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VOICE ONE:
Our first person who is making a difference is known around the world.He is often described as the man who has saved more lives than any other person in history.Norman Borlaug is considered the father of what has been called the Green Revolution.His ideas about agriculture increased crop production and ended hunger in many nations.Mister Borlaug continues to be a leader among agricultural researchers.
VOICE TWO:
Norman Borlaug was born ninety-four years ago on a farm in the American state of Iowa.In the middle of the twentieth century,world population was expanding faster than food production.Experts said many people in developing countries would face starvation.
Norman Borlaug was an agricultural researcher at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico.He developed methods of growing wheat that increased the amount harvested by three times.He later repeated this success in India,Pakistan and Africa.
His methods of farming saved millions of people who would have starved to death.Norman Borlaug was given the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in nineteen seventy.
VOICE ONE:
Mister Borlaug is still urging experts to think about the needs of people around the world.His latest concern is a disease in wheat called UG ninety-nine.He says it has the power to destroy most of the wheat being grown around the world.He says reductions in agricultural programs have made it harder to take action against such threats.
Mister Borlaug's granddaughter Julie works at the center named for him at Texas A&M University in Dallas.She says his worry about food problems rises from the belief that hunger is unacceptable.She says Norman Borlaug still believes it is our responsibility as human beings to feed one another.
1.What is Norman Borlaug's job?
2.Why did Norman Borlaug get the Nobel Prize?
3.What is Norman Borlaug's worry at he present time?
What is Norman Borlaug's job?（回答词数不超过6个）
2.Why did Norman Borlaug get the Nobel Prize?（回答词数不超过10个）
3.What is Norman Borlaug's worry at he present time?（回答词数不超过8个）

1.Agricultural researcher.
2.His methods of farming saved millions of hungry people.
3.A disease in wheat called UG ninety-nine.