2025年亮点给力提优课时作业本九年级英语上册译林版第63页答案
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made of, study, walk, possibility, an, interest, to, stick, how, surprise
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In a room at Stanford University, scientists are studying a small animal called gecko. It's an amazing animal because it can move very quickly up and down a tree and even upside down on ceilings. The scientists are especially 1 in the gecko's feet. They want to use the same design on a metal robot that looks very similar 2 the gecko. It has four feet and can walk up walls 3 glass or plastic, but it still has trouble walking upside down.
Animals and plants can teach humans a lot about design and engineering. As a result, many engineers, scientists, and designers spend time 4 them. When they have a problem, nature often has the answer. This science is called biomimetics (生物模仿学). “Bio” means “living things” and “mimetics” means “copying”.
Velcro is probably the most famous example of biomimetics. Most people have some Velcro on clothes and shoes. It was invented by the Swiss engineer George in 1948. He 5 in the countryside when he pulled a burr off his trousers. He noticed how well the burr stuck to his clothes so he studied its design. The result was Velcro, which became 6 alternative(替代品)to the traditional zipper.
In 1982, Wilhelm Bartlott got a great idea studying the leaf of a lotus(莲花)plant. He noticed that water always ran off the leaf. When he had a closer look, he discovered 7 it worked. Bartlott copied the leaf's special surface and now you can find it in specialized paint products that don't allow water and dirt 8 to them.
In conclusion, biomimetics not only has helped to design our world but shows many more 9. And yet, it might take a long time to develop. This isn't really 10:it took nature millions of years to design its animals and plants.

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interested ; to ; made of ; studying ; was walking ; an ; how ; to stick ; possibilities ; surprising