Articles for ielts the dangers of being over-confident

Source: BBC.CO.UK/future/article 
New words 
Fancy (v)- to think that you are very popular, attractive or intelligent 
Expertise (n)- expert knowledge or skill in a particular subject, activity or job 
Declare (v)- to state something clearly and definitely 
Cockpit (n)- the area in a plane, boat or racing car where the pilot or driver sits 
Lower odds (phrase)- something is likely to happen. 
Neat (adj)- tidy and in order; carefully done or arranged 
Stretch (v)- to make something longer, wider or looser, for example by pulling it; 
to become longer, etc. in this way 
Boosterism (n)- the act of promoting ("boosting") a town, city, or organization, with 
the goal of improving public perception of it. 
Average (adj)- calculated by adding several amounts together, finding a total, and 
dividing the total by the number of amounts 
Narcissism (n)- the habit of admiring yourself too much, especially your appearance 
Springboard (n)- something that helps you start an activity, especially by giving 
you ideas 
Hobble (v)- to make it more difficult for somebody to do something or for something 
to happen

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A new mission to see Titanic 
Four-hundred miles from St Johns, Newfoundland, in the choppy waters of 
the North Atlantic Ocean, a large industrial vessel swayed from side to side. 
Onboard, Stockton Rush expressed a vision for the future: "There will be a time 
when people will go to space for less cost and very regularly. I think the same thing 
is going to happen going under water."
Rush hopes that his company OceanGate will do for deep-sea exploration 
what innovators like Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are trying to do 
for space travel: allow anyone with enough money to venture to new worlds, even if 
they lack the specialist training. Rush's location in the North Atlantic is 
unremarkable at first glance. However, it is here that one of the most renowned and 
tragic events in history took place: 3,800m below the surface lies the wreck of the 
Titanic, which sank in April 1912 after striking an iceberg on its maiden voyage. For 
Rush, who is trying to make deep-sea exploration for the masses commercially 
viable, the site of the world's most famous shipwreck was a "must-do dive". He 
added, "I read an article that said there are three words in the English language which 
are known throughout the planet. That's Coca-Cola, God and Titanic."
But to make his Titanic dream a reality, Rush has had to create a new type of 
submersible made of lightweight materials that could take up to five people down 
from the ocean vessel to Titanic's depth. Many thought it couldn't be done. Now 
though, Rush was at the site (after successfully reaching the wreck in the submersible 
last year) with a large mix of people, including the crew aboard the vessel, 
OceanGate staff, scientists and a small but crucial group of paying adventurers called 
"mission specialists" who each paid up to $250,000 (about £225,000) for a chance 
to see Titanic up close. While there, they would also have the chance to help as 
citizen scientists, gathering pictures and video of the deep-sea biodiversity. This