Unit+5+Working+the+Land+Reading+and+Thinking 高中英语人教（2019）选择性必修第一册

ReadingandthinkingGetingtoknowanagriculturalscientistmineraln.矿物；矿物质mineralwater矿泉水

adj.与矿有关的minen.矿井；矿；地雷

v.开矿；采矿；埋雷pron.我的minern.矿工，采矿者；开矿机miningn.矿业；采矿

alternativen.可供选择的事物，替代物eg.Youcanbepaidincashweeklyorbychequemonthly;thosearethetwoalternatives.你的工资可以按周以现金支付，或按月以支票支取。二者可选其一。havenoalternativebuttodo除做……之外别无选择eg.Ihadnoalternativebuttoaccepttheoffer.我除了接受该项提议之外别无选择。analternativeto...是……的替代物eg.Weprovidanalternativetopainkillers(止痛药).forinstance=forexampledepthn.深度indepth全面地；深入地，详细地deep

adj.深的—→depth

n.深度→)deepen

v.加深strong

adj.强壮的→strengthn.强度→strengthenv.加强，增强long

adj.长的一>lengthn长度→lengthenv.使变长wide

adj.宽的→widthn宽度→widenv.加宽high

adj.高的—heightn.高度-→heigltenv.提高aspectn.方面，层次inthis/thataspect在这/那方面fromeveryaspect从各个方面eg.Technologyaffectseveryaspectofourlife.APIONEERFORALLPEOPLE

pioneern.先锋，先驱YoungPioneers少先队

YuanLongping,

knownasthe"fatherofhybridrice”,isoneofChina'smostfamousscientists.Yet,

heconsideredhimselfafarmer/becausehecontinuallyworkstheland/inhisresearch.Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodyisjustlikethatofmillionsofChinesefarmers,/towhomhehasdevotedhislife.1.beknownas作为……而著名befamousasfor2.hybridrice杂交水稻hybridcarhybridmeeting3.considerv.考虑；认为consider+o+oc4.workv.工作；经营；起作用5.slimadj.苗条的；瘦的6.devotev.捐献，贡献devote....to....

YuanLongpingwasborn/in1930/inBeijing.Hisparentswantedhimtopursueacareerinscienceormedicine.However,whatconcernedhim

most

wasthatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhad

aseriousshortageoffoodtoeat.......1.pursueacareerv.追求；从事某种事业2.concernv.使担忧3.ashortageof

缺乏balackinginshortadj.beshortof...Totacklethiscrisis,

hechosetostudyagricultureandreceivedaneducation

/atSouthwestAgriculturalCollege/inChongqing.

.tacklev.应对；解决dealwith,handle.crisisn.危机economiccrisis

Aftergraduatingin1953,/heworkedas

aresearcher.

YuanLongpingrealisedthat/largerfieldswerenotthesolution.Instead,farmersneededtoboostyieldsinthe

fields/

(that/which)theyhad.Howthiscouldbedonewasachallengingquestion/atthetime......1.workas担任；充当2.solutionn.解决办法solvev.2.boostyieldsboostv.increase增加yieldn.output产量...Yuanwasconvincedthattheanswercouldbefound/inthecreationofhybridrice.Ahybridisacrossbetweentwoormorevarietiesofaspecies.Onecharacteristicofhybridsis

thattheyusually

attainahigheryield/thancoventionalcrops.1.convincev.使相信；说服wasconvincedthat某人相信2.crossn.杂交；十字形v.穿过crosstheroad3.varietyn.变体；变形avarietyof各种各样的various4.characteristicn.特征

charactern人物；角色；性格；特点5.attainv.get得到，获得6.coventionaladj.traditional传统的...However,whetheritwaspossibletodevelop

ahybridofself-pollinatingplants/suchasrice

wasamatterofgreatdebate.Thecommonassumptionthenwasthatitcouldnotbedone.self-pollinating自花授粉pollinatev.授粉assumptionn.假设；假定assumev....Throughintenseeffort,/Yuanovercame

enormoustechnicaldifficulties/todevelopthefirsthybridrice/

thatcouldbeusedforfarming/in1974.

Thishybridenabledfarmerstoexpandtheiroutputgreatly.

intenseadj.热切的；激烈的

辛苦的，巨大的overcome-overcame-

overcomev.克服enormousadj.巨大的；极大的enablev.使……能够ableadj.beabletodosth.

