Стр.90-91 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 9 класс

Read the introduction to the text and look at the headings and the pictures. Why do you think each person can be described as a “bright spark”? Listen to and read the text to find out.

A Angela Zhang, scientist, California, USA

B Emily Cummins, inventor, England

C Derreck Kayongo, community project leader, Uganda

Check these words: cure, cancer, nanoparticle, tumour, tissue, overwhelming, stuffed animal, hammer, come up with, sweating, evaporation, cylinder, wasteful, hygiene, chill, global.

Read the texts again. For questions 1–10, choose from the people (A–C). Compare with a partner.

Which person:

1. had his/her interest encouraged by someone else?
2. got a strong reaction from an announcement he/she made?
3. reacted to something he/she heard?
4. asked somebody for something to get started?
5. compares something to a kind of game?
6. passes his/her knowledge & advise onto others?
7. based his/her idea on a natural process?
8. was given a nickname because of his/her idea?
9. mentions that something isn’t/wasn’t easy?

Match the words in bold with their meanings: likely to be successful, solve, shocked, clean/disinfect, capability, easily moved.

Complete with: cross, tumors, rejection, tissue, donate, evaporates.

1. Water ______ when it is boiled.
2. Cells in cancerous ______ divide without control or order.
3. The doctor said he had to remove ______ from the body to examine it.
4. Fear of ______ is the fear that others won’t accept you or your beliefs.
5. It didn’t ______ his mind that he would become so successful.
6. We should all ______ to charities.

a) Use the introductory verbs in brackets to report what was said.

1. “Can I buy those cards?” he said to her. (ask)
2. “Sorry I didn’t call you,” he said. (apologise)
3. “Don’t throw it away,” Sally said to Mike. (tell)
4. “Where did you get it from?” she said to him. (ask)
5. “Hand in your essay tomorrow,” he said. (remind)
6. “Stop shouting,” he told us. (order)
7. “Let’s watch ‘Beat the Boss’,” she said. (suggest)
8. “No, I won’t give up,” he told me. (refuse)

b) Find examples of direct speech in the text. Rewrite the sentences in indirect speech in your notebook.

Take part in a telephone survey. You have to answer six questions. Give full answers to the questions. Remember that you have 60 seconds to answer each question.

Electronic assistant: Hello! It’s the electronic assistant of the Life Sciences Laboratory, Huntdon. We need to find out about how people feel about encouraging an interest in science in your area. Please answer six questions. The survey is anonymous — you don’t have to give your name. So, shall we begin?

1. Could you tell me your age, please?
2. How important is it to follow scientific developments in the news or other media?
3. How would you feel about going to lectures on scientific breakthroughs?
4. What do you think about local museums efforts to educate the public about science?
5. What more do you think local authorities can do to encourage people to be interested in science?
6. What kind of interest would local people have in finding out more about science in your area?

Think! Choose one of the people in the text and think about why you admire them. Why are they successful? How can successful people like this inspire us in our own lives? In a few minutes, write a few sentences about this in your notebook. Read your sentences to the class.