Unit+5+Working+the+Land+Reading+and+Thinking 高中英語人教（2019）選擇性必修第一冊

ReadingandthinkingGetingtoknowanagriculturalscientistmineraln.礦物；礦物質(zhì)mineralwater礦泉水

adj.與礦有關(guān)的minen.礦井；礦；地雷

v.開礦；采礦；埋雷pron.我的minern.礦工，采礦者；開礦機miningn.礦業(yè)；采礦

alternativen.可供選擇的事物，替代物eg.Youcanbepaidincashweeklyorbychequemonthly;thosearethetwoalternatives.你的工資可以按周以現(xiàn)金支付，或按月以支票支取。二者可選其一。havenoalternativebuttodo除做……之外別無選擇eg.Ihadnoalternativebuttoaccepttheoffer.我除了接受該項提議之外別無選擇。analternativeto...是……的替代物eg.Weprovidanalternativetopainkillers(止痛藥).forinstance=forexampledepthn.深度indepth全面地；深入地，詳細(xì)地deep

adj.深的—→depth

n.深度→)deepen

v.加深strong

adj.強壯的→strengthn.強度→strengthenv.加強，增強long

adj.長的一>lengthn長度→lengthenv.使變長wide

adj.寬的→widthn寬度→widenv.加寬high

adj.高的—heightn.高度-→heigltenv.提高aspectn.方面，層次inthis/thataspect在這/那方面fromeveryaspect從各個方面eg.Technologyaffectseveryaspectofourlife.APIONEERFORALLPEOPLE

pioneern.先鋒，先驅(qū)YoungPioneers少先隊

YuanLongping,

knownasthe"fatherofhybridrice”,isoneofChina'smostfamousscientists.Yet,

heconsideredhimselfafarmer/becausehecontinuallyworkstheland/inhisresearch.Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodyisjustlikethatofmillionsofChinesefarmers,/towhomhehasdevotedhislife.1.beknownas作為……而著名befamousasfor2.hybridrice雜交水稻hybridcarhybridmeeting3.considerv.考慮；認(rèn)為consider+o+oc4.workv.工作；經(jīng)營；起作用5.slimadj.苗條的；瘦的6.devotev.捐獻(xiàn)，貢獻(xiàn)devote....to....

YuanLongpingwasborn/in1930/inBeijing.Hisparentswantedhimtopursueacareerinscienceormedicine.However,whatconcernedhim

most

wasthatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhad

aseriousshortageoffoodtoeat.......1.pursueacareerv.追求；從事某種事業(yè)2.concernv.使擔(dān)憂3.ashortageof

缺乏balackinginshortadj.beshortof...Totacklethiscrisis,

hechosetostudyagricultureandreceivedaneducation

/atSouthwestAgriculturalCollege/inChongqing.

.tacklev.應(yīng)對；解決dealwith,handle.crisisn.危機economiccrisis

Aftergraduatingin1953,/heworkedas

aresearcher.

YuanLongpingrealisedthat/largerfieldswerenotthesolution.Instead,farmersneededtoboostyieldsinthe

fields/

(that/which)theyhad.Howthiscouldbedonewasachallengingquestion/atthetime......1.workas擔(dān)任；充當(dāng)2.solutionn.解決辦法solvev.2.boostyieldsboostv.increase增加yieldn.output產(chǎn)量...Yuanwasconvincedthattheanswercouldbefound/inthecreationofhybridrice.Ahybridisacrossbetweentwoormorevarietiesofaspecies.Onecharacteristicofhybridsis

thattheyusually

attainahigheryield/thancoventionalcrops.1.convincev.使相信；說服wasconvincedthat某人相信2.crossn.雜交；十字形v.穿過crosstheroad3.varietyn.變體；變形avarietyof各種各樣的various4.characteristicn.特征

charactern人物；角色；性格；特點5.attainv.get得到，獲得6.coventionaladj.traditional傳統(tǒng)的...However,whetheritwaspossibletodevelop

ahybridofself-pollinatingplants/suchasrice

wasamatterofgreatdebate.Thecommonassumptionthenwasthatitcouldnotbedone.self-pollinating自花授粉pollinatev.授粉assumptionn.假設(shè)；假定assumev....Throughintenseeffort,/Yuanovercame

enormoustechnicaldifficulties/todevelopthefirsthybridrice/

thatcouldbeusedforfarming/in1974.

Thishybridenabledfarmerstoexpandtheiroutputgreatly.

intenseadj.熱切的；激烈的

辛苦的，巨大的overcome-overcame-

overcomev.克服enormousadj.巨大的；極大的enablev.使……能夠ableadj.beabletodosth.

