重点句型
1. In the rice­growing world, the Chinese scientist, Yuan Longping, is a leading figure.
在水稻种植领域，中国科学家袁隆平是一位杰出人士。
2. As a result of Yuan Longping's discoveries Chinese rice production rose by 47.5 percent in the 1990's.
由于袁隆平的发现，中国的水稻产量在20世纪90年代增长了47.5%。
3. But not everybody wanted to use rockets in battles.
但并不是每个人都想在战争中使用火箭。

句型探究
1. Or was he carried miles into space, becoming the world's first astronaut?
还是他被运载数英里进入太空变成世界上第一名宇航员呢？
becoming the world's first astronaut
在句中作结果状语。
The child slipped and fell, hitting his head against the door.
那孩子滑了一跤,头撞到了门上。

2. As a result of Yuan Longping's discoveries Chinese rice production rose by 47.5 percent in the 1990's.
袁隆平的发现，中国的水稻产量在20世纪90年代增长了47.5%。
rose by 以……的幅度增长
As a result of the dam, the water level of the lake was going to rise by 63 meters.
由于大坝的修建，湖面将上涨63米。