英语时文阅读初二篇：送别“杂交水稻之父”袁隆平
难句解析
hybrid /habrd/ adj. 混合的；杂种的例句：Hybrid cars do little harm to the environment. 混合动力汽车对环境危害不大。population /ppjulen/ n. 人口；全体居民例句：Bangladesh now has a population of about 110 million. 孟加拉国现有约一亿一千万人口scale /skel/ n. 规模例句：The scale of the fighting is almost unimaginable. 战斗的规模几乎难以想像。He has helped save not only China but also the world from starvation.他不仅使中国，也使世界免于饥饿。not only ... but also ...意为“不仅……而且……”。When hundreds and thousands of people around the world were suffering from hunger, the hybrid rice was grown on a large scale in other countries, raising output and helping pull them out of hunger.当世界各地成千上万的人们遭饥饿时，这种杂交水稻在其他国家大规模种植，提高了产量，帮助他们摆脱了饥饿。hundreds and thousands of意为“成千上万的”；suffer from意为“忍受，遭受”；when引导时间状语从句；raising ... 现在分词短语作结果状语。“Father of hybrid rice” Yuan Longping passed away at 13:07 pm in Changsha of Hunan province, Xinhua reported on Saturday.据新华社周六报道，“杂交水稻之父”袁隆平于下午13时07分在湖南长沙逝世。
The well-known agronomist (农学家) was born on the ninth day of the seventh month in 1930 of Our Chinese lunar calendar. He is famous for developing the first hybrid rice strains. He has helped save not only China but also the world from starvation. When China was faced with food shortage, he helped China create a great miracle, feeding nearly one-fifth of the world"s population with less than 9 percent of the world"s total land. When hundreds and thousands of people around the world were suffering from hunger, the hybrid rice was grown on a large scale in other countries, raising output and helping pull them out of hunger.
这位著名的农学家出生于农历1930年7月9日。他因培育第一个杂交水稻品种而闻名。他不仅使中国，也使世界免于饥饿。当中国面临粮食短缺时，他帮助中国创造了一个伟大的奇迹，用不到世界总土地9%的耕地，养活了世界近五分之一的人口。当世界各地成千上万的人们遭饥饿时，这种杂交水稻在其他国家大规模种植，提高了产量，帮助他们摆脱了饥饿。
Data shows that in China, the planting area of hybrid rice is over 16 million hectares (公顷). It is about 57 percent of the total planting area of rice. And the hybrid rice has helped feed about 80 million people every year.
数据显示，在中国，杂交水稻的种植面积超过1600万公顷，约占全国水稻种植面积的57%。杂交水稻每年帮助养活约8000万人。
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