#22 He saved 1.4 billion people from hunger 他将14亿人从饥饿中拯救

大家好，欢迎回来MaoMi Chinese。今天是第二十二集，他将14亿人从饥饿中拯救。今天我想和大家聊聊袁隆平。他是一位世界闻名的科学家，他也是14亿中国人都尊重，都深爱的老爷爷。

袁隆平在1929年出生，2021年5月22日去世，他去世的时候已经90岁了。他去世的时候，很多很多的人在医院外哭，大家都非常难过。为什么大家都爱他，尊重他呢？因为他发明了杂交水稻，大大地提到了水稻的产量。大家都知道，中国有 14亿人口。如果粮食不够，那么14亿中国人就会饥饿，整个国家也会混乱。所以，袁隆平的研究救了很多的人。

袁隆平的母亲是英语老师，是一位伟大的女性。在袁隆平小时候，因为战争，他们要经常搬家。但是，他的母亲坚持他一定要学习，要受教育。知道一些中国历史的朋友可能知道，在二十世纪六十年代，中国经历了很严重的饥荒，很多人饿死了。那时候，袁隆平在路边，至少五次，看到了尸体。他们都是因为饥荒而饿死的人。他曾经和记者说过：

“一粒粮食能够救一个国家，也可以绊倒一个国家。你年纪轻不知道，上个世纪六十年代，饥荒的时候饿死人啊，就大家都吃不饱饭，我都亲眼见过。”

他说，一粒粮食能够救一个国家，也可以绊倒一个国家。所以，他下决心，一定要研究水稻，解决粮食问题，不能再让人民挨饿。有人问他，是不是害怕饥荒再次出现，他说：“不可能了”。因为他和他的团队，中国人不会再挨饿了。

袁隆平是一个伟大的科学家，他把他的水稻技术分享给全世界，让更多的人不用再挨饿。他也是一个可爱的老爷爷。他很喜欢猫，他有一只猫，叫袁花花。袁花花经常和袁隆平一起去水稻田里工作。他也喜欢音乐，喜欢小提琴。有时候，他会在水稻田里拉小提琴。他以前的老师评价他“生性散漫，爱好自由”。他不喜欢记者采访，不喜欢太多的关注，但是如果有小孩子和学生想和他拍照，他会很高兴。

他在医院度过了最后的日子。医院的医生和护士都在照顾他，有时候没有时间吃饭。那时候，已经很虚弱的袁隆平对医生和护士说：“不要因为我吃不上饭，你们要好好吃饭”。

再见了，袁隆平爷爷，我们会珍惜粮食，也会永远纪念您，感谢您。

Hello everyone. Welcome back to MaoMi Chinese. Today is episode 22^nd- He saved 1.4 billion people from hunger. Today I would like to talk about Yuan Longping, who is a world-renown scientist as well as an old gentleman respected and loved by 1.4 billion Chinese people.

Yuan Longping was born in 1929 and passed away on 22^nd May 2021. He was 90 when he passed away. When he passed away, many people cried outside the hospital. Everyone sorrowed. Why does everyone love him and respect him? Because he invented hybrid rice, which immensely increased paddy field. Everyone knows that there are 1.4 billion people in China. If there were not enough food, 1.4 billion Chinese would suffer from hunger and the whole country will be in a mess. Therefore, Yuan Longping’s research has saved lots of people.

Yuan Longping’s mum was an English teacher and a great lady. When Yuan Longping was little, they had to move many times due to the war. However, his mum insisted that he had to study and be educated. Listeners who know something about Chinese history probably know that, in 1960s, China suffered from a severe famine and many people died from hunger. At that time, Yuan Longping saw dead bodies at least 5 times by the road. They were people who die from hunger. He used to tell journalists:

“A grain of rice can save a country, and also stumble a country. You are too young to know that in 1960s, people died from hunger during famine. Everyone was starving. I witnessed it with my own eyes.”

He said that a grain of rice can save a country, and also stumble a country. Therefore, he decided that he would carry research about rice paddy, solve the grain issue, and save people from hunger. Someone asked him that if he was afraid that famine will take place again in China, and he said “That’s impossible now.” Because of he and his team, Chinese people will not suffer from hunger.

Yuan Longping was a great scientist. He shared his technology to grow rice paddy with the world and saved more people from hunger. He was also a lovely old gentleman. He was a cat person. He had a cat called Yuan Huahua. Yuan Huahua often went with Yuan Longping to work in rice paddy. He also liked music and violin. Sometimes, he would play violin in rice paddy. His previous teacher commented that “(he was) born easy-going and desultory, and he loves freedom”. He didn’t like to be interviewed by journalist and have too much attention from people. But if children and students asked to take photo with him, he would be very happy to.

He had his last days in hospital. Doctors and nurses in the hospital were looking after him and sometimes were too busy to have their meals. At that time, he was already very weak, but said to doctors and nurses “don’t miss your meal because of me. You guys have to have your meal.”