Unit 11 Science and Technology Lesson 1 Getting started

Answers: 1.The economy economic development 2.The workplace robots in factories 3.The home robots cleaning our homes 4.Travel traffic jams 5.Education school via the Internet... Question[r]

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UNIT 11: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PERIOD 87 LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

I Listen and read: At the science club

II Vocabulary

1 Progress (n): sự tiến bộ

2 Enormous (a)= big: to lớn, khổng lồ

3 Benefit (n) = help: lợi ích

4 Technology (n): công nghệ

5 Field (n) = Area (n): lĩnh vực

A B

Question 1a: Find the words in A in the conversation Then match them to the words in B with similar meanings:

Question 1b: Answer the questions.

1 Where are Nick, Duong and Chau?

Science and technology are changing everything.

4 What did Nick’s dad tell him?

Chau said that there would be no more schools: They’d just stay at home and learn on the internet.

5 What did Chau’s science teacher say?

3 What fields are science and technology greatly changing?

2 What is the subject of Dr.Nelson’s talk?

They are at the Science Club

It is the roles of science and technology in the 21 st century

He told Mick that only robots would work in factories and clean our homes in the future.

Question 1c: Work with a partner What fields are mentioned in the conversation which are affected by science and technology?

Answers:

1.The economy (economic development)

2.The workplace (robots in factories)

3.The home (robots cleaning our homes)

4.Travel (traffic jams)

5.Education (school via the Internet)

Question 1d: Put a word/phrase from the box in each blank.

1 Technology in the _ of telecommunications has developed

greatly over the last decade

2 In the future, ordinary people may travel into _ on

spaceships

3 He said he worked very hard and that was _ _ to his

success

4 An international meeting on _ took place

in Singapore last week.

5 If we had now, we could solve the problem of

traffic jams

Field Space The key Flying cars Economic Development

Look out!

- Science: Knowledge about the world, especially

based on examining, testing, proving facts

- Technology: Things and ways of doing things that are based on knowledge about science and computers

Question 2: Put one of the words/phrases from the box in each gap There

is one extra.

1 Her teacher said she was really good at _ _ , but she was not very good at English

2 Advances in have improved crop yields by over 30%

3 Cancer _ have made great progress, but many aspects of

this disease need further study

4 Scientific will be trying to invent _ to teach children at home

5 Thanks to _ Our world will be transformed greatly

Question 6: Give the opposite of the words in brackets, using the prefix

“un-” or “im-”

1 This is a species of insect previously (known) _ to biologists.

2 I don’t like science fiction novels much T think they are (realistic) _.

3 It is almost (possible) to keep up with the latest developments in computing

4 The teacher said that accurate measurement was (important) _ this experiment

5 Fortunately, the river flowing through our town is (polluted) .

unrealistic impossible

unknown

unimportant unpolluted

Science &

Technology

Transport

Engineering

Farming

Home Life Education

Leisure

Energy

Entertainment