Unit 5 Great People
3. why is yu longping called “father” of hybrid rice?
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4. what does he do in his spare time?
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5. what is yuan longping doing now?
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【學案導學】
1. come up with=find out 意思是“找到，提出（答案、解決辦法等）”
one day the librarian came up with an idea. 有一天圖書管理員想出了一個辦法。
2. devote oneself to 獻身于；致力于 “to”為介詞，后接名詞或動名詞
bethune devoted his life to caring for the sick. 白求恩專心照顧他的病人。
yuan longping devoted himself to his work. 袁隆平全身心投入到工作中。
devoted adj.獻身的，專心于……
be devoted to one’s country 精忠報國
3. because of“ 因為，由于”。是一個介詞短語，后接名詞和動名詞
because +從句
she was away from school because of sickness. 她由于生病而沒有來上學。
i didn’t catch the early bus because i got up late this morning.
我沒趕上早班車因為我起晚了。
because of these ,he failed. 由于這件事情，他失敗了。
4. it is said that professor yuan is one of the richest people in china.
據說，袁教授是中國最富有的人之一。
it is said that bill gates is one of the richest people in the world.
據說，比爾•蓋茨是世界上最富的人之一。
it is reported that… 據報道
5. he cares about nothing but his research. 除了研究外，他什么也不在乎。
care about關心，在乎; 常用于疑問句和否定句：
he doesn’t care about anything we may say. 我們說什么他也不在乎。
i don’t care about your idea.我不在乎你的意見。
care for
喜歡；常用于疑問句、否定句；照顧= take care of = look after
i don’t really care for tea. 我其實不大喜歡喝茶。
the mother cared for the sick child day and night. 母親日夜照顧生病的孩子。
6. the grain of this new type of rice would be as big as a peanut so that farmers could rest in the cool shadow of big rice plants.
這種新型的水稻將和花生一樣大，這樣農民可以在這種高大地水稻陰涼下休息。
句中的 so that 是表示目的地連詞，意思是“為的是，以便”，引導地是目的狀語從句。在從句中常用 can / could / may / might / should/ shall 等情態動詞。例如：
he rode his bike fast so that he could get to school on time.
他騎車很快，以便能準時到校。
we study very hard so that we can have more successs.
我們學習非常努力，為了我們能取得更大的成功。
【課堂達標練習】
一.完成單詞。
1. the scientists are doing r______ into the causes of cancer.
2. in his s______ time ,liu xiang likes being with his parents.
3. the factory p______ 1,000 cars a week.