【正文】 pi oneer for al l peopl e Al though he i s one of China?s m ost fam ous sci enti sts, Yuan Longpi ng consi ders hi msel f a farm er, for he works the l and to do hi s research. Indeed, hi s sunburnt face and arm s and hi s sl i m, strong body are just l ike those of mil li ons of Chi nese farmers, for whom he has struggl ed for the past fice decades. Dr Yuan Longping grows what is cal led super hybrid rice. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pi oner in the worl d to grow Rick that has a high output. This special strain of Rick m akes it possibl e to produce onethird more of the crop i n the same fields. N ow more than 60% of the ri ce produced in China each year i s from thi s hybrid strain. Born i nto a poor farm er?s famil y i n 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricul tural Col ege in 1953. Si nce then, finding ways to grow more ri ce has been hi s l ife goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for incresi ng the ri ce output. At that tim e, hunger was a di sturbing probl em i n many parts of the countrysi de. Dr Yuan searched for a way to 碳酸鈣下游深加工產(chǎn)品生產(chǎn)線 新型環(huán)保油漆及乳膠漆 可行性分析報(bào)告 2020 年 5 月 the St Lawrence Ri ver toward the Gul f of St Lawrence and down to the di stant east coast, the cousi ns dream ed of French restaurants and red m apl e l eaves. Iqal ui t – the frozen town The reporter, Beth Al len, arri ved i n a northern m uni ty cal ed Iqal ui t i n N unavut. N unavut was created in 1999 as a speci al area for Inuit peopl e. Its nam e m eans “O ur Land” i n thei r l anguage. It is i n the farthest northeastern area of Canada, north or the Arctic Ci rcl e, and i s very col d – the average wi ter tem perature i n N unavut i s 35 degrees bel ow zero. Beth sai d, “ I knew i t woul d be coul d in January, but not this col d! Maybe there i s a dog sl ed that can take m e i nto town. ” The qui et m an who had been on the pl ane wi th her sai d, “I?l l take you i nto town, but I don?t hace a dog sl ed. Most peopl e onl y use the dogs for petiti ons, why are you vi siti ng Iqal ui t?” Beth answered, “ I?m wri ting a story for m y newspaper about Iqalui t – we?d li ke to adverti se i t as a holi day pl ace, but I thi nk i t?s too col d. ” The m an l aughed. “My name i s Si m on and I am Inui t,” he sai d. “I thi nk i t?s too far north here for holi days but more and m ore touri sts are ing. They l ike i ce fi shi ng and photographi ng pol ar bears. I star as far away from pol ar bears as posi bl e. I li ke m y warm offi ce and m y warm house.” “I?m busi ness m an. My grandfather woul d l i ve in i ce houses when he hunted in winter, but not so many peopl e do that now. the ol d m en used to m ake one i n a few hours. They used to l i ve i n ski n tents in summ er – the tents were easy to m ove so the people coul d fol ow the anim als.” A few m i nutes l ater they ari ved i n Iqal ui t, a town wi th a popul ati on of 6000, on Sim on?s snowm obi l e. It was two o?cl ock i n the afternoon, but i t was al ready dark, and al the houses shone wi th bri ght l i ghts. Beth sai d, “ Why i s i t so dark? It?s the mi ddle of the day!” Sim on repli ed, “It ?s dark in the day because we are so far north. You shoul d e in June. The sun shi nes al ni ght in the north then. That39。the St Lawrence Ri ver toward the Gul f of St Lawrence and down to the di stant east coast, the cousi ns dream ed of French restaurants and red m apl e l eaves. Iqal ui t – the frozen town The reporter, Beth Al len, arri ved i n a northern m uni ty cal ed Iqal ui t i n N unavut. N unavut was created in 1999 as a speci al area for Inuit peopl e. Its nam e m eans “O ur Land” i n thei r l anguage. It is i n the farthest northeastern area of Canada, north or the Arctic Ci rcl e, and i s very col d – the average wi ter tem perature i n N unavut i s 35 degrees bel ow zero. Beth sai d, “ I knew i t woul d be coul d in January, but not this col d! Maybe there i s a dog sl ed that can take m e i nto town. ” The qui et m an who had been on the pl ane wi th her sai d, “I?l l take you i nto town, but I don?t hace a dog sl ed. Most peopl e onl y use the dogs for petiti ons, why are you vi siti ng Iqal ui t?” Beth answered, “ I?m wri ting a story for m y newspaper about Iqalui t – we?d li ke to adverti se i t as a holi day pl ace, but I thi nk i t?s too col d. ” The m an l aughed. “My name i s Si m on and I am Inui t,” he sai d. “I thi nk i t?s too far north here for holi days but more and m ore touri sts are ing. They l ike i ce fi shi ng and photographi ng pol ar bears. I star as far away from pol ar bears as posi bl e. I li ke m y warm offi ce and m y warm house.” “I?m busi ness m an. My grandfather woul d l i ve in i ce houses when he hunted in winter, but not so many peopl e do that now. the ol d m en used to m ake one i n a few hours. They used to l i ve i n ski n tents in summ er – the tents were easy to m ove so the people coul d fol ow the anim als.” A few m i nutes l ater they ari ved i n Iqal ui t, a town wi th a popul ati on of 6000, on Sim on?s snowm obi l e. It was two o?cl ock i n the afternoon, but i t was al ready dark, and al the houses shone wi th bri ght l i ghts. Beth sai d, “ Why i s i t so dark? It?s the mi ddle of the day!” Sim on repli ed, “It ?s dark in the day because we are so far north. You shoul d e in June. The sun shi nes al ni ght in the north then. That39。s why i t?s cal l ed ?The Land of the Mi dni ght Sun?. ” There were peopl e on the streets and snowmobil es everywhere. There were even a few dog team s. 必修四 Uni t 1 A STUDEN T O F AFRICAN WILDLIFE It is 5:45 am and the sun is just rising over Gombe National park in east Africa. Fol owing Jane?s way of studying chim ps,our group are al goi ng to visi t them i n the forest. Jane has studi ed these fami li es of chim ps for many years and hel ped peopl e understand how much they behave l i ke hum ans. Watchi ng a fami l yof