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Unit2Readingforinformation名师课后巩固训练

I.翻译下列句子

1．DrYuanLongpinggrowswhatiscalledsuperhybridrice.

[翻译]经过3个月的航行，他们来到了现在称为美洲的地方。

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答案：Afterthreemonthsvoyage,theycametowhatiscalledAmericatoday.

2．Born_in_1930，DrYuangraduatedfromSouthwestAgriculturalCollegein1953.

[翻译]位于城市的中心地带，这座公园给市民带来很多享受。

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3．Organicfarmers,therefore,oftenwouldratherusenaturalwastefromanimalsasfertilizer.

[翻译]生活在城市里的人有很多更愿意住在乡下。

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II..类文阅读

Fatherofhybridricehopestogrowmorecropsonlessland

ProfessorYuanLongping,thefatherofhybridrice,expressedthehopethathewouldgrowmorecropsonlessfarmland.The77-year-oldscientististhepioneerofhybridriceresearchandhehasbeencarryingouthisworksincethe1960s.Thescientistinventedhybridriceandwasalsothefirsttosuccessfullychangetheself-pollinating(自花传粉)characteristicsofrice.Hishardworkanddevotionmadelarge-scalefarmingofhybridricepossible,thusmakingthenationself-reliant(自立的)onrice.

Talkingaboutfarmers’happinessandtheirstrongresponse(反应)tohybridrice,ProfessorYuanrecalled（回想起）howanoldfarmerinHunanProvincebecameoverjoyedduringphase(阶段)1.“Thankyouforteachingmehowtoplantthesuperhybridrice.I’veneverhadsuchagoodharvestinfortyyearsofricefarming.Ihavethehighestregardforyouandyourfellowscientists,”theprofessorsaid,recallingthewordsofthefarmer.

Apartfrombeinghighlyproductive,thehybridriceisalsotasty.Recallinganotherincident,ProfessorYuansaidthreeyearsagosomereportersfromHongKongandShenzhenhadachancetotastetherice.Ayoungfemalereporterhad2bowlsofrice.Onanotheroccasion,arichbusinessmanevenhadthreebowlsofriceandtookhomesomeofthericeforhisfamily.

Underthesuperricebreeding