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- Unit 6, Lesson 5, Ex.4a What’s nanotechnology
| С. Elliot Kwon: I always knew that I depended way too much on my phone. But I didn’t know how much, so I decided to do this challenge to find out.
Every morning since I got a smartphone, I’ve used The Weather Channel to figure out what to wear. On the first morning I had to dress without guidance, but thankfully I was able to predict that the day would be cold and foggy by looking out my window. When was the last time I did that … eighth grade? I also lost track of time. I haven’t worn a watch for more than a year, because my phone showed the time. So I was late picking up friends who took the bus for two hours to come from Santa Monica to Palos Verdes. I also was late to my tutoring job. And even worse, I couldn’t call people to tell them that I was running late. Getting places was harder, too. I got lost because I couldn’t use the GPS on my phone. My driving, though, got a lot safer because I no longer had my phone in one hand checking directions while driving with the other. But the number one problem was not having my contact list. I forgot to write down my friends’ and family members’ phone numbers before I started the challenge. It was sad to realize that I couldn’t remember my brother’s and my mom’s cell phone numbers. In the midst of all the problems, however, I found peace not worrying about missing a text message or an e-mail. This challenge was a great learning experience. It surprised me how I’d overlooked even the simplest things like remembering phone numbers. We all should take some time to think about how we can depend less on our cell phones. Unit 6, Lesson 5, Ex.4a What’s nanotechnology? Imagine if you climbed out of the shower only to discover you'd gone smaller by about 1500 million times! If you stepped into your living room, what you'd see around you would not be chairs, tables, computers, and your family but atoms, molecules, and cells. Down to "nanoscale," you'd not only see the atoms that everything is made from—you'd actually be able to move them around! Now imagine you started sticking those atoms together in interesting new ways. You could build all kinds of fantastic materials, everything from brand new medicines to computer chips. Making new things on this fantastic small scale is called nanotechnology and it's one of the most exciting and fast-moving areas of science and technology today. жүктеу/скачать 234 Kb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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