乐精读1109团正课第一节..pdf

乐精读-1109正课 第一讲： 拆招发明发展史环境农业型 乐预测1109团正在报名中 精彩互 新浪围脖：乐静乐乐老师 中级七篇之——521 发明发展史： BAKELITE — The birth of modern plastics 乐预测1109团正在报名中 精彩互 新浪围脖：乐静乐乐老师 文章题型 Summary 流程图 多选 TFNG (3空) (5空) 5选2 (3个) 乐预测1109团正在报名中 精彩互 新浪围脖：乐静乐乐老师 刷文章521长难句们在哪里？ 第1段 In 1907, Leo Hendrick Baekeland, a Belgian scientist working in New York, discovered and patented a revolutionary new synthetic material. His invention, which he named ‘Bakelite’, was of enormous technological importance, and e ectively launched the modern plastics industry. 乐预测1109团正在报名中 精彩互 新浪围脖：乐静乐乐老师 刷文章521长难句们在哪里？ 第2段 The term ‘plastic’ comes from the Greek plassein, meaning ‘to mould’. Some plastics are derived from natural sources, some are semi- synthetic (the result of chemical action on a natural substance), and some are entirely synthetic, that is, chemically engineered from the constituents of coal or oil. Some are ‘thermoplastic’, which means that, like candlewax, they melt when heated and can then be reshaped. Others are ‘thermosetting’: like eggs, they cannot revert to their original viscous state, and their shape is thus fixed for ever. Bakelite had the distinction of being the first totally synthetic thermosetting plastic. 乐预测1109团正在报名中 精彩互 新浪围脖：乐静乐乐老师 刷文章521长难句们在哪里？ 第3段 The history of today’s plastics begins with the discovery of a series of semi-synthetic thermoplastic materials in the mid-nineteenth century. The impetus behind the development of these early plastics was generated by a number of factors - immense technological progress in the domain of chemistry, coupled with wider cultural changes, and the pragmatic need to find acceptab