1. Choose a quote below and discuss it

ACTIVITIES

1. Choose a quote below and discuss it.

The ripest peach is highest on the tree. (James Witcomb Riley)

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reacht the second or even the third rank.

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. (Bill Bradley)

d. Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. Salvador Dali)

2. Match the definitions and the words/phrases in the box.

To replace, controversial, alternative, expense, gravity, in flesh, to own, ambition

The force which attracts things towards each other or a strength which makes objects fall to the ground_________________

Causing disagreement or discussion__________________

A strong wish or intend to achieve something or to be a success, rich, etc._________________

To take something and put another one instead of previous one; to change the object for another_________________________

To belong someone or something______________________

Money that you spent for your job______________________

In real life, not in the picture, TV or on the newspaper____________

Something that differs from another from which is usual, and offering possible choice___________________________

3. Try to remember how the following words or phrases were used in the tape.

A huge laboratory, b. world science conferences, c. to get awarded with, d. replace typical oil productions, e. sun energy.

4. Listen to the tape again and answer the questions.

Why did Akbar decide to be a scientist? What made him be a scholar?

What inventions is Akbar working at now and how useful they can be for society? What are benefits of them?

When can Akbar announce useful sides of his invention? Why didn’t he do it in the program?

What are other alternative ways of petroleum being worked out by scientists nowadays?

What are Akbar’s future personal ambitions in science? What does he want to achieve in his life?

5. Make up a short dialogue containing information about your future ambitions in science or in your specialty.

Eg. – A: what are your future plans in your specialty?

- B: as I am studying to get a diploma in a car manufacturing industry I’m planning to found a mini-bus producing company in our region.