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1、M4 unit3 ReadingNot just watching a filmRealCine-virtual reality for everyoneThis presentation will give you some information about RealCine: how it works, why it is better than a film, and how it can be used in other ways. The RealCine experience will amaze you, and you will agree that this is an e
2、xtraordinary technology that deserves to be developed further.The technology behind RealCine is virtual reality (VR). Unlike a film, where a passive audience watches and hears what is happening on a screen, RealCine puts you into the action and connects with your senses of sight, hearing, smell and
3、touch in an active way. Imagine that a VR user goes sightseeing in the Himalayas. Not only will he or she feel every step of climbing Mount Qomolangma, but the user will also experience the cold, smells, sights and sounds of the surrounding environment; he or she will enjoy a feeling of happiness an
4、d a sense of achievement upon reaching the top.RealCine works by making the users feel that they are really in a new worlda world that does not exist except in a computer program. To achieve this, special VR headsets are designed to allow the user to see in 3-D and hear the sound all around them. Th
5、e movements of the headset indicate the direction in which the user wants to go. The user also wears special gloves so he or she can touch the people and objects that he or she sees. To add to the virtual world of RealCine, the headsets even have small openings that give out smells to match the envi
6、ronment. Both the headsets and the gloves are connected to a computer network in the VR studio.In scientific studies it has been shown that VR can be a good treatment for people who have social problems. In one case, a teenager who was afraid of talking and playing with his schoolmates was treated w
7、ith VR. In the world created by RealCine, he became the captain of the Brazilian football team and scored the winning goal in a World Cup final. This encouraged him to become more confident around others.An argument has been put forward that some users will be disappointed by RealCine because VR is
8、not real. However, with VR we are able to do things that could never be achieved in real life. For example, with the aid of RealCine, a seventy-year-old grandfather recently took a trip to Africa. In reality, he is disabled and can no longer walk, but he was able to see and touch a lion while still
9、in the convenience of the VR studio.Besides this, VR can be used to practise skills in a secure environment that otherwise would be quite dangerous. For example, firefighters could use RealCine to train safety, without the risk of getting injured in a burning building. It could be used in class as w
10、ell. Teachers could bring history alive by placing students in an accident town, or they could teach biology by allowing students to experience the world as a whale or a squirrel.Finally, RealCine provides fantastic technology for urban planning. Engineers can enter the design of a neighbourhood int
11、o a computer, and then use VR to walk around the neighbourhood, see how it looks and make changes before construction is carried out. This kind of urban planning is in the long term cheaper and more practical, compared with the way most urban planning is done today. I recommend the government use th
12、is technology in the future planning of this city.M4u3 ProjectJourney to the Centre of the EarthIn 1863, Professor Otto Lindenbrock found a secret message in an old book he had recently bought. The message spoke of a trip to the centre of the Earth through a volcano in lceland. Immediately, he got h
13、is things packed and went to lceland, forcing his nephew Axel to go with him.In lceland, the Professor hired a guide named Hans. When the three of them reached the volcano, they journeyed underground through a small cave. After many days, they came to a vast room with a large ocean inside. On the sh
14、ores of this ocean, there was a forest and huge mushrooms. High above, the sky was filled with gas that gave off light like the sun.The three men built a small boat and set sail. All of a sudden two dinosaurs rose to the surface and began to fight each other. The small boat was almost sunk by the di
15、nosaurs before they were able to get away.They sailed to shore and explored the forest. They came across huge insects and many strange creatures. As they were wandering around, they noticed a man sitting against a tree in the distancehe was at least four metres tall. The men became afraid, and ran b
16、ack to the boat.They set sail again, and saw what looked like an exit, but it was blocked by rocks which had fallen down from the ceiling. They made a bomb to blow up the rocks. After the bomb exploded, their boat rushed wildly forward into a large hole. The boat floated down with the water. It was too fast for them to escape. They could only hold on to the boat in terror.Finally, they reached the bottom of the hole. Then
