Ⅰ 最伟大的发明 英文
口语考试，《最伟大的发明》，以下的较为简单，但是不知道你要讲几分钟，全篇给你贴上：
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Ten Great Inventions of China
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In the last two centuries, new cultural discoveries have nearly rewritten history. It’s been an exciting time, full of adventure and surprises. Around every corner there are new responses to questions we had already imagined answered. And of these breakthroughs, none shines as brightly as the impact of ancient Chinese inventions on modern life. As we explore ten of the greatest inventions and innovations of Ancient China, you may be surprised at their influence on recent technology.
1. Paper. Paper, as we know it, was invented in China around the year 105. After seeing earlier attempts made from silk, bamboo sticks and animal skins, Cai Lun came up with his own idea. After mixing mulberry bark, rags, wheat stalks and other stuff, a pulp formed. This pulp was pressed into sheets and dried, becoming a crude form of paper. Paper was such an important invention that the process of making it was a jealously guarded secret. The secret was safe until the seventh century when the art spread to India.
2. The Printing Press. Before Johann Gutenberg “invented” the printing press in the 1440’s, China created a type of printing press between 206 B.C. and A.D. 45. It was made using stone tablets to create a “rubbing” of famous Buddhist and Confucian texts. Next came block printing in the Sui Dynasty. In block printing, images and words were engraved on wooden boards, smeared with ink and pressed onto sheets of paper. Later, moveable type printing presses were introced. According to the authors of Ancient Inventions, “By A.D. 1000, paged books in the modern style had replaced scrolls – a good 450 years ahead of Gutenberg.”
3. The First Book. Due to the early advent of the printing press, China also claims the first book. In 868, almost six hundred years before the Gutenberg Bible, the earliest known book was printed. By the end of the Tang dynasty, China had bookstores in almost every city.
4. Paper Money. While today you’d rather carry a lot of cash instead of coin, that hasn’t always been the case. The idea of paper currency was first attempted under Emperor Han Wu-Ti (140-87 B.C.) after war had drained the treasury. He issued treasury notes, worth and in exchange for 400,000 copper coins. Instead of paper, the Emperor used the skin of the white stag. But the creature was so rare that the idea soon lost appeal. In the early 800’s, the idea revived to deter highway robbers. In 812, the government was again printing money. By the year 1023, money had an expiration date and was already plagued by inflation and counterfeiting. Nearly six hundred years later paper money headed west, first printed in Sweden in 1601.
5. The Abacus. Well before Texas Instruments, the first calculator was in the works. The abacus dates from around the year 200 B.C. It is a very advanced tool with a simple design. Wood is crafted into a rectangular frame with rods running from base to top. About 2/3’s from the base, a divider crosses the frame, known as the counting bar. On each of the rods are beads. All of the beads above the counting bar equal five. Those below equal one. The rows of rods are read from right to left. The furthest bar to the right holds the one’s place, the next holds the ten’s place, then the hundred’s, and so on. While its design may sound complex, there are some Chinese today so skilled that they can solve difficult math problems faster than someone using a calculator!
6. The Decimal System. In the West, the decimal system appeared quite recently. Its first believed instance was in a Spanish manuscript dated around 976. But, the first true example goes back much further. In China, an inscription dated from the 13th century B.C., “547 days” was written as “five hundred plus four decades plus seven of days.” The Chinese likely created the decimal system because their language depended on characters (like pictures) instead of an alphabet. Each number had its own unique character. Without the decimal system, the Chinese would have had a terrible time memorizing all of these new characters. By using units of ones, tens, hundreds, etc., the Chinese saved time and trouble.
7. The Mechanical Clock. In the year 732, a Buddhist monk and mathematician invented the first mechanical clock. He named it “Water-Driven Spherical Bird’s-Eye-View Map of the Heavens.” Like earlier clocks, water gave it power, but machinery cased the movement. But, after a few years, corrosion and freezing temperatures took their toll. It wasn’t until 1090, when astronomer Su Sung designed his mechanical marvel “Cosmic Engine”, that a more dependable timepiece was made. Created for Emperor Ying Zong, this clock had a tower over 30 feet tall. It housed machinery that, among other things, caused wooden puppets to pop from one of five doors at regular intervals throughout the day. (Much like the modern idea of a Cuckoo clock.) The entire machine was powered by a giant waterwheel. This clock ran until 1126, when it was dismantled by the conquering Tartars and moved to Peking for another several years. The first clock reference in Western history was in 1335, in the church of St. Gothard in Milan.
