Unit 1 Great scientists Listening

Listen to Part 1. Using Language A GREAT CHINESE SCIENTIST Father of the Chinese space programme Yu Ping (YP) is talking to her friend Steve Smith (SS) about Qian Xuesen and his work as a rocket scientist.

Listen again and fill in the blanks. A GREAT CHINESE SCIENTIST Father of the Chinese space programme Yu Ping (YP) is talking to her friend Steve Smith (SS) about Qian Xuesen and his work as a _____ ________. rocket scientist

YP: What do you want to be when you _____ ___, Steve? SS: I want to be an __________ and visit stars. I wish to visit ______ one day. YP: I think I’d like to work in the space industry too. I'd like to be a ______ ________ like Qian Xuesen. SS: What did he have to do to become a rocket scientist? grow up astronomer Mars rocket scientist

YP: Well, he first studied at _________ to be an engineer. Later he went to America to study for his ________ _______. It was then he began to work on rockets. SS: So it was ______ for our space programme that he came back to China. university doctor’s degree lucky

YP: Very much so. There was no work ___ space rockets in China before he began his ________ to design and build rockets to go into space. on institute

Listen to Part 2.

Listen again and fill in the blanks. Part 2 SS: Do you think he wanted to travel into space in one of his rockets? YP: I have no idea but I believe he _______ ________ to the first space flight by a Chinese astronaut. looked forward

SS: Yes. Now that China has ______ satellites _____ space. I hope we’ll be the _____ to land on Mars. That would really be something special and if I were that astronaut I would put Qian Xuesen’s _______ on Mars to show how much we _______ his work. sent into first picture admire

YP: Indeed. He is rightly called the _____ of the Chinese space programme. He is my _____ and he is why I want to be a rocket scientist. SS: Well, we’d better ___ __ ____ our homework. We need good _______ to get into university. YP: Right you are. See you, then. SS: See you. father hero get on with grades

Workbook-Listening NAMING A FLOWER Robert Briggs (RB) is talking to Zhang Wei (ZW) about a new kind of lily he has found.

Listen again and fill in the blanks. NAMING A FLOWER Robert Briggs (RB) is talking to Zhang Wei (ZW) about a new kind of ____ he has found. lily

ZW: Hello Robert. What’s that book you’re ________? RB: A book that helps you _______ a flower. ZW: I see. Why do you want that? RB: I’ve found this lily. It looks ________ to me. So I want to ____ ____ if it’s new or not. Our biology teacher told me that if it’s already ______, I’d find it in this book. carrying identify different find out known

ZW: Wow! So you think you may have found a new lily? RB: I hope so, but I have to do some ________ first to find out for sure. ZW: What happens if it’s in the book? RB: It means that somebody else has found it and _______ it. Then I’ll know its biological name. ZW: What do you mean by the ________ name? research named biological

RB: Actually like us a flower has _____ names. The first is the group of flowers it _______ to – like a family name. A rose is one such group. The second is the kind of flower – like a _____ name. It may describe what the rose ______ like; for example, the colour of an autumn ______. Together you get the flower’s name, which is Rose Autumn Sunset. two belongs given looks sunset

ZW: Gosh! Who made that _______? RB: A great ________ called Carl Linnaeus. He lived in Sweden from _____ to 1778. ZW: So long ago! RB: Yes, and he solved a very _______ problem for biology. ZW: What was that? system scientist 1707 serious

RB: Before him _______ could tell if a plant was new, as there was no way of ________. There’re so many plants, you see! ZW: Yes, I __________ that! So his system is still used? RB: ______ it is. If my flower isn’t in this book, I’ll know that I’ve found a new kind of lily. nobody checking appreciate Indeed

ZW: That’s great! Can I come and help you? This research _______ fun. RB: Yes, and if I’m lucky … (fading out) sounds

Workbook-Listening Task Listen to Part 1. A MATHEMATICIAN'S PROBLEM John Smith (JS) is talking to Zhao Yang (ZY) about a mathematician who interests him.

Listen again and fill in the blanks. A MATHEMATICIAN'S PROBLEM John Smith (JS) is talking to Zhao Yang (ZY) about a mathematician who ________ him. interests

JS: Do you know that we’ve been studying Euler in ______? ZY: Who is he? I’ve never ______ of him. JS: Well, he was a famous mathematician in the _________ century. He revised all the _____ mathematics that was known in his day. maths heard eighteenth pure

ZY: That probably wasn’t very much. JS: You’re wrong there. He wrote _____ _____ any other mathematician before or since. ZY: Really! Well, what did he do? JS: He introduced a lot of _______ into mathematics ____ ___ pi and the terms sin and cosin. more than symbols such as

ZY: Wow! JS: And he did half of this work when he was ______. ZY: How did he do that? JS: He told his ideas to someone else who _____ them _____. blind wrote down

Listen to Part 2.

Listen again and fill in the blanks. Part 2 ZY: What were his ____________? JS: He introduced a new _______ of mathematics called topology. It helps you understand things by using ________. The _______ map is a good example. achievements branch diagrams subway

it shows how stations ________ It does not tell you ________ but it shows how stations ________ together. ZY: How did he start topology? JS: Well, in _____ he was _______ by a problem in the city of Konigsberg where he lived. distances connect 1735 inspired

Look at the map in your book. Konigsberg had a river running ________ it. The centre is an ______. As the river ______ the island, it breaks into two parts. Seven bridges were built _____ the river. Euler wondered if you could walk _______ the city so that you _____ each bridge only once. through island passes over around cross

ZY: Let me try that. It sounds quite ______ to me. JS: Try, but it’s not ___ easy ____ it looks. simple as as

Thank you.