Упр.4a Уроки 5-6 Юнит 6 New Millennium English 11 класс
4 A. Discuss in pairs and decide which of the following statements about the language of science are true.1 The language of science is meant:a) for anybody who cares to hear or read itb) for those who have some knowledge of the subject.2 It is so because scientists:a) want to be objective and preciseb) dontaskt want to be understood by non-specialists.3 Most scientific terms were borrowed from dead languages (ancient Greek and Latin) in order:a) to show that the language of science is for educated and learned peopleb) to avoid the emotional colouring of a living languagec) to make it understandable for specialists onlyd) to make it understandable for all scientists in the world.Some scientific terms of Greek or Latin origin have become widely used in modern English, such as:
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4 A. Discuss in pairs and decide which of the following statements about the language of science are true.
1 The language of science is meant:
a) for anybody who cares to hear or read it
b) for those who have some knowledge of the subject.
2 It is so because scientists:
a) want to be objective and precise
b) dontaskt want to be understood by non-specialists.
3 Most scientific terms were borrowed from dead languages (ancient Greek and Latin) in order:
a) to show that the language of science is for educated and learned people
b) to avoid the emotional colouring of a living language
c) to make it understandable for specialists only
d) to make it understandable for all scientists in the world.
Some scientific terms of Greek or Latin origin have become widely used in modern English, such as:
data n — pi uncountable
phenomenon n — pi phenomena
criterion n — pi criteria
hypothesis n — hypotheses
Note that they still preserve some of the original features, e.g. plural forms.