2020 牛津英语译林版南京七年级下册提高班期末复习首字母任务型任务型阅读China's four great inventions( 发明): paper- making, printing. gunpowder and compass( 指南针) were greatin the past. And now China is changing the way of life greatly with its "New Four Great Inventions": high -speedrailway(高铁),e- payment. shared bikes and online shopping.High-speed railway: You can go to most of the cities much faster than before. For example ，it took you 8hours to travel from Taiyuan to Beijing before. but now it takes only three hours. By the end of 2018. 2.595high-speed trains ran across china. High-speed railway makes it easy to travel thousands of miles a day.E-payment: With Alipay or WeChat. you can pay( 支付) online in China. You can pay almost anywhere inyour daily life by using your mobile phones. You needn't carry any cash( 现金). Payment can be done byscanning(扫描) the “QRcode".Shared bikes: Worried about how to get to school? Now you can find shared bikes everywhere on the street.You just need to download an app and then you can ride one. You just need to pay a little money and sometimes itis even free to use shared bikes. If there are a lot of cars in the street. riding a bike is a good choice. It makes yourbody strong and healthy.Online shopping: With China's online shopping. life is getting easier for people who like to stay at home. It’seasy to order food on an app. And the food arrives quickly. People can also buy clothes，books and electricproducts and things for daily use online cheaply.The “New Four Great Inventions" are also showing China's power to the world. You can even find them inmany parts of the world, China is working together with the world to create a better future.N...