Today,

it

isestimatedthat/about60percentof

domesticriceconsumption

/inChina/iscomprisedofcrops/generated

fromYuan'shybridstrains,

andhisstrainshaveallowedChina'sfarmerstoproducearound200

milliontonsofrice/peryear.estimatev.估计；估算it

isestimatedthat据估计domesticadj.国内的；家庭的domesticmarketconsumptionn.消费consumev.消费；消耗consumern.消费者comprisev.包括包含becomprisedof由……组成bemadeupofgeneratev.产生；生产；引起producestrainn.（动植物的）系；品种...Yuan'sinnovationhashelpedfeed

notjustChina,

butmanyothercountries/that

dependonrice/aswell,/suchasIndiaandVietnam./Becauseofhisinvaluable

contributions,/YuanLongpinghasreceivednumerousawards/bothinChinaandabroad.

innovationn.新事物，新方法；创新-creativityinnovatev.feedv.-fed-fed喂养；养育n流；帖子postdependon-relyon依靠，依赖dependencen.dependentadj.invaluableadj.极有价值的，极珍贵的valuev.珍惜valuableadj.珍贵的，有价值的valuelessadj.无价值的contributionn.捐献，贡献makeacontributionto(do)contributev.捐赠，捐献contributesthtosbcontributeto

有助于numerousadj.众多的，许多的numbernumerus

GiventhatYuan'shybridshavemadehimquitewealthy,onemightthink(that)

/hewouldretiretoalifeofleisure.However,thisisfarfromthecase.

give-gave-givengiven(that)...考虑到……，鉴于……引导条件状语从句retirev.退休retirementn.leisuren.闲暇，空余时间freetime,sparetimefarfromthecase事实远非如此

make+o+oc...Deepdown,Yuanisstillverymuchafarmeratheart.Asamanofthesoil,/hecareslittleforcelebrityormoney.Instead,

hemakeslargedonationstosupportagriculturalresearch.

deepdown内心深处verymuchafarmer一个不折不扣的农民celebrityn.名望，名声；名人donationn.捐赠，赠送makeadonationto

makedonationstododonatev.捐赠donatesthtosb

WhatimpressespeoplemostaboutYuanLongping

ishisongoingability/tofulfilhisdreams./Longago,heenvisionedriceplantsastallassorghum,

/witheachearofriceasbigasabroom,

andeachgrainofriceashugeasapeanut.impressv.给某人留下印象impressionn.印象make/leaveanimpressiononsbongoingadj.仍在进行的，不断发展的fulfilv.实现realizeone’sdreamenvisionv.imagine想象，展望visionn.imaginaton想象；视力，视野sorghumn.高粱broomn.扫帚grainn.谷物；谷粒；米粒peanutn.花生pea豌豆nut坚果

...Hesucceededinproducing

akindofrice/thatcouldfeedmorepeople/

athomeandabroad.

/His

latestvisionfor

“seawaterrice”hasalsobecomeareality,and

potentiallyopenedupnearlyonemillionsquarekilometresofsaltyland/inChina/forriceproduction.

succeedindoing

成功做成某事succsssn.successfuladj.successfullyadv.athomeandabroad国内外visionn.imagination;envisionrealityn.现实realizev.realadj.reallyadv.potentiallyadv.潜在地；可能地potentialadj.n.潜能squarekilometres平方千米squaren.广场saltyadj.含盐的，咸的saltn.盐...Eveninhislateryears,/YuanLongpingwasstillyoungatheartandfullofvision,/andeveryoneiswaitingtosee/whathewilldreamupnext.lateryears晚年；年事已高late-later-latestatheart在内心befullof充满-befilledwithdreamup想象；虚构

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A

Yuanconductedresearchanddevelopedhybridrice.

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B

Yuanworkedhardtofulfilhisdreams.

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CYuanconsideredhimselfafarmer.

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D

Yuandecidedtostudyagriculture.

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E

Yuan'sinnovationhashelpedtofeedmorepeople.

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F

Yuancaredlittleforfameorwealth.CParagraph1

A

Yuanconductedresearchanddevelopedhybridrice.DParagraph2

B

Yuanworkedhardtofulfilhisdreams.A

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CYuanconsideredhimselfafarmer.E

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D

Yuandecidedtostudyagriculture.F

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E

Yuan'sinnovationhashelpedtofeedmorepeople.B

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F

Yuancaredlittleforfameorwealth.1.WhydoesYuanLongpi