Today,

it

isestimatedthat/about60percentof

domesticriceconsumption

/inChina/iscomprisedofcrops/generated

fromYuan'shybridstrains,

andhisstrainshaveallowedChina'sfarmerstoproducearound200

milliontonsofrice/peryear.estimatev.估計；估算it

isestimatedthat據(jù)估計domesticadj.國內(nèi)的；家庭的domesticmarketconsumptionn.消費consumev.消費；消耗consumern.消費者comprisev.包括包含becomprisedof由……組成bemadeupofgeneratev.產(chǎn)生；生產(chǎn)；引起producestrainn.（動植物的）系；品種...Yuan'sinnovationhashelpedfeed

notjustChina,

butmanyothercountries/that

dependonrice/aswell,/suchasIndiaandVietnam./Becauseofhisinvaluable

contributions,/YuanLongpinghasreceivednumerousawards/bothinChinaandabroad.

innovationn.新事物，新方法；創(chuàng)新-creativityinnovatev.feedv.-fed-fed喂養(yǎng)；養(yǎng)育n流；帖子postdependon-relyon依靠，依賴dependencen.dependentadj.invaluableadj.極有價值的，極珍貴的valuev.珍惜valuableadj.珍貴的，有價值的valuelessadj.無價值的contributionn.捐獻(xiàn)，貢獻(xiàn)makeacontributionto(do)contributev.捐贈，捐獻(xiàn)contributesthtosbcontributeto

有助于numerousadj.眾多的，許多的numbernumerus

GiventhatYuan'shybridshavemadehimquitewealthy,onemightthink(that)

/hewouldretiretoalifeofleisure.However,thisisfarfromthecase.

give-gave-givengiven(that)...考慮到……，鑒于……引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句retirev.退休retirementn.leisuren.閑暇，空余時間freetime,sparetimefarfromthecase事實遠(yuǎn)非如此

make+o+oc...Deepdown,Yuanisstillverymuchafarmeratheart.Asamanofthesoil,/hecareslittleforcelebrityormoney.Instead,

hemakeslargedonationstosupportagriculturalresearch.

deepdown內(nèi)心深處verymuchafarmer一個不折不扣的農(nóng)民celebrityn.名望，名聲；名人donationn.捐贈，贈送makeadonationto

makedonationstododonatev.捐贈donatesthtosb

WhatimpressespeoplemostaboutYuanLongping

ishisongoingability/tofulfilhisdreams./Longago,heenvisionedriceplantsastallassorghum,

/witheachearofriceasbigasabroom,

andeachgrainofriceashugeasapeanut.impressv.給某人留下印象impressionn.印象make/leaveanimpressiononsbongoingadj.仍在進(jìn)行的，不斷發(fā)展的fulfilv.實現(xiàn)realizeone’sdreamenvisionv.imagine想象，展望visionn.imaginaton想象；視力，視野sorghumn.高粱broomn.掃帚grainn.谷物；谷粒；米粒peanutn.花生pea豌豆nut堅果

...Hesucceededinproducing

akindofrice/thatcouldfeedmorepeople/

athomeandabroad.

/His

latestvisionfor

“seawaterrice”hasalsobecomeareality,and

potentiallyopenedupnearlyonemillionsquarekilometresofsaltyland/inChina/forriceproduction.

succeedindoing

成功做成某事succsssn.successfuladj.successfullyadv.athomeandabroad國內(nèi)外visionn.imagination;envisionrealityn.現(xiàn)實realizev.realadj.reallyadv.potentiallyadv.潛在地；可能地potentialadj.n.潛能squarekilometres平方千米squaren.廣場saltyadj.含鹽的，咸的saltn.鹽...Eveninhislateryears,/YuanLongpingwasstillyoungatheartandfullofvision,/andeveryoneiswaitingtosee/whathewilldreamupnext.lateryears晚年；年事已高late-later-latestatheart在內(nèi)心befullof充滿-befilledwithdreamup想象；虛構(gòu)

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Yuanconductedresearchanddevelopedhybridrice.

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B

Yuanworkedhardtofulfilhisdreams.

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CYuanconsideredhimselfafarmer.

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D

Yuandecidedtostudyagriculture.

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E

Yuan'sinnovationhashelpedtofeedmorepeople.

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F

Yuancaredlittleforfameorwealth.CParagraph1

A

Yuanconductedresearchanddevelopedhybridrice.DParagraph2

B

Yuanworkedhardtofulfilhisdreams.A

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CYuanconsideredhimselfafarmer.E

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D

Yuandecidedtostudyagriculture.F

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E

Yuan'sinnovationhashelpedtofeedmorepeople.B

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F

Yuancaredlittleforfameorwealth.1.WhydoesYuanLongpi