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astronomer
biologist
accurate
Gregorian calendar
minor
origin
species
natural selection
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n. 天文学家
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公历,阳历(自1582年起在西方使用的历法)
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n. 物种
自然选择
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brilliant
radium
Goldbach's Conjecture
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哥德巴赫猜想
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People nowadays can have video chats with each other via mobile phones and computers connected to the Internet.
Read about the inventions from famous novels and choose those that have become a reality.
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Many newspapers have offered their readers free digital editions. Furthermore, live chat rooms make it possible for people to communicate with reporters, statesmen and scientists.
The inventions have solved many problems in our life and have changed the world to a great extent.
Can you predict what life will be like in the year 3000?
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1. Which of the inventions in the video interests you most? Why?
2. Which of the inventions in the video do you think will become a reality?
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Watch the video and answer the questions.
take a pill to make us small enough to explore cells
wear special clothes that can change
Our car will be able to fly and go underwater.
go on holiday to other planets
understand and speak to everyone when traveling abroad
cure diseases like cancer and AIDS easily
live for more than 120 years
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Of all the inventions in the world, which do you think is the most useful? Why?
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2. 3D-printed hamburgers have been served to customers in some restaurants in London.
3. But perhaps the most significant success that has been achieved to date is in medicine.
4. Human body parts, including a beating heart, have been made with 3D printing technology.
5. A new 3D-printed shell has been given to a turtle injured in a forest fire!
Rewrite the underlined parts using the present perfect passive.
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1. Many things in our lives have already been affected.
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Imagine you are Dr Moore. Look at th