【专题】慢速英语（美音）2017-06-06 - NEWSPlus Radio

2017-06-06 Special English This is Special English. I&`&m Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news. China has celebrated its first science and technology day, which means it has only been one year since the country declared its intention of becoming a leading power in Science and Technology by the middle of the century. Things have moved pretty swiftly since. Jiaolong, China&`&s manned submarine, went quite literally to the bottom of the ocean recently. Scientists collected samples of seawater, rock and marine life, including sea cucumbers, sponges and starfish. The geological samples will help them understand how the trench was formed. In pursuit of the kind of quantum scientific leaps China needs, space is another frontier to be conquered. In southwest China, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope began scanning the skies in September. It is the world&`&s largest radio telescope. Its mission is to help scientists understand the origin and structure of th...