内容正文:
Unit 2 Great people
Task
New words
1. hybrid adj. 杂交的
2. title n. 标题;职位名称
3. agriculture n. 农业
4. hunger n. 饥饿
5. happen to 碰巧
6. advantage n. 优势,有利条件
7. at present 现在,目前
8. contribution n. 贡献
9. increase vt. 增加
10. production n. 生产;产量
11. development n. 发展
Useful phrases
1. 杂交水稻之父 Father of Hybrid Rice
2. 碰巧发现 happen to find
3. 死于饥饿 die of hunger
4. 开始研究杂交水稻 begin research into hybrid rice
5. 一种天然的比起其他有许多优点的杂交水稻。
A natural hybrid rice plant that has many advantages over others.
6. 培养一种新型的杂交水稻植物 develop a new type of hybrid rice
7. 每亩比其他普通品种的要多收获20%的水稻
produce 20% more rice per unit than other common rice
8. 被引入美国 be introduced into the USA
9. 在一所农村当老师 work as a teacher in an agriculture school
10. 水稻产量已经增收20%-30% increase rice production by 20%-30%
11. 为许多人解决温饱问题 solve the problem of hunger for many people
12. 那就是为什么我如此钦佩他的原因。That is why I admire him so much.
13. 他倾尽一生于更优良水稻植物的研究和发展。
He has spent all his life on the research and development of better rice plants.
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