现代中国的“四大新发明”China's "four great new inventions" in modern times

In recent(最近的) years, a number of China's technological innovations(科技发明) have been making their moves in the world. Among them, Dockless Shared Bicycles(共享单车), High-speed Rail(高铁), Alipay(支付宝) and E-commerce(网购) stand out with a reputation(名声) of China's "four great new inventions" in modern times, which have made the daily life(生活) of the public(大众) more and more convenient(便利的).



A customer pays with GCash in Manila, the Philippines, Nov. 11, 2017.

词汇 Words:

[fā míng] 发明 innovation
[míng shēng] 名声 reputation
[shēng huó] 生活 life
[dà zhòng] 大众 public
[zuì jìn de] 最近的 recent
[biàn lì de] 便利的 convenient

重点词汇 Key word:

发明

    <动词 v.> invent; make an invention
    E.g. Bèi ěr yú 1876 nián fāmíng le diànhuà。
    贝尔于1876年发明了电话。
    Bell invented the telephone in 1876.

    <名词 n.> invention
    E.g. Xūyào shì fāmíng zhī mǔ。
    需要是发明之母。
    Necessity is the mother of invention.