knowing 先知

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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