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一战成名·辽宁英语
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主题群6 科学与技术(6篇)
话题角度:科技与发明(3年3考)、新科技(3年2考)、科技人物、科技对我们生活的影响(3年4考)、科
技展望(2022盘锦)
【教材单元链接】
人教 外研
八(上)Unit7未来的生活
九(全)Unit5中国制造的事物
九(全)Unit6发明创造
七(上)Module7因特网的使用
九(上)Module9伟大的发明
Passage1【2022丹东阅读Passage4
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【读前预先练】
1.Itseemslike
2.unchangedadj.
3.builtinadj.
4.speakern.
5.bepricedat
6.facen. v.
Inthepasttenyears,greatprogresshasbeenmadeintechnology.Itseemslikeeverythinghas
beengreatlyimproved.Butthereisonethingunlikethem.Itwasinventedover100yearsagobutre
mainedunchangeduntilnow.Imtalkingaboutablindwalkingstick.
Thewhitestickhasbeenusedbymanyblindpeopleforalongtime.However,ithasntrealy
beenimproved,untilablindengineernamedKursatdecidedtodosomethingtochangethat.Hehoped
hisinventionwouldhelptheblind.
HeinventedasmartstickcaledtheWeWalk.Thesmartstickusesbuiltinspeakersanddiferent
sensors(传感)towarnaboutpossibledangers.Ithelpsblindpeopleinnavigating(航行)aroundtheir
environment.Itmakestheirtravelmucheasier.Thestickispricedataround
!
500.Itislessthan
halfthepriceofmostsmartphones.Mostpeoplecanafordit.Thisinventionisgoingtochangelifea
lotfortheblind.
Kursatwelunderstandsthedificultiesthattheblindface.Thatsbecauseheisblindhimself.He
decidedtoputhisknowledgeoftechnologyintoinventingsomething.Itwouldnotonlychangehislife,
butalsothelifeofmanyothers.
“Inthesedays,wearetalkingaboutflyingcars.Buttheblindhavebeenusingjustasimple
stick.Asabindperson,whenIamatthebusstop,Idontknowwhichbusiscomingorwhichstores
arearoundme.Now,thatkindofinformationcanbeprovidedbytheWeWalk,”hesaid,“Ibelieve
lifeoftheblindwilbemucheasierandsafer.”
(B)1.KursatinventedtheWeWalkto .
A.becomeanengineer B.helptheblind
C.changeeverything D.openastore
(C)2.Whatsthethirdparagraphmainlyabout?
A.Thenameofthesmartstick. B.ThereasonforinventingtheWeWalk.
C.TheintroductionoftheWeWalk. D.ThefutureoftheWeWalk.
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