Great minds
The 9 th of November.
Great minds.
What do you think we’ll read and talk about in this module?
What do you know about hot-air balloons ?
Read the title and the introduction of the text. What do you expect the text to be about? Read, listen and check.
Прийти к выводу
Came to the conclusion
To lift
Поднимать
To capture
Брать в плен
Experiments
Эксперименты
Представил
Presented
Целый и невредимый
Safe and sound
Валеология
Health science
Одобрение
Approval
Солома
Straw
Плыть по поверхности, в воздухе
To float
Manned
Управляемый людьми
Read and listen to the text.
Read the text and choose the correct answer.
1. Joseph Montgolfier got the idea for a flying machine when … .
a) he saw smoke in a fireplace.
b) he saw pieces of paper flying.
c) he watched a shirt drying.
2. Joseph hoped to be a(n) …
a) scientist.
b) engineer.
c) performer.
Read the text and choose the correct answer.
3. They burned straw to …
a) help the balloon go up.
b) make the balloon lighter.
c) make the balloon move faster.
4. The first flight was watched by …
a) the king only.
b) just the Montgolfier brothers.
c) a lot of people.
3. They burned straw to …
a) help the balloon go up.
b) make the balloon lighter.
c) make the balloon move faster.
4. The first flight was watched by …
a) the king only.
b) just the Montgolfier brothers.
c) a lot of people.
5. The Montgolfier brothers asked the king’s permission to …
a) send animals up in the balloon.
b) send young men only.
c) send some people.
Match the words in bold to their meanings.
decided
Came to the conclusion
catch
Capture
tests
Experiments
raise
Lift
not in danger
Safe and sound
showed
Presented
List all the verbs in the Past Simple tense then write the infinitive.
present
began
begin
presented
notice
noticed
burned
burn
Was/were
caused
cause
be
put
throw
put
threw
happen
hang
happened
hung
landed
saw
see
land
came
gathered
come
gather
asked
ask
had
have
agreed
love
agree
loved
want
wanted
take
took
reach
reached
become
became
realise
floated
realised
float
Read the table. Which field of science interests you the most?
Which subject do the following people study?
1. Biology
2. Computer Science
3. Astronomy
4. Politics
5. Psychology
6. History
Home task.
Learn the new words by heart: raise, lift, put up, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computer science, Earth science, Ecology, Economics, Education, Engineering, Geography, Health science, History, Management, Physics, Politics, Psychology, Sociology.
Complete tasks on the link to the site: https:// edu.skysmart.ru/student/fodevikoda
Can you read a text and answer multiple-choice question then?
Can you talk about fields of science?