Norman Borlaug Part 1

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  1. crossbreed
    the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock
    This was done by crossbreeding different kinds of wheat to make stronger, more resistant ones.
  2. Great Depression
    the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s
    He later worked on farms, earning fifty cents a day to pay for college during the Great Depression.
  3. pathology
    the branch of medical science that studies diseases
    He later returned to the University of Minnesota to study plant pathology.
  4. Depression
    a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
    He later worked on farms, earning fifty cents a day to pay for college during the Great Depression.
  5. cooperative
    involving the joint activity of two or more
    He became the head of the newly-formed Cooperative Wheat Research and Production Program in Mexico.
  6. laboratory
    a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
    He also worked in the laboratory to create new versions of wheat that could resist disease.
  7. fee
    a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
    By nineteen fifty-six, the country produced enough wheat to feed its population.
  8. develop
    progress or evolve through a process of natural growth
    Norman Borlaug traveled the world to help people develop better ways to produce food.
  9. grain
    a cereal grass
    He and the scientists also developed plants that produced higher quantities of grain.
  10. gene
    part of DNA controlling physical characteristics and growth
    Borlaug worked with wheat genes to shrink the plant while keeping the grain large.
  11. method
    a way of doing something, especially a systematic way
    This method of shrinking plants would become a major part of the Green Revolution.
  12. urgent
    compelling immediate action
    He began to receive urgent requests from poor countries where population growth was more than the food supply could feed.
  13. rural
    living in or characteristic of farming or country life
    Norman Ernest Borlaug was born to Norwegian-American parents in rural Iowa on March twenty-fifth, nineteen fourteen.
  14. urge
    urge or force in an indicated direction
    Norman's family urged him to continue his studies at a time when many farm boys left school to find a job.
  15. area
    the extent of a two-dimensional surface within a boundary
    They say he often asked why some plants grew better in different areas of the farm.
  16. chemical
    produced by reactions involving atomic or molecular changes
    After those studies were completed, he worked as a researcher at a laboratory owned by the DuPont chemical company.
  17. expand
    extend in one or more directions
    During this period, many experts warned of mass starvation in the developing world where populations were expanding faster than crop production.
  18. export
    sell or transfer abroad
    By nineteen sixty-three, Mexico began exporting wheat.
  19. create
    bring into existence
    He also worked in the laboratory to create new versions of wheat that could resist disease.
  20. import
    bring in from abroad
    Mexico imported sixty percent of its wheat in the early nineteen forties.
  21. financial
    involving fiscal matters
    The program received financial support from a private group, the Rockefeller Foundation.
  22. destroy
    do away with; cause the ruin or undoing of
    The soil was not good for growing crops, and disease was destroying the plants.
  23. describe
    give a statement representing something
    Yet one American newspaper says he described himself simply as a "corn-fed, country-bred Iowa boy."
  24. foundation
    the basis on which something is grounded
    The program received financial support from a private group, the Rockefeller Foundation.
  25. quantity
    how much there is or how many there are of something
    He and the scientists also developed plants that produced higher quantities of grain.
  26. major
    greater in scope or effect
    This method of shrinking plants would become a major part of the Green Revolution.
  27. sufficient
    of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement
    Six years later, India also became self-sufficient.
  28. local
    of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular area
    Local farmers could grow four times more wheat than before.
  29. attend
    be present
    Borlaug attended the University of Minnesota, where he completed a study program in forestry.
  30. supply
    circulate or distribute or equip with
    He began to receive urgent requests from poor countries where population growth was more than the food supply could feed.
  31. influence
    a power to affect persons or events
    This deeply influenced his interest in agricultural sciences and better ways to produce food.
Created on 五月 8, 2010

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