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B3U3 The world of science
Period 4 Vocabulary and listening
ocabulary
Career in science
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.(P39-4)
physicist
mathematician
chemist
astronomer
geographer
biologist
1.What do you know about these careers?
2.What famous scientists can you name in these fields?
Career in science
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.(P39-4)
physicist mathematician
chemist
astronomer
geographer biologist
A physicist is a person who does research
connected with physics or who studies physics.
physicist
A mathematician is a person who is trained in
the study of numbers and calculations.
mathematician
A chemist is a person who does research connected
withchemistry or who studies chemistry.
chemist
An astronomer is a scientist who studies the
stars,planets,and other natural objects in
space.
astronomer
A geographer is a person who studies geography
or is an expert in it.
geographer
A biologist is a person who studies or works in
the field of biology.
biologist
Learning to learn:
Words about different careers in science can be
formed by adding -er,-ist or -ian at the end of the
words about subjects,eg biology-biologist.
Noun.
-ist
Noun.
-ian
science
scientist
library
librarian
art
artist
music
musician
novel
novelist
comedy
comedian
piano
pianist
physic
physician
society
socialist
history
historian
Complete the introductions about different scientists with the words in
Activity 4.Pay attention to the language that describes their careers.(P40-5)
Guo Shoujing (1231-1316)was a famous Chinese
of the Yuan Dynasty.He invented twelve
new instruments to study stars and planets.He also
Marie Curie(1867-1934)was a world-famous
developed a calendar which is as accurate as the Gregorian
and was first awarded the Nobel Prize in 1903 for her
calendar.A mountain cn the Mcon and a minor planet are
extraordinary work on radioactivity.She was also regarded as
named after him.
a brilliant
and was again awarded the Nobel
British
Charles Darwin(1809-1