Both men were honoured for their work in the development of new hybrid rice plants which produce higher yields.

两位均因在研究高产量的新型杂交水稻方面取得进步而获奖。

Today, almost half of China's rice production is from hybrid plants and they produce enough food for about 60 million more people every year.

现在，中国大约有一半的水稻产自杂交水稻这些水稻每年约为6000万人提供充足的食物。

OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned from this programme about new vegetable hybrids – plants which have been grown by mixing two different plants together.

好的，让我们来回顾一下在本期节目中学到的关于新型蔬菜杂交品种的词汇——杂交品种是将两种不同的植物混杂培育而成的植物。

Hybrid plants produced from a reciprocal cross generally resemble each other closely, and so it is with mongrel plants from a reciprocal cross.

由互惠杂交产生的杂交植物通常彼此非常相似， 来自互惠杂交的植物也是如此。

Mr. Yuan discovered a way to get rice plants to grow lots and lots of rice. He came up with a " hybrid" rice plant. Now, China can feed many people with this special rice.

袁先生发现了一种让水稻长出很多很多水稻的方法。他想出了一种“杂交”水稻植物。现在，中国可以用这种特殊的大米养活很多人。