Unit 11 grade 8: Science And Technology – Getting Started

At the Science Club (At the Science Club)

1. Task 1 Unit 11 Grade 8 Getting Started

Listen and read. (Listen and read.)

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Translated:

Duong, Nick and Chau are chatting with Professor Nelson after listening to his lecture on the role of science and technology in the 21st century.

Professor Nelson: Well, as you know, developments in science and technology are changing the way we live, communicate, travel, everything…

positive: You mean science and technology are changing our lives in all fields, right?

Professor Nelson: Right.

positive: For a better life right?

Professor Nelson: Almost better. Science and technology also have huge impacts on economic development.

Nick: Well, my father said that only robots will work in the factory and clean our house in the future. Is that true, Professor Nelson?

Professor Nelson: Right. And we’ll have flying cars and spaceships so we can go faster and farther than before.

Chau: Then we won’t have traffic jams, right?

Professor Nelson: Are not. Science and technology are also key to developments in other areas. Surely they will bring many benefits to people.

Chau: And what about education? Our science teacher said there would be no more schools: we would just stay at home and study on the Internet.

Professor Nelson: Right. Students will not go to school like now…

Positive: Wow! I hope that happens soon.

a. Find the words in A in the conversation. Then match the to the words in B with similar meaning. (Find the words in part A in the conversation. Then match them with words in part B with equivalent meanings.)

Guide to answer

1 C. developments – progress (development – progress)

2.b. field – area (field – area)

3.d. enormous – big (big – big)

4.e. economic – money-making (economics – make money)

5.a. the keys – the answers (key – answer)

6.f. benefits – help (with benefits – help)

b. Answer the questions. (Answer the question.)

first. Where are Nick, Duong, and Chau? (Where are Nick, Duong and Chau?)

2. What is the subject of Dr. Nelson’s talk? (What is the topic of Professor Nelson’s talk?)

3. What fields are science and technology greatly changing?

(What areas are science and technology changing?)

4. What did Nick’s dad tell him? (What did Nick’s father say to him?)

5. What did Chau’s science teacher say? (What did Chau’s science teacher say?)

Guide to answer

1. They are at the Science club. (They’re at the Science Club.)

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

(That is the role of science and technology in the 21st century.)

3. Science and technology are greatly changing everything.

(Science and technology are changing things a lot.)

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

(He tells Nick that only robots will work in factories and clean our houses in the future.)

5. She said that there would be no more schools, they’d just stay at home and learn on the Internet.

(She said that there will be no more schools, they will just stay at home and study on the Internet.)

c. Work with a partner. What fields are mentioned in the conversation which are affected by science and technology? (Work with your side. What areas of the conversation are affected by science and technology?)

Guide to answer

first. the economy – economic development (economics – economic development)

2. the workplace – robots in factories (workplace – factory robot)

3. the home – robots cleaning our homes (house – robot cleaning house)

4. travel – traffic jams (commuting – traffic jam)

5. education – school via internet (education – school over the Internet)

d. Put a word/ phrase from the box in each blank. (Put one word/phrase in the box in each space.)

Guide to answer

1. field

2. space

3. the key

4. economic development

5. flying cars

Translated:

1. Technology in telecommunications has evolved over the decades.

2. In the future, ordinary people will travel to space by spaceship.

3. He said that he worked very hard and that was the key to his success.

4. An international meeting on economic development took place in Singapore last week.

5. If we have flying cars now, we can solve the traffic jam problem.

2. Task 2 Unit 11 Grade 8 Getting Started

Put one of the words/ phrases from the box in each gap. There is one extra. (Put one of the words/phrases from the box in each space. There is one extra word.)

5. scientific progress

Translation:

5. Thanks to scientific progress, our world will be transformed.

3. Task 3 Unit 11 Grade 8 Getting Started

Give the opposite of the words in brackets, using the prefix un- or im-. (Give antonyms in parentheses, using the prefix un- or im-.)

Guide to answer

first. This is a species of insect previously unknown to biologists.

(This is an insect that was previously unknown to biologists.

2. I don’t like science fiction novels much. I think they are unrealistic.

(I don’t like science fiction novels very much. I don’t think they’re realistic.)

3. It is almost impossible to keep up with the latest developments in computing.

(It is nearly impossible to keep up with the latest developments in computing.)

4. The teacher said that accurate measurement was unimportant in this experiment.

(The teacher said that the exact method was not important in the experiment.)

5. Fortunately, the river flows through our town is unpolluted.

(Fortunately, the river that flows through our town is unpolluted.)

4. Task 4 Unit 11 Grade 8 Getting Started

Game: Find someone who… (Game: Find someone…)

Ask your classmates Yes.No questions, using do or will. If they say “Yes” to a question, write their names in the box. A name can be written down only once. The first person to get a name in each box is the winner. (Ask your classmate Yes/No questions to use “do” or “will.” If they say “Yes” to a question, write their name in the box. A name can be written only once. The first person is listed in each box. frame is the winner)

Translated:

Guide to answer

1. Do you like science subjects at school?

2. Do you want to travel into space in the future?

3. Do you want to become a scientist? If you want, which field do you want to be major in?

4. Do you know any Vietnamese Scientist? Who is she/he?

5. Will you go into sciences when finishing school? Why?

6. Do you admire any scientist or an inventor?

5. Practice

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences

Question 1: Archaeology are digging the ground to __________ that site.

A. explore B. patent C. invent D. support

Question 2: I really hope my dream will become a __________ in the future

A. real B. really C. reality D. realistic

Question 3: I want to go to the supermarket to buy some __________ bulbs.

A. precise B. field C. light D. steam

Question 4: We are trying to __________ the problem with the steam engine

A. support B. solve C. invent D. benefit

Question 5: There are a lot of benefits to do __________ researches.

A. scientific B. enormous C. precise D. technical

Question 6: “I will hand in my assignment to the teacher tomorrow.” Alan said to me.

A. Alan told me that he would hand in his assignment to the teacher the next day.

B. Alan told me that he will hand in his assignment to the teacher the next day.

C. Alan said me that he would hand in his assignment to the teacher the next day.

D. Alan told me that he would hand in his assignment to the teacher tomorrow.

Question 7: The new invention may receive a lot of __________ from the public.

A. concerns B. patents C. roles D. sciences

Question 8: Artificial intelligence (AI) is an area of ​​__________ concerned with making computers copy intelligent human behaviour.

A. field B. study C. reality D. technique

Question 9: Science is used in all corners of the world for the __________ of human

A. quality B. discovery C. benefit D. engine

Question 10: The teacher __________ me that I had better devote more time to doing scientific researches.

A. said B. told C. asked D. claimed

6. Conclusion

At the end of the lesson they need to reread the conversation between Duong, Nick, Chau and Professor Nelson; Also memorize the following words:

• development (n): development
• technology (n): technology
• science (n): science
• field (n): field
• enormous (adj): huge
• spaceship (n): spaceship
• education (n): education
• technique (n): method
• realistic: realistic >< unrealistic: unrealistic
• possible (adj): possible >< impossible (adj): impossible