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1. Think about changing your mind – look at alternative ideas.

2. I live by the principle that all people should be nice to each other.

3. What an accurate guess! You got it right!

4. Advances in medicine mean that people will have healthier lives.

5. I didn’t think with my emotions. I thought rationally.

6. One day, flying cars will be a reality – we will actually be able to drive them!

7. I love reading good science fiction and feeling like I’m in the future.

8. In space, you float because you become weightless.

 

 

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Teacher: So, it is clear that in one of his books, Ibn Al Nafis uses the plot to express his own philosophical and scientific ideas. In fact, he included references to his own theories in it.

Student A: So, he was really a scientist!

Teacher: Indeed. He’s one of the greatest doctors in history. He was the first who accurately described the circulation of blood through the lungs and the body. Three centuries later, the credit went to Michel Servet and later, to W. Harvey.

Student B: So, can we say that he wrote that book to explain his own theories about medicine?

Teacher: Not quite. He explained that the main purpose of his book was to prove that the human mind can deduce the truths of the universe through reasoning and logical thinking.

Student C: And what were these truths for Ibn Al Nafis?

Teacher: The “truths” presented in the story include the necessity of God’s existence, the life and teachings of the prophets of Islam, an analysis of the past and present of man and a general prediction about his future and that of the planet.

 

 

 

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In the heart of Silicon Valley, people are working on a new type of Internet. It will be more powerful than the one we have now. Imagine you are typing an email. The Internet will know its subject, and it will suggest websites and books, as well as documents, photographs and videos you have saved that may be relevant to that topic. The new web will become smarter than the previous ones. It will connect every aspect of our digital lives. With Web 1.0, engineers wanted to make information accessible to everyone. With Web 2.0, users are able to connect with one another. Now, engineers are developing Web 3.0. This is going to make the web much more intelligent. With Web 3.0 they are going to give the Internet a “brain”.

 

 

 

The text talks about:

  • What science fiction is about.
  • The first science fiction story as we know it today.
  • The things that science fiction writers predict will happen.