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牛津版(深圳·广州)英语八年级上册Unit 4 Inventions 第1课时ReadingI训练案
A 13-year-old American has made a cheap machine that can help blind people read.
The blind can read by using Braille —- a system of small bumps(隆起物) that the blind touch to read the letters. The machine that makes these small bumps usually costs at least $2, 000. It is called Braille writer. The American schoolboy, Shubham Banerjee, made a new Braille writer from a Lego tool that lets people create robots. Banerjee has called his new machine the Braigo — a combination(组合) of the words Braille and Lego. It costs just $350. It works by changing electronic text into Braille and then printing it with computer or mobile machine.
Baneryee designed(设计) his Braigo last year for a school science exhibition. Since then. he has caught the interest of Silicon Valley in the US.
The big technology company Intel spent money on Banerjee's machine last November, but they did not say how much money they put in. Banerjee also got $35, 000 from his father to help him start the project. His father works as a computer engineer(工程师) at Intel. He spoke about why he gave so much money to his son, saying, "We as parents started to be interested more, thinking that he's on to something and this invention has to continue." Banerjee told the AP News, "My dream would probably be having most of the blind people.. using my Braigo."
Shengsheng is a pupil. His school wants to choose a place for study and travel. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Lucy wants to travel around Hong Kong in summer holiday. She likes to walk around the city. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} David wants to go out to relax himself at the weekend. He wants to spend less money and visit more places in two days. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Lily is a teacher. Most of her friends still work during the summer holiday. She wants to find someone to travel with her. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Linda likes collecting . She wants to collect something when she travels so that she can remember what happened at that time. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} | A."Military-style" travel(特种兵旅行)is popular with college students. They travel during the weekend, seldom taking a break or even sleeping. B.A group of strangers(陌生人)come together to travel. They are called "dazi". After finishing the trip, They seldom keep in touch with each other. C.City walking are popular with young people to travel. People like to walk around the city to find some famous places. D.More and more young holiday makers would like to spend free time on some less famous places. It is called "reverse tourism"(反向旅 游). People like to travel in a relaxing way. E.A seal-collection travel(集章式旅游)means tourists collect different kinds of seals when they travel. People often collect seals to remember what happened at that time. F."Poor trips" is a way of travelling. It centers on low cost and local experiences. People can use money to visit the famous places. G.Study trip is a kind of school trip. Pupils and middle school students can study by going out to visit factories, villages, museums and so on. |
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