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. Have China and other country benefitte①

d 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.

Answer 2.

Since then , he has devoted himself

to research and to the development

of new varieties.

Answer 3.Answer 3.

• In 1973,together with other people,he suIn 1973,together with other people,he succeeded in the development of hybrid ricceeded in the development of hybrid rice.ce.

Answer4.

This made China a worldwide leader in rice production.

For this, he was honored with the name “Father” of Hybrid rice.

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.

Answer 6.Answer 6.

• Now Professor Yuan is working on developing super hybrid rice.

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 t

he disabled people. He devoted his lifetime to the study o

f 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 besid

es Tom . eg: We all went to the park except Tom.

6.It is said that …

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 dev

eloping super hybrid rice for about fifty years .

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 farmers could rest in the 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,he the 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 fromdevoted himself to

was honored with

Because ofbesides

It is said thatnothing but