Qian Qihu：Winner of 2018 top science award

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Born in 1937 in Kunshan， Jiangsu Province，Qian Qihu， a professor at the ArmyEngineeringUniversity of the People's Liberation Army，is a well-known expert in the fields of civil defense engineering.

Qian，also an academic of the Chinese Academy of Engineering，spent about 60 years researching and improving China's defense infrastructure（基础设施 ）against nuclear weapons，as well as bombs and missiles designed to penetrate（穿透）underground fortifications（防御工事）.

For his contributions，Qian received China's top science award at the National Science and Technology AwardConferenceheld at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Qian's military engineering career began in 1954 when he entered the PLA Military Institute of Engineering， Harbin， Heilongjiang Province.He later studied in the former Soviet Union and returned home in 1965.

Qian has received numerous awards for his boundary-pushing engineering projects，including all three degrees of the State Science and Technology Progress Awards，China's highest honor for technologicalbreakthroughs.He won the first prize in 2011，the second prize in 1998 and the third prize in 1990.

In 1992，he successfully engineered one of the world's biggest non-nuclear explosions at that time by setting off around 12，000 metric tons of TNT inside Paotai Mountain in Zhuhai，Guangdong Province.The cleared area was used to expand Zhuhai Jinwan Airport.

Qian has been a huge advocate for using underground space for urban development.In 2005，he began building one of the most challenging underwater traffic tunnels in China—the Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel under the city of Nanjing， Jiangsu Province.The tunnel， lying more than 60 meters underwater，opened to traffic in 2010，and it helped ease trafficcon-gestion.

Despite his age，Qian is still in the front line of his research.He still teaches young engineers and serves as an adviser on major civil projects including the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge，the longest sea crossing.

Reading Check

Fill in the blanks with a proper word or with the proper form of the words given.

Qian，also 1.____academic of the Chinese Academy of Engineering，spent about 60 years 2._____（research） and improving China's defense infrastructure against nuclear weapons，as well as bombs and missiles 3._____（design） to penetrate underground fortifications.

For his 4._____（contribution）， Qian received China's top science award at the National Science and Technology Award Conference 5._____was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Language Study

Vocabulary

1.engineering n.工程学

2.conference n.会议

3.breakthrough n.突破

4.explosion n.爆炸

5.advocate n.倡导者

6.congestion n.拥挤

Difficult sentence

Qian，also an academic of the Chinese Academy of Engineering，spent about 60 years researching and improving China's defense infrastructure against nuclear weapons，as well as bombs and missiles designed to penetrate underground fortifications.钱七虎也是中国工程院院士，他花了大约60年的时间研究和改进中国的国防基础设施，以对抗核武器，以及设计用来穿透地下防御工事的炸弹和导弹。

【点石成金】本句是一个简单句。also an academic是主语Qian的同位语，spent是句子的谓语，后面省略了介词in，researching和improving是动词-ing形式作介词的宾语，as well as意为“也；既……又……”，是连词短语，designed是动词-ed形式作定语。

【完成句子】

1.我弟弟每天用半小时的时间来练习说英语。

My brother spends half an hour_______________________________________________.

2.在学校时，马克主要对体育运动很感兴趣，他打篮球，也踢足球。

Mark was mainly interested in sport at school， .