Cultural Notes
Inside View
A graphics card is a piece of computer hardware which interprets signals in order to create visual images on a computer screen.
Most of the events in Alice in Wonderland occur during a dream. Alice falls asleep near the start of the book and wakes up at the end.
Lewis Carroll was an English novelist and poet. He is best known as the author of the children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass (1871)—two of the most popular works of fiction in the English language.
Outside View
News
gravitational wave is an energy-carrying wave propagating through a gravitational field, produced when a massive body is accelerated or otherwise disturbed. Gravitational waves were first postulated by Einstein in 1916 and were first observed directly in September 2015.
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Passage 2
Crop circles — strange patterns that appear mysteriously overnight in farmers' fields—provoke puzzlement, delight and intrigue among the press and public alike. The circles are mostly found in the United Kingdom, but have spread to dozens of countries around the world in past decades. The mystery has inspired countless books, blogs, fan groups, researchers (dubbed "cereologists") and even Hollywood films. Despite having been studied for decades, the question remains: Who — or what — is making them?
Background topics to be warmed up:
1 How do you value the relation between the evolution of mankind and science?
2 Can you name 3 of the most important scientific innovations that have changed human life the most and explain them in details?
3 How do you think about the future of science? Would you predict some of its advantages and disadvantages and provide your understanding or solution to them?
