1. The theme: The great people of my country Speaking: Current events. Grammar: Present Perfect

Lesson 4.
1. The theme: The great people of my country
2. Speaking: Current events.
3. Grammar: Present Perfect


1. Choose one topic and Make a cluster.
1. Famous people of Uzbekistan.
2.My favorite kind of sport.
3.My ideal person.
4. Sport in my life.

2. Answer the questions.

1. 
   What was Abu Ali Ibn Sina?
   
2. 
   What is he famous around the world for?
   

3. Read about Abu Ali Ibn Sina.
IBN SINA (AVICENNA) (980-1037)
Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abdullah ibnSina, known in the West as Avicenna, was the outstanding philosopher, physician, scientist, and mathematician who lived around 980-1037 AD. He was born in the village of Afshana near Bukhara. He is also known as al-Sheikh al- Rais which means “The Sage of the Sages” a title that was given him by him his students. In the West he was famous as the “Prince of Physicians” for his famous “al-Qanun” (The Canon).By the age of 10ibnSina would memorize and recite the holy Koran. His next six years, the young man devoted to studying Islam Jurisprudence, Philosophy, Logic and Natural Science and became familiar with Euclid and Almagest. At the age 17ibnSina became interested in Medicine and considered it, as he was already a practicing physician, mostly self-taught. Ibn Sina is well known for his great contribution to Medicine and Philosophy, he wrote about 450 works of which 240 are extant. His most famous and important books were the Book of Healing “Kitab ash-Shifa” and “The Canon of Medicine” (al-Qanun fi al-Tibb). It is considered to be the largest ever written medical reference with more than one million words. The canon remained the world’s most important source on the subject, till the XVII century. It was translated into Latin by Gerard of Cremona in the XII century. Ibn Sina was able to diagnose cancer and used surgical operations to remove it. He also attributed stomach ulcers to psychological factors, such as tension and depression, and physical factors affecting the stomach. He used to ascribe infections on the air to some diseases. This led to the use of quarantines to control the of infectious diseases.
Many worldwide famous doctors would refer to his works as the most reliable source until XII-XVII centuries. His portrait hangs in the Hall of the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Paris.
4. Are these sentences true or false?

1. 
   Ibn Sina was born in the village of Afshana near Bukhara.
   
2. 
   In the East he was famous as the “Prince of Physicians” for his famous “al-Qanun” (The Canon).
   
3. 
   At the age 7ibnSina became interested in Medicine.
   
4. 
   He wrote about 450 works.
   
5. 
   Ibn Sina was not able to diagnose cancer.
   
6. 
   He used surgical operations to remove cancer.
   

Present perfect tense
Present perfect tense we can use for the action which are happen in the past and has a result now. Present perfect is connected with the now:
Example: Where is your key? - I don’t know. I’ve lost it.
We make the present perfect simple with the auxiliary verb have/has and past participle form of the main verbs. Past participle often ends in –ed (finished, decided, helped), but many important verbs are irregular (lost, done, written, been, seen).
We can use present perfect with the just, already and yet:
When have you come? - I have just come.





Homework: Speak about any great people of Uzbekistan