Te 8 ruscha indd

Play Chain Drill.
If you were an astrophysicist, what facts of the 
universe would you study? 
e .g . A: 
If I were an astrophysicist, I would study ...
because it has always been interesting for me 
to know more about it.
B: 
If I were an astrophysicist, I would study ... .
R e m e m b e r:
13.8 billion - thirteen point 
eight billion 
4% - four percent
5 5

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LESSON 3 Looking into space
1 s W o rk in p a irs. Read th e te x t and say how m any p a ra g ra p h s it has.
2 s
Isaac Azimov, a science fiction writer, 
once said: “ I do not fear computers. I fear 
the lack of them .” These days, most people 
cannot work without a computer. However, 
is it true that the use of computers is always 
beneficial?
Certainly, there are several advantages of 
using computers at work. First of all, they 
help people work faster. For example, typing 
on a computer is much faster than writing 
by hand and it can help you write without 
grammar mistakes. Moreover, people can 
organize their work better with a computer.
They can save their work and organize their
1 b T hin k o f tw o rea son s fo r and tw o
rea son s a g a in s t using c o m p u te rs
a t w o rk. Com pare you r answers w ith 
the reasons given in the article.
W ork in pairs. Pupil A: lo ok a t th is page.
Pupil B: lo o k a t pa ge 59 .
A sk and a n sw e r. C o m p le te th e te x ts .
Mirzo Ulugbek was a sta­
tesman, scientist, great as­
tronom er and mathemati­
cian, and a grandson of the 
(1) ... (Whose). He was born 
1394.
In (2) ... (When),
Ulugbek became the 
ruler of Samarkand.
During this period, the 
city was one of the 
world centres (3)
... (What kind) of 
the Middle Ages. There was a scientific 
school, great astronomers and mathe-