Unit 5 Working the land Reading and Thinking 选择性必修一

WhatdoyouknowaboutYuanLongping?hybridrice杂交水稻agriculturalscientist农业科学家Whatelsedoyouwanttoknowabouthim?Accordingtothetitleandillustration(插图),

whatkindoftextdoyouthinkitis?A:abiography(传记)B:anargumentation(议论文)C:anexposition(说明文)Matchthemainideawitheachparagraph.Para1:GeneralIntroductionPara2:EducationPara3:ResearchProcessPara4:ContributionsPara5:AttitudetowardfameandwealthPara6:DreamCanyouraisemorequestions?Para2:Whatmotivated(激励)himtodotheresearch?Para3:Howdidhedevelopthehybridrice?Whatdifficultiesdidheencounter?Whatadvantagesdohybridricehas?Para4:WhatcontributionshadYuanmade?Whatarethewritingtechniques?givingexamples/factsgivingstrikingnumbersmakehisviewmoreconvincingPara5:Para6:Howmanydreamsdidtheyhave?Whatwerethey?Didtheycometrue?Para1:What(signpost)How(contrast比较)Why(quality品质)Para1:yet“fatherofhybridrice”heconsideredhimselfafarmermodestHumble谦虚的Whatkindofpersonwashe?Para2:What(signpost)How(contrast)Why(quality)Para2:Para3:What(signpost)How(contrast)Why(quality)Para3:Whatkindofpersonwashe?Para4:What(signpost)How(contrast)Why(quality)Para4:Whatkindofpersonwashe?Para5:What(signpost)How(contrast)Why(quality)Para5:Whatkindofpersonwashe?Para6:What(signpost)How(contrast)Why(quality)Para6:Whatkindofpersonwashe?Whywashe“apioneerforallpeople”?pioneerpursueacareerinashortageoftacklethiscrisisboost/expandbeconvincedcharacteristicconventionalthroughintenseeffortitisestimatedthat…domesticbecomprisedofgenerateinvaluablethisisfarfromthecasecelebrityfulfillone’sdreamsenvisionsucceedindoingsthvision先驱

从事...的职业alackofdealwiththisseriousproblemincreasebelieve/besurefeature特色traditionalthroughgreateffort据估计bewithinthecountrybemadeupofproducepriceless非常宝贵的远非如此famerealizeone’sdreamimagine成功做某事imagination(1)YuanLongping,knownasthe“fatherofhybridrice”,isoneofChina’smostfamousscientists.

袁隆平，被誉为“杂交水稻之父”，是中国最著名的科学家之一。(2)*Indeed,hisslimbutstrongbodyisjustlikethatofmillionsofChinesefarmers,to

whom

hehas

devoted

hislife.确实，他瘦削但结实的身躯看起来和他为之奉献了一生的千百万中国农民一样。(3)Given

thatYuan’shybridshavemadehimquitewealthy,onemightthinkhewould

retireto

alifeof

leisure.

考虑到杂交水稻使袁隆平变得相当富有，人们可能认为他会退休享受闲适的生活。(1)However,whatconcernedhimmostwasthatfarmersoftenhadpoorharvestsandsometimesevenhadaserious

shortage

offoodtoeat.

然而，最让他担心的是，农民经常歉收，有时甚至严重缺乏食物。(2)Howthis

couldbedonewasachallengingquestionatthetime.如何做到这一点在当时是一个具有挑战性的问题。(3)However,whether

itwaspossibleto

developahybridofself-pollinatingplantssuchasricewasamatterofgreatdebate.然而，是否有可能培育出如水稻等自花授粉植物的杂交种，这是一个充满争议的问题。(4)WhatimpressespeoplemostaboutYuanLongpingishisongoingabilityto

fulfillhisdreams.

袁隆平给人印象最深的是他不断实现梦想的能力。(5)Despitehisadvancedy