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Unit 18 Science and Technology Section A 1. vaccinate effects 2.countdown lift off International Space Station 3.fired orbit 4.stem cell 5.DNA 6.global warming 7.fossilized dinosaurs 8.mummified 9.Nobel Prize Big Bang Big Bang 10.verified soalr outmost Section B The first of there spacewalks for the Shuttle Atlantis crew is underway. NASA spokesman Kyle Herring tells us that two of the astronauts began installing a new 35,000-pound addition to the space station United Nations scientists have cast doubt on links between deforestation and the kind of devastating floods seen most recently in Central America. Anew report has warned that the impact of global warming could push some species of birds, mammals and reptiles towards extinction as they become unable to follow their usual migration patterns. Astronomers at the American space agency N ASA say they have detected the light from the first stars created in the universe. Writing in the journal Nature, they say the stars were born more than 13 billion years ago, not long after the birth of the universe itself. Astronomers are voting today on new guidelines that will define what is a planet . Their decision could downgrade Pluto from a planet to a dwarf , a step below Earth and the seven other planets. Planet Pluto is smaller than Earth’s moon. Key B A A C D Section C Item 1 China has been setting out its plans for further space missions hours after its second manned space flight ended successfully. A senior official said the next manned mission in 2007 would include a spacewalk . The astronauts would develop the ability to dock with other spacecraft . In the latest mission, two astronauts arrived safely back on Earth after five days when their Shenzhou VI capsule touched down in Inner Mongolia. They were given a rapturous reception in Beijing at a ceremony presided over by the country’s defense minister. The flight comes two years after China’s fi