Working the land(Periods 1 Warming up and Reading)
4.thanks to his research,the un is trying to rid the world of hunger.由于他的研究,聯合國正在努力清除世界饑餓。thanks to=because of;owing to e.g.thanks to your support,we won the game.由于你的支持,我們贏得了比賽。5.using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.用他的雜交水稻種子,農民們種出比以前多一倍的糧食。倍數詞（twice/half/three times/a quarter,etc.）+as + 形容詞原級 +as...表示“是……的多少倍”。e.g.the number of the students in our school is twice as large as that in their school.我們學校學生的數量是他們學校的兩倍。6.however,he cares little about spending the money on himself or leading a comfortable life.但是他很少想到要把錢花在自己的身上,或享受舒適的生活。lead a...life 過……生活。英語中少數動詞,包括一些不及物動詞的賓語可能是與它同源的名詞類似的短語動詞有:die a...death,smile a...smile,dream a...dream,live a...life,sigh a...sigh,etc.。care (little/much) about:be concerned about“關心,介意”,后面跟從句時,about常省略。care for:look after 照料;like or want 想要,喜歡e.g.albert einstein didn’t care much about what to wear.would you help to care for my pet while i am away?7.dr yuan is more a farmer than a scientist.與其說袁博士是一個科學家不如說他是一個農民。be more than=not only 不僅僅,超過e.g.learning is more than reading.be more +a +than +b 與其說是b還倒不如說是ae.g.he is more an ordinary person than a leader.