Unit 11: Science and
technology – Getting started

Vocabulary
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Science (n); Scientific (adj): khoa học

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Research (v): nghiên cứu

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Technology (n); Technological (adj): kĩ thuật,
công nghệ

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Researcher (n): nhà nghiên cứu

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Yield (n): sản lượng

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Realistie (adj): thực tế

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Lemefit (n, v): lợi ích

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Develop (v); Development (n): phát triển
Field (n): lĩnh vực

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Enormous (adj): to lớn

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So ... That (conj): để

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Transform (v): thay đổi, biến đổi

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Economy (n); Economical (adj): kinh tế

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Progress (n): sự tiến hóa

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Technique (n); Technical (adj): kĩ thuật

1. Listen and read.

At the Science Club
Dr. Nelson: Well, as you know, developments in science and technology
are greatly changing the way we live, communicate, travel, everything... 
Duong: You mean science and technology are changing our lives in
every field? 
Dr. Nelson: Right. 
Duong: For the better? 
Dr. Nelson: Mostly for the better. Science and technology also have
enormous effects on economic development. 
Nick: Well, my dad told me that only robots would work in factories and
clean our homes in the future. Is it right, Dr. Nelson? 

Dr. Nelson: Sure. And we'll have flying cars and spaceships so
that we can travel faster and further than before. 
Chau: So we won't have traffic jams any more? 
Dr. Nelson: No, we won't. Science and technology are the keys to
development in other fields too. They will certainly bring a lot
more benefits to people. 
Chau: And what about education? Our science teacher said that
there would be no more schools: we'd just stay at home and learn
on the Internet. 
Dr. Nelson: That's right. Students won't go to school like now... 
Duong: Wow! I hope that happens soon. 

a. Find the words in A in the conversation. Then match the to the
words in B with similar meanings
A

B

1. developments

a. the answers

1–c

2. field

b. area

2–b

3. enormous

c. progress (n)

3–d

4. economic

d. big

5. the keys

e. money-making

6. benefits

f. help

4–e
5–a
6–f

b. Answer the questions.
1. Where are Nick, Duong, and Chau?
→ They are at the Science club.
2. What is the subject of Dr.Nelson's talk?
→ It is the roles of science and technology in the 21st century.
3. What fields are science and technology greatly changing?
→ Science and technology are greatly changing everything.
4. What did Nick's dad tell him?
He told Nick that only robots would work in factories and clean our homes in the future.
→
5. What did Chau's science teacher say?
→

She said that there would be no more schools, they'd just stay at home and learn on the Internet.

c. Work with a partner. What fields are mentioned in the
conversation which are affected by science and technology? 
Example:
1. the economy (economic development)
2. the workplace (robots in factories)
3. the home (robots cleaning our homes)
4. travel (trafc jams)
5. education (school via the Internet)

Flying cars

d. Put a word/ phrase from the
box in each blank

Field
Economic
development
Space
The key

1. Technology in the
decade.

field

of telecommunications has developed greatly over the last

2. In the future, ordinary people may travel into
3. He said he worked very hard and that was

space

on spaceships.

the key

to his success.

4. An international meeting on economic development
5. If we had

flying cars

took place in Singapore last week.

now, we could solve the problem of traffic jams.

2. Put one of the words/ phrases from the box in each gap.
There is one extra.

science subjects
technology
technique
machines
scientific progress
researchers

1. Her teacher said she was really good at
, but she was not very good at
science subjects
English.
technology
2. Advances in
have improved crop yields by over 30%.
researchers
3. Cancer
have made great progress, but many aspects of this disease need
further study.
machines
4. Scientists will be trying to invent
to teach children at home.
scientific progress
5. Thanks to
, our world will be transformed greatly.

3. Give the opposite of the words in brackets, using the prefix un- or
imExample: necessary → unnecessary
1. This is a species of insect previously (known) unknown

to biologists.
2. I don't like science fiction novels much. I think they are (realistic) unrealistic
3. It is almost (possible) impossible
computing.

.

to keep up with the latest developments in

4. The teacher said that accurate measurement was (important) umimportant
experiment.

in this

5. Fortunately, the river flowing through our town is (polluted)

.

unpolluted

4. GAME: FIND SOMEONE WHO ...

Ask your classmate Yes/No questions, using
do or will. If they say "Yes" to a question,
write their names in the box. A name can be
written down only once. The first person to
get a name in each box is the winner.