1. Module 4 Unit 2 A story from Dr. Yuan’s student Pan Jiali 2009-5-24

2. Reading the article helped me know more about Dr. Yuan Longping. Talking with Dr. Yuan Longping changed my viewpoint on working the land. Becoming a student of Yuan Longping was my dream.

3. Dr. Yuan _______ a simple life. He _____ ______ work on the farm than lead a comfortable life. He has ________ ( 奋斗 )for five decades to search for a way to increase rice harvest without _________ ( 扩张 ) the area of fields. _______ to the discovery of super hybrid rice, his dream of ______ ( 使 … 摆脱 ) China of _______ is realized. And he has another dream---to _______ his rice to other countries… leads would rather struggled expanding Thanks ridding hunger export

4. During the Culture Revolution, Dr. Yuan the storm of fate. After that, he the freedom of his research work. And now, he is still rid the world of hunger. struggle for struggle against struggle to do struggled against struggled for struggling to “3 struggles” of Dr. Yuan

5. When I weighed over 60kg, ( 我与脂肪做斗争 ). And I didn’t stop ( 为减轻体重而斗争 ) until my weight reduced to 50kg. Now, I am still ( 努力保持自己健康和苗条 ). struggle for struggle against struggle to do I struggled against fat struggling for losing weight struggling to keep myself healthy and slim

6. Dr. Yuan considers himself a farmer rather than a scientist. Dr. Yuan thinks working on the land is interesting rather than boring. Dr. Yuan prefers to do research on the farm rather than in the lab. Dr. Yuan enjoys swimming rather than singing. Dr. Yuan decides to continue his work rather than (to) quit. … Dr. Yuan & “rather than”

7. Dr. Yuan would rather (give) his money to the poor than (spend) money on himself. = Dr. Yuan prefers… would rather do sth. than do sth. prefer to do sth. (rather) than do sth. give spend to give his money to the poor (rather) than spend it on himself.

8. Reading the article helped me know more about Dr. Yuan Longping. Talking with Dr. Yuan Longping changed my viewpoint on working the land. Becoming a student of Yuan Longping was my dream.

9. “ (feed) more people is the only focus of my research. I can’t imagine our people (die) from hunger. Therefore, I never stop (search) for super hybrid rice till the day I finally make it. I won’t give up (work) the land, though I am no longer young. (be) a ‘farmer’ is my whole life career.” Feeding dying searching working Being Talking with Dr. Yuan Longping changed n my viewpoint on working the land. Dr. Yuan said, Using V-ing as subject or object

10. Talking with Dr. Yuan Longping changed my viewpoint on working the land. Working the land is a scientific work rather than a simple and repetitive one. You have to devote yourself to working the land or you will get nothing in return. I appreciate Chinese farmers’ struggling against hunger and poverty. V-ing as subject or object review

11. There is no point in (argue) with him. It is no good (complain) about it. There is no sense (in) doing sth. It is no use doing sth. There is no use/good doing sth. It is a waste of time doing sth. It is worth/worthwhile doing sth. V-ing as subject sentence patterns arguing complaining

12. v.+doing----- admit ， appreciate ， avoid ， v phrase+doing--- can’t help ， put off, V-ing as object consider ， delay ， enjoy ， escape ， excuse ， feel like ， finish ， forgive ， imagine ， mention ， mind ， miss ， practise ， suggest … get down to ， give up ， insist on ， keep （ on ）， look forward to ， pay attention to ， stick to, be good at…

13. V-ing Work with your deskmate, and use at least three sentences with V-ing to describe … … is his hobby.... interests him most. …is his dream. … enjoy be good at be interested in dream of look forward to devote…to …

14. Reading the article helped me know more about Dr. Yuan Longping. Talking with Dr. Yuan Longping changed my viewpoint on working the land. Becoming a student of Yuan Longping was my dream.

15. Dear Dr. Yaun, Sincerely yours, Zhang Hongwei A letter to Dr. Yuan Longping

16. Dear Dr. Yaun, 和您交谈改变了我对土地耕种的看法。在过去 的 50 年里，您一直在努力使我国摆脱饥饿。 而且您还在其他国家传播知识，希望提高他们 的水稻产量。由于您的研究，越来越多的人过 上了更好的生活。 我梦想成为像您一样的科学家。对我来说，耕 田是很有趣而不是让人困扰的。因此，我期待 成为您的学生。并且我永远不会后悔做出这个 决定。 yours, ongwei work the land past five decadesstruggle torid…of circulatewith the hope of thanks to lead a … life dream of disturbing rather thantherefore look forward to regret

17. Dear Dr. Yaun, 和您交谈改变了我对土地耕种的看法。在过去 的 50 年里，您一直在努力使我国摆脱饥饿。 而且您还在其他国家传播知识，希望提高他们 的水稻产量。由于您的研究，越来越多的人过 上了更好的生活。 我梦想成为像您一样的科学家。对我来说，耕 田是很有趣而不是让人困扰的。因此，我期待 成为您的学生。并且我永远不会后悔做出这个 决定。 yours, ongwei

18. Dear Dr. Yaun, yours, ongwei Talking with you changed my viewpoint on working the land. In the past five decades, you have struggled to rid our country of hunger. And you circulate your knowledge in other countries with a hope of increasing their rice harvests. Thanks to your research, more and more people are leading a better life. I dream of being a scientist like you. For me, working the land is interesting rather than disturbing. Therefore, I am looking forward to becoming one of your student. And I will never regret making such a decision.

19. knowledge + perspiration + inspiration + opportunity = SUCCESS

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