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Unit 12 Lesson 6
A scientist on a wheelchair
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• listed names of some famous scientists of the present times
• read about a famous scientist and answered questions based on the reading
• completed some incomplete sentences
• written a paragraph on the scientist in own words
A Name some famous scientists of the present time. Make a list and compare it with the person sitting next to you. Are there any common ones? Now look at the picture of the scientist below. Can you identity him?
B Now read the following details about Stephen Hawking and answer the questions that follow.
Stephen Hawking
• Born in 1942 in an educated family. He is considered the greatest physicist after Einstein.
• Wrote the book "A brief history of Time: From the Big Bang to the Present Times" in which he explains cosmology for the general public. It became famous and established his reputation as a great scientist
• In 1979 joined Cambridge University as Lucasian professor of mathematics.
• Famous for his investigations into the origins of the universe
• At the age of thirty-two received the prestigious Albert Einstein award for theoretical physics
• Very skilled in mathematics from an early age
• Got married in 1963
• Got his Ph.D in Cosmology from Cambridge University by the time he was 26 years old
Questions:
1 In which year did Hawking receive the Einstein award?
2 In what subjects is Hawking an expert?
3 What established his reputation as a scientist?
4 How old is Hawking now?
C Read the rest of the story about the life of Hawking and do the exercise below.
As his reputation as a scientist soared higher and higher, fate followed with less rewarding things. Stephen gradually started losing control over the muscles of his body as he gradually became a victim of Gehrig's Disease. Since the age of thirty, he has been confined to a wheelchair with no power to control his body except for some limited movement of his head mo hand only. He can speak only through a computer with a voice synthesiser that coverts his messages into sounds. But such a tremendous physical handicap has managed to dishearten or slow him down. Stephen is still a relentless worker, using his computer to carry out research work as well as deliver lectures. He lives with his wife and three daughters and is provided with twenty-four hour nursing facilities by an American organisation for his physical well-being.
Write if the following statements are true or false.
1 When he received the Einstein award. Hawking was already a sick mar,.
2 Stephen has not given up his job as a teacher.
3 Stephen is unable to communicate with people.
4 He married when he was forty years old.
5 Stephen can move his hands.
6 Stephen had to stop his research after he fell ill.
7 His wife also serveses a nurse for him.
8 Stephen does not need the help of a nurse all the time.
D Complete the following sentences.
1 Stephen can use a computer because __________________.
2 Common people can appreciate his genius because __________________.
3 Stephen can be heard only when __________________.
4 Cosmology is __________________.
5 Gehrig's disease __________________.
E Write a paragraph on Stephen Hawking your own words.
Focus:
Skills.
Reading,
speaking,
writing. Functions.
Organising ideas,
sifting out information,
narrating. Grammar/Structure.
Link words showing
sequence.
Vocabulary.
soared, dishearten,
synthesiser, relentess.
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Unit 12 Lesson 6
A scientist on a wheelchair
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• listed names of some famous scientists of the present times
• read about a famous scientist and answered questions based on the reading
• completed some incomplete sentences
• written a paragraph on the scientist in own words
A Name some famous scientists of the present time. Make a list and compare it with the person sitting next to you. Are there any common ones? Now look at the picture of the scientist below. Can you identity him?
B Now read the following details about Stephen Hawking and answer the questions that follow.
Stephen Hawking
• Born in 1942 in an educated family. He is considered the greatest physicist after Einstein.
• Wrote the book "A brief history of Time: From the Big Bang to the Present Times" in which he explains cosmology for the general public. It became famous and established his reputation as a great scientist
• In 1979 joined Cambridge University as Lucasian professor of mathematics.
• Famous for his investigations into the origins of the universe
• At the age of thirty-two received the prestigious Albert Einstein award for theoretical physics
• Very skilled in mathematics from an early age
• Got married in 1963
• Got his Ph.D in Cosmology from Cambridge University by the time he was 26 years old
Questions:
1 In which year did Hawking receive the Einstein award?
2 In what subjects is Hawking an expert?
3 What established his reputation as a scientist?
4 How old is Hawking now?
C Read the rest of the story about the life of Hawking and do the exercise below.
As his reputation as a scientist soared higher and higher, fate followed with less rewarding things. Stephen gradually started losing control over the muscles of his body as he gradually became a victim of Gehrig's Disease. Since the age of thirty, he has been confined to a wheelchair with no power to control his body except for some limited movement of his head mo hand only. He can speak only through a computer with a voice synthesiser that coverts his messages into sounds. But such a tremendous physical handicap has managed to dishearten or slow him down. Stephen is still a relentless worker, using his computer to carry out research work as well as deliver lectures. He lives with his wife and three daughters and is provided with twenty-four hour nursing facilities by an American organisation for his physical well-being.
Write if the following statements are true or false.
1 When he received the Einstein award. Hawking was already a sick mar,.
2 Stephen has not given up his job as a teacher.
3 Stephen is unable to communicate with people.
4 He married when he was forty years old.
5 Stephen can move his hands.
6 Stephen had to stop his research after he fell ill.
7 His wife also serveses a nurse for him.
8 Stephen does not need the help of a nurse all the time.
D Complete the following sentences.
1 Stephen can use a computer because __________________.
2 Common people can appreciate his genius because __________________.
3 Stephen can be heard only when __________________.
4 Cosmology is __________________.
5 Gehrig's disease __________________.
E Write a paragraph on Stephen Hawking your own words.
Focus:
Skills.
Reading,
speaking,
writing. Functions.
Organising ideas,
sifting out information,
narrating. Grammar/Structure.
Link words showing
sequence.
Vocabulary.
soared, dishearten,
synthesiser, relentess.