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hing. Dr Yuan’s dreams dreams ? as huge as a peanut Yuan had a dream about _________ ? as tall as shum ? as big as an ear of corn Yuan’ s ________ Para. 4 dreams 【探究 2】 Information of Dr. Yuan’s hobbies and personality 2)Why doesn’t he care about fame and money? a) fame: b) money: Because he feels it gives him less freedom to do his job. Because he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. 【探究 3】 Information of Dr. Yuan’s dreams 1)What are his two dreams? his dreams His first dream His second dream ▲ (rice plants) As tall as shum ▲ ( each ear) As big as an ear of corn ▲ (each grain) As huge as a peanut To export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. does “Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.” mean? Yuan has dreams not only when he is _______ but also when he is______. Dreams are free and everybody can have ideas about what they would like their future life to be. asleep awake … to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields Farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. He awoke from his dream with the hope of _______________________ ___________________ producing a kind of rice that could feed more people. Para. 4 to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe He is now circulating his knowledge in … to increase their rice harvests. 【探究 3】 Information of Dr. Yuan’s dreams 2)Why did he have a second dream after he achieved so much and realized the first dream? Because one dream is not always enough, especially for a person who loves and cares for his people. 86 years old great man 2. From the passage, we can know ______. A. Yuan Longping is not a pioneer but a scientist in the research of the hybrid rice B. Yuan’s parents are both agricultural scientists C. more than 60% of the rice produced in the world is from the hybrid strain D. using the hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before 3. It can be inferred from