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8 DVD EXTRA

ADVANCED UNIT 8 4 Underline the correct alternative to complete the


extracts.
1A Answer the questions. Make notes.
1 These are the most positive/enduring of questions.
1 Which of the sciences do you find most
2 The glacier gradually inches/moves down the valley.
interesting: biology, physics or chemistry? Why?
3 But even this simple sequence contains a
                     
profound/fundamental idea.
                     
                      4 Now that is something that you would never see
in backwards/reverse.
2 What are the most important questions for
5 There is a reason, we have a scientific explanation/
humans to consider? Why?
cause, and it's called the arrow of time.
                     
6 And once these changes have happened, they are
                     
never undone/redone.
                     

B Work in pairs and compare your answers.


5 Match the words and phrases 1–6 with their
meanings a)–f).
2A Watch the DVD. Which of the things below are 1 enduring
mentioned? 2 massive
a) a volcano 3 inch
b) a glacier 4 jumbled up
c) the arrow of time 5 an illusion
d) time travel 6 irreversible
e) repeated events a) cannot be changed back
f) permanent change b) huge
c) progress slowly
d) something which appears real but is not
e) lasting a long time
f) mixed up

6A Choose one of the concepts in physics and find out


as much as you can about it.
• Newton’s three laws of motion
• Quarks
• Law of gravity
• Dark matter

B Watch the DVD again. Make notes about each of the B Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about
three things mentioned in the DVD. the concept you chose in Exercise 6A .
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    

3A Answer the questions in pairs.


1 What are the two questions humans have been
trying to answer for a long time?
2 How does the appearance of the glacier change as
we get closer?
3 What is the ‘profound idea’ that the sequence of
events in the glacier involves?
4 What do we know about the passage of time?
5 What is the major part of what it means to be
human?

B Watch the DVD again to check.

© Pearson Education Limited 2016

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