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Discovery of Penicillin 科技英语报On Alexander Flemings desk were some small plates with germs (细菌). One evening, he forgot to cover one of the plates. 　　When he arrived the next morning, he found a spot of green mold (霉菌) in one plate. This is not strange because the room was very damp(潮湿). But　Fleming　didnt　throw　out　the　spoiled,because　something　unusual caught his attention. On the uncovered plate, near the green　mold, he found no germs. That meant the mold had killed the germs　there.Fleming began to study the mold. It grew and grew. Then he noticedvery small drops of liquid on the surface of the mold. Maybe this was　the chemical that was killing the germs. Fleming drew off the liquid with a absorbent tube (吸管), drop by drop.He put this liquid in a clean test tube (试管). When he put the liquid in　another test tube with germs, it killed the germs in that tube. He called　the liquid penicillin (青霉素). 科技英语短文： [11] Her computer dream turned to nightmare when she sold up and moved to be with her cyberpal (who had just left his wife), only to be told a week later that the couple were getting back together. [12] The heart-breaking turn of events gave her the motivation to control her addiction--and write the book Caught in the Web. [13] Dr Kimberly Young, who set up The Centre for Online Addiction () in America, studied 396 people whom she considered were psychologically dependent on the Net. They ranged in age from 14 to 70 and spent an average of 38.5 hours a week on the Web. [14] Her study, backed by further research in Britain, found that women were more likely to become addicts. So while the old stereotypical addict was a young man who spent hours playing games, downloading software or reading messages on newsgroups, the new image is of a young woman who fritters away hours e-mailing friends, buying books and CDs online, talking in chatrooms and looking for information for next years holiday. [15] I guess I was a typical example of someone hooked on the Inter