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A Canadian researcher has discovered that sound travels (21) air more than one-half kilometer an hour slower than had been believed. The discovery has surprised many engineers and scientists who learned they had been (22) the wrong speed of sound for many years.The speed of sound in air had been (23) to be three-hundred-thirty-one-point-two-nine meters a second. But Doctor George Wong found, (24) accident, that the speed of sound is only three-hundred-thirty-one-point-one-three meters a second. That is a difference of about sixteen centimeters a second.Doctor Wong is a member of the National Research Council of Canada. He was studying ways to (25) exactly the sound created by microphones. One of his experiments (26) a number he could use to find the speed of sound. He was (27) to learn that the speed of sound was slower than scientists had thought.To explain the difference, Doctor Wong spent eighteen months (28) past test research on the speed of sound. He finally found the (29) of the difference. It was a mathematics mistake (30) in Nineteen-Forty-Two by physicist H-C Hardy.Doctor Wong’s (31) does not mean a big change for the science of sound. This is (32) Doctor Hardy and Doctor Wong measured the speed of sound for what is called" standard air".Standard air exists only (33) thought. It is a way for scientists to agree (34) the same speed of sound. (35) the air around us, standard air always has a temperature of zero degrees Celsius and the same atmospheric pressure (36) the air at sea level. Standard air always has same amounts of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and (37) gases. And in standard air, the speed of sound does not change.The change in the new speed of sound is (38) small to affect the work of most sound scientists and engineers. But scientists say Doctor Wong’s discovery may (39) improve instruments (40) use the speed of sound to measure very short distances. 32().
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America The Beautiful,is a song almost every American can sing. And while it’s true that The Star Spangled Banner has been America’s official national anthem since 1931 ,many Americans feel a unique affection for the peaceful, patriotic words the poet Katherine Lee Bates was inspired to write during her great journey through the American out West back in 1893. The gently rousing melody, written by the hymnist Samuel Augustus Ward also helped to popularize the song.Willie Nelson’s version of America the Beautiful, is just one of the countless styles in which it’s has been sung. Lynn Sherr, author of America the Beautiful: The stirring True Story of Our Nation’s Favorite Song, seems to appreciate them all. "This is the song that has always given me goose bumps, "she says. "I think it is the quintessentially optimistic vision of America. It is hopeful. It is peaceful. And it just feels great to sing. "Ms. Sherr notes that in each of the song’s four verses, Katherine Lee Bates includes something significant about America to celebrate, something to pray for, and some challenge to overcome. In the beginning of the poem’s familiar first verse, Ms. Bates praised the beauty of the land and its bounty…Thy purple mountains majesties, above the fruited plain, America, America, God shed His grace on thee... Each stanza of Katherine Lee Bates’ famous poem also contains a prayer. Ms. Sherr likes to quote the prayer in the song’s second verse, which says" America, America, God mend thy every flaw ..." "Imagine understanding that America has some flaws and that we are after all a work in progress, "she says. "It is a song of pure patriotism. But it’s not blind patriotism. She knew this was a country that was not perfect. She knew we had a way to go which of course we still do, and yet she still knew that you could know that and still be patriotic. It is important to understand that we are complex human beings and it’s a complex country. We are not perfect but we still love it."Folk singer and left-wing-leaning social activist Pete Seeger whistling the introduction to his version of America the Beautiful. "...And Pete Seeger and understands about patriotism in a way that a lot of Americans didn’t have to, "says Ms. Sherr. "He got into trouble with the law because of some of his [ political ] beliefs. The very fact that he also sings it indicates that, bottom line, he loves America. "Ms. Sherr contrasts the meaning of America the Beautiful with The Star Spangled Banner-a song which also happens to be much harder to sing. "Our actual national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, was written by a man, Francis Scott Key, who saw a battle and he was writing about a war, "she says. "’ The rocket’s red glare, and the bombs bursting in air...’ This one, on the other hand, is peaceful. It’s about a land and a country, not about a flag and a war."Still, the words to America the Beautiful abound in heroism, as we hear in RayCharles’ iconic rendition of the song, which he began with the third verse. Oh beautiful for heroes proved ,in liberating strife, who more than self their country loved, in mercy more than life..." ’ Oh beautiful for heroes proved,in liberating strife, who more than self their country loved, in mercy more than life...’ I think those words were astounding, and so did he, obviously," says Ms. Sherr. "And I must say they resonate more than ever after 9/11. How can you hear the words’ who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life...’ and not think of all the rescue workers who went into the buildings when everyone else was coming out It’s an amazing thought in that verse and he does it just beautifully...The Ray Charles version is just so exuberant. It’s this kind of bluesy take which of course is pure Ray Charles, very American, very democratic...And this exactly represents Katherine Lee Bates’ point of view... This not an elitist song. This is not for the soldier. This is not for the president only. This is for everybody...’Ms. Sherr says we can think of America the Beautiful not just as an alternative anthem, but, simply, as a song of joy. What can you infer from the passage()
A Canadian researcher has discovered that sound travels (21) air more than one-half kilometer an hour slower than had been believed. The discovery has surprised many engineers and scientists who learned they had been (22) the wrong speed of sound for many years.The speed of sound in air had been (23) to be three-hundred-thirty-one-point-two-nine meters a second. But Doctor George Wong found, (24) accident, that the speed of sound is only three-hundred-thirty-one-point-one-three meters a second. That is a difference of about sixteen centimeters a second.Doctor Wong is a member of the National Research Council of Canada. He was studying ways to (25) exactly the sound created by microphones. One of his experiments (26) a number he could use to find the speed of sound. He was (27) to learn that the speed of sound was slower than scientists had thought.To explain the difference, Doctor Wong spent eighteen months (28) past test research on the speed of sound. He finally found the (29) of the difference. It was a mathematics mistake (30) in Nineteen-Forty-Two by physicist H-C Hardy.Doctor Wong’s (31) does not mean a big change for the science of sound. This is (32) Doctor Hardy and Doctor Wong measured the speed of sound for what is called" standard air".Standard air exists only (33) thought. It is a way for scientists to agree (34) the same speed of sound. (35) the air around us, standard air always has a temperature of zero degrees Celsius and the same atmospheric pressure (36) the air at sea level. Standard air always has same amounts of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and (37) gases. And in standard air, the speed of sound does not change.The change in the new speed of sound is (38) small to affect the work of most sound scientists and engineers. But scientists say Doctor Wong’s discovery may (39) improve instruments (40) use the speed of sound to measure very short distances. 30().
America The Beautiful,is a song almost every American can sing. And while it’s true that The Star Spangled Banner has been America’s official national anthem since 1931 ,many Americans feel a unique affection for the peaceful, patriotic words the poet Katherine Lee Bates was inspired to write during her great journey through the American out West back in 1893. The gently rousing melody, written by the hymnist Samuel Augustus Ward also helped to popularize the song.Willie Nelson’s version of America the Beautiful, is just one of the countless styles in which it’s has been sung. Lynn Sherr, author of America the Beautiful: The stirring True Story of Our Nation’s Favorite Song, seems to appreciate them all. "This is the song that has always given me goose bumps, "she says. "I think it is the quintessentially optimistic vision of America. It is hopeful. It is peaceful. And it just feels great to sing. "Ms. Sherr notes that in each of the song’s four verses, Katherine Lee Bates includes something significant about America to celebrate, something to pray for, and some challenge to overcome. In the beginning of the poem’s familiar first verse, Ms. Bates praised the beauty of the land and its bounty…Thy purple mountains majesties, above the fruited plain, America, America, God shed His grace on thee... Each stanza of Katherine Lee Bates’ famous poem also contains a prayer. Ms. Sherr likes to quote the prayer in the song’s second verse, which says" America, America, God mend thy every flaw ..." "Imagine understanding that America has some flaws and that we are after all a work in progress, "she says. "It is a song of pure patriotism. But it’s not blind patriotism. She knew this was a country that was not perfect. She knew we had a way to go which of course we still do, and yet she still knew that you could know that and still be patriotic. It is important to understand that we are complex human beings and it’s a complex country. We are not perfect but we still love it."Folk singer and left-wing-leaning social activist Pete Seeger whistling the introduction to his version of America the Beautiful. "...And Pete Seeger and understands about patriotism in a way that a lot of Americans didn’t have to, "says Ms. Sherr. "He got into trouble with the law because of some of his [ political ] beliefs. The very fact that he also sings it indicates that, bottom line, he loves America. "Ms. Sherr contrasts the meaning of America the Beautiful with The Star Spangled Banner-a song which also happens to be much harder to sing. "Our actual national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, was written by a man, Francis Scott Key, who saw a battle and he was writing about a war, "she says. "’ The rocket’s red glare, and the bombs bursting in air...’ This one, on the other hand, is peaceful. It’s about a land and a country, not about a flag and a war."Still, the words to America the Beautiful abound in heroism, as we hear in RayCharles’ iconic rendition of the song, which he began with the third verse. Oh beautiful for heroes proved ,in liberating strife, who more than self their country loved, in mercy more than life..." ’ Oh beautiful for heroes proved,in liberating strife, who more than self their country loved, in mercy more than life...’ I think those words were astounding, and so did he, obviously," says Ms. Sherr. "And I must say they resonate more than ever after 9/11. How can you hear the words’ who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life...’ and not think of all the rescue workers who went into the buildings when everyone else was coming out It’s an amazing thought in that verse and he does it just beautifully...The Ray Charles version is just so exuberant. It’s this kind of bluesy take which of course is pure Ray Charles, very American, very democratic...And this exactly represents Katherine Lee Bates’ point of view... This not an elitist song. This is not for the soldier. This is not for the president only. This is for everybody...’Ms. Sherr says we can think of America the Beautiful not just as an alternative anthem, but, simply, as a song of joy. The author describes" America the Beautiful" as a song which is().
China and Thailand are fighting fresh outbreaks of the highly contagious bird flu, which killed 24 people in Southeast Asia earlier this year. Authorities in both China and Thailand assured frightened residents the new outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 strain of the avian flu were under control and the threat of a mass epidemic is unlikely. There have been no cases of transmission to humans in either country so far.In China, officials say the virus was discovered on a farm approximately 300 kilometers west of Shanghai. Residents of the infected farm have been quarantined and all poultry within two kilometers have been killed.Officials say they will strengthen a quarantine of local poultry markets to further reduce the risk to people in the area. Julie Hall of the World Health Organization says Chinese authorities are acting to contain the virus. "They’ve been able to detect these birds are getting sick and they’ve put in place the correct measures and enhance surveillance," she says.China announced it wiped out the lethal strain of the bird flu four months ago and blamed this most recent outbreak on migratory birds.In Thailand lab tests confirmed outbreaks on two farms in towns near Bangkok. Thousands of chickens on those farms have been destroyed and officials insist there is no evidence the disease has spread. This is the first confirmed outbreak in Thailand since April. Thailand is the world’s fourth largest exporter of chickens and bans on its poultry exports have damaged the national economy.Previous outbreaks of the deadly flu in Asia this year led to the destruction of 100 million fowl and fueled concerns of massive human fatalities. Sixteen people died in Vietnam and another eight in Thailand.The deadly H5N1 strain of the avian flu was first discovered in humans in Hong Kong in 1997. The flu is transmitted from live poultry to humans but doctors say it cannot be spread in cooked food and the risk of infection remains slight. How many people in Southeast Asia have died of the deadly flu earlier this year()
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