中国人拿着饭碗，坚定饭碗，解决亿万人民的粮食问题，让中华民族兴旺发达，这就是中国杂交水稻之父、中国植物科学家袁隆平一生。

中国植物科学家袁隆平于2021年5月22日在湖南长沙逝世，享年91岁。他在高产杂交水稻方面的突破性工作，帮助从亚洲到非洲的大片地区解决了饥饿和贫困问题。

词汇积累：

1.中国植物科学家：a Chinese plant scientist

2.逝世、去世：die / pass away （委婉）

3.突破性工作：breakthrough(s) 可数名词

4.高产杂交水稻：high-yield hybrid strains of rice

5.消除饥饿和贫困问题：alleviate famine and poverty

6.享年...岁：Somebody was ...（岁数）

句子表达：Yuan Longping, a Chinese plant scientist whose breakthroughs in developing high-yield hybrid strains of rice helped to alleviate famine and poverty across much of Asia and Africa, passed away in Changsha, China, on May 22nd. He was 91.

袁隆平的死因是多器官功能衰竭。据报道，2021年3月，在参观一个水稻育种研究基地时摔了一跤后，袁隆平的健康状况越来越不好。

词汇积累：

1.死于：die of

2.多器官功能衰竭：multiple organ failure

3.据报道：It's reported that ....

4.健康状况越来越不好：be increasingly unwell

5.摔跤：fall / a fall

6.参观水稻育种研究地：a visit to a rice breeding research site

句子表达：He died of multiple organ failure. It's reported that Mr. Yuan had been increasingly unwell since a fall in March 2021 during a visit to a rice breeding research site.

1970年，袁隆平对自己在提高水稻产量方面进展缓慢越来越感到懊恼。他突然有了一个改变策略的想法：去中国偏远地区寻找野生品种，以获得更有希望的遗传物质。袁隆平的团队在一条铁路附近找到一片野生水稻，这是第一个突破。

词汇积累：

1.对...越感懊恼/沮丧：be growing frustrated with

2.提高水稻产量：create more productive rice crops

3.突然有一个改变策略的想法：hit upon a shift in strategy

4.突然想到 hit: to come suddenly into your mind

5.中国偏远地区：remote areas of China

6.遗传物质：genetic material

7.一片野生水稻：a stretch of wild rice

句子表达：In 1970, Mr. Yuan was growing frustrated with his halting progress in creating more productive rice crops. He hit upon a shift in strategy: search for wild varieties across remote areas of China for more promising genetic material. A breakthrough came when Mr. Yuan’s team came upon a stretch of wild rice near a rail line on Hainan Island in southernmost China.

袁隆平的研究让他成了一名民族英雄和中国坚持科学追求的象征。

词汇积累：

1.民族英雄：a national hero

2.坚持科学追求：dogged scientific pursuit

3.象征：a symbol of

句子表达：His research made him a national hero and a symbol of dogged scientific pursuit in China.

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【简要改写】

Yuan Longping, a Chinese plant scientist in high-yield hybrid strains of rice, helped to alleviate famine and poverty across China. He died of multiple organ failure at age of 91 because of a fall during a visit to rice breeding research site. Back in 1970, Mr, Yuan was growing frustrated with his halting progress in creating more productive rice crops. A shifting idea hit him and made his breakthrough research in Hainan with a stretch of wild rice, which later made him a national hero with his firm determination of pursuing scientific research.

【学以致用】

今天学习的内容非常适合用于描述一个人的一生所专注的一件事，把person和event结合起来综合表达。

例如：美国人际交往专家戴尔卡耐基。我们以2013年江苏省高考题的完形填空文章为蓝本进行一次二次创作：

总述：

Dale Carnegie, a master in public speaking, devoted himself into helping those who lacked confidence.

演讲大师戴尔·卡耐基致力于帮助那些缺乏自信的人。

悲惨：

He couldn't afford the board, so he had to ride a horse 12 miles back and forth to attend college in early 1900s. Soon he developed an inferiority complex.

他付不起伙食费，所以在20世纪初，他不得不骑马往返12英里去上大学。他很快就产生了自卑感。

转折点：

After taking his mother's advice to join a debating team, he realized practice in speaking could help him build up confidence.

在接受母亲的建议加入辩论队后，他意识到练习说话可以帮助他建立信心。

结果：

He ended up his life in interpersonal skills and laid a solid foundation in public speaking.

他有生之年把生命献给了在人际交往（学），并在公共演讲方面奠定了坚实的基础。