FatherofhybridriceYuanLongpingpassedawayat13:07pm
inChangshaofHunanprovince,XinhuareportedonSaturday.The
globallyrenownagronomistknownfordevelopingthefirsthybridrice
strains,wasbornontheninthdayoftheseventhmonthin1930,
accordingtothelunarcalendar.HehashelpedChinaworkagreatwonder
--feedingnearlyone-fifthoftheworldspopulationwithlessthan9
percentoftheworldstotalland.
翻译
据新华社报道，“杂交水稻之父”袁隆平本周六（5月22日）13
点07分在湖南长沙逝世。这位因发明第一代杂交水稻而举世闻名的
农学家出生于一九三零年农历七月初九。他帮助中国创造出了一个伟
大的奇迹——用少于9%的土地养活了将近世界五分之一的人口。
积累词汇
1.passaway去世；逝世
2.globe/ɡlob/n.地球;世界;地球仪;球状物
3.global/ɡlobl/adj.全球的;整体的;全面的
4.globally/ɡlobl/adv.全局地
5.renown/rnan/n.名望，声誉;威名;声威
6.agronomistn.农（艺）学家
7.accordingto根据
8.lunar/lunr/adj.月的，月球的;阴历的
9.calendar/klndr/n.日历;历法
10.lunarcalendar农历
语法填空
1.______impressespeoplemostaboutYuanLongpingishis
ongoingability2.________(fulfill)hisdreams.Longago,he
3._________(envision)riceplantsastallassorghum,witheachearof
riceasbigas4.___broom,andeachgrainofriceashugeasapeanut.He
succeeded5.____producingakindofricethatcouldfeed
6.______(much)peopleathomeandabroad.Hislatestvision
for“seawaterrice”hasalsobecomeareality,and7.__________
(potential)openedupnearlyonemillionsquarekilometresof
8._____(salt)landinChinaforrice9.__________(produce).
10.________hisadvancedyears,YuanLongpingisstillyoungatheart
andfullofvision,andeveryoneiswaitingtoseewhathewilldreamup
next.
参考答案
1.What；2.tofulfill；3.envisioned；4.a；5.in；
6.more；7.potentially；8.salty；9.production；10.Despite