高一英语必修4 unit2 知识点.ppt

In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These increased harvests mean that 22% of the world’s people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India，Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests.Thanks to his research，the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice，farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life.However，he doesn’t care about being famous. He feels it gives him less freedom to do his research. He would much rather keep time for his hobbies.He enjoys listening to violin music，playing mah-jong，swimming and reading.Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him.Indeed， he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture. Just dreaming for things，however， costs nothing.Long ago Dr Yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum.Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut.Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people. Now，many years later，Dr Yuan has another dream：to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. One dream is not always enough，especially for a person who loves and cares for his people. 造福全人类的先驱者 尽管袁隆平是中国最有名的科学家之一，但他仍然认为自己是个农民，因为他在田间耕作，进行科学研究。的确，他晒黑的面庞和手臂，以及清瘦而又结实的身躯，就跟数百万中国农民一模一样， 他过去50年来的努力工作就是为了帮助他们。袁博士种植的是被称为“超级杂交水稻”的稻种。1974年,他成为世界上第一位种植高产水稻的农业先锋。这种特殊的稻种使得同样的田地多收获三分之一的产量。如今中国每年出产的稻米有60%以上出自这种杂交稻种。 袁博士于1930年出生，1953年毕业于西南农学院。从那时起，找到水稻高产的方法便成为了他毕生的目标。年轻时，他就看到了水稻增产的巨大需求。那时，饥饿是许多农村地区面临的困扰。 袁博士开始在不增加土地面积的基础上寻求达到增收的途径。1950年，中国的农民只能生产大约五千万吨稻米,而近来却生产了将近两亿吨。这一粮食产量的增加意味着中国用仅仅7%的耕地养活了世界上22%的人口。 目前袁博士还在印度、越南和其他一些欠发达国家传播提高水稻产量的知识。由于他的研究，联合国在消除世界饥饿的战斗中有了更多的方法。用他的杂交水稻种