TOEFL: New research is looking into how plants can be used to generate electricity and produce artificial light.
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It is important to read the vocabulary before you watch the video. This will improve your ability to understand the video. It will also help you understand how the new vocabulary is used naturally.
The first time you watch the video, just try to understand the overall situation.
First try to answer all the questions from memory. Then rewatch the video and try to answer the questions that you missed.
Watch the video again while you read the script. Reading and listening at the same time will help you hear each individual word and improve your listening accuracy.
There are several different activities that focus on test preparation, vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure.
Es importante leer el vocabulario antes de ver el video. Esto mejorará su capacidad para comprender el video. También le ayudará a comprender cómo se usa el nuevo vocabulario de forma natural.
La primera vez que vea el video, intente comprender la situación general.
Primero intente responder todas las preguntas de memoria. Luego, vuelva a ver el video e intente responder las preguntas que se perdió.
Mire el video nuevamente mientras lee el guión. Leer y escuchar al mismo tiempo lo ayudará a escuchar cada palabra individual y mejorará su precisión auditiva.
Hay una serie de actividades diferentes que se centran en la preparación de la examen, el vocabulario, la gramática y la estructura de las oraciones.
비디오를 보기 전에 어휘와 배경을 읽는 것이 중요합니다. 이렇게 하면 비디오를 이해하는 능력이 향상됩니다. 또한 새로운 어휘가 어떻게 자연스럽게 사용되는지 이해하는데 도움이됩니다.
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듣기 정확도, 발음, 어휘, 문법 및 문장 구조에 초점을 맞춘 다양한 액티비티가 있습니다.
É importante ler o vocabulário antes de assistir ao vídeo. Isso melhorará sua capacidade de entender o vídeo. Também ajudará você a entender como o novo vocabulário é usado naturalmente.
Na primeira vez que assistir ao vídeo, tente entender a situação geral.
Primeiro, tente responder a todas as perguntas de memória. Em seguida, assista novamente ao vídeo e tente responder às perguntas que você errou.
Assista ao vídeo novamente enquanto lê o roteiro. Ler e ouvir ao mesmo tempo ajudará você a ouvir cada palavra individualmente e a melhorar sua precisão auditiva.
Existem várias atividades diferentes que se concentram na preparação para o teste, vocabulário, gramática e estrutura de frases.
[n] - noun, [v] - verb, [phv] - phrasal verb, [adj] - adjective, [exp] - expression
Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order.
( ) = optional [ ] = necessary
Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras.
Instrucciones: Escreva orações sobre o videoclipe usando as palavras-chave. Você pode alterar a forma da palavra ou adicionar palavras, mas não pode alterar a ordem das palavras.
지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다.
scientist / U.S. / successful / create / glow / plant / without / use / genetic / modification
Scientists in the U.S. have successfully created glowing plants without using genetic modification.
lead / by / MIT / professor / Michael / Strano / team / develop / watercress / that / emit / light
Led by MIT professor Michael Strano, [a/the] team developed watercress that emits light.
they / hope / reduce / need / electric / lighting
They hope to reduce the need for electric lighting.
because / plant / harness / solar / energy / and / store / it / sugar / they / ideal / natural / light / source
Because plants harness solar energy and store it as sugar, they [are/make] an ideal natural light source.
plant / also / able / repair / self / when / damage / and / they / biodegrade
Plants are also able to repair themselves when (they are) damaged, and they are biodegradable.
Strano / team / previous / develop / plant / that / could / connect / cellphone / via / infrared / signal
Strano's team previously developed plants that could connect to cellphones via infrared signals.
Strano's team previously developed a plant that could connect to a cellphone via an infrared signal.
Strano / plant / also / make / from / carbon / dioxide / atmosphere / make / them / eco / friend
Strano's plants are also made from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, making them eco-friendly.
Strano's plants are also made from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which makes them eco-friendly.
although / not / design / be / edible / the / plant / safe / eat
Although (they were) not designed to be edible, the plants are safe to eat.
Imagine that instead of reading by lamplight, you could instead read with the aid of a glowing plant. It may sound implausible, but
scientists in the U.S. have shown that plants can be illuminated without needing genetic modification.
During their research, the team created watercress that glows with the hope that one day their research will help reduce our dependence
on electric lighting. A professor of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michael Strano, who led the
research, told us how it was done.
We've started to think about can we replace the things we encounter in our everyday lives. Like the things we make out of plastic
and electronic circuit boards, can we replace those with a living functioning plant.
Previously this year, we’ve made a plant that acts as a chemical sensor, and it will actually connect to a user's cellphone in the
vicinity using an infrared signal. This light emitting plant was an obvious extension of our research.
There are several reasons to do this.
So first, plants harvest their own energy from the sun. They don't need to be plugged in, but they also store that energy as sugar inside
the plant. So they're really a combination of a solar cell and a battery.
Not just that, but they also have other interesting functions. They'll self-repair, so if they're damaged, they actually fix themselves.
They're also made entirely out of atmosphere carbon dioxide. They're made of materials that degrade in water. We are not designing the plants
so that it would be edible, but it just so turns out that the types of nanoparticles that we are using are biocompatible in that way.
Michael Strano from MIT.