新目标初中英语八年级下Unit 1--Selfcheck2

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Selfcheck2
[00:01.30]Self Check
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[00:05.86]Read the passage and
[00:07.58]circle the inventions on the right.
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[00:10.75]Predicting the future can be difficult.
[00:13.93]There are many famous predictions¹
[00:15.81]that never came true.
[00:17.66]Before 1929, there was no sound in movies.
[00:22.69]The head of one of the biggest movie companies
[00:25.46]in the United² States predicted³
[00:27.41]that no one would want to see actors talk.
[00:30.76]Of course, he was wrong!
[00:32.92]In 1977, the head of the largest computer company
[00:37.49]in the United States said,"No one will want
[00:40.52]to have a computer in his or her home."
[00:43.87]He thought that computers
[00:47.74]would never be used by most people.