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A. Match the words with the pictures.

1 2 3 4 5 6

a celebrity b interview c biography d diploma e scientist f prize

1 2 3 4 5

B. Read and match the pictures with Leonard Harvey’s life events.

(1) My uncle, Leonard Harvey was born in New York in 1957. (2) His family didn’t want to raise him in New York and
they moved to Sydney. (3) My uncle grew up in a beautiful village. He was always a brilliant student at school. He
always got high grades. He was interested in maths and biology. He was friendly and generous. He always cared for
people and loved helping them. (4) He finished his school and graduated in 1972. (5) After graduation, he became a
doctor. At the same time, he also continued to study in medicine at Sydney University. (6) He worked really hard to find
cures for diseases. (7) During that time, he met Linda Perez and they got married in 1979. They had two children; Isabel
and Karen. (8) In 1985, he earned his PhD and became a professor at Sydney University.

C. Read the text about Leonard Harvey and write T (True) or F (False).
a b c d

e f g h

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1. Leonard Harvey grew up in New York.

2. He was not successful when he was at elementary school.

3. He was a good-hearted man and he took care of others.

4. Just after he graduated from university, he got married.

5. He continued to study in medicine and worked at the laboratory after he

graduated from university.

UNIT 3
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D. Match the paragraphs 1-6 with the headings A-F.
A. PRIVATE LIFE C. EDUCATION E. ILLNESS
B. BIRTH D. DEATH F. ACHIEVEMENTS

1. Stephen Hawking was one of the

most brilliant scientists of all time. He was born in
Oxford, England on January 8, 1942. He grew up in
a highly educated family. Both of his parents were
graduates of Oxford University.
2. Stephen was interested in math
and science in school, so his friends nicknamed
him ‘Einstein’. When he was 17, he began to study
physics and chemistry. He was not hardworking, but
he was very smart. After graduating from Oxford, he
ability to walk and talk. He and Jane got married in
went to Cambridge University to study for his PhD in
1965 and they had three children. Robert was born
cosmology (the science of the origin of the universe)
in 1967. Their daughter, Lucy was born in 1970, and
in 1962.
nine years later, their third child, Timothy was born.
3. In 1963, while Hawking was In1990, his marriage was over.
working on his PhD, he began to have health issues. 5.
He developed theories about the
Doctors discovered that Hawking had a disease universe. Stephen received many awards for his work
called ALS (also called Lou Gehrig’s disease). He including the 1979 Albert Einstein Medal, the Order of
was unhappy and felt depressed, but then he began the British Empire in 1982 and the 1988 Wolf Prize in
to study and work harder than ever before. He wanted Physics. He also enjoyed writing books. In 1988, he
to earn his PhD before he died. published “A Brief History in Time”. The book became
4. During this time, Stephen had a very popular and sold millions of copies.
relationship with a woman named Jane. Stephen
6. Dr. Stephen Hawking died in 2018,
earned his PhD degree, but at that time, he lost his
at the age of
76.

E. Write the dates of the important

events in Stephen Hawking’s life. F. Answer the questions.

1. He went to Cambridge University to 1.Who was Stephen Hawking?

study in cosmology.
.
2.He got married to Jane. 2. Why did his friends nickname him “Einstein”?
3. Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, .
England.
3.What was he like when he was a student at Oxford?
4.He began to study physics and .
chemistry at Oxford.
4.Why was the year 1963 important in his life?
5.He published his first book “A Brief
.
History in Time”. 5.How many children did he have?
.
6. He had his first children, Robert.
6. Was he a brilliant scientist?
7. He died at the age of 76.
.
8. Doctors discovered that he had a
7. Did he receive any prize?
disease called ALS.
.
9. He separated from his wife, Jane.
8. What happened when he published his first book?
10. He received the Wolf Prize in Physics.
.