Section Ⅲ Lesson 2 & Lesson 3—Prereading[原文呈现]PIONEERS OF SCIENCEIf you had to choose the single most important discovery of the 20th century, you would have a real dilemma① on your hands
In just 100 years, the world changed completely
Amazing discoveries were made② in medicine, communications③ and transport, not to mention④ our knowledge⑤ of the world and space
Medical advances ranged⑥ from discovering the causes of diseases under microscopes⑦ to surgical procedures⑧ replacing diseased organs with donated⑨ ones
Communications changed with the introduction of mobile phones and the way we correspond⑩ went from writing letters to emailing
We started flying around the world and meanwhile⑪ , scientists figured out⑫ how to split⑬ the atom, previously thought to be the smallest particle of