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1、Background:Lexington,Massachusetts1959Theelementaryschoolheldacompetitiontofindthebestideatocelebratethisveryspecialday,whichisitsofficialopeningday.*Whoisthewinner?LucindaEmbry*Whatisheridea?Theburialoftimecapsule.Theteacheraskedthekidstodrawwhattheythinkthefutureisgoingtolooklike.Andthent
2、heirpictureswillbeputinthetimecapsule.50yearsfromtodayagroupofchildrenintheiragewillopenituptoseewhattheydraw.*Whatisthetimecapsule?Atimecapsuleisahistoriccacheofgoodsand/orinformation,usuallyintendedasamethodofcommunicationwithpeopleinthefuture.Timecapsulesaresometimescreatedandburieddurin
3、gcelebrationssuchasaWorldFair,cornerstone(地基)layingforabuilding.Timecapsulescanbeclassifiedintotwotypes:intentionalandunintentional.Intentionaltimecapsulesareplacedonpurposeandareusuallyintendedtobeopenedataparticularfuturedate.Unintentionaltimecapsulesareusuallyarchaeologicalinnature.*Almo
4、steverykiddrewapictureexceptLucinda,whatdidshedo?Shekeptwritingalistofnumbers,numberstringsonapieceofpaper.WhenMsTaylor,theteacheraskedstudentstohandintheirworkingLucindadidn’tfinishsoMsTaylorstoppedherandtokethatpaperaway.*WhathappenedtoLucindalater?MsTaylorfoundherinacloset,underthegym,sc
5、ratchingatthedoorwithherfingernailslikesomekindofanimal,leavingacoupleofbloodynumbersonthedoorwhichshedidn’thaveachancetofinishduringtheclass.*50yearslatertheelementaryschoolpulledthecapsuleoutofthegroundandhandedthatsealedenvelopestothekidsWho’sthatluckytogetLucinda’swork?Caleb*What’shisfa
6、therjob?AprofessorofMIT(MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology),whoteachesastrophysics(天体物理学)(astronaut宇航员)*Caleb’sfatherJohnfindsthesecretsbehindnumberstringswrittenbyLucinda50yearsago.Whatisthesecretofthosenumbers,inotherwords,whatdothesenumbersindicate?Thesenumbersmatchthedatesofeverymajorgl
7、obaldisasterforthenext50yearsinperfectsequencefrom1959.*Howarethesenumbersarrangedinorder?(如何排序)9/11/01/2996/GPS(GlobalPositioningSystem全球位置测定系统)Date(m/d/y);numberofdeath;GPS(latitude纬度&longitude)àP.S.ThatdayJohn’swifeAlisondiedinthefire*Leftnumbersinthe
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