2. What special equipment is needed to create a virtual world?

A headset or goggles with a screen inside or pair of gloves with sensors

3. Give two examples of how virtual reality has been used for training.

A VR driving programme educates young people about the dangers of bad driving by simulating a car journey and a virtual accident.

4. How does virtual reality help people deal with anxiety?

It exposes them to their greatest fear and by showing that nothing bad happens, helps them to overcome their anxiety.

5.  What benefits have VR brought to the world of work?

It allows people to be at home and at the office at the same time, by connecting them to their colleagues in a virtual space.

2. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处 。

1. The introduction of credit cards in the 1950s brought about a fundamental change in the way consumers paid for things.

2. Wearing a virtual reality headset enables the wearer to move around and interact with a virtual world.

3. That lens cleaning spray you recommended was really effective! It got rid of all those fingermarks on the screen straight away.

4. Virtual reality is being used to help people with anxiety disorders overcome their fears.

5. I don't know why the director rang up the boy's parents. He'd only been late a couple of mornings. As I see it, it was a lot of fuss about nothing!

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