实用英语口语文化演讲——中国古老的四大发明.pptVIP

Four Great Inventions of Ancient China In a word, China ancient four inventions, has left behind a magnificent chapter in the history of human science and culture. These great inventions once influenced and benefited the whole world, had promoted the advancing of human history. 总之，中国古代四大发明，在人类科学和文化史上留下了一个辉煌篇章。这些伟大的发明曾经影响并有利于整个世界，推动了人类历史的前进。 1. Compass In the past,Humans determined the direction mainly by the sun or the moon. The invention of the compass is the result of people in the long-term practice of understanding of objects magnetic. It was originally known as Sinan. 1.指南针 　　指南针的发明是我国古代劳动 人民长期实践中认识到物体的磁性 的结果。 Because of productive labor, people have found the characteristic of the magnet pointing to direction. Through experiment and research in many ways, invented the Compass at last. 由于生产劳动,人们已经发现了磁铁的指出方向的特点。通过试验和在许多方面的研究,发明了指南针。 The Compass give play to important function in the navigation after introducing to Europe. 指南针在传入欧洲后，在导航上发挥了重要的作用。 2. Gunpowder The gunpowder is made of niter, sulfur and charcoal three kinds of materials mixing. 2火药 　火药是由硝石、硫和木炭三种原料混合制成的。 In the Tang Dynasty, the gunpowder begins to be applied to the military affairs. People utilize the throwing stone machine, light the gunpowder bag and throw out, burn the enemy, this is the most primitive cannon. 唐朝，火药开始应用到军事上。 人们利用抛射石头的抛石机，把火药包点着以后，抛射出去，烧伤敌人，这是最原始的火炮。 　　 3. Papermaking skill The invention of papermaking skill is China’s contribution to the civilization of the world. 3.造纸术 造纸技术的发明，是中华民族对世界文明的杰出贡献之一。 In the Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 105), the papermaking skill inventor Cai lun is on the basis of that forefathers weave silks experience, Have made into the vegetable fiber paper with bark, broken fishing network, rag, etc. raw materials. From then on, paper become to the material that generally write. 东汉和帝元兴元年(公元105年)，蔡伦在总结前人制造丝织晶的经验的基础上，发明了用树皮、破渔网、破布、麻头等作为原料，制造成了适合书写的植物纤维纸，才使纸成为人们普遍使用的书写材料。被称为“蔡侯纸”。 4. Typography The typography is one of the most important four inventions i