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高中英语阅读理解拓展练习Contact Lenses “火眼金睛”将成现实？智能隐形眼镜即将问世 从智能手机到智能手表，再到最近很火的智能家居，“智能”设备已经融入到我们生活的各个方面。近日，有科技公司公布，正在研发“智能隐形眼镜”。它不仅能像电脑屏幕一样展示信息，还可以用来辅助诊断和治疗多种疾病。智能隐形眼镜还有什么技术难题亟待突破？它还有多久才能真正走进我们的生活？一起进入今天的讲解。 Could Contact Lenses be the Ultimate Computer Screen? By Emma Woollacott Imagine you have to make a speech, but instead of looking down at your notes, the words scroll in front of your eyes, whichever direction you look in. That's just one of many features the makers of smart contact lenses promise will be available in the future. Imagine you're a musician with your lyrics, or your chords, in front of your eyes. Or you're an athlete and you have your biometrics and your distance and other information that you need. Research is underway to build lenses that can diagnose and treat medical conditions from eye conditions, to diabetes, or even cancer by tracking certain biomarkers such as light levels, cancer-related molecules or the amount of glucose in tears. Despite the excitement, smart lense technology still has to overcome a number of hurdles. One challenge will be powering them with batteries - these will obviously have to be incredibly tiny, so will they deliver enough power to do anything useful? Other concerns over privacy have been rehearsed since Google's launch of smart glasses in 2014, which was widely seen as a failure.It's going to take some time, just like all new consumer products, but it's inevitable that all of our eye wear is eventually going to become smart. 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.ultimate [ˈʌltɪmət] adj. ___________________ 2.biometrics [ˌbaɪəʊˈmetrɪks]n. ___________________ 3.underway [ˌʌndəˈweɪ] adj.进___________________ 4.biomarker [ˈbaɪəʊˌmɑːkə] n. ___________________ 5.overcome [ˌəʊvəˈkʌm] v. ___________________ 6.hurdle [ˈhɜːdl] n. ___________________ 7.incredibly [ɪnˈkredəbli] adv. ___________________ 8.rehearse [rəˈhɜːs] v. ___________________ 【词块学习】 请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。 1.尽管激动___________________ 2.被广泛视为___________________ 答案 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.ultimate [ˈʌltɪmət] adj. 最后的;最终的;终极的 2.biometrics [ˌbaɪəʊˈmetrɪks]n. 生物统计学，生物测定学 3.underway [ˌʌndəˈweɪ] adj.进行中的 ; 已开始的 4.biomarker [ˈbaɪəʊˌmɑːkə] n. 生物标志化合物 5.overcome [ˌəʊvəˈkʌm] v. 克服 ; 解决 ; 战胜 6.hurdle [ˈhɜːdl] n. 难关 ; 障碍 7.incredibly [ɪnˈkredəbli] adv. 难以置信地 ; 令人难以置信 8.rehearse [rəˈhɜːs] v. 排练 ; 排演 ; 默诵 ; 背诵 【词块学习】 请从文章中找到下面中文相对应的文词块。 1.despite the excitement尽管激动 2.widely seen as被广泛视为 
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