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A pioneer for all people
Although he is one of China's most famous scientists, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past five decades. Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output. This special strain of rice makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain.
Born in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These increased harvests mean that 22% of the world's people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.
Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life. However, he doesn't care about being famous. He feels it gives him less freedom to do his research. He would much rather keep time for his hobbles. He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading. Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him. Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.
Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing. Long ago Dr yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum. Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut. Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people. Now, many years later, Dr Yuan has another dream: to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe. One dream is not always enough, especially for a person who loves and cares for his people. 翻译： 尽管他是中国最著名的科学家之一，袁隆平仍然认为自己是个农民，因为他在田间耕作进行科学研究。的确他那被太阳晒得黝黑的脸和手臂以及他那消瘦而结实的身躯就跟其他千百万中国农民一样。过去50年来他一直在努力。袁博士种植的是被称为“超级水稻”的插种。 1975年他成为世界上第一位种植高产，水稻的农业先锋。 这种特殊的插种使得同样的田地多收获三分之一的产量。如今中国每年生产的稻米60%以上出自这种杂交插种。
袁博士出生于1930年1953年毕业于西南农业学院。从那时起，找到了水插高产的方法就成为他一生的目标。 年轻时，他就看到了稻田增产的巨大需求。当时饥荒是许多农村地区面临的严重问题。袁博士要在不增加土地的基础上要求达到增收稻谷途径。1950年中国农民只能生产五千万吨的稻谷。却生产了将近两亿的稻谷。这一粮食产量的增加意味着中国仅仅7%的耕地养活了世界22%的人口。袁博士现在在印度越南很多其它表达国家传播提高水稻产量知识。由于他的研究联合国在消除世界饥饿的战斗中有了更多的办法。用他的杂交水稻的种子农民种出的粮食比以前多了两倍。
他很满意自己的生活。但他对成名并不关心。他觉得成名后搞研究就没那么自由了。他宁愿把自己的时间花在自己的爱好上。他喜欢听小提琴演奏、玩麻将、又游泳和看书。在自己身上花钱或享受舒适的生活对他而言意义并不大。事实上，他认为一个人有了太多的钱，就会有更多而不是更少的烦恼。 因此，他资助几百万元供其他人进行农业研究。 做梦是不花本钱的。很久以前，袁博士梦见水稻长得像高粱一样饱满。而每粒稻米都像花生一样饱满。袁博士从梦中醒来，希望能种植一种能养活更多人的水稻。如今，袁博士还有另外一个梦想，那就是出口他的水稻，让它长遍全世界。一个梦想总是不够的，尤其是对一个热爱和关心人民的人来说，更是如此。 希望对你有所帮助，望采纳，谢谢
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