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1. aviator n. / e vie t /飞行员
2. hop 跳行，跳跃；登上
3. look back 回顾
4. remarkable 非凡的，引人注目的
5. scientific body 科学团体
6. motto / mɑ to / 座右铭，格言；箴言
7. perpetual /p pet u l/长期的，永恒的；连续不断的
perpetual light永恒之光
8. accuracy/ kj r si/ n. 准确性，精确性；准确，精确
9. accurate/ kj r t/adj. 准确的，精确的
10. look into the future 展望未来
11. atom/ t m/ 原子；微量，极小量
atom bomb 原子弹
12. propose v.提出；建议
proposal n 提议
13. quote v. 引用，引述 n. 引文，引语
14.as for 至于，关于
15.vacuum / v kju m/ n.真空 adj.真空的
nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners核动力真空吸尘器
16. insight洞察，观察，理解
insights into 深刻理解
17.indicate / nd ke t/v. 表明，标示
18.reflect /r flekt/v. 反射（光、热或声音）；反映
19. pure /pj r/ adj. 纯的，不掺杂质的
20.correct
incorrect
Not so very long ago, the idea of flying across the Atlantic Ocean in just a few hours would have been pure fantasy. The American aviator Orville Wright even 1._____________(declare) in 1908 that "No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris..." Yet, today, we think little of 2._____________(hop) on a plane to take such a journey.
3.____________(look) back at some of the predictions throughout history, 4._____________ is perhaps most remarkable is that they 5._______________(make) decades or even centuries before becoming 6.__________ ( real).
More than 300 years ago, the world's first scientific body, the Royal Society（英国皇家学会）, 7._____________ (found) in London. Its motto Nullius in verba（不随他人之言）, 8.____________( mean) "take nobody's word for it", reflected its founders' spirit of investigation-a spirit 9.______ led them to predict flying machines, organ transplantation and "perpetual light" with extraordinary 10.________________(accurate).
But it's not only scientists 11._____ have looked into the future. Predictions have also been made by writers. At the start of the twentieth century, H.G.Wells 12. __________(predict) the invention of the atom bomb in his novel The World Set Free. And in 13.____1940s, author Arthur C.Clarke proposed that space stations would one day broadcast television signals all over the globe.
Not all predictions, 14._________, have turned out 15.______( be) quite so accurate. Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, was quoted as saying in 1943 that "there is a world market for maybe five computers". As for the 1955 prediction in The New York Times 16._____ "nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners will 17._________ (probable) be a reality in 10 years"-well, even today that sounds rather a lot like science fiction.
Correct and incorrect, the great number of insights into the unknown18._________
(indicate) that the future is filled with unlimited possibilities.Who knows what we will be able to create tomorrow Only time will tell.
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Correct and incorrect, the great number of insights into the unknown indicates that the future is filled with unlimited possibilities.
Not all predictions have turned out to be quite so accurate.
1.我们坐飞机去作这样的旅行都不假思索。
2.无论正确与否，对未知事物的大量洞察表明未来充满了无限的可能性。
3.事实证明，并非所有的预测都如此准确。Future or Fantasy
Not so very long ago, the idea of flying across the Atlantic Ocean in just a few hours would have been pure fantasy. The American aviator Orville Wright even 1._____________(declare) in 1908 that "No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris..." Yet, today, we think little of 2._____________(hop) on a plane to take such a journey.
3.____________(look) back at some of the predictions throughout history, 4._____________ is perhaps most remarkable is that they 5._______________(make) decades or even centuries before becoming 6.__________ ( real).
More than 300 years ago, the world's first scientific body, the Royal Society（英国皇家学会）, 7._____________ (found) in London. Its motto Nullius in verba（不随他人之言）, 8.____________( mean) "take nobody's word for it", reflected its founders' spirit of investigation-a spirit 9.______________ led them to predict flying machines, organ transplantation and "perpetual light" with extraordinary 10.________________(accurate).
But it's not only scientists 11.___________ have looked into the future. Predictions have also been made by writers. At the start of the twentieth century, H.G.Wells 12. _____________(predict) the invention of the atom bomb in his novel The World Set Free. And in 13.________ 1940s, author Arthur C.Clarke proposed that space stations would one day broadcast television signals all over the globe.
Not all predictions, 14.____________, have turned out 15.____________( be) quite so accurate. Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, was quoted as saying in 1943 that "there is a world market for maybe five computers". As for the 1955 prediction in The New York Times 16.______________ "nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners will 17._____________ (probable) be a reality in 10 years"-well, even today that sounds rather a lot like science fiction.
Correct and incorrect, the great number of insights into the unknown 18.______________(indicate) that the future is filled with unlimited possibilities.Who knows what we will be able to create tomorrow Only time will tell.
重点词汇：
aviator n. / e vie t /飞行员
hop 跳行，跳跃；登上
look back 回顾
remarkable 非凡的，引人注目的
scientific body 科学团体
Motto / mɑ to / 座右铭，格言；箴言
perpetual /p pet u l/长期的，永恒的；连续不断的
perpetual light永恒之光
accuracy / kj r si/ n. 准确性，精确性；准确，精确
Accurate/ kj r t/javascript:;
adj. 准确的，精确的
adj.精确的，准确的
look into the future 展望未来
atom 原子；微量，极小量
atom bomb 原子弹
propose v.提出；建议
quote v. 引用，引述 n. 引文，引语
as for 至于，关于
vacuum n.真空 adj.真空的
nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners核动力真空吸尘器
insight洞察，观察，理解
insights into 深刻理解
16.indicate / nd ke t/javascript:;v. 表明，标示
17.reflect /r flekt/javascript:;v. 反射（光、热或声音）；反映
参考答案：
1. declared 2. hopping 3. Looking 4. what 5. were made 6. reality 7. was founded
8. meaning 9. that 10. accuracy 11. who 12.predicted 13.the 14. however 15. to be 16. that
17. probably 18. indicates
