There is good news- for those who enjoy 【小题1】 (run) - around in rain and don't want to get their clothes dirtied or those who play soccer but don't want their shirts to get soiled or wet with sweat. British scientists have created a fabric (织物)that never gets dirty or wet! The cloth 【小题2】 (treat) with a special non-sticky chemical that resists oil and water. This ensures that the clothes made 【小题3】 it remain clean. But the scientists are not yet ready to make public the 【小题4】 (detail) information of this "miracle" chemical.

A well-known French company recently launched 【小题5】 new range of jackets that have Teflon in them. Teflon is the plastic coating on non-stick cooking pans,【小题6】 has a special characteristic: No reaction to anything. As a result, dirt and water slip away from the Teflon fabric, as 【小题7】(easy) as oil slips out of a Teflon-coated pan.

American scientists have gone a step 【小题8】(far). They have added insecticide (杀虫剂) to the fabric that kills mosquitoes on contact. This new anti-mosquito fabric 【小题9】 (find) immediate buyers shortly after its invention. According to reports, several mosquito net producers are planning 【小题10】. (compete) with each other in the bid (投标)to "net" the company for the use of this new technology.