8. The Planetarium. A planetarium is a big enclosed space that shows the stars and constellations on the inside. Orbitoscope was the name of the first projection planetarium. It was built in Basil in 1912 by Professor E. Hinderman. But, once again, China is the mother of this invention. The first planetarium is attributed to the design of an early emperor. As one source states, an astronomer named Jamaluddin created a planetarium ring the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), along with a perpetual calendar and other important astronomical devices.
9. The Earthquake Sensor. The earliest earthquake sensor was also an interesting piece of art. It was a bronze cylinder about 8 feet around, with 8 dragons perched above 8 open-mouthed frogs. In the mouth of each dragon rested a bronze ball. When an earthquake struck, a penlum inside the cylinder would swing. It knocked the ball from the mouth of the dragon and down into the frog’s mouth. That frog’s back was then facing the direction of the center of the quake. Chang Heng invented it in A.D. 132 (ring the Han Dynasty), almost 600 years before the first western sensor was made in France. Later, in 1939, Imamura Akitsune recreated the invention and actually proved it effective.
10. The Helicopter Rotor & Propeller. While the Ancient Chinese didn’t actually invent the helicopter, they were involved in its creation. In the 4th century A.D., they invented a toy called the “Bamboo Dragonfly”. You’ve probably seen them as prizes at local fairs or carnivals. It was a toy top, with a base like a pencil and a small helicopter-like blade at the end. The top was wrapped with a cord. When you pulled the cord, the blade would spin around and soar into the air. This toy was studied by Sir George Cayley in 1809 and played a role in the birth of modern aviation. It wasn’t until the early 1900’s that the first helicopter took flight.
Ⅱ 用英语介绍爱迪生的一项发明 100词
Phonograph - History
The first great invention developed by Edison in Menlo Park was the tin foil phonograph. While working to improve the efficiency of a telegraph transmitter, he noted that the tape of the machine gave off a noise resembling spoken words when played at a high speed. This caused him to wonder if he could record a telephone message. He began experimenting with the diaphragm of a telephone receiver by attaching a needle to it. He reasoned that the needle could prick paper tape to record a message. His experiments led him to try a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder, which, to his great surprise, played back the short message he recorded, "Mary had a little lamb."
The word phonograph was the trade name for Edison's device, which played cylinders rather than discs. The machine had two needles: one for recording and one for playback. When you spoke into the mouthpiece, the sound vibrations of your voice would be indented onto the cylinder by the recording needle. This cylinder phonograph was the first machine that could record and reproce sound created a sensation and brought Edison international fame.
August 12, 1877, is the date popularly given for Edison's completion of the model for the first phonograph. It is more likely, however, that work on the model was not finished until November or December of that year, since he did not file for the patent until December 24, 1877. He toured the country with the tin foil phonograph, and was invited to the White House to demonstrate it to President Rutherford B. Hayes in April 1878.
In 1878, Thomas Edison established the Edison Speaking Phonograph Company to sell the new machine. He suggested other uses for the phonograph, such as: letter writing and dictation, phonographic books for blind people, a family record (recording family members in their own voices), music boxes and toys, clocks that announce the time, and a connection with the telephone so communications could be recorded.
