Unit3

InventorsandinventionsChina’snew“FourGreatInventions”wererecentlyannounced，withhybridrice(雜交水稻)，Chinesecharacterlaserprinting(漢字激光打印)，syntheticbovineinsulin(合成牛胰島素)，andartemethercompoundtabletsagainstmalariamakingthecut(防治瘧疾的復方蒿甲醚片)．China’s“NewFourGreatInventions”werevotedforbyboththepublicandexpertsinlinewiththerequirementsthattheybecreativeandoriginal，haveworldwidesignificanceandhaveabigsocialimpact.60percentofthevoteswerecastonline，while40percentweretakenfromexperts.Ontopofthelistishybridrice，whichwasfirstdevelopedin1973byChinesescientistYuanLongping，whowascalledthe“FatherofHybridRice”．ThenewbreedhasenabledChinatosolveitslongstandingfoodproblemandcontributeagreatdealtotheworldfoodindustry.Anothermajorbreakthrough，thetechniquesforChinesecharacterlaserprinting，wasdevelopedbylatescientistWangXuan，knownas“BiSheng，FatherofPrintinginModernTimes”．HistechniqueswerefirstintroducedtonewspaperprintinginDecember1987，whichbroughtaboutarevolutionintheprintingandpublishingindustries.WangXuan’sinventionpromotedthespreadofChinesecultureandhadafar-reachingimpactontheprintingindustriesofothercountries，includingSouthKoreaandJapan.Syntheticbovineinsulinwasfullydevelopedin1965following6yearsofhardworkbyagroupofChinesescientists.Itmarkedasignificantbreakthroughinthefieldoflifescienceandhasgreatlyinfluencedhumanendeavorsinfindingoutthesecretsoflife.Artemethercompoundtablets，whichwerefirstdevelopedinthemid-1980sbyChinesescientists，haveprovedtobethemosteffectiveanti-malariamedicineworldwide.Withtheirbrand-newchemicalstructurefirstdiscoveredbyChinese，theyareoftencomparedto“AtomBombs”，amilestoneinthehistoryofman’sfightagainstmalaria.ReadthetextandtrytotellifthesesentencesareTrue(T)orFalse(F)．1．60percentofthevotesweretakenfromexperts，while40percentwerecastonline.(

)答案：F2．Ontopoft