There can be thousands of rice plants in one paddy.

一块稻田可能有成千上万株水稻。

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Yuan once said he had a dream—to "enjoy the cool under the rice plants taller than men".

袁先生曾说他有一个梦想——“在比人还高的水稻下乘凉”。

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Long ago Dr. Yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum. With his hard work, he grew the rice that could feed more people.

很久以前，袁博士做过一个梦，梦见水稻长得像高粱那么高。通过他的辛勤劳动，他种出了可以养活更多人的水稻。

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Today the water-filled terraces reflect the sky from November through April, and turn green in spring as the rice plants grow tall.

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The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said in a blog post that "even where the soil is contaminated with a lead spill, a number of studies have shown that rice plants do not take up a significant amount of lead and move it to the grains".

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In recent years, scientists have sequenced the genetic code of a wide array of organisms, ranging from mice, humans and fish to common bacterial pathogens and plants like rice and corn.

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