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课件网) 选1 Unit 5 Reading and Thinking Language Points Para. 1 Yuan Longping, ①known as the “father of hybrid rice”, is one of China’s most famous scientists. Yet, he ②considers himself a farmer because he continually ③works the land in his research. Indeed, his slim but strong body is just like that of ④millions of Chinese farmers, to whom he has devoted his life . be known as 被称作 consider ...(as/to be)... 认为...是 work the land 耕种土地 millions of 数以百万的 过去分词作定语 Para. 1 1. Indeed, his slim but strong body is just like that of millions of Chinese farmers, to whom he has devoted his life. 介词 “to + whom”引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词farmers。这里to被提到了关系代词前面。 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。 He has devoted his life to Chinese farmers. Para 2 Yuan Longping was born in 1930 in Beijing. His parents wanted him to ⑤pursue a career in science or medicine. However, what concerned him most was that farmers often had ⑥poor harvests and sometimes even had ⑦a serious shortage of food to eat. To ⑧tackle this crisis, he ⑨chose to study agriculture and received an education at Southwest Agricultural College in Chongqing ⑤pursue a career 追求事业 (n. pursuit 追求) ⑥poor harvests 歉收；收成不好 ⑦a shortage of 缺乏 ⑧tackle this crisis 解决这个危机 (pl. crises) ⑨choose to do sth 选择做某事 (n. choice 选择） ( ) 主语从句 ( ) 表语从句 Para 3 After graduating in 1953, he ⑩worked 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. ( ) 宾语从句 ) ( 主语从句 定语从句 ⑩ worked as... 担任 boost yields 提高产量（yield vt.产生 vi.屈服） be convinced that 坚信... 宾语从句 One characteristic of hybrids is that they usually attain a higher yield than conventional crops. 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. characteristic n./adj. be characteristic of 是....特有的 a matter of ... 的问题 through intense effort 通过不懈的努力 overcame enormous difficulties 克服巨大的困难 be used for 被用于... enable sb to do sth 使某人能做某事 表语从句 ) ( ( ) 主语 从句 ( ) 表语 从句 ( ) 定语从句 Para 4 Today, it is estimated that about 60 percent of domestic rice consumption in China is comprised of crops generated from Yuan’s hybrid strains, and his strains have allowed China’s farmers to produce around 200 millio ... ...
