Physics meets biology in a project to breed better strains of rice.

物理学与生物学的碰--大米培植。

Currently, more than 150 million people in South Asia depend on local rice and wheat crops.

目前，南亚有超过一亿五千万人依赖当地大米和小麦作物为生。

Tomato and rice. Have you had that before?

西红柿大米汤。你以前吃过吗？

It's survival for people are killing each other for a kilo of rice, for water.

为了生存，人们为了一公斤大米互相残杀，或者为了水。

I thought to myself, “if they bring plastic I will give rice.”

所以我这么想“他们把塑料拿来，我就把大米给他们”。

Or thrown rice over the bride and groom at a wedding?

或者在婚礼上往新郎新娘身上撒过大米吗？

And we have to do it across every single bucket, whether it's wheat, rice, corn.

我们必须在每个桶上做这件事，无论是小麦、大米还是玉米。

So I'll give one last example using rice.

我要用大米举最后一个例子。

We are stored up on rice and beans and other dry foods.

我们储存了大米、豆类和其他干粮。

Fruit, vegetables, rice, beans – they all come from plants.

水果、蔬菜、大米、豆类——它们都来自植物。

I'm not saying that we should stop eating rice or almonds to save the planet.

我不是说我们应该停止吃大米或杏仁来拯救地球。

It's made from rice and it's popular for its texture as it is for its taste.

它由大米做成，因地和风味而流行。

Instead of cornflakes they'd buy Rice Krispies.

他们不再买玉米片，而是大米脆片。

Two-thirds of Kiribati population consumes a staple diet of fish and imported rice.

基里巴斯三分之二的人口以鱼类和进口大米为主食。

Have you ever tested the rice before?

你以前检测过大米吗？

We depend on corn, wheat, and rice for more than 60% of our global calories.

我们全球60%以上的热量来自玉米、小麦和大米。

Rice is the staple food of more than half the world's population.

大米是世界上半数以上人口的主食。

And in the area that's now Japan, people made sake from rice.

而在如今是日本的地区，人们用大米制成清酒。

The price of a bag of rice has increased by almost 70 percent.

一袋大米的价格上涨了近70%。

" Can you get rice from the supermarket for me? "

“你能从超市帮我带大米吗？”