day 66science & discovery

science & discovery

Talk about science and technology: research, discoveries, causes and effects, and how writing began.

today’s words

• 科学 kēxué · science; scientific
• 研究 yánjiū · to research, study; research
• 科技 kējì · science and technology
• 产生 chǎnshēng · to produce, give rise to
• 出现 chūxiàn · to appear, come up
• 发出 fāchū · to give off, send out (sound, light)
• 分为 fēnwéi · to divide into
• 到来 dàolái · arrival; to arrive (written)
• 起到 qǐdào · to have (an effect), play (a role)
• 引起 yǐnqǐ · to cause, give rise to
• 作用 zuòyòng · effect, role, function
• 停止 tíngzhǐ · to stop
• 文字 wénzì · writing, script; text
• 桥 qiáo · bridge
• 性 xìng · -ness, -ity (suffix); nature

sentences

• 科技让我们的生活越来越方便。 · Technology makes our lives more and more convenient.
• 他在大学研究海洋植物。 · He researches ocean plants at a university.
• 手机出现以后，人们的生活变化很大。 · Life changed a lot after mobile phones came along.
• 一年分为四个季节。 · A year is divided into four seasons.
• 这个新闻引起了很多人的关注。 · This news caught a lot of people’s attention.