Language points
知识点讲解
For example:
He is selfless. Because he gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.
He is …
Thanks to him, we can feed ourselves now.
What can we learn from Dr Yuan?
pioneering
creative
considerate
modest
plain
devoted
straight forward
open-minded
intelligent
determined
generous
strong-willed
Personalities
selfless
How to solve hunger?
making good use of the waste land
developing the technology to…
inventing a new kind of food…
improving the quality of the soil
preventing the pests from eating our crops
Discussing
1. Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what did you do to grow them?
If so=If you have ever grown some plants.
so 表示“象那样的，如前所说的”，用于代替已陈述的事。如：
-----can you pass the exam?
------I hope so.
if not 为 if so 的否定形式
if necessary 如果有必要的话
if possible 如果有可能的话
if any 如果有的话
Language Points
2. work
vt. 耕种(土地); 使工作;经营(工厂、农场等)
vi. 工作; (机器等)开动;
work the land=grow crops on it 耕耘土地　
He works a big farm. 他经营着一个大的农场。
I don’t think that your suggestion will work.
3. …whom he has struggled for the past decades.
struggle v. “斗争; 拼搏; 努力”
e.g. He has struggled with sickness for a
few months. 数月来他一直在与疾病作斗争。
They were poor and had to struggle for a living.
他们很穷, 必须为生活而努力。
He struggled against the thief.
他同小偷进行了搏斗。
He struggled to control his temper. 
他努力控制住自己的脾气。
常见搭配:
struggle for 为……而斗争
struggle against /with 向……做斗争; 同……搏斗
struggle to do sth 努力做某事
struggle to one’s feet 挣扎着站起来
根据句意, 用适当的介词或副词填空。
They had to struggle ____ their lives _______
weather and wild animals in that area.
(2) In order to protect the environment, we
should struggle _______ all kinds of pollution.

(3) After a few minutes, the young man
struggled ___ his feet, glaring at the enemy.
for
against
against
to
battle, fight, war, struggle, campaign作名词
时的用法区别
▲battle 战役(指大规模会战), 战争
an important battle in the Pacific campaign
They died in battle.
▲fight 意为“打架, 战斗力”
The two boys had a fight.
There’s no fight left in him.
▲war “战争, 大战”,
the war against acid rain
The two countries were at war for two years.
▲struggle意为“奋斗, 挣扎”, 尤指在困境中
的抗争。
She spoke of her struggles with shyness.
Police said there were no signs of a struggle.
▲campaign意为“战役”, 在一场战争中,
为达到一个宏大的目的而采取的一系列
的军事举措; 还可指“(政治或商业性)活动,
竞选运动”。如：
a campaign to stop people smoking
That politician won the presidential
election campaign and became the
President.
4. This special strain of rice makes it possible
to produce one-third more of the crop in
the same fields.这种特殊的稻种使得同样的田地
多收获三分之一的产量。
(make, think, regard，believe，find，
consider…)+it +adj+ to do+sth
e.g. We think it important to learn English well.
we think it a surprise to go out.
Ann thinks it no pleasure looking through window.
We think it a pity that you lost your book.
我必须说清楚我会一直支持你。
I must make it clear that i'll always support you.
我发现找她散步是没有用的。
I find it no use finding her to go for a walk.
我认为躺在床上看书没有好处。(no good)
I think it no good reading in bed.
我们相信今天一定会放假。
we believe it a must to have a holiday today.
5. Born in a poor farmer’s family in 1931, Dr.
Yuan graduate from Southwest Agriculture
College in 1953.
袁博士1931年出身于一个贫苦农民的家庭,
1953年毕业于西南农学院。
graduate n. 毕业生
undergraduate 本科毕业生
post-graduate 硕士毕业生, 研究生
graduate vi. 常跟介词from, 表示“毕业于”
graduation n. 毕业(大学毕业之后，他去当工程师)
e.g. After his graduation from college, he went
to work as an engineer in a company.
=After he graduated from college, he went to
work as an engineer in a company.
