Bi Sheng was born in the Song Dynasty. He lived in a small village which lies in Huanggang today. He invented the printing around 600 AD (公元). He was the world’s first inventor of the printing. It is about 400 years earlier than the printing in Germany.
The printing is also called the movable type printing. But how did it work in the past?
First of all, the clay was made into movable types. Then words were engraved carefully onto the types. After that the words were chosen and put in right order in a box according to the text. Next, the workers brushed ink onto the movable types. Finally the types could be used for printing. They could be used again and again for different books.
The movable type printing plays an important role in Chinese culture. With the help of it, Chinese culture spread around the world more quickly. At the same time, the movable type printing was widely used in the world at that time. As a result, more and more culture communication among countries took place.
The movable type printing, the compass (指南针), gun-powder and the paper-making are called four great inventions of China. They make China own an important and even top position in the history of human civilization.
阅读短文，根据其内容完成以下任务。任务一：回答问题。
1. When was the printing invented?
2. What are called the four great inventions of China?
任务二：写出 the movable type printing在过去工作运转时的第一步。 (用英文填写)
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任务三：根据短文最后一段补全下面句子。
4. The four great inventions of China make China
任务四：填写以下信息卡中所缺的内容。
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 | Name: The printing. Another name: The movable type printing. Inventor: Influence: It plays an important role in Chinese culture. |
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【推荐1】People have been using the wind’s energy for a long, long time. More than 5,000 years ago, ancient Egyptians made boats powered by the wind. In 200 B.C., people used windmills (风车) in China.
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Ancient times | People in Egypt made wind-powered boats more than 5,000 years ago. |
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Modern times | It is collected with turbines, which are tall windmill-like towers with two or three blades at the |
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