题型综合练(三十)
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人物故事
Australiaispopularlycalled“TheLandDownUnder”．However，thereisanotherveryimportantfactorthataddstoAustralia’spopularity—somescientistsandtheiramazingcontributions.
RichardDaintree：December13,1832－June20,1878
RichardDaintreewasageologistandexplorerwhousedphotographyashismediumtorecordfieldresearch，andhewasprobablyoneofthefirstpeopletodoso.Healsodiscoveredseveralcoal－fields，gold－fields，andcopper－fieldsduringhisexplorations.Hisphotographsofthesediscoveriesareanexcellentsourceofinformationforresearcherstoday.TheDaintreerainforest，Daintreeriver，andDaintreeNationalParkhaveallbeennamedin
HeadlieTaylor：July7,1883－March22,1957
HeadlieTaylorwasafarmerinNewSouthWales，Australia，whocameupwiththeSunshineHeaderHarvesterthathasbenefitedcountlessfarmersoverthedecades.Thoughhewasbarelyeducated，Taylorhadabrilliantmindthatledhimtotryimprovingtheexistingfarmmachinery.Withworkinghardandcreation，hetaughthimselfengineering，andbuiltamachinethatcouldnotonlycollectgrainsfromstandingcrops，butalsofromdamagedorfallenones，thussavinggrainthatwouldotherwisebelost.Thismachine，orthe“HeaderHarvester”，alsocutthecropheadsinsteadofpullingthemout.
HowardWalterFlorey：September24,1898－February21,1968
HowardWalterFloreyplayedaverysignificantroleinthediscoveryofpenicillinalongwithAlexanderFlemingandErnstChain，forwhichhewontheNobelPrizeforPhysiologyorMedicinein1945，whichwassharedbyallofthem.
MarcusOliphant：October8,1901－July14,2000
MarcusOliphantwasaphysicist，thefirstPresidentoftheAustralianAcademyofScience，andafoundingmemberoftheAustralianNationalUniversity.Hewasamemberoftheteamthatsplittheatom.HisworktookhimtoAmericaduringWorldWarⅡ，wherehewasinvolvedinthecreationanddevelopmentoftheatombombthatdestroyedHiroshimaand