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UNIT5EDUCATION

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Canyouimagineacloudfloatinginthemiddleofyourroom?Doyouwanttoknowwhatitfeelsliketoflylikeabird?FindyouranswersinTimeMagazine’s25“BestInventions”.Here,wehavepickedoutthemostinteresting4tosharewithyou.

TalkingGloves

Everfeltconfusedbythesignlanguageusedbydisabledpeople?Hereisthe“helpinghand”youneed.FourUkrainianstudentshavecreatedapairofglovesthathelpspeoplewithhearingandspeechproblemscommunicatewithothers.Theglovesareequippedwithsensorsthatrecognisesignlanguageandtranslateitintotextonasmartphone.Thenthesmartphonechangesthetexttospokenwords.

GoogleGlasses

GoogleGlassesarelikeacomputerbuiltintotheframeofapairofglasses.Withits1.3-centimeterdisplay,theglassesallowyoutosurftheInternetandmakecallswithoutevenliftingafinger.TheglassesalsohaveacameraandGPSmappingsystem.Userscantakeandsharephotos,checkmapsandsurftheInternetjustbylookingup,down,leftandright.

IndoorClouds

It’snotvirtual.That’sarealworld.DutchartistSmildemanagedtocreateasmallbutperfectwhitecloudinthemiddleofaroomusingafogmachine.Butitrequiredcarefulplanning—thetemperature,humidity(湿度)andlightingallhadtobejustright.Onceeverythingwasready,thecloudformedintheairwiththemachine.Butitonlylastedforashortwhile.

Wingsuits

Thesuitfulfillsyourdreamsofflyinglikeabird.Well,notexactlyflying,butgliding(滑翔)throughtheair.Itincreasesthesurfaceareaofthehumanbody,whichmakesiteasierforpeopletofloatintheair.Flierswearingwingsuitscanglideonekilometerinabout30seconds.

()1.Whowillprobablybetheusersof“TalkingGloves”?

A.Disabledpeople. B.Researchers.

C.Trainedpeople. D.Workingpeople.

()2.HowcanusersofGoogleGlassessurftheInternet?

A.Bymovingthemou