1、Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Chinasnew“FourGreatInventions”wererecentlyannounced，with hybrid rice(杂交水稻)，Chinese character laserprinting(汉字激光打印)，synthetic bovine insulin(合成牛胰岛素)，and artemether compound tablets against malaria making thecut(防治疟疾的复方蒿甲醚片)Chinas“New Four Great Inventions”were voted fo
2、r by boththe public and experts in line with the requirements that they becreative and original，have worldwide significance and have a bigsocial impact.60 percent of the votes were cast online，while 40percent were taken from experts.On top of the list is hybrid rice，which was first developed in1973
3、by Chinese scientist Yuan Longping，who was called the“Father of Hybrid Rice”The new breed has enabled China to solveits long standing food problem and contribute a great deal to theworld food industry.Another major breakthrough，the techniques for Chinesecharacter laser printing，was developed by late
4、 scientist WangXuan，known as“Bi Sheng，Father of Printing in ModernTimes”His techniques were first introduced to newspaper printingin December 1987，which brought about a revolution in the printingand publishing industries.Wang Xuans invention promoted thespread of Chinese culture and had a farreachin
5、g impact on theprinting industries of other countries，including South Korea andJapan.Synthetic bovine insulin was fully developed in 1965 following6 years of hard work by a group of Chinese scientists.It marked asignificant breakthrough in the field of life science and has greatlyinfluenced human en
6、deavors in finding out the secrets of life.Artemether compound tablets，which were first developed inthe mid1980s by Chinese scientists，have proved to be the mosteffectiveantimalariamedicineworldwide.Withtheirbrandnewchemical structure first discovered by Chinese，they are oftencompared to“Atom Bombs”
7、，a milestone in the history of mansfight against malaria.Read the text and try to tell if these sentences are True(T)or False(F)160 percent of the votes were taken from experts，while 40percent were cast online.()答案：F2On top of the list is hybrid rice，which was first developedin 1973 by Chinese scientist Yuan Longping.()答案：T谢谢观看！
