Lesson 9： China‘s Most Famous “Farmer“

1 scientist （n。科學家） - scientific （adj。科學的） - science （n。科學）

2 have a dream 做夢

3 child （孩子）- children （pl。）

【課文原句】A scientist in China had a dream when he was a child。

4 a type of 一種型別的…

5 as 。。。 as 。。。 像……一樣，同……一樣

【課文原句】In the dream， he grew a type of rice that was as big as a peanut。

6 allow sb。 to do sth。 允許某人做某事

【課文原句】The plant allowed farmers to rest in its shade

7 grow up 成長，逐漸形成

【課文原句】Yuan grew up and became the “Father of Hybrid Rice”

8 a few 幾個

9 come up with 提出；想出；趕上

【課文原句】In the 1960s， a few years after he finished his studies in agriculture at university， he came up with an idea for hybrid rice。

10 since then 從那時以來

11 spend 。。。 （in） doing sth。 花費……在做某事上

【課文原句】Since then， he has spent much of his time researching and developing new varieties。

12 go to the field 到野外去

【課文原句】Dr。 Yuan goes to the field twice a day。

13 together with 和；連同

【課文原句】In 1973， together with other scientists， he succeeded in developing hybrid rice。

14 make sb。 do sth。 使得某人做某事

【課文原句】The introduction of this new product made China a leader in rice production。

這種新產品的引進使中國成為水稻生產的領先者。

15 be introduced to 被引見給

16 around the world 全世界

【課文原句】In 1980， the technology for hybrid rice was introduced to the United States and， later， to many other countries around the world。

1980年，雜交水稻技術被介紹到美國，後來又被介紹到世界上許多其他國家。

17 because of 因為

18 enough （adj。修飾名詞時，即可放在前，也可放在後）

【課文原句】Because of Dr。 Yuan’s hard work， China now produces enough rice every year to feed its people。

19 work on doing sth。 致力於做某事

【課文原句】Now Dr。 Yuan is working on developing super hybrid rice。

20 in one’s spare time 在某人的空閒時間

21 love doing 喜歡做（某事）

22 play the violin 拉小提琴

23 listen to music 聽音樂

【課文原句】In his spare time， Dr。 Yuan loves playing the violin and listening to music。

24 時間段前用for

25 half an hour 半小時

26 go to sleep 去睡覺

【課文原句】Every night， he reads for half an hour before he goes to sleep。

27 like doing sth。 喜歡做某事

He likes swimming， too。

28 感嘆句 How + adj。 /adv。 + 主語 + 謂語

【課文原句】How nice it would be to have a rice tree！