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MyVRexperiences

瞬VR腿2旅

1MyfirstimpressionofVRwasnotthatgoodaftermyfirstattemptlasted

about60minutes.Attheendofthattime,Idecidedthatitwasn'tformeandI

soldmyheadsetformorethanIpaidforit.

2ThatwasafewyearsagoandtheheadsetIusedwasthePSVR.Yes,Icould

havegoneforoneofthemoreadvancedheadsetsbut,atthetime,myPCwasn't

uptoit.IthoughtthataquickwinwithaPSVRcouldsatisfymycuriosity（好奇心）,

butIwaswrong.

3In2019,withtheappearanceofalotofnewheadsets,Idecidedthat,

maybe,itwastimetotryVRagain.IchosetousetheBigscreenapptowatch

moviestofeelasifIwereatthecinema.Whatwasinterestingformewastosee

whattheactualqualitywaslikebut,importantly,whatkindofexperienceyou

couldhave.Yes,forsomeonewhodoesn'talwayslikethemovie-goingexperience,

thiscouldhaveturnedouttobethebestofbothworlds.Ididn'thavetospend

moneyonexpensivesnacks（小吃）andparkingandIdidn'thavetoputupwith

badsmells.

4IhavetosaythatthewholeVRexperiencehasimprovedquitealot.Yes,

thingshaveimproved,butit'snotperfect.Infact,Idon'tthinkwe'vereachedthe

“goodenough"stage（階段）yet.

5AsforotherVRapps,Ioncetoldawell-knowneditorthatVRwaspromising.

Hejustlookedatmewithalookthatsaid,“Itisnevergoannahappen/7Well,the

timehascome,andyoucanactuallydothisnow.

6VRisn'tforeveryone,Iunderstand,butitcanbeachoiceforsome.I'dlike

tothinkthatthenextgenerationofheadsetswillimprovesomeoftheproblems

thatwe'restillseeing.

ReadingCheck

Choosethebestanswersaccordingtothetext.

1.Whatwastheauthor'sPSVRexperiencelikeafewyearsago?

A.Hefounditdisappointing.

B.Hewastedalotofmoneyonit.

C.Hefelttheheadsetuncomfortable.

D.Heconsidereditinteresting.

2.WhydidtheauthorchoosetheBigscreenapp?

A.Hewasnotafilmlover.

B.Hecouldhavesnacksathome.

C.Hedidn'thavetopayfortheapp.

D.Hedidn'tliketogotothecinema.

3.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofhis2019VRexperience?

A.Itisperfect.

B.Itisgoodenoughinhiseyes.

C.Ithasfallenshortofhisexpectations.

D.Ithasachievedsomeimprovements.

4.Whatistheeditor'sattitudetowardsthefutureofVR?

A.Uninterested.B.Uncertain.

C.Pessimistic.D.Hopeful.

attheendof在結(jié)束時;在......末端

morethan超過

couldhavedone本可以（但實際未）

satisfyone'scuriosity滿足某人的好奇心

turnout結(jié)果..

putupwith容忍;忍受

infact實際上

Whywombatsproducesquare-shapeddroppings

1Wombatsaretheonlycreatureontheearththatpoopscubes.Toanimal

experts,theyhavebeenamysteryforaverylongtime.Now,researcherssay

theyhaveuncoveredhowthewombatcreatestheirunusually-shapedexcrement

（糞便）.

2ResearchersatGeorgiaInstituteofTechnologyfirststartedstudyingthe

wombat'sabilitytopoopcubesbackin2018.Theycomparedtheirintestines（腸）

tothoseofpigs.Theyinsertedaballoonintotheanimals'digestivetractstosee

howtheystretchedtofittheballoonandfoundregionsofvariedthicknessand

stiffness.

3Scientiststhencreateda2Dmathematicalmodeltocopyhowtheseintestine

regionscontractandexpandwiththerhythmsofdigestion,shapingthepoopinto

itscuboidshape.Softerintestinalregionssqueezeslowlyandmold（塑造）the

finalcornersofthecubeovermultipledays.Interestingly,inmostmammals,the

contractions（4攵縮）ofintestinalmusclesoccurinalldirections,butinwombats,

thegrooved（有溝的;有槽的）tissueandirregularcontractionsshapethepoop

differently.

4Whilethisresearchmayseemcompletelymeaningless,orjustmeantto

satisfyhumancuriosity,thescientistsinvolvedinthestudysaythatthesenew

findingscouldhaveabigimpactonhumandigestivehealthresearchand

manufacturingtechnology.Itwouldbeacoolmethodtoapplytothemanufacturing

process,howtomakeacubewithsofttissueinsteadofjustmoldingit.

