Vocabulary
1. Write the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. My friend said he really enjoyed doing (science) _______ experiments and finding out how things worked.
2. Production of these chemicals causes serious (environment) _______ pollution.
3. There have been major new (develop) _______ in space research and satellite technology.
4. It is known that new scientific (discover) _______ are being made all the time.
5. It seems (natural) _______ for a child to spend so much time by himself or herself.
2. Complete the word web with the fields that could benefit from science and technology.
3. Fill each gap with a word from the box to complete the passage.
science inventions inventing benefits productive laboratory
Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors of the world. He was responsible for more than one thousand (1) _______ including the electric light bulb and the record player. He also created the world's first industrial research (2) _______.
Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio, USA. When he was 10 years old, he set up a small laboratory after he had read a (3) _______ book his mother showed him. In 1869, he borrowed some money and began to make inventions. In 1876 he built a new laboratory so that he could spend all his time (4) _______. He planned to turn out minor inventions every ten days and a ‘big trick' every six months. He developed many devices that brought great (5) _______ to people's life. He once said that the value of an idea lay in the using of it. Edison died in 1931, after having a remarkably (6) _______ life.
Grammar
4. Change the sentences into reported speech.
1. “They are doing an experiment.”
→ He said that ______________________________________________________
2. “You have to sign the paper again.”
→ She told me that __________________________________________________
3. “We watched a television documentary on the future of nuclear power.”
→ Tam said __________________________________________________
4. “The 10 o'clock flight to Kuala Lumpur will be an hour late.”
→ They announced that _______________________________________________
5. “In 50 years' time we may be living on the moon.”
→ Scientists said that _________________________________________________
5. Rewrite these sentences in direct speech.
Example:
Louise told me that he had rung me the night before.
→ Louise: “I rang you last night.”
1. Kien said that he had missed the train.
2. Duong said that he could run very fast.
3. Mia told me that she would hand in the report the next day.
4. She said that she was reading a science fiction book about life on Venus.
Communication
6. Write one prediction for each of the following fields, based on the cues and your own ideas. Then share it with the class.
education food leisure energy home life transport communication
Example: In transport, we will probably travel faster and further in flying cars and spaceships.
Cues:
• solar energy all year round
• no schools, lessons on the Net
• nutrition pills instead of normal food
• 5D-cinema at home
• home security protection with cameras
• entertainment centre at home
• smart phone app
| Finished! Now I can… . | ✔ | ✔✔ | ✔✔✔ |
| • talk about the roles of science and technology • use future tenses • use reported speech • pronounce words starting with un- and im- correctly in isolation and in sentences • write a paragraph to express agreement/ disagreement about the roles of science and technology |
