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Preface
This distinction prevailed until August 2006, when the
International Astronomical Union (IAU), prompted by
pressure from the professional community of planetary
scientists as well as from the general public, brought
Pluto's planethood to a vote at a triennial general assembly
in Prague, Czech Republic. The result? Pluto was formally
downgraded from "planet to dwarf planet," thereby
helping to diffuse the negative attention that we had been
receiving for six years running
- Neil deGrasse Tyson, The Pluto Files
Interview
Over the years, people started realizing that maybe that
kind of makes sense, and six years later, the International
Astronomical Union, they took a vote, and basically they
said Pluto should be reclassified. So we were, in the end,
kind of vindicated
- Neil deGrasse Tyson, interview by Melissa Block
"Astrophysicist Chronicles Battle over Pluto
How are the excerpts from the preface of The Puto Files and the interview
"Astrophysicist Chronicles Battle over Pluto different?
O A. The preface shows the author emotion while the interview
displays the author's attitude in a less emotional way
O D. The preface is not clearly structured white the interview is well
organized and easy for the audience to follow
C. The preface expresses a complete a white the interview
oves an overall maression of the toplo
O The preface contains run on sentences ander words whethe
terview use more complex sentences