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English lesson !
Teacher: Nguyễn Thị Hải Vân
Science
and technology
transport
medicine
communication
farming
education
entertainment
Home life
energy
Period 93: Unit 11: Science and technology
Lesson 7: Looking back + Project
I.Vocabulary
Exercise 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
scientific
environmental
developments
discoveries
unnatural
Exercise 2: 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 month. 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.
inventions
laboratory
Science
inventing
benefits
productive
2.Grammar
Exercise 4 : Change the sentences into reported speech
1.”They are doing an experiment.”
->He said that……………………………………………………………..
they were doing an experiment
2.“You have to sign the paper again.”
->She told me that …………………………………………………………….
I had to sign the paper again
3.”We watched a television documentary on the future of nuclear power.”
-> Tam said………………………………………………………………………………………………………
they had watched a documentary on the future of nuclear power.
4.“ The 10 o’clock flight to Kuala Lumpur will be an hour late.”
-> They announced that ………………………………………………………………………..
The 10 o’clock flight to Kuala Lumpur would be an
hour late
5.” In 50 years’ time we may be living on the moon.”
->Scientists said that………………………………………………………………………………….
in 50 years’ time we might be living on the moon
Exercise 5: Rewrite these sentences into 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.
5.He told me he would be a lawyer when he grew up.
-> Kien said:” I missed/ have missed the train.”
->Duong said: “I can run very fast.”
->Mia told me: “ I’ll hand in the report tomorrow.”
->She said: “ I’m reading a science fiction book about life on Venus.”
->He told me : “ I’ll be a lawyer when I grow up.”
3.Communication
Exercise 6: Write one prediction for each of the following fields, based on the cues and your own ideas. Then share it with the class.
Save environment to save our life
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