中国“超级杂交水稻”产量创新高 China's super hybrid rice output sets new world record

Super hybrid rice output in test fields in southwestern Yunnan Province has set a new world record(纪录), local authorities said Monday.

Farmers harvest(收获) rice at a super hybrid rice demonstration base(示范基地) in Datun Township(大屯镇) in the Gejiu City(个旧市), southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 2, 2018. [Photo: Xinhua]

The latest output(产量) of three plots at a super hybrid rice demonstration base located in Datun Township in the city of Gejiu reached an average(平均) of 1,152.3 kg per mu(亩) (about 0.07 hectares).

The demonstration base started to plant(种植) hybrid rice in 2009.

Farmers thresh rice stalks at a super hybrid rice demonstration base in Datun Township in the Gejiu City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 2, 2018. [Photo: Xinhua]

A group of experts(专家) from agricultural and scientific universities and research institutions randomly selected three plots on the rice fields and supervised the harvest.

Farmers prepare to thresh rice stalks at a super hybrid rice demonstration base in Datun Township in the Gejiu City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 2, 2018. [Photo: Xinhua]

With an average temperature of 20 degrees Celsius, the base lies at an altitude of more than 1,200 meters above sea level. Proper annual precipitation and flat terrain also 

contribute to the harvest of hybrid rice, according to Xie Hua'an, leader of the research team.

Super hybrid rice field is seen at a demonstration base in Datun Township in Gejiu City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 2, 2018. [Photo: Xinhua]

词汇 words:

[shōu huò] 收获 harvest
[jì lù] 纪录 record
[chǎn liàng] 产量 output
[píng jūn] 平均 average
[zhuān jiā] 专家 expert
[zhòng zhí] 种植 plant

重点词汇 Key word:

收获

• <动词 v.> harvest; reap
  E.g. Shōuhuò shíjié tiānqì hěn hǎo。 
  收获时节天气很好。
  The weather is good at the harvest.

• <名词 n.> <比喻> results; gains; rewards
  E.g. Bù xià kǔ gōng,biàn wú shōuhuò。
  不下苦功,便无收获。
  No pains, no gains.