=After graduating from college,...
bachelor’s degree 学士学位
master’s degree 硕士学位
doctor’s degree 博士学位
6.at that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside.
hunger n. 饥饿，欲望v.渴望渴求
die of hunger
hunger to do sth 渴望做某事
have a hunger for/after sth 渴望得到某物
hunger for/ after sth 渴望得到某物
5. Dr. Yuan searched for a way to increase rice
harvests without expanding the area of fields.
袁博士寻求一种在不扩大种植面积的情况下
提高水稻产量的方法。
expand v. 使变大; 伸展 如:
You can expand your knowledge by
reading more books.
expansion n. expandable adj.
the writer expand the short story into a long one.
expand ....into....把....扩展成，发展成
辨别：
expand； stretch； extend；
四面八方
拉紧，拉直
一方面延长
6. circulate v. 循环, 交流 circulation n.
e.g. Rumors circulated quickly.
The blood circulates around the body.
7. Thanks to his research, the UN has
more tools in the battle to rid the
world of hunger.
1) thanks to: 幸亏/由于
Thanks to your help, I passed the exam.
because of, thanks to, as a result of
on account of, owning to , due to
2) rid … of 意为“(使)摆脱, (使)除掉”,
rid (rid / ridded, rid, ridding) v.
She is trying to rid herself of a dependence
on drugs.
You should rid yourself of the bad habits.
= You should get rid of the bad habits.
rid 还可用作形容词, 构成get/be rid of,
意为“丢弃, 扔掉; 摆脱, 除去”。
Let’s get rid of this old furniture.
We will be glad to get rid of him.
8. Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing
harvests twice as large as before.
用他的杂交水稻种子, 农民们种出比以前多
一倍的粮食。
e.g. The number of the students in our school
is ______________________ in their school.
我们学校学生的数量是他们学校的两倍。
twice as large as that
英语中的倍数表达法共有4种形式:
(1) 倍数 + 形容词/副词的比较级 + than...
(2) 倍数 + as +形容词/副词的原级 + as...
(3) 倍数 + the + 名词+ of...
(4) 倍数+what 从句
现在的产量是十年前的三倍。（production）
The production now is _____________________
it was ten years ago.
three times what
9. Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life.
be satisfied with: 对……感到满意
One shouldn't be satisfied with only a
little success.
一个人不应该只因一点小成就而感到满足。
satisfy: v. 使...满意, 赔偿
satisfied adj. 满意的，满足的
satisfying adj.令人满意的
satisfaction.n. 满足，满意
The old coulpe ___________________in the countryside.
这对老夫妇乐意住在乡下。
_________________，they dealt with the matter soon.令他满意的是,......
are satisfied to live in
To her satisfaction
10. Indeed, he believes that a person with too
much money has more, rather than fewer
troubles.
1) too much 与much too的区别
too much通常位于动词之后,后面也可接名词。
She does talk too much, doesn’t she?
He has too much work to do.
而much too则常用在形容词或副词之前修饰
形容词或副词。
The dress is much too long for me.
这衣服我穿太长了。
I got into the taxi and drove much too fast.
我上了出租车, 并开得飞快。
2) rather than 而不是
Mary, rather than her roommates, is going
to Beijing.
要去北京的是玛丽, 而不是她的室友们。
注意: rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时,谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。

Lucy rather than her parents ___(go) to America.
I would rather you stayed at home now.
I would rather you had gone there.
I’d rather you went tomorrow (now).
我宁愿你明天(现在)去。
I’d rather you came next Saturday.
我宁愿你下星期六来。
I’d rather you were happy.
我愿你快乐。
I’d rather she sat next to me.
我宁愿她挨着我坐。
I’d rather Jack left on an earlier train.
我宁愿杰克乘前一班火车走。
12. He therefore gives millions of yuan to
equip others for their research in agriculture.
equip v. 装备;
The room is equipped with air conditioning.
这个房间装有空调设备。
The machine here is well equipped.
他们没有准备好应付这种局面。
We equip our children with a good education.
我们使孩子们受到良好的教育。
We want our son to have an education that
will equip him for later life.
be equipped with 装备，安装，具有
be well/poorly equipped 设备精良的/较差的
equip...with...用......装备......
equip sb for......使某人具有......