Answer the questions:
What are the major breakthroughs and achievements in science which have been made recently?
What areas of science are being currently investigated more than the others? Why?
What have been done in these areas for the last 20 years?
Complete the table with the most burning issues in different areas of science.
Complete the table with the most burning issues in different areas of science.
| Area of science | Burning issues |
|---|---|
| Space exploration | |
| A new planet for living | |
| Evolution of human beings | |
| Development of new drugs | |
| Perpetuum mobile |
Practice pronunciation of the following words:
| breakthrough | /'breɪkθru:/ |  |
| horizon | /hə'raɪzən/ | |
| allow | /ə'laʊ/ | |
| evolutionary | /ˌi:və'lu:ʃənəri/ | |
| species | /'spi:ʃi:z/ | |
| ultimately | /'ʌltəmətli/ | |
| announcement | /ə'naʊnsmənt/ | |
| alien | /'eɪliən/ | |
| surface | /'sɜ:fɪs/ | |
| antibiotic | /ˌæntɪbaɪ'ɒtɪk/ | |
| disease | /dɪ'zi:z/ | |
| engine | /'endʒɪn/ | |
| fuel | /'fju:əl/ | |
| ridicule | /'rɪdəkju:l/ | |
| viable | /'vaɪəbəl/ | |
Match the words in A with their Russian equivalents in B.
бактерии, которые невозможно вырастить
созвездиe
двигательная установка
тяга
провозгласить
биологические виды
окаменелые останки
зонд
движущая сила
герметичная камера
карликовая планета
получить прозвище
подвергаться осмеянию
A
B
probe
dwarf planet
to hail
fossils
species
to be dubbed
constellation
“unculturable” bacteria
propellant
propulsion system
thrust
enclosed chamber
to be ridiculed
Sort out the words into 2 categories (international words and "false friends").
( see Reference materials: International words vs False friends)
( see Reference materials: International words vs False friends)
probe
planet
skeleton
complex
origin
zone
candidate
actual
test
potentially
clinical
theoretical
microwaves
image
antibiotic
International words
"False friends"
