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This text deals with …
1. technologies in music
2. leaving the Earth
3. worldwide access to the news
4. a new period of life
5. geographic facts
6. computer facts
A. The Apollo program was a project by the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The goal was to send a human to explore the Moon and bring him home to earth safely. It was started by US President John F. Kennedy in 1961. The first person to walk on the Moon was Neil Armstrong of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969. One reason the program started was that the Soviet Union was the first country to send a person into outer space.
B. The Pacific Ocean is the body of water between Asia and Australia in the west, the Americas in the east, the Southern Ocean to the south, and the Arctic Ocean to the north. It is the largest named ocean and it covers one-third of the surface of the entire world. It joins the Atlantic Ocean at a line drawn south from Cape Horn, Chile\Argentina to Antarctica, and joins the Indian Ocean at a line drawn south from Tasmania, Australia to Antarctica.
C. In communication, such as radio and television, broadcasting means sending information such as television shows or news electronically to a large audience. The information is sent through the air in radio waves, through a wire, or by a satellite, and then the television viewers or radio listeners pick up the signal using their television sets and radio receivers.
D. Stereophonic sound, also simply called stereo, is the reproduction of sound using two or more audio loudspeakers. This creates a pleasant and natural sound heard from various directions, as in natural hearing. In popular usage, stereo usually means two-channel sound recording and sound reproduction using data from two speakers. The electronic device for playing back stereo sound is often called “a stereo”.
E. The Renaissance is a period in the history of Europe beginning in about 1400, and following the Medieval period. “Renaissance” is a French word meaning “rebirth”. The period is called by this name because at that time people started taking an interest in learning of ancient times, in particular the learning of Ancient Greece and Rome. During the Renaissance, there were many famous artists, writers and philosophers. Many people studied mathematics and different sciences.
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