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Scientists have come up with answers to the age-old
question of why eyelashes are the length they are.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology
conducted a variety of tests on the lashes of 22 different
mammals. One was to create a special wind tunnel and an
artificial eye to provide mathematical models of how the
wind blew over lashes. The conclusion of head researcher
David Hu is that the function of eyelashes is to help protect
the eyes from drying out and that the optimal eyelash
length for this to happen is one-third as long as the eye is
wide. Professor Hu found that across a wide variety of
mammals, the ratio of eyelash length and eye width was
consistently one-third.
Dr Hu started his investigation after the birth of his
newborn daughter. He wondered why his baby kept on
batting her eyelids. He told the International Business
Times that: "Eyelashes that rim the eyes in mammals have
been a mystery for a long time as to what their function
was. There were a lot of hypotheses, from dust catchers to
triggering the blink reflex….What we did was the first
aerodynamic study of eyelashes. We showed using three
independent means that eyelashes reduce evaporation of
the eye by 70 per cent, and they reduce [the deposits] of
small airborne particles." A colleague said Hu had a talent
for, "looking at what everybody has looked at, and seeing
what nobody has seen."
Eyelash  kirpik
Blink  göz kırpmak
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come up with (a solution – an answer -a theory – idea ) 
bulmak üretmek -le ortaya gelmek ortaya atmak
Consistent with  birşeyin birşeyLE tutarlı olması
Consistency  tutarlılık
Inconsistent  tutarsız
Ratio  ORAN
As to : ABOUT  -e dair -le ilgili olarak
Vapour  buhar
Evaporation  BUHARLAŞMA
Airborne  hava kaynaklı - havadan kaynaklanan
Foodborne (diseases)  yiyecek kaynaklı
Embark on (a journey - a project)  BAŞLAMAK (launch)
Vary from………to = RANGE from……….to  -den……..-e
çeşitlilik göstermek (dağılım - yelpazeyi VERİR)
Variety : range  çeşitlilik varyate
Artificial (intelligence)  YAPAY (zeka)
Imitation  taklit yapay
Fake : False  sahte
False teeth  takma diş
Investigation : enquiry  araştıram soruşturma sorgulama
Inquire : Enquire  araştırmak soruşturmak
Mystery : puzzle  gizem sır
Answer Key
True / False
1. F
2. T
role
imitation
enquiry
broad
decrease
found
theories
flair
range
puzzle
3. T
Synonym Match
1. come up with
2. variety
3. artificial
4. function
5. wide
6. investigation
7. mystery
8. hypotheses
9. reduce
10. talent
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b.
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f.
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h.
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4. T
found
range
imitation
role
broad
enquiry
puzzle
theories
decrease
flair
5. T
6. F 7. F
8. F
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Wide : BROAD (v)  geniş X narrow  DAR
Broad-minded (people)  geniş fikirli açık görüşlü
Broadway  Geniş yol
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
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carry out : conduct : perform : Do  yapmak
gerçekleştirmek yürütmek yerine getirmek
………is that……….  şudur ki…………
Conclude (V) : infer  çıkarım yapmak sonuca varmak
sonuçlandırmak
Conclusion  ÇIKARIM
True or False?
1. Scientists found an answer to a question about eyelashes
and age. T / F
2. Scientists looked at the eyelashes of over 20 mammals. T
/F
3. Scientists used a wind tunnel to see how aerodynamic
eyelashes are. T / F
4. Eyelashes are usually one-third of an eye's width in most
mammals. T / F
5. A scientist embarked on this study after looking at his
daughter's eyes. T / F
6. There were very few thoughts on what the function of
eyelashes was. T / F
7. The research used one independent means to support it.
T/F
8. The researcher has a talent for seeing what everyone has
seen. T / F
Synonym Match
1.
come up with
2.
variety
3.
artificial
4.
function
5.
wide
6.
investigation
7.
mystery
8.
hypotheses
9.
reduce
10. talent
Eyelid  göz kapağı
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