guard-故里
3.
必修四
Unit2 A PIONEER
FOR ALL PEOPLE
造福全人类的先驱者
Although he is one of China's most
famous scientists, Yuan Longping considers himself
a farmer,
for he works the land to do
his research.
尽管是中国最著名的科学家之一，袁隆平仍然认为自己是
个农民，
因为他在田里耕作，进行科学研究。
Indeed,
his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong
body are just
like those of millions of
Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the
past five decades.
的
确，他被太阳晒得
黝黑的脸庞和和手臂，以及他那瘦削而又结实的身躯，就跟其他千百万中国农民一样，过去
50
年来，他一直在努力帮助他们。
Dr Yuan
Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. <
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袁博士种植的是
被称为“超级杂交水稻的”的稻种。
In
1974,
he
became
the
first
agricultural
pioneer
in
the
world
to
grow
rice that
has
a
high
output.
1974
年，他成为
世界上第一位种植高产水稻的农业先锋。
This
special
strain
of
rice makes it possible to produce one-
third more of the crop in the same fields.
这种特殊的稻种使得
同样的田地多收获三分之一的产量。
Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China
each year is from this
hybrid strain.
如今中国每年出产的稻米有
60%
以上出自
这种杂交稻种。
Born in a poor
farmer's family in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from
Southwest Agricultural College
in
1953.
袁博士
1930
年出生，
1953
年毕业于西南农学院。
Since
then,
finding
ways
to
grow
more
rice
has
been
his life goal.
从那时起，找到水稻高产的方法就成为他一生的目标。
As a
young man, he saw the great need
for
increasing the rice output.
年轻时，他就看到了稻田增产的巨大需求。
At that
time, hunger was a
disturbing problem
in many parts of the countryside.
当时，饥荒是许多农村地区面临的严重问题。
Dr Yuan
searched for a way to increase rice
harvests without expanding the area of the fields.
袁博士要在不
增加土地面积的基础上寻求达到增收稻谷的途径。
In
1950,
Chinese
farmers
could
produce
only
fifty
million
tons
of
rice.
1950
年，中国农民只能生产五千万吨稻谷，
In
a
recent
harvest,
however,
nearly
two
hundred
million tons of rice
was produced.
而近来却生产了将近两亿吨稻谷。
These
increased harvests mean that
22% of the
world's people are fed from just 7% of the
farmland in China.
这一粮食产量的增加意味着中
国仅仅
7%
的耕地养活了世界
22%
的人口。
Dr
Yuan
is
now
circulating
his
knowledge
in
India,
Vietnam
and
many
other
less developed countries to increase their rice
harvests.
袁博士现在在印度、越南和很多其他欠发
达国家传播提高水稻产量的知识。
Thanks to his research,
the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the
world of hunger.
多亏了他的研究，联合国
在消除世界饥饿的战斗中有了更多的办法。
Using his hybrid
rice,
farmers are producing harvests
twice as large as before.
用他的杂交水稻种子，农民种
出的粮食比以前多
了一倍。
Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life.
袁博士很满意他的生活。
However, he
doesn't care about
being famous. He
feels it gives him less freedom to do his
research.
但是，他对成名并不在意，并且觉
得出名
后搞科研就不那么自由了。
He would much rather keep
time for his hobbles.
他宁愿把时间花在自己
的业余爱好上。
He enjoys listening to
violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and
reading.
他喜欢听
小提琴乐曲、打麻将、游泳和读书
。
Spending
money
on
himself
or
leading
a
comfortable
life
also
means
very
little
to
him.
在自己身上花钱或者享受舒适的生活对袁博士来说意义不大。
Ind
eed,
he
believes
that
a
person
with too much money has more rather
than fewer troubles.
事实上，他认为一个人有了太多钱，他的
麻烦事
只会更多，而不是更少。
He therefore
gives millions of yuan to equip others for their
research in
agriculture.
于是，他拿出好几百万元帮助其他人进行农业科学研究。
Just dreaming for things, however,
costs nothing.
梦想是不花本钱的。
Long ago Dr yuan had a dream
about rice
plants as tall as sorghum. Each ear of rice was as
big as an ear of corn and each grain of
rice was as huge as a peanut.
很久以前，袁博士曾在梦里看到水稻长得像高粱一样高，稻穗跟玉米穗一样大，