新冠病毒改变世界科研，科学家同舟共济（精读素材）.docVIP

当世界陷入封锁，科学家却在打破国界科学有国界吗？长期以来，受到经费职称、制度差异等因素影响，科学无国界只是一个理想，但在疫情影响下，全球科学家们，正在以一种前所未有的方式，为同一个研究课题，日以继夜地跨国合作。科学家如何突破国界差异？一起来学习今天的文章。文章导读：

当世界陷入封锁，科学家却在打破国界

科学有国界吗？长期以来，受到经费职称、制度差异等因素影响，科学无国界只是一个理想，但在疫情影响下，全球科学家们，正在以一种前所未有的方式，为同一个研究课题，日以继夜地跨国合作。科学家如何突破国界差异？一起来学习今天的文章。

COVID-19ChangedHowtheWorldDoesScience,Together

Whilepoliticalleadershavelockedtheirborders,scientistshavebeenshatteringtheirs,creatingaglobalcollaborationunlikeanyinhistory.Neverbefore,researcherssay,havesomanyexpertsinsomanycountriesfocusedsimultaneouslyonasingletopicandwithsuchurgency.Nearlyallotherresearchhasgroundtoahalt.

Normalimperativeslikeacademiccredithavebeensetaside.Onlinerepositoriesmakestudiesavailablemonthsaheadofjournals.Researchershaveidentifiedandsharedhundredsofviralgenomesequences.Morethan200clinicaltrialshavebeenlaunched,bringingtogetherhospitalsandlaboratoriesaroundtheglobe.

Onarecentmorning,forexample,scientistsattheUniversityofPittsburghdiscoveredthataferretexposedtoCovid-19particleshaddevelopedahighfever—apotentialadvancetowardanimalvaccinetesting.Underordinarycircumstances,theywouldhavestartedworkonanacademicjournalarticle.

“Butyouknowwhat?Thereisgoingtobeplentyoftimetogetpaperspublished,”saidPaulDuprex,avirologistleadingtheuniversity’svaccineresearch.Withintwohours,hesaid,hehadsharedthefindingswithscientistsaroundtheworldonaWHOconferencecall.“Itisprettycool,right?Youcutthecrap,forlackofabetterword,andyougettobepartofaglobalenterprise.”

生词好句：

1.lockUK/l?k/US/lɑ?k/vt.上锁，封闭（close）n.锁

2.shatterUK/???t?/US/???t?r/vt.打破（tobreaksuddenlyintoverysmallpieces,ortomakesth.breakinthisway）；彻底毁坏，破灭（tocompletelydestroyorruinsth.）

近义词：break

Theplatehitthefloor,andshatteredintotinybits.

盘子掉在了地板上，摔得粉碎。

Theexplosionshatteredthebuildin