OUTCOMES - UPPER-INTEMEDIATE - UNIT 7

Rezolvarea exercitiilor din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa IX intitulat OUTCOMES UPPER-INTERMEDIATE, Editura Heinle Cengage Learning, Autori Hugh Dellar, Andrew Walkley, Editia 2011

OUTCOMES ADVANCED

UNIT 7: SCIENCE AND RESEARCH

Vocabulary – Talking about science

Step 1

1. breakthrough = step forward
2. root = underlying
3. diminished – impaired
4. stuck = inserted
5. thin end of the wedge = slippery slope
6. carried out = undertook
7. pave the way for = lead to
8. reproduce = duplicate
9. down to = due to
10. negative = adverse
11. condition = disorder
12. created = devised

Listening

Step 2

Conversation 1 = j

Conversation 2 = d

Step 3

1. F
2. T
3. F
4. F
5. T
6. F
7. T
8. F
9. T

Developing conversations – Expressing surprise and disbelief

Step 3

1. What on earth is that?
2. How on earth …? Why on earth …?
3. Where on earth is that?
4. How on earth …?/ Why on earth …?
5. Why on earth …?
6. Who/ Why/ How …?

Vocabulary – Statistics

Step 1

1. a link, but where one figure is in opposition or in reverse of the other
2. distorted the figures (result/ numbers) for their own benefit
3. it will be to their own advantage
4. are not really precise or accurate or they do not represent what they appear to
5. in contrast to what most people think
6. there are large problems with the research
7. to make a connection
8. an exception in the statistics
9. different bits of evidence which disagree with each other

Reading

Step 2

1. because it will vary in how accurate it is
2. because it will affect its validity
3. because it will affect its validity
4. because numbers can be manipulated
5. because sometimes the data and the conclusions are not really connected
6. because there may be self-interest involved

Grammar – Passives

Step 1

Conversation 1

1. which will be sold
2. scientists
3. which they will sell
4. because we are more interested in the frogs

Conversation 2

1. getting killed
2. scientists, teachers
3. rather than killing them for dissection
4. because we are more interested in not killing the frogs

Conversation 3

1. have cancerous cells inserted in their bodies
2. scientists
3. scientists insert cancerous cells into the bodies of the fish
4. because it is better stylistically and we are more interested in the fish

Conversation 4

1. is thought to be
2. people in general
3. people think the so-called Love
4. because it is better stylistically and the doer is general/ unknown

Conversation 5

1. a census undertaken (which was undertaken)
2. the department of Clinical Veterinary Science
3. which the CVS undertook
4. because the census is more important than the department and it is better stylistically

Conversation 6

1. they were given
2. scientists
3. researchers gave them
4. because we are more interested in the penguins

Conversation 7

1. is seen
2. people in general
3. people see the research

Step 3

1. had been reported
2. lead
3. has dumped
4. causing
5. published
6. has found
7. are kept
8. is defined
9. were obliged
10. treated
11. involving
12. to be tightened
13. has plunged

Listening

Step 2

1. astronomer – analyzing visual data
2. agricultural scientist – research in lab or with animals in their habitat
3. military scientist – studying war and devising military strategies
4. hydrologist – studying water in the environment and assessing risk
5. anthropologist – studying different cultures

Step 3

1. the hydrologist
2. the agricultural scientist
3. the military scientist
4. the hydrologist
5. the astronomer
6. the anthropologist
7. the agricultural scientist
8. the anthropologist
9. the astronomer
10. the military scientist

Vocabulary – Forming words

Step 1

1. exploration
2. variables
3. diversity
4. capability
5. manipulation
6. aggression
7. prevention
8. cynicism
9. abundance
10. fatalities
11. probability
12. implications

Step 2

1. explore
2. vary
3. manipulate
4. prevent
5. abound
6. imply