the student who asked questions 這篇課文的翻譯

In a hungry world rice is a staple food and China is the world’s largest producer. 在當前的世界，水稻是主要食糧。中國是世界上最大的水稻產地。 Rice is also grown in many other Asian countries, and in some European countries like Italy. 亞洲其他國家和壹些歐洲國家比如意大利等，都種植水稻。 In the rice-growing world, the Chinese scientist, Yuan Longping, is a leading figure. 在水稻種植界，中國科學家袁隆平是壹位重要人士。 Yuan Longping was born and brought up in China. As a boy he was educated in many schools and was given the nickname, “the student who ask questions”. 袁隆平生長在中國。小時候，他在愈多學校讀過書，得了個“問問題的學生”的綽號。 From an early age he was interested in plants. 袁隆平從小就對植物感興趣。 He studied agriculture in college and as a young teacher he began experiments in crop breeding. 他在大學裏研究農學。作為壹個年輕的教師，他開始了作物育種的實驗。 He thought that the key to feeding people was to have more rice and to produce it more quickly. 他想養活世人的關鍵是更多更快地生產水稻。 He thought there was only one way to do this – by crossing different species of rice plant, and then he could produce a new plant which could give a higher yield than either of the original plants. 他認為，唯壹的辦法是使不同種類的水稻雜交，這樣就能產生比原先任何壹種水稻產量都要高的新品種。 First Yuan Longping experimented with different types of rice. 首先，袁隆平對不同種類的水稻進行試驗。 The results of his experiments were published in China in 1966. Then he began his search for a special type of rice plant. 1966年，他的研究成果在中國發表，接著，他開始尋找壹種特殊的稻種。It had to be male. It had to be sterile. 這種稻種必須是雄性的，必須是不結果的。 Finally, in 1970 a naturally sterile male rice plant was discovered. 最後，在1970年，壹種天然的雄心不育稻種被發現，這是壹個突破性的發現。 This was the breakthrough. Researchers were brought in from all over China to develop the new system. The research was supported by the government. 全國各地的研究者們被召集在壹起開發新的水稻種，研究得到了政府的贊助。 As a result of Yuan Longping’s discoveries Chinese rice production rose by 47.5 percent in the 1990’s. 由於袁隆平的發現，中國的水稻產量在20世紀90年代增長了47.5%。 There were other advantages too. 50 thousand square kilometers of rice fields were converted to growing vegetables and other cash crops. 有其他的益處，萬平方公裏原來的稻田現在被用來種植蔬菜和其他經濟作物。 Following this, Yuan Longping’s rice was exported to other countries, such as Pakistan and the Philippines. 還除此之外，袁隆平研制的水稻還出口到巴基斯坦和菲律賓等國家。 In Pakistan rice is the second most important crop after wheat and will be grown in many parts of the country. 在巴基斯坦，水稻是繼小麥之後的第二種最重要的作物並將在許多地方種植。 The new hybrid rice has been developed by the Yuan Longping High-tech Agricultural Company of China. 中國袁隆平高科技農業公司已開發出壹種新的雜交水稻。 Its yield is much greater than the yield of other types of rice grown in Pakistan. 這種雜交水稻的產量遠高於巴基斯坦其他種類的水稻。