Signaalwoorden

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• Leerjaar 4

Signaalwoorden

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Previously it had been thought that the phenomenon could be a

response to noise pollution caused by increased human marine traffic, but

the new study ruled that out because it used data collected from the

southern Indian Ocean which has grown quieter in recent years and does

not have extensive shipping traffic. 30------- the researchers think that the

change was a response to a recovering whale population or to changes in

the ocean due to climate change. The louder a whale tries to make its

calls, the higher the pitch gets. Therefore the drop in pitch would mean

that whales are not straining so hard to be heard. 

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UCLA bioengineers have designed a glove-like device that can translate American Sign Language into English speech in real time through a smartphone app. “Our hope is that this opens up an easy way for people who use sign language to communicate directly with non-signers without needing someone else to translate for them,” said Jun Chen, an assistant professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and the principal investigator on the research. “ 36 , we hope it can

help more people learn sign language themselves.”

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2. For example
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4. In addition

Had they been born today, Chan and Eng Bunker would have lived perfectly normal lives. A modern surgeon would probably have separated them as babies, their only shared organ being a strip of liver. Nowadays, even twins joined at the skull stand a chance of being successfully separated. Chang and Eng, 26------- , were born in the 19th century and the extraordinary course of their lives was determined by that small strip of flesh and liver. 

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Southwest Airlines has apologized to Abcde and her mother, but it is not part of the company’s policy to divulge how it has dealt with the employee in question. It’s not the first time an employee of Southwest has been in the media spotlight for all the wrong reasons. 3-------- , a Southwest baggage handler at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport was caught on camera throwing a box labeled “living fish”. Not a good look. 

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“This was not supposed to be an exercise in all-out survival. Life would go on as normal, except for my diet and living arrangements,” he explained. He timed his arboreal adventure to make the most of the wild larder in spring, summer and autumn and allowed himself a few staples (olive oil, flour, water,

vinegar, tea, coffee, sugar, rice, yeast, salt and pepper) to help convert fresh produce into appetising meals. He also planned to fish and shoot for protein

1----- kept a small vegetable patch. 

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Now she and her fellow students are determined to make up for lost time. “They are eager to learn,” said Ms. Jo, the teacher, about her first-grade students. “They are probably the only students here asking for more homework.” Ms. Hwang has already hatched an ambitious plan. “I am going to run for president of the village women’s society,” she said. “People used to ask me to run, ------ I always declined. It’s a job for someone who can read

and write.”

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