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Still a mystery. Final topic (module 4)

Let me tell you a story based on a real facts. Some of them are currently not proved, some of them are still remain a mystery. Could a T-rex really walk the Earth again? Well dinosaurs were roaming the Earth over 65 million years ago and dinosaur DNA doesn't last that long, even in teeth or bones. Jack Horner, a world famous palaentologist ar Montana State University, however, disagrees. "Of course we can bring them to life," he says "the science is there." In fact, in 2003, his team made a breakthrough that amazed scientists, one of Jack's students have found an organic material. So does it mean that we will be sharing Earth with cloned T-rexes in the future? Jack believes it's possible, but a complete genetic map of a dinosaur would have to be worked out first and that might take decades.. Jack isn't the only one following this line of research. At McGill University in Canada, Hans Larsson has conducted experiements into reactiving dinosaur DNA

Final topic. Doing the right thing . (3 module)

Have you ever wondered about the life in someone else's shoes? Imagine then, how it might be felt if you're a homeless or elderly. So,  to find out what it's really like, one reporter went undercover as an eighty-year-old woman. After they turned 25-year-old girl into an elderly lady with help of layers of prosthetic make-up and a shabby coat, transformation was complete - it looked very convincing. Let's get it started in a shopping centre. When she got to her favourite make-up counter, where the assistant usually laughs and jokes with her, she looked as if she couldn't wait to get rid of her. After in a music shop, her request for some CDs was met with laughter from sales assistants who couldn't believe an 80-year-old was interested in the latest chart hits. She felt incredibly embarassed and lonely. And the only one person, invisible by society seemed to want to chat with her. I am not telling you have to help everyone around, no, simply, one day, it could

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1.While Joseph was training with monks he learnt about how to build character and humility through hardship and discipline, and that is exactly what he has experienced, as he said. 2. He left the academy with a new inner strength and determined to work hard to achieve goals in his life. That's about how could it help him, afterwards. To be a bit more honest, he had ran away to take a hot shower, to have a relaxing sleep.