Ⅲ 发明家英语介绍
英语属于印欧语系中日耳曼语族下的西日耳曼语支，由古代从欧洲大陆移民大不列颠岛的盎格鲁、撒克逊和朱特部落的日耳曼人所说的语言演变而来，并通过英国的殖民活动传播到世界各地。
早期日耳曼人部落（弗里西族、盎格鲁族、撒克逊族与朱特族）移民到英格兰，英语就是从他们的语言中变化继承下来。据《盎格鲁撒克逊编年史》记载，公元449年左右，不列颠群岛国王伏提庚（Vortigern）邀请“盎格鲁亲戚们”来帮助他对抗皮克特人。作为回报，他赐予盎格鲁族东南部的领土。随后他又进一步寻求支援，撒克逊族、盎格鲁族与朱特族人纷纷前来。《编年史》记载，最终这些“移民”建立了七个王国：诺森伯利亚、麦西亚、东盎格利亚、肯特、埃塞克斯、苏塞克斯、威塞克斯。
日尔曼人入侵后，统治了当地的凯尔特语民族，本地语言主要於苏格兰、威尔士、康沃尔与爱尔兰存活了下来。这些入侵者的语言逐渐形成了“古英语”，与近代弗里西语极为相象。English（英格兰人、英语）、England（英格兰）和East Anglia（东盎格利亚）这三个词是分别从描绘盎格鲁族的词汇发展而来：Englisc、 Angelcynn、Englaland。
1066年诺曼征服后三百年内，英格兰的国王只讲法语。因此一大批法语词汇进入了古英语，古英语本身也失去了大部分曲折变化，进化为中古英语。1500年左右的元音大推移将中古英语变形为近代英语。古英语最著名的文学作品是《贝奥武夫》，中古英语则是《坎特伯雷故事集》。
近代英语在莎士比亚所处的时期开始繁荣，一些学者将之分为早期近代英语与后期近代英语，分界线为1800年左右。随着不列颠对全世界大部分地区的占领和殖民，当地语言也很大程度上影响了英语的发展。
Ⅳ 我认为最伟大的发明英语作文
The Greatest Invention In My EyesGood evening, ladies and gentlemen. Last night in my room, busy preparing for my speech today, I was puzzled at the opinions of greatest inventions of different persons. I read many books. Some articles hold the opinions that the greatest invention in the world is electricity, while the others believe computers cannot be replaced in the modern society. I read and read, suddenly an idea struck me: The greatest invention are just books. A famous person has ever said: "Books are the best teachers." Exactly! That's what I would like to say firstly. In the long history of human being, books have played an important part in communicating knowledge. And even today, the situation is still so. Each year, millions of books are published in the world. Knowledge changes our lives. If a learned person wants to express some new idea, probably he will choose to write a book. On the other hand, the best way to broaden our horizons is reading books.Secondly, as I have been puzzled, books provide you with different ideas. And you make your decision to choose anyone that fit you. Or otherwise, you may choose none of them, just like I, instead of obeying books' advise. I choose "books" as the greatest invention in my eyes. So, don't you think it's a little interesting? Books are honored as teachers without sound. But how are books different from our real teachers? I think the fact is that if a real teacher advices me to choose electricity or computer as my topic today, and every one you can imagine, how much brave I will prepare to refuse. So don't you think books are better tempered and better get along with than our real teachers? That's all, thank you.
Ⅳ 介绍发明的英语作文
The Telephone
The telephone is one of the most welcome and useful inventions.No wonder more and more families have got to use their own telephones today.
The telephone makes things easy in many ways.Especially,after the mobile telephone appears,communication becomes easier and rapider.To students and people going out for business far away from their homes,the telephone can shorten the distance between them and their families.Thus they will get comfort whenever they are homesick or they run into trouble.With the help of the telephone,people can keep in touch with anyone at any time and in any place for urgent help.
All in all,the telephone is so helpful that we can say that nowadays we can not live without the telephone in our daily life.We will further improve the performance of the telephone so as to create better conditions for its development.
电话
电话是目前最受欢迎和最有用的发明之一,怪不得越来越多的人已经使用了自己的电话.
电话在许多方面使事情变得简单,尤其是在移动电话出现以后,通讯变得更加快捷方便.对于那些离家的学生和做生意的人来说,电话缩短了同家人的距离,在此它能蛤想家的人和处在困难中的人一个好的心情.有了电话帮助,人们可以随时随地和任何人联系,寻求紧急帮助.在这种情况下,电话显得尤其重要.
总之,电话是如此有用,以至于如今的日常生活离不开它.我们逐步提高电话功能,为它的发展创造更好的条件.
Ⅵ 关于伟大的发明的英语作文五句话
从A、、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21.The bird ______ its wings and flew to the south.
A. beat B. hit C. strike D. struck
22. Dr. Frank failed many times but he finally to find a successful way to solve the problem.
A. broke off B. broke up C. broke down D. broke through
23. The class is unusual _______ the students are all over fifty and none of them attended the middle school when they were young.
A. in how B. in what C. in which D. in that
24. Life is like sport, I mean it's a hard competitive business.
A. in which B. by which C. for which D. of which
25.-I was wondering whether perhaps you could remember the name of the place.
-I'm afraid that me for the moment.
A. reminds B. puzzles C. disturbs D. escapes
26.-Were the audience allowed to join in the play?
