Science in Our Life

Language Competence: Passive Voice, enlarging vocabulary on the topicSpeech Competence: talking about science and its importance for the mankind Sociocultural Competence: getting to know more about famous inventors and their inventions

• Science is discovery. Science is fun. Science is understanding what makes a clock tick and what makes a cat purr, what makes the Sun rise and what makes the Moon look so large on the horizon…

Rita Colwell

• The Poetry of Reality (video)

The Poetry of RealityScience is the best tool ever devisedFor understanding how the world works.

Science is a very human form of knowledgeWe are always at the brink of the known.

Science is a collaborative enterpriseSpanning the generations.We remember those who prepared the waySeeing for them also.

If you’re scientifically literate,The world looks very different to you

And that understanding empowers you.

There’s real poetry in the real world.Science is the poetry of reality.

We can do science, And with it, we can improve our lives.

The story of humans is the story of ideasThat shine light into dark corners.

Scientists love mysteries,They love not knowing.

I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things.I think it’s much more interesting.

There’s a larger universal reality of which we are all a part.

The further we probe into the universe,The more remarkable are the discoveries we make.

The quest for the truth, in and of itself,Is a story that’s filled with insights.

From our lonely point in the cosmos,We have through the power of thought

Been able to peer back to a brief momentAfter the beginning of the universe.

I think that science changes the way your mind works,To think a little more deeply about things.

Science replaces private prejudiceWith publicly verifiable evidence.

to invent

• Alexander Bell invented telephone.

• Christopher Columbus discovered America.

to discover

an invention

a discovery

• to engage (to participate, to involve) – to be engaged

He can engage an audience.

He was engaged as a tutor.

• to involve (cause to participate, to include yourself or someone else in doing something) – to be involved

Don’t involve me in your silly plans.

Try not to be involved in his silly plans.

• to investigate (to carry out research or study into a subject or problem) – an investigation

We tried to investigate this case.

He is carrying out an important investigation.

• a phenomenon (a fact or a situation that is observed to exist or happen) – phenomena

It’s quite an interesting phenomenon.

These phenomena are quite interesting.

Vocabulary Practice

• His ________________ were far ahead of the time.• Many scientists are ___________________ in this research.• They continue to _______________ themselves deeply in

community affairs. • Scientists of the world contribute to the __________________ of the

laws of the Universe.• It was an interesting __________________.

discoveriesengaged

involve

investigation

phenomenon

Grammar Practice

• George Stevenson ___________ the steam engine.

• The steam engine _____________________ by George Stevenson.

constructed was constructed

to construct

• The first step to the Moon _____________________ by Neil Armstrong.

• Neil Armstrong __________ the first step to the Moon,was made

made

to make

• Wilbur Wright ________ the first flight in an aeroplane.

• The first flight in an aeroplane _______________ by Wilbur Wright.

to make

madewas made

• DNA _________________ by Friedrich Meischer.

• Friedrich Meischer ____________ DNA.

to discover

was discovereddiscovered

Inventions OR

Discoveries

Inventions that changed our world (video)

List of the Most Famous and Important Inventions• I think number one is …

because …• To my mind the most

important invention is …because …

• In my opinion the most famous one is … because …

• If you ask me, I think …• I’m pretty sure that …• Without a doubt …• I'm convinced that …• I honestly feel that …• I suppose …• The way I see it …

• Of course.• You’re absolutely right.• I think so too.• That’s a good point.• Exactly.• I'd go along with that.• That’s true.• I agree with you entirely.• That's just what I was thinking.• I couldn't agree more.

• That’s different.• I don’t agree with you.• That’s not entirely true.• I’m sorry to disagree with you, but…• Yes, but don’t you think…• That’s not the same thing at all.• I’m afraid I have to disagree.• I'm not so sure about that.

How to make a summary• Your Know-How

• Read the text.• Find out its main idea.• Support the main idea with some important facts from

the text.

• NB! Don’t go into details.