He called up Norman Borlaug, now leading a semi-retired life, for help.

他打电话向现在正过着半退休生活的诺曼·博劳格寻求帮助。

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The man in focus is Norman Borlaug, the Father of the "Green Revolution", who died on September 12, 2009 at age 95.

焦点人物是“绿色革命”之父诺曼·博劳格，他于2009年9月12日去世，享年95岁。

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Norman Borlaug was born ninety-four years ago on a farm in the American state of Iowa.

九十四年前，诺曼.博洛格出生在美国的爱荷华州的一个农场里。

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Norman Borlaug taught at Texas A&M University and worked on international projects until not long before his death on September twelfth.

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One of the lasting effects of Norman Borlaug is the World Food Prize, which he established in nineteen eighty-six.

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At his ninety-fifth birthday party in March, Norman Borlaug told VOA that he was worried about the world's ability to feed itself.

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And as the global hero Norman Borlaug has shown, genetic engineering and biotech can even do exactly this for denser food production.

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Dr. Norman Borlaug is one of only three Americans to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize, the Congressional Gold Medal (America's highest civilian honor) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Norman Borlaug had got a Nobel in 1970 for developing the high yielding wheat at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre in Mexico, and had been supported by the Rockefeller Foundation.

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