Lesson 35 ： China’s Most Famous “Farmer”

Lesson 35： China’s Most Famous “Farmer” Yuan longping ----- “Father” of Hybrid Rice

Questions: 1.What was Yuan Longping`s dream ? 2.What has he done since 1960’S ? 3.What did he do in 1973 ? 4.What was the reslut(结果；效果) ? 5. ①Have China and other country benefitted from his work ? ②How do you know that ? 6.What is he doing now ?

Answer 1. He wished to grow a new type of rice.The grain of this new type of rice would be as big as a peanut so that farmers could rest in the cool shadows of big rice plants. 梦想

Answer 2. • Since then , he has devoted himself to research and to the development of new varieties. 敬业

Answer 3. • In 1973,together with other people,he succeeded in the development of hybrid rice. 成功

Answer4. • This made China a worldwide leader in rice production. • For this, he was honored with the name “Father” of Hybrid rice. 荣誉

Answer 5. • Yes, they have. • Because of Professor Yuan’s hard work, China now produces enough rice to feed her people every year. • Besides, many other countries including the U.S., have benefitted from his work. 功绩

Answer 6. • Now Professor Yuan is working on developing super hybrid rice. 不懈努力

1.so that • ① so that“为的是；以便”，表示目的，句中常有情态动词can, could, may, might, will, should等。 • eg:He turned off the TV so that his mother could have a good sleep. • ②so that还可以表示结果，“结果；以致；因此”，so that前常用逗号隔开。 • eg: He got up early, so that he caught the first bus. • ③so +adj/adv+that...结果状语从句“如此……以致……”。 • eg:The box is so heavy that I can’t carry it.

2. graduate from…. graduate v.毕业 graduatation n. 毕业；毕业典礼 graduate from 毕业于…… eg：You’ll graduate from this school next July.

3. devote…. to • devote v. 奉献，献身 • devotion n. 热爱，热心，挚爱 • devote oneself/sth. to +n./v-ing • 献身于；致力于 • eg : They devoted themselves to helping the disabled people. • He devoted his lifetime to the study of physics.

4.honour/honor n.光荣；荣幸；荣誉 • be honored with 被尊称为……/被授予……荣誉 • eg: Fu Mingxia was honored with the name of “Queen of Diving”.

5.besides • ① besides prep. “除了……之外（还有）” • ② except prep. “除了……之外（不再有）” • eg: There are four students in the room besides Tom . • eg: We all went to the park except Tom.

It is said that …“据说” eg: It is said that we’ll go to the zoo tomorrow . It is reported that … “据报道” eg: It is reported that Professor Yuan has worked on developing super hybrid rice for about fifty years . 6.It is said that …

7. nothing but nothing but 仅仅；只不过；只 eg:There is nothing but a card in the box.

Summary:黄金扫描 • Yuan Longping once had a dream . He wished to grow a new kind of rice whose grain was as big as a peanut farmerscould restinthe cool shadows of big rice plants . • At age 23 ,he the Southwest Agricultural University .Since 1960s ,he has the development of new hybrid rice. In 1973,hethe name of “Father of Hybrid rice “ for producing more rice • Professor Yuan’s hard work ,many other countries have benefited form his work China . • he is one of the richest people in China . But he cares about his research . so that graduated from devoted himself to was honored with Because of besides It is said that nothing but

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Lesson 35 ： China’s Most Famous “Farmer”