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课件网) Unit 5 Working the land 1. Indeed, his slim but strong body is just like that of millions of Chinese farmers, to whom he has devoted his life. 事实上，他苗条但强壮的身躯就像他毕生为 之奉献的数百万中国农民一样。 devote vt. to use all or most of your time, effort etc in order to do something or help someone “致力，献身，倾注”。 [常用搭配] devote ... to ... 把……用在……上，为……付出…… devote oneself to ... 献身于，致力于，专心于…… 【拓展】 devoted adj. 献身的；忠实的 devotion n. 献身，致力；忠实，热爱 【语境应用】翻译句子。 1) 我叔叔决定把余生献给科学研究。 2) 她欣然放弃了兼职工作，全身心地投入到艺 术事业中去。 My uncle decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific study. She gladly gave up her part-time job to devote herself entirely to her art. 2. Yuan Longping realised that larger fields were not the solution. Instead, farmers needed to boost yields in the fields they had. 袁隆平意识到，更多的耕地并不是解决问题的 办法，农民们需要增加他们现有土地上农作物 的产量。 yield n. the amount of profits, crops etc that something produces “产量；收益” e.g. high yield 高产 low yield 低产 It will bring you a 6% yield on your investment. 它会给你的投资带来6%的利润。 yield v. to produce crops, profits etc; to allow yourself to be forced or persuaded to do something or stop having something “生产；产出”， “屈服；放弃” e.g. The fruit trees in his orchards yield a large amount of apples and pears every day. 他果园的果树每年产出大量的苹果和梨。 These experiments yielded important data for the research. 这些实验为研究提供了重要的数据。 We shall never yield to the difficulties. 我们绝不会向困难低头。 3. Yuan was convinced that the answer could be found in the creation of hybrid rice. 袁隆平坚信，在杂交水稻的创造中可以找 到答案。 convinced adj. feeling certain that something is true 确信的，信服的 [常用搭配] be convinced that be convinced of 【语境应用】用两种搭配翻译句子。 我确信她是无辜的。 I am convinced that she is innocent. I am convinced of her innocence. 4. The common assumption then was that it could not be done. 当时的普遍假设是这是做不到的。 assume v. to think that something is true, although you do not have definite proof 假定，设想 [常见结构] assume +名词，assume sb. to be ...，assume + that从句 e.g. Don’t always assume the worst. 不要总是做最坏的打算。 We can’t assume the suspects to be guilty simply because they’ve decided to remain silent. 我们不能仅仅因为嫌犯决定保持沉默就认为他们有罪。 Let us assume for a moment that the plan succeeds. 让我们先假设这个计划成功了。 【拓展】assumption n. 假定，设想。如： These calculations are based on the assumption that prices will continue to rise. 这些计算是基于价格将继续上涨的假设。 5. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway is a record of all of our efforts to overcome the most difficult engineering challenges. overcome v. to successfully control a feeling or problem; to fight and win against someone or something 克服（困难）；征服，战胜 e. ... ...
