纯正英语一分钟-paper

I think paper is one of the best inventions ever. Without paper, we would all still be farmers. The discovery¹ of paper was the start of the first information technology revolution². OK, it’s not very technological³, but it did change our lives. We started to write down our history; we wrote down poems and books and plays. We also wrote our holy⁴ books on paper. Then, one day, many centuries ago, someone invented the printing press. Suddenly, people printed hundreds, thousands, millions of books. Society changed because more and more people could read. We became educated⁵. We can’t live without paper today. Even though we have the Internet, we still love reading⁶ real newspapers; we still read real books; and we still write messages on paper.

1 discovery   

n.发现，发觉；被发现的事物；发明

参考例句：

• I congratulate you on your great discovery.我祝贺你的伟大发现。
• It is a discovery that made medical history.这是载入医学史册的重大发现。

2 revolution   

n.革命，大变革；旋转；周期，循环

参考例句：

• The earth makes a yearly revolution around the sun.地球每年绕太阳一周。
• This volume records the history of the country's revolution.这卷书记载了这个国家的革命历史。

3 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

4 holy   

adj.神圣的，圣洁的，至善的；n.神圣的东西

参考例句：

• She was still a holy and pure young girl.她仍是一个圣洁的少女。
• He reads the Holy Bible every night.他每晚读《圣经》。

5 educated   

adj.受过教育的，有教养的

参考例句：

• She was well educated in literature at a university.她在大学里受到良好的文学方面的教育。
• Children should be educated in a correct way.教育孩子要得法。

6 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。