take an interest in对......产生兴趣
⑪agriculture/'æɡrIˌkʌltʃə/n.农业
⑫begin experiments in在......方面开始实验
⑬breeding/'briːdIŋ/n.培育
⑭the key to ......的关键(to为介词,其后接名词、代词或动名词)
⑮one way to do ...一种做......的方法
修饰way时可以用动词不定式to do ...或of doing ...
⑯by crossing ...通过杂交......
⑰species/'spiːʃiːz/n.(动物或植物的)种
该词同means, series等一样,单复数同形。
⑱which引导限制性定语从句,修饰先行词a new plant, 且在从句中作主语。
⑲yield/jiːld/n.产量 ⑳original/ə'rIdʒInl/adj.原来的;最初的
问问题的学生
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在全球粮食短缺的情况下,水稻是主要粮食,而中国是世界上最大的水稻产地。亚洲其他许多国家和一些欧洲国家比如意大利等也种植水稻。在水稻种植领域,中国科学家袁隆平是一位杰出人士。
袁隆平在中国出生并长大。他小时候在很多学校接受过教育,并被人们取了个绰号为"问问题的学生"。
袁隆平从小就对植物感兴趣。他在大学里研究农学,作为一名年轻的教师,他开始了作物育种方面的实验。他认为,解决人们吃饭问题的关键在于拥有更多的稻米,并且能更快地生产出来。他想只有一种方法可以做这件事--通过杂交不同品种的水稻,然后他可以培育出一种新的水稻,这种水稻可以比原先的任何一种产量更高。
First Yuan Longping experimented with\s\up1(21(21) different types of rice. The results of his experiments were published\s\up1(22(22) in China in 1966. Then he began his search\s\up1(23(23) for a special type of rice plant. It had to be male. It had to be sterile\s\up1(24(24). Finally, in 1970 a naturally sterile male rice plant was discovered. This was the breakthrough\s\up1(25(25). Researchers were brought in\s\up1(26(26) from all