高中人教英语Yuan Longping dreams to expand growth of saline soil rice.docx

YuanLongpingdreamstoexpandgrowthofsalinesoilrice

中国工程院院士袁隆平于2019年荣获国家最高荣誉奖“共和国勋章”。他曾说：“我的毕生追求就是让所有人远离饥饿。”为此，他耄耋之年依然在追梦路上，他的“耐盐碱水稻”之梦进展如何呢？

YuanLongpingreceivedtheMedaloftheRepublicin2019forhisendlesspursuit(追求)oftruthandcontributionstoChinaandtheworld.

YuanLongping,knownfordevelopingthefirst?hybrid?rice?strains,launchedaplaninJanuary2020to?expand?thegrowthofricein?saline-alkalisoil?(?盐碱地)inNorthChinasInnerMongoliaautonomousregion.Thisnewrice?strain,alsoknownasseawaterrice,isdesignedtogrowintidalflats(?潮汐滩)orareaswithheavysaltcontent.Seawaterriceisexpectedtobeapprovedforextensivecultivationin2020.

Yuansaiditishisdreamtoimprovetheenvironmentinsaline-alkalilandsanddesertareas,securefoodforthe?poverty-strickenpeopleintheseareasanddoubletheincomeoflocalfarmers.InSeptember2019,Yuansteamcompletedanexperimentplantingriceon1,000muofsaline-alkali?soil?in?HingganLeague.The?yield?reached?508.8kg?permu,exceeding(超过)theteamsgoalof?300kg?per?mu.

OnMarch5,2020,workstartedagainonawidesaline-alkalilandin?Qingdao,EastChinas?Shandong?Province,inpreparationforriceplantingattheendofApril.Localfarmersreclaimed(开垦)200hectaresoftidalflatsinthecitysnorthernChengyangdistrict.Adozendroneshelpedspray(喷洒)?soil?conditioners.

ResearchersfromalaboratoryledbyYuanLongpinghavehadavarietyofriceseeds(?种子)especiallyforsaline-alkalilandusesince2017.Someseedswillbesown(播种)inQingdaoinAprilandmorewillbeplacedonsaline-alkalilandacrossChina.AccordingtoYuansteam,theyplantogrowabout67,000hectaresofsaline-alkalitolerantriceacrossthecountrythisyear,includingover666hectaresin?Shandong?andmorethan333hectaresintheInnerMongoliaand?XinjiangUygur?autonomousregions.

?“Ourteamplanstogrowthe?strain?onover666hectaresofexperimentallandthisyearfo