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In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced.
而近来却生产了将近两亿吨稻谷。
These increased harvests mean that 22% of the world's people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China.
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。
Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests.
袁博士现在在印度、越南和其他欠发达国家船舶提高水稻产量的知识。
Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger.
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方法。
Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.
用他的杂交水稻种子，农民们种出的粮食比以前多了一倍。
Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life.
袁博士对生活非常满足。
However, he doesn't care about being famous.
但是，他对成名并不在意。
He feels it gives him less freedom to do his research.
并且觉得出名后搞科研就不那么自由了。
He would much rather keep time for his hobbies.
他宁愿把时间花在自己的业余爱好上。
He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and reading.
他喜欢听小提琴乐曲、搓麻将、游泳和读书。
Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him.
在自己身上花钱或者享受舒适的生活对袁博士来说意义也不大。
Indeed, he believes that a person with too much money has more rather than fewer troubles.
事实上，他认为一个人有了太多钱，他的麻烦事只会更多不会更少。
He therefore gives millions of yuan to equip others for their research in agriculture.
于是，他拿出好几百万元帮忙其他人进行农业科学研究。
Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.
梦想是不花本钱的。
Long ago Dr yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum.
很久以前，袁博士曾在梦里看到水稻长得像高粱一样高，。
Each ear of rice was as big as an ear of corn and each grain of rice was as huge as a peanut.
稻穗跟玉米穗一样大，而每粒稻谷像花生米一样大。
Dr Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people.
袁博士从梦中醒来，希望能种植一种能养活更多人的水稻。
Now, many years later, Dr Yuan has another dream: to export his rice so that it can be grown around the globe.
多年后的今天，袁博士还有另一个梦想，那就是他的稻谷可以出口并长遍全球。
One dream is not always enough, especially for a person who loves and cares for his people.
一个梦想总是不够的，尤其对一个热爱和关心人民的人来说更是如此。
