UNIT 5 Great People Lesson 35 China's Most Famous "Farm

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[0:00.898]UNIT 5 第五单元

[0:02.273]Great People 伟人

[0:03.816]Lesson 35: 第三十五课：

[0:05.541]China's Most Famous "Farmer" 中国最著名的“农民”

[0:09.525]Every scientist has a childhood dream. 每位科学家都有一个童年的梦想。

[0:12.401]A scientist in China once had a dream. 中国的一位科学家曾有一个梦想。

[0:15.206]He wished to grow a new type of rice. 他希望种出一种新型的水稻。

[0:18.166]The grain of this new type of rice would be as big as a peanut 这种新型稻谷的谷粒像花生一样大，

[0:22.010]so that farmers could rest in the cool shadows of big rice plants. 农民们能在可以在这种高大的水稻的阴凉下休息。

[0:26.751]This person is Yuan Longping —"Father" of Hybrid 1 Rice. 这个人是袁隆平——“杂交水稻之父”。

[0:33.008]Yuan Longping─ "Father" of Hybrid Rice 袁隆平——“杂交水稻之父”

[0:37.973]Early years 早年生活

[0:39.779]Yuan Longping was born in 1930. 袁隆平出生于1930年。

[0:42.821]He graduated from the Southwest Agricultural University in 1953. 1953年毕业于西南农业大学。

[0:48.905]His work 工作

[0:50.181]He came up with an idea for a hybrid rice in the 1960s. 20世纪60年代他提出杂交水稻的构想。

[0:55.048]Since then, he has devoted 2 himself to research and to the development of new varieties. 从那时起，他就一直致力于这项研究以及新品种的培育。

[1:01.878]In 1973, together with other people, he succeeded in the development of hybrid rice. 1973年，和其他人一起，他成功地培育出了杂交水稻。

[1:09.611]This made China a worldwide leader in rice production. 这使中国的稻米产量位于世界领先地位。

[1:14.105]For this, he was honored 3 with the name "Father" of Hybrid Rice. 因此，他被尊称为“杂交水稻之父”。

[1:19.169]In 1980, the technology for hybrid rice was introduced to the United States. 1980年，杂交水稻技术被传入美国。

[1:26.077]Because of Professor Yuan's hard work, China now produces enough rice to feed her people every year. 因为袁教授的辛勤工作，现在中国每年都生产出足够全国人民食用的稻米。

[1:33.849]Besides, many other countries including the U.S. have benefitted from his work. 此外，包括美国在内的其他许多国家也从中受益。

[1:40.718]What does he do in his spare time? 空闲时间他做什么？

[1:43.387]In his spare time, he loves playing the violin and listening to music. 闲暇时，他喜欢拉小提琴，听音乐。

[1:47.626]Every night, he reads for half an hour before he goes to sleep. 他每天晚上睡觉前读半小时的书。

[1:51.473]He likes swimming, too. 他也喜欢游泳。

[1:53.828]It is said that Professor Yuan is one of the richest people in China. 据说袁教授是中国最富有的人之一。

[1:58.107]But he cares about nothing but his research. 但他只关心他的研究工作。

[2:01.979]What is he doing now? 他现在在做什么？

[2:04.040]Now Professor Yuan is working on developing super hybrid rice. 现在袁教授正在研制高级杂交水稻。

[2:09.162]He goes to the fields twice a day. 他每天下田两次。

[2:12.946]PROJECT

[2:14.254]WHO'S YOUR HERO?

[2:16.657]Write a short paragraph about your "hero."

[2:21.097]Then, use words in your paragraph to make a crossword 4 puzzle about this person.

[2:28.396]Use words that describe the person!

[2:31.909]Give your paragraph and crossword puzzle to a friend.

[2:36.775]Can your friend do your puzzle?

[2:39.314]Can you do your friend's puzzle?

[2:42.249]Here is Li Ming's puzzle.

[2:44.621]Across

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[2:47.358]This is his favourite food.

[2:50.065](It's sweet and round.)

[2:53.091]3

[2:54.323]His skin is this colour.

[2:57.835]5

[2:59.067]He likes this sweet drink.

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[3:04.420]I laugh because he's ____.

[3:08.632]7

[3:09.681]He's good at this game, since he's tall.

[3:13.893]Down

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[3:16.068]He's this kind of animal.

[3:19.276]2

[3:20.630]He's not short, he's ____.

[3:23.808]4

[3:24.781]He comes from this country.

[3:28.553]5

[3:29.648]He also likes this food.

[3:32.096](It's round, but it isn't sweet!)

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