Listen and fill the blanks. U1 Opener(1).mp3 Look, can you guess what it is? It looks like 1 _____ sinking in the sea, but in fact it is a sketch of a future ocean exploration station. Called the SeaOrbiter, the huge 51m (167ft) structure is set to be the world’s first 2____ ship allowing man a revolutionary view of life below the surface. Although currently only a prototype, its inventor Jacques Rougerie thinks his international 3______ station will soon be setting sail. Mr Rougerie wants the ship to provide scientists with a deeper 4____ into the little-known world under the sea. “At the moment, ocean scientists can 5____ only for short periods before they have to be brought back to the surface,” Mr Rougerie told The Times. “SeaOrbiter will be a 6____ mobile exploration station with a window to what is under the surface of the sea.” The architect, whose home and office are 7_____, wants to launch half a dozen of the 8_____. At the moment he says he has half the €35million (£32million) that it will cost to build the first one, and is 9_____ of finding the rest. The SeaOrbiter would also be a useful tool for studying the 10____ between global warming and the oceans.