-Yes, the actors to satisfy the audience were successful.
A. who it was the ty B. of which the ty was
C. whose ty it was D. whose was the ty
27. --Why did he stay at home?
--It was only _______ it was raining _______ he stayed at home.
A. since; so B. because; that C. for; that D. as; what
28. In our childhood, we were often _______ by Grandma to pay attention to our table manners.
A. demanded B. allowed C. reminded D. hoped
29.-Is there any particular soup you would like to have?
- you select is all right with me.
A. Whatever B. Anyone C. No matter what D. Whichever
30.-When can we come to visit you?
-Anytime you feel like .
A. one B. it C .so D. that
31. I expect you've already done it, the manager asked you to give him a ring this afternoon.
A. but B. and C. though D. so
32.-What happened?
-As you know, my schoolmates never their clothes well.
A. hanging B. hanged C. hung D. hang
33. With a great weight _______off her mind, she passed all the tests successfully.
A. taken B. taking C. being taken D. to be taken
34. We knew we were getting close to the park we started seeing the tiger right next to the road.
A. when B. before C. while D. until
35. Every weekend, Mrs Green asked her daughter to
Ⅶ 英语作文,世界上最伟大的发明,初中水平,80左右,急
Of the world's great inventions
Everyone's awareness of the greatest invention in the world are different, and I think that, computer is the greatest.
In today's information age, computers have brought us considerable convenience.
It so that we can buy things at home, so that we can meet with friends to chat, so we know a lot of things they don't.
Various signs indicate that the world's greatest invention is computer
世界上最伟大的发明
每个人对世界上最伟大的发明的认识不同，而我认为，电脑是最伟大的。
在当今的信息时代，电脑为我们带来了不少便利。
它使我们在家里就能买东西，使我们能与朋友聊天见面，使我们知道了很多不知道的事情。
种种迹象表明世界上最伟大的发明是电脑
Ⅷ 用英语介绍一位发明家
贝尔
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland. His mother, who was deaf, was a musician and a painter of portraits. His father, who taught deaf people how to speak, invented "Visible Speech". This was a code which showed how the tongue, lips, and throat were positioned to make speech sounds. Graham, or "Aleck", as his family called him, was interested in working with the deaf throughout his life.
Thomas Watson became an associate of Bell. He made parts and built models of Bell's inventions. One day while they were working Bell accidently heard the sound of a plucked reed * coming over the telegraph wire. Watson had been tuning the metal reeds in the next room. Bell drew up a plan for the telephone and they continued to experiment. The next day he transmitted the famous words, "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you!" A few months later on Feb. 14, 1876, he applied for a patent on his telephone.
He continued to invent other things. He developed a method of making phonograph * records on a wax disc. He made an iron breathing lung, and a device for locating icebergs at sea. He experimented with sheep. He was interested in kites that could lift a man, and he invented a hydrofoil * which set a world speed record of over 70 miles per hour.
Ⅸ 写一篇英语短文,介绍一项你认为最重要的发明并说明这项发明为什么重要。字数不少
Latest invention
This latest invention uses a small scanner that plugs into the audio input jack on a mobile device.
It reads information on a credit card when it is swiped. The information is not stored on the device but is encrypted and sent over secure channels to banks.
It basically makes any mobile phone a cash register for accepting card payments.
As a payor, you receive a receipt via email that can be instantly accessed securely online. You can also use a text message to authorize payment in real time.
Retailers can create a payor account for their customers which accelerates the payment process. For example, a cardholder can assign a photo to their card so their photo will appear on the phone for visual identity confirmation. Mobile devices with touch screens will also allow you to sign for goods.
翻译在这：
最新发明
这一最新发明扫描仪，使用一个小到移动设备上的音频输入插孔插头。
它读取的信用卡刷卡时，它的信息。该信息不存储在设备上，但在安全加密通道发送给银行。
它基本上让任何移动电话的受理登记卡支付现金。
作为付款人，您将收到一份通过电子邮件收据，可以立即访问在线安全。你也可以使用文本信息实时授权支付。
零售商可以为他们的客户付款人账户，加快了支付过程。例如，持卡人可以分配到了自己的照片卡，使他们的照片将出现在手机的视觉识别确认。带触摸屏的移动设备也可以让您登录的货物。
（是不是有点长啊，希望能解决你的问题）