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3.必修四 Unit2 A PIONEER FOR ALL PEOPLE 造福全人类的先驱者 Althoughforhe is one of Chinas most famous scientists, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, he works the land to do his research. 尽管是中国最著名的科学家之一，袁隆平仍然认为自己是个农民， Although for 因为他在田里耕作，进行科学研究。Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those offor whommillions of Chinese farmers, he has struggled for the past five decades. 的 like those of for whom 确，他被太阳晒得黝黑的脸庞和和手臂，以及他那瘦削而又结实的身躯，就跟其他千百万中国农民一样，过去 50 what is called年来，他一直在努力帮助他们。Dr Yuan Longping grows super hybrid rice. 袁博士种植的是 what is called 被称为“超级杂交水稻的”的稻种。 In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. 1974 年，他成为世界上第一位种植高产水稻的农业先锋。This special strain of makes it possiblerice to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. 这种特殊的稻种使得 makes it possible 同样的田地多收获三分之一的产量。Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.如今中国每年出产的稻米有 60%以上出自这种杂交稻种。 Born in a poor farmers familysearched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields.in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. 袁博士 1930 年出生，1953 年毕业于西南农学院。Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. 从那时起，找到水稻高产的方法就成为他一生的目标。As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. 年轻时，他就看到了稻田增产的巨大需求。 At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. 当时，饥荒是许多农村地区面临的严重问题。Dr Yuan Born in a poor farmers family searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields. mean that袁博士要在不增加土地面积的基础上寻求达到增收稻谷的途径。 In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. 1950 年，中国农民只能生产五千万吨稻谷， In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. 而近来却生产了将近两亿吨稻谷。These increased harvests mean that 22% of the worlds people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. 这一粮食产量的增加意味着中国仅仅 7%的耕地养活了世界 22%的人口。 Dr Yuan is now circulat