“杂交水稻之父”袁隆平获“2018未来科学大奖”

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袁隆平的杂交水稻帮助全球解决了粮食问题，获“2018未来科学大奖”。

As the old Chinese saying goes, “Humanity’s most fundamental relationship is with what we eat.” Although food has played an important part in Chinese culture for years, hunger had been a huge problem in the country until the 1970s. However, the Chinese scientist Yuan Longping helped to deal with this problem.

中国古语有云：“民以食为天。”尽管食物向来都是中国文化的重要组成部分，但在上世纪70年代以前，饥荒曾一直是我国的一大问题。而中国科学家袁隆平则致力于解决这一问题。

On Sept 8, Yuan, together with two other scientists, won China’s 2018 Future Science Prize. Even on his 88th birthday on Sept 7, he took part in the International Development Meeting of Rice Production in Hunan Province. Although he was recovering from an illness at the time, he was happy to talk to reporters about his latest work with seawater rice.

9月8日，袁隆平与另外两名科学家获得我国“2018未来科学大奖”。而在9月7日袁隆平88岁的生日当天，他还参加了在湖南省举行的国际稻作发展会议。尽管当时他大病初愈，但他很乐于与记者们谈论自己关于“海水稻”的最新成果。

And thanks to China’s Belt and Road initiative, Yuan’s hybrid(杂交的) rice is helping to solve food problems around the world. With a rising reputation around the world, Yuan delivered a speech in English at the 9th Shandong High-Level Talents Forum in Qingdao last year. But in spite of his great knowledge, Yuan understands that even the wisest people should still be open to learning new things. “The farmers of our country possess rich experience in planting rice,” he told Xinhua. “We should learn from them.”

得益于我国“一带一路”倡议，袁隆平的杂交水稻能帮助全球解决粮食问题。去年，国际名望不断提高的袁隆平在青岛举行的第九届山东高层次人才论坛上做了一次英文演讲。尽管袁隆平学识渊博，但他深知，就算是最聪明的人也应该对学习新事物抱有一种开放的心态。“我国农民的种稻经验相当丰富，”他在接受新华社采访时表示。“我们应当向他们学习。”