThinkingA Pioneer for All People 造福全人造福全人类的先的先驱者者 袁隆平（1930年9月7日-2021年5月22日），男，汉族，生于北京,无党派人士，江西省九江市德安县人享誉海内外的著名农业科学家，中国杂交水稻事业的开创者和领导者，中国共产党的亲密朋友，无党派人士的杰出代表，“共和国勋章”获得者，湖南省政协原副主席，国家杂交水稻工程技术研究中心原主任，中国工程院院士，被誉为“杂交水稻之父”Try to make a prediction of this passage!1.Studentscouldhaveageneralunderstandingofthispassage.2.Studentscouldmemorizesomekeywordsandphrases.3.Studentscouldformapositiveattitudetowardsthehabitofeating.TeachingobjectivesTeachingobjectives:He has a dream that rice is taller than sorghum and each grain of rice as huge as a peanut.He and his assistant enjoyed the cool under rice.ScientistFather of hybrid riceResearcherPioneerWhat type of writing is it?BiographyBiography1.hybridn.杂交植(动)物;合成物;混合动力车2.devotevt.把献(给);把专用于;专心于3.devote.to把用于;献身;致力;专心4.shortagen.不足;缺少;短缺5.crisisn.(pl.crises/-siz/)危机;危急关头6.boostvt.使增长;使兴旺n.增长;提高;激励7.yieldn.产量,产生vi.屈服;让步8.convincevt.使相信;使确信;说服9.characteristicadj.典型的;独特的10.attainvt.获得;得到11.conventionaladj.传统的;习惯的12.pollinatevt.授粉;传粉13.assumptionn.假定;设定;Key words and phrases18.outputn.产量;输出;输出量vt.19.estimatevt.估计;估价;估算n.估计;估算20.domesticadj本国的;国内的;家用的;家庭的21.consumptionn.消耗;消耗量;消费prisevt包括;包含;由组成23.becomprisedof包括;包含;由组成(或构成)24.generatevt.产生;引起25.strainn.(动、植物的)系;品种;拉伤;压力26.ensuren.闲暇;休闲;空闲27.deepdown在内心深处;本质上;实际上Key words and phrasesTry to find the main idea of each paragraph.1.Yuan Longping,known as the“father of hybridrice”,is one of Chinas most famous scientists.Yet,he considers himself a farmer because he continually works the land in his research.Indeed,his slim but strong body is just like that of millions of Chinese farmers,to whom he has devoted his life.袁隆平，被誉为“杂交水稻之父”，是中国最著名的科学家之一。
然而，他认为自己是个农民，因为他不断地在田间耕作，进行科学研究确实，他瘦削但结实的身躯看起来和他为之奉献了一生的千百万中国农民一样Para.1 He considers himeself a farmer.(Identify)2.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 had a serious shortage of food to eat.To tackle this crisis,he chose to study agriculture and received an education at Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing.袁隆平1930年出生于北京他的父母希望他从事科学或医学方面的工作。
然而，最让他担心的是，农民经常歉收，有时甚至严重缺乏食物为了应对这一危机，他选择了学习农业，并在重庆的西南农学院接受教育Para.2 Why did he decide to study agriculture?(Experience)3.After graduating in 1953,he worked 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.One characteristic of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than conventional crops.1953年毕业后，他从事研究工作。
袁隆平意识到，解决问题的办法并不是扩大农田面积，而是农民们需要提高他们已有土地上农作物的产量如何做到这一点在当时是一个具有挑战性的问题袁隆平坚信，可以在杂交水稻的培育中找到答案杂交植物是一个物种的两个或多个变种之间的杂交杂交作物的一个特点是它们的产量通常比常规作物高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.然而，是否有可能培育出如水稻等自花授粉植物的杂交种，这是一个充满争议的问题。
人们普遍认为这是不可能做到的通过不懈的努力，袁隆平克服了巨大的技术难题，于1974年研制出了第一批可用于农业生产的杂交水稻这种杂交植物使农民能够大幅度增加他们的水稻产量Para.3 Yuan succeeded in developing hybrid rice.(Contribution)4.Today,it is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is comprised of crops generated from Yuans hybrid strains,and his strains have allowed Chinas farmers to produce around 200 million tons of rice per year.Yuans 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.据估算，现在中国国内消费的稻米有大约60%来自袁隆平的杂交水稻品种形成的作物，这些品种(形成的作物)让中国农民每年能够生产出大约两亿吨稻米。
袁隆平的创新不仅帮助养活了中国，也养活了许多其他依赖大米的国家，如印度和越南因为他做出了不可估量的贡献袁隆平在国内外获得了无数奖项Para.4 Yuans contributions to the world.(Contribution)5.GiventhatYuanshybridshavemadehimquitewealthy,onemightthinkhewouldretiretoalifeofleisure.However,thisisfarfromthecase.Deepdown,Yuanisstillverymuchafarmeratheart.Asamanofthesoil,hecareslittleforcelebrityormoney.Instead,hemakeslargedonationstosupportagriculturalresearch.考虑到杂交水稻使袁隆平变得相当富有，人们可能认为他会退休享受闲适的生活然而，事实远非如此实际上，袁隆平在内心深处仍然是一位农民作为一个土生土长的人，他不太在乎名利相反，他大量捐款支持农业科学研究Para.5 Yuans indifference to fame and fortune.(Personality)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.His latest vision for“seawater rice”has also become a reality,and poten。