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So far, it seems that we are alone in the universe. There are no signs yet that
there is intelligent life outside our own solar system. But who knows what the
future holds?
3 ___________________________________________________________
Surely nothing has done more for the comfort and happiness of the human race
than the advances in health care! How many millions of people have benefited
from the humble aspirin? How many lives has penicillin saved? Average life
expectancy worldwide has risen dramatically over the past 100 years, from about
47 years in 1900 to about 77 years today.
4 ___________________________________________________________
We are a world on the move. Airlines carry more than 1.5 billion people to their
destinations every year. It is estimated that, at any one time these days, there are
as many people travelling in airplanes as the total number of people who travelled
abroad in the whole of the nineteenth century (but I have no idea how they worked
this out!).
5 ___________________________________________________________
It is true that they are now commercialized, and there is greed and drug abuse.
However, it is a competition in which almost every country in the world takes part.
Every four years, for a brief moment, we see the world come together in peace
and friendship. We feel hope again for the future of mankind.
6 ____________________________________________________________
In 1724, Jonathan Swift wrote, “Whoever makes two blades of grass or two ears
of corn grow where only one grew before serves mankind better than the whole
race of politicians”. In Europe our farmers have done this. In 1709, whole villages
in France died of hunger. Now in Europe, we can't eat all the food we produce. If
only politicians could find a way to share it with those parts of the world where
there is famine.
7 ____________________________________________________________
We are still here!
The last wonder of the modern world is simply that we are still here. We have had
nuclear weapons for over 50 years that could destroy the world, but we haven't
used them to do it. This is surely the greatest wonder of all.
3 Write answers the following questions.
.
1 What has changed because of the Internet? What will happen with the
Internet?
2 What has happened in space exploration since 1969?
3 What is the most noticeable result of better health care?
4 X = the number of people who travelled abroad in the nineteenth century.
What does X also equal?
5 What are the good and bad things about the Olympics?
6 What point was Jonathan Swift making about farmers and politicians?
7 “We are still here!” Why is this a wonder?
8 What do these numbers refer to?
100 million a few hundred 1969 millions of people 47 four 1709 50
(Soars, Liz & John. New Headway Intermediate. Students book. // Oxford
University Press. 2004. pp.10-11)
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