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Science&Technology Flashcards

1
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Breakthrough

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Sudden success پیشرفت غیرمنتظره

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2
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Life expectancy

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the number of years that a person is likely to live
~ There have been many remarkable advances in medicine that have helped to increase our average life expectancy way beyond that of our ancestors

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3
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Examined closely and scientifically

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Analyzed

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4
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Planning and production

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Development

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5
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Scientific study

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Research

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6
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Modern invention

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Innovation

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7
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Terrified of modern technology

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Technophobe

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Interested in modern tech

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Technophile

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9
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Safeguard

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The union safeguards the interests of all its members.
Extensive background checks on staff are carried out to safeguard children in schools.
The best safeguard against someone stealing your car is to lock it.

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A scientific test

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An experiment

Scientists conducted a scientific test to see how ppl react to different smells.

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Leap

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  1. A big change, increase, or improvement:
    ~a leap in profits
    ~It takes quite a leap of the imagination to believe that it’s the same person.
  2. To make a large jump or sudden movement
    ~He leaped out of his car and ran towards the house.
  3. To achieve something suddenly, usually fame, power
    ~He leapt to fame after his appearance in a Broadway play.
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12
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Invention

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Creating a new device

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13
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Innovation

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Upgrading and developing the already existed technology

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14
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Nuclear Engineering

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Studying the different ways of extracting and controlling energy from atomic particles

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15
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Cybernetics

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The development of cybernetics led to mass automation in factories, which in turn led to millions losing their jobs

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16
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Genetic engineering

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The relatively new science of genetic eng has been seen as a major step forward

17
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Properly analyzed

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Putting modified foods onto the market before scientists had properly analyzed them was perhaps one of the most irresponsible decisions

18
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Experiments on animal

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Many consider to be cruel and unnecessary

19
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We all rely on modern science and tech to improve our lives.

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We need to make sure we can control it

20
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Latest exciting development

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man’s newest achievement

21
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Conquer space

A

فتح کردن

22
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Infinitely

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Earth has sights which are infinitely exciting and spectacular

23
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Space race

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is just an extention of the race for power on earth

24
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Pure scientific research

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The wealthiest nation compete on space race in the name of pure scientific research

25
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spectator

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they want to impress us, their spectators, with a MAGNICIFANT SHOW OF STRENGTH

26
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we are often told that technological know-how, aquired in attempting to get us into orbit, will be utilized to make life better on earth

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What has the space race done to releive the suffering of the aerth’s starving millions

27
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Negligible

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Very few

The practical results of all this expenditure of money and effort are negligible

28
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Utterly absurd

A

kheili gheire maghol

29
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Men’s greatest enemy

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Poverty, hunger, disease and if nations devoted half as much money and effort to those problems as they do to space rate they could eradicate all these.

30
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Man has an overwhelming technological resource to combat human suffering

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Yet he squnders(talaf kardan) them on meaninless pursuits

31
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Limited budgets

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Individuals with limited budgets usually get their priorities right: they provide themselves with necessities before trying to obtain luxuries.

32
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Download books ONTO devices

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E books

33
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Overtook

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This year e books overtake sales of paperback books

34
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Publishing

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The book industry

35
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The nuts and bolts

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The basic and essential parts

Characters, plot, and setting are the basic nuts and bolts of fiction

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