2025高中英语Unit5课件新人教版选择性必修第一册 202562 .pdfVIP

饭疏食，饮水，曲肱而枕之，乐亦在其中矣。不义而富且贵，于我如浮云。——《论语》

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饭疏食，饮水，曲肱而枕之，乐亦在其中矣。不义而富且贵，于我如浮云。——《论语》

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操千曲尔后晓声，观千剑尔后识器。——刘勰

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Knownasthe“fatheroftheGreenRevolution”,NormanBorlaug

(1914-2009)savedoverabillionlivesintheprocess.

AftergraduatingfromtheUniversityofMinnesotain1942,witha

degreeinforestryandadegreeinplantgenetics①,Borlaugmovedto

Mexicotobeginstudyingandresearchingplants.Hishopewasthathe

couldcreatesomesortofsustainable②agriculturethatcouldbe

spreadallovertheworld.ꢀ

乐民之乐者，民亦乐其乐；忧民之忧者，民亦忧其忧。——《孟子》

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Withinafewyears,hehaddonejustthat.He’ddevelopeda

disease-resistantstrainofwheatthatcouldyieldhighnumbersof

plantsandwasafastgrower.Hethenrealisedthatbycombining

modernagriculturalproductiontechniques,thestrainofwheatcouldbe

introducedtodevelopingnationssuchasMexico,India,and

Pakistan.Beforelong,Mexicobecameanexporterofwheat.Afew

yearslater,wheatproductionhaddoubledinPakistanandIndia;asa

result,foodproductionhadgreatlyimproved.

君子忧道不忧贫。——孔丘

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Theintroductionofthesedisease-resistantwheatstrainsledto

whatisnowknownastheGreenRevolution,aperiodwhenthe

productivityofglobalagricultureincreasedasaresultofnew

advances.BeforeNormanBorlaug’sinnovation,ithadbeenpredicted

thatmostofthepopulationofIndiawouldbedeadbefore1980.The

populationwasgrowingatafasterratethantheirresourcescouldkeep

upwith.ItwasonlythankstotheGreenRevolutionthatthepeople

managedtosurvive.ItisestimatedthatwithoutNormanBorlaug’s

work,overabillionpeoplewouldhavedied.ꢀ

为天地立心，为生民立命，为往圣继绝学，为万世开太平。——张载

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