5Nowthatthemysteryofhowwombatsproducecuboidpoopseemstohave

beensolved,thatonlyleavesthe"why”.Scientistshavesometheoriesaboutthis

aswell.Onestatesthatbecausewombatspickuptheirpoopandpileitasawayof

communicatingbetweenthem,thecuboidshapehelpsthembuildhigherpoop

towers.

6Anothertheoryclaimsthatbecausewombatstendtousetheirpooptomark

theircontrolledlandonrocksandlogs,thecuboidshapeoftheexcrementensures

thatitwon'tsimplyrolloff.

ReadingCheck

Choosethebestanswersaccordingtothetext.

1.Whatmakeswombats'excrementsoparticular?

A.Itsshape.B.Itssmell.

C.Itshardness.D.Itsingredient.

2.Howdidthescientistsstarttheresearchin2018?

A.Byanalyzingdata.B.Bystudyingexamples.

C.Byrecordingactivities.D.Bymakingcomparison.

3.Whatcanbeinferredaccordingtoparagraph3?

A.A2Dmathematicalmodelwasappliedintheresearch.

B.Thepoopwasintoitscuboidshapewithinseveralhours.

C.Theintestinalmusclesofwombatscontractinalldirections.

D.Detailedformationofcuboidpoopwasrecordedintheresearch.

4.Howmanypossiblereasonsforcuboidpooparementionedinthetext?

A.2.B.3.C.4.D.5.

Whilethisresearchmayseemcompletelymeaningless,orjustmeanttosatisfy

humancuriosity,thescientistsinvolvedinthestudysaythatthesenewfindings

couldhaveabigimpactonhumandigestivehealthresearchandmanufacturing

technology.

盡管這項研究似乎毫無意義，或者只是為了滿足人們的好奇心，但參與研究

的科學(xué)家們說這些新的發(fā)現(xiàn)可能會對人類消化健康的研究和制造技術(shù)有很大的

影響。

【點石成金】句中While引導(dǎo)的是一個讓步狀語從句，意為"盡管〃;the

scientistsinvolved...manufacturingtechnology為主句部分。involvedinthestudy

相當(dāng)于whowereinvokedinthestudy,為過去分詞短語作后置定語;that引導(dǎo)的

是一個賓語從句。

Flatpastathatchangesshape

1Ifyou'reapasta（意大禾1J面）lover,thenyouknowthatthenoodlescome

inallsortsofdifferentshapes.Thereareflatnoodles,roundnoodles,shells,

fancyspirals,andmanymore.Someofthesepastas,likeordinaryspaghetti,

packeasilyintoasmallboxorpackage.Butothersrequiremuchlargerboxes

becausetheirhard3Dshapeswraparoundawholelotofair.

2NowateamofscientistsatCarnegieMellonUniversity（CMU）hasfigured

outawaytodealwiththeproblem.Theteamofscientistshavedevelopedan

unusualwayofmakingflatpastathatallowsittoturnintofancy3Dshapesasit

cooks.

3LiningYao,wholeadsthe''MorphingMatterLabwatCMU,saystheteam

gottheideaof3Dpastafrom“flat-packfurniture”.Flat-packfurniture,suchasthat

soldbyIKEA,comestightlypackedinabox,butthencanbebuiltintoalarge

pieceoffurniturethattakesupamuchgreateramountofspace.

4Tobringtheflat-packideatothepastaworld,thescientistsusedafairly

simpletrick—stampinggrooves（凹槽）inthepasta./zThegroovesideexpandsless

thanthesmoothside,leadingthepastatochangeintoshape,"explainsoneofthe

researchers.

5Butknowingwhatkindsofgroovestomakeandwheretomakethemisthe

trick.Byfiguringoutjusttherightspotsforgrooves,theresearcherswereableto

controlthefinalshapeofthepasta.Thescientistsusedcomputerstohelpthem

plantheirgroovepatterns.Theteamcameupwithlotsofdifferentshapes.The

pastalooks,feels,andtastesjustlikeordinarypastaonceitiscooked.

6Theteamhopestheirnewmethodwillhelptheenvironmentintwoways.Like

flat-packfurniture,itshouldtakeuplessspacewhenit'sbeingtransported.The

pastashouldalsorequiremuchlesspackaging,meaningfarlessplasticwaste.

ReadingCheck

Choosethebestanswersaccordingtothetext.

1.Whatcanweknowaboutthetraditionalpasta?

A.Flatnoodlesareeasytocook.

B.Pastadoesharmtotheenvironment.

C.Roundnoodlesareeasytocarryandpack.

D.Differentnoodlescomeindifferentshapes.

2.Whatinspiresthenewinventionaccordingtothetext?

A.Flat-packfurniture.B.Thegrooveside.

C.Unusualspaghetti.D.Theheavypackage.

3.Howcanscientistskeepthefinalshapeofthepastaundercontrol?

A.Bycalculatingtheplacesf