[00:01.69]I also let people choose the news [00:03.74]that they are interested in- [00:05.82]to put in another way they only receive [00:07.90]what they want to know...So,unlike you, [00:10.97]there are no photos of me before 1999! [00:14.59]In other...
[00:01.87]Exercise 6 Listen to the woman talking about [00:05.13]her favourite film and complete the notes. [00:09.92]2001: A Space Odyssey marked a turning point [00:13.21]in science fiction film. [00:15.09]I've seen it three times [00:16.41]and I h...
[00:01.17]The third part of the film is about a trip [00:03.41]to another planet. [00:04.87]The spaceship Discovery is controlled [00:07.01]by the intelligent computer HAL 9000, [00:10.41]the only one on the ship [00:11.68]who knows the real plan for...
[00:01.44]However,after a while, [00:03.07]the computer begins to act strangely. [00:05.50]HAL notices a serious problem [00:07.28]in the spaceship. [00:08.64]It say that the spaceship's communication [00:10.63]systems are going to fail. [00:12.98]Th...
[00:01.28]Dave,I read you. [00:03.89]Open the port bow doors, HAL. [00:05.77]I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. [00:09.80]What's the problem? [00:11.49]I think you know what the problem [00:12.78]is just as well as I do. [00:15.69]What are y...
[00:02.70]Unit 20 New Frontiers [00:06.15]Lesson 3 Scientific Breakthroughs [00:10.11]PIONEERS OF SCIENCE [00:12.16]In the summer of 1905, [00:14.40]a young man was sitting at home [00:15.97]after a day's work. [00:18.04]While rocking his one-year-ol...
[00:01.51]Einstein had already become world- famous [00:04.21]when a young ex-lawyer, [00:06.06]returning from the First World War, [00:08.04]started work at the Mount Wilson Observatory [00:10.39]in California.Using the most high-powered [00:13.50]t...
[00:01.70]A few years later, penicillin was being mass- [00:04.38]produced and helping to save the lives [00:06.82]of millions. [00:08.31]Despite the incredible outcome of his discovery [00:11.08]Fleming remained modest. [00:13.06]Nature makes penici...
[00:01.56]In 1892, brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright [00:05.32]opened a bicycle-repair company. [00:07.68]The brothers were specialists in this area, [00:10.05]but they were more interested [00:11.26]in something else-aircraft. [00:13.79]The brother...
[00:01.36]Unit 20 New Frontiers Warm-up [00:05.46]Exercise 3 Listen to four extracts [00:09.49]and identify these different programmes. [00:12.81]1 It was announced today that the launch [00:15.41]of the shuttle,taking a new crew [00:17.11]to the int...
[00:01.45]3 How is the discovery of the human genome [00:04.96]going to affect our lives in the next ten [00:06.64]or twenty years? [00:08.47]In Science Today we're going to analyse [00:10.49]some of the data that has come out [00:11.69]of a study re...
[00:05.68]Unit 20 New Frontiers Communication Workshop [00:11.68]Listening: [00:12.79]Exercise 1 Listen to the song about the future. [00:17.55]Which years are mentioned? [02:54.99][00:22.66]In the year 2525 If man is still alive [03:02.05][00:31.37]...
[00:02.97]Speaking: [00:04.41]Exercise 1 Listen to a class presentation [00:08.22]about Mars and complete the notes. [00:11.45]Right, today I'm going to talk abut Mars, [00:14.30]the red planet. [00:16.05]Mars, named after the Roman god of war, [00:1...
[00:01.07]How long have we been observing Mars? [00:04.11]Well, towards the end of the nineteenth century [00:07.11]improved telescopes meant that astronomers [00:09.39]could start to observe the surface [00:11.27]of the planet. [00:12.86]An Italian...
[00:02.27]The most recent probe to be sent [00:04.29]was the Mars Odyssey launched in April 2001, [00:07.98]which is due to orbit the planet [00:09.52]and provide communications [00:10.96]for future explorations. [00:13.62]Another period of great int...
