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D Find the words in A in the conversation. Put one of the words/ phrases from the box in
Then match them to the words in B with each gap. There is one extra.
similar meanings.
science subjects technology technique
A B machines scientifi c progress researchers
1. developments a. the answers
1. Her teacher said she was really good at _______,
2. fi eld b. area
but she was not very good at English.
3. enormous c. progress (n)
2. Advances in _______ have improved crop yields by
4. economic d. big
over 30%.
5. the keys e. money-making
3. Cancer _______ have made great progress, but
6. benefi ts f. help
many aspects of this disease need further study.
E Answer the questions. 4. Scientists will be trying to invent _______ to teach
children at home.
1. Where are Nick, Duong, and Chau?
5. Thanks to _______, our world will be transformed
2. What is the subject of Dr. Nelson’s talk?
greatly.
3. What fi elds are science and technology greatly
Give the opposite of the words in brackets,
changing?
using the prefi x un- or im-.
4. What did Nick’s dad tell him?
5. What did Chau’s science teacher say? Example: necessary → unnecessary
F Work with a partner. What fields are 1. This is a species of insect previously (known)
mentioned in the conversation which are _______ to biologists.
affected by science and technology? 2. I don’t like science fi ction novels much. I think
they are (realistic) _______.
G Put a word/ phrase from the box in each blank. 3. It is almost (possible) _______ to keep up with
the latest developments in computing.
4. The teacher said that accurate measurement
was (important) _______ in this experiment.
5. Fortunately, the river fl owing through our town
is (polluted) _______.
fl ying cars economic development *$0( ),1' 620(21( :+2
fi eld space the key
Ask your classmates Yes/ No questions, using
do or will. If they say ‘Yes’ to a question,
1. Technology in the _______ of telecommunications
has developed greatly over the last decade. write their names in the box. A name can be
written down only once. The fi rst person to
2. In the future, ordinary people may travel into
get a name in each box is the winner.
_______ on spaceships.
3. He said he worked very hard and that was
Find someone who...
_______ to his success.
4. An international meeting on _______ took place
likes science subjects wants to travel into wants to become a
in Singapore last week.
at school space in the future scientist
5. If we had _______ now, we could solve the
problem of traffi c jams.
knows a Vietnamese will go into sciences admires a scientist
Look out! scientist when fi nishing or an inventor
Can you explain the diff erence between en school
science and technology?

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