浙江师范大学附属中学应晓佳I’maddictedtowatchingmovies.粉笔侠virtualreality(VR)technology虚拟现实技术JasapplicationVirtualReality√getsreadersinterested√echoes(呼应)thebeginningofPara.2HaveyoueverwantedtosingonstagewithTaylorSwift,runanOlympic100meters,gotoMars,orsavetheworldwiththeAvengers?Withtheriseofvirtualreality,youmightbeabletodoallthesethings–andmanymore–withoutevenleavingyourhome.Unlikerealreality,virtualrealitymeanscompletelyimaginaryworlds,usinghigh-performancecomputersandspecialglassesandgloves.ItshowshowamazingVRis.Para.5Para.4Para.3Para.2Task:FindthekeywordsforPara.1–Para.4Whydoesthewriteraskaquestioninthebeginning?Para.1Tip:Mindthetopicsentences.Haveyoueverwantedto→impossiblesingonstagewithTaylorSwiftrunanOlympic100metersgotoMarssavetheworldwiththeAvengers→maybe→maybenot→unlikelypossibleWiththeriseofVRVRhistoryQ1Howmanypeoplearementioned?Q2Whyaretheymentioned?Althoughit’shardtotellthefatherofthisamazingtechnology,historysuggeststhatitcouldhavebeenthefruitofnotonebutfivekeypeople.First,MortonHeiligintroducedusersto3Dfilms.Then,there’sJaronLanier,thefirstpersontousetheterm“VirtualReality”.DouglasEngelbartinventedthecomputermouse.IvanSutherlandistheinventorofthefirstHMDandMyronKrueger,theaudiowiz.fivekeypeopleMortonHeiligJaronLanierDouglasEngelbartIvanSutherlandMyronKruegerfivekeypeopleMortonHeiligJaronLanierDouglasEngelbartIvanSutherlandMyronKruegervirtualrealityrealrealityRealrealitygavebirthtovirtualreality.Q2Whyaretheymentioned??applicationswhatpeoplecandowhatpeoplecangetbenefitsReadingNoteseffectsHowever,likeanytechnology,virtualrealityhasitsnegativeeffects.Forexample,somepeoplebecomeaddictedtovirtualrealitygames,whichdoesgreatharmtotheirrealworldlife.Apartfromthis,concernshavealsobeenraisedaboutthedetrimentaleffectscausedbydesensitization.Tip:Guessthemeaningofanewwordthroughcontext.Q.Whatdoes“detrimental”mean?desensitization[ˌdi:ˌsensətaɪ'zeɪʃn]sense→sensitive→sensitize→sensitization↑However,likeanytechnology,virtualreali...
