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Name: Nationality: Age: Occupation: Education: Dream: Achievements: Hobbies: 1. Dr Yuan’s rice is one of the most suitable ways for China’s farmland. 2. Dr Yuan doesn’t care about being famous. 3. Dr Yuan enjoys listening to violin music, swimming and running. 4. Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life. 2. Which of the following description about Dr Yuan’s personality is not true? A. He is satisfied with his life because he is now rich and famous. B. He cares little about money and fame. C. He would rather work than lead a luxurious(奢华的 )life. D. He enjoys a simpler life than most rich and famous people. 1. Why did Yuan Longping want to increase the rice output when he was young? 2. Is Dr Yuan more of a scientist or more of a farmer? Do you think he is a businessman? Give your reasons. 3. How would you describe Yuan Longpings personality? Use three or four adjectives. Because of his work with developing hybrid rice, it seems that Yuan Longping must be a very patient and careful man. He didnt give up but kept working on his project. He also seems to be a very kind man,who cares for others. He wants to use his invention to help hungry people around the world. 4. Yuan Longping was able to develop a successful agricultural product when thousands of other farmers could not. What do you think is the main reason for his success? 5. Yuan Longping thinks that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. Do you agree or disagree? Why? 6. Yuan Longping developed super hybrid rice to help Chinese farmers and hungry people around the world. Can you think of any other major development that would make a great difference to world hunger? Write out your idea and then compare it with your parter. I think developing other hybrid grains would make a great difference .Hybrid grains that can survive in very dry or very hot areas and that cannot easily be killed by insec