重點句型
1. In the rice­growing world, the Chinese scientist, Yuan Longping, is a leading figure.
在水稻種植領域，中國科學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.
由于袁隆平的發現，中國的水稻產量在20世紀90年代增長了47.5%。
3. But not everybody wanted to use rockets in battles.
但并不是每個人都想在戰爭中使用火箭。

句型探究
1. Or was he carried miles into space, becoming the world's first astronaut?
還是他被運載數英里進入太空變成世界上第一名宇航員呢？
becoming the world's first astronaut
在句中作結果狀語。
The child slipped and fell, hitting his head against the door.
那孩子滑了一跤,頭撞到了門上。

2. As a result of Yuan Longping's discoveries Chinese rice production rose by 47.5 percent in the 1990's.
袁隆平的發現，中國的水稻產量在20世紀90年代增長了47.5%。
rose by 以……的幅度增長
As a result of the dam, the water level of the lake was going to rise by 63 meters.
由于大壩的修建，湖面將上漲63米。