Unit5 Working the Land Language points（22张PPT）（含音频+视频）.pptxVIP

Unit5WorkingTheLand;;YuanLongping,knownasthe“fatherofhybridrice”,isoneofChina’smostfamousscientists.Yet,heconsidershimselfafarmerbecausehecontinuallyworksthelandinhisresearch.Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodyisjustlikethatofmillionsofChinesefarmers,towhomhehasdevotedhislife.;1.devotevt.致力，献身，倾注

[常用搭配]

devote...to...把……用在……上，为……付出……

devoteoneselfto...献身于，致力于，专心于……

devoteone’slife/time/energy/attentionto…;【拓展】

devoted?adj.献身的；忠实的

devotion?n.献身，致力；忠实，热爱

【语境应用】翻译句子。

1)我叔叔决定把余生献给科学研究。

2)她欣然放弃了兼职工作，全身心地投入到艺术事业中去。;YuanLongpingwasbornin1930inBeijing.Hisparentswantedhimtopursueacareerinscienceormedicine.However,whatconcernedhimmostwasthatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadaseriousshortageoffoodtoeat.Totacklethiscrisis,hechosetostudyagricultureandreceivedaneducationatSouthwestAgriculturalCollegeinChongqing.;Aftergraduatingin1953,heworkedasaresearcher.YuanLongpingrealisedthatlargerfieldswerenotthesolution.Instead,farmersneededtoboostyieldsinthefieldstheyhad.Howthiscouldbedonewasachallengingquestionatthetime.Yuanwasconvincedthattheanswercouldbefoundinthecreationofhybridrice.Ahybridisacrossbetweentwoormorevarietiesofaspecies.Onecharacteristicofhybridsisthat

theyusuallyattainahigheryieldthanconventionalcrops.;2.boostv.促进，推动，使兴旺

e.g.Thewinboostedtheteamsconfidence.

此次胜利增强了队伍的信心。

Gettingthatjobdidalottoboosthisconfidence.

获得那份工作确实增强了他的信心。;v.生产；产出

屈服；放弃

e.g.Thefruittreesinhisorchards(果园）yieldalargeamountofapplesandpearseveryday.

Weshallneveryieldtothedifficulties.;4.convincevt.使确信;使信服

[常用搭配]

convincesb.that…使某人相信……

convincesb.ofsth.使某人相信某事

convincesb.todosth.说服某人做某事;convincedadj.确信的，信服的

[常用搭配]beconvincedthat

beconvincedof

【语境应用】用两种搭配翻译句子。

我确