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Task 1

You have a date with your gf/bf at 6:00 pm and your reservation to eat in the restaurant
is 7:30 pm. Yu just get hungry while waiting for her/him. What will I do?
1. I can’t wait for my Bf/GF because I’m already hungry, just in time for him to come
so I’ll just order something for me first because I can’t wait for him yet. He can
just order his food when he arrives.

2. My Gf and I have a date at 6:00 pm but I'm hungry because the restaurant
reservation is at 7:30 pm but I'm hungry and my date hasn't arrived yet. I can just
buy biscuits at the store to satisfy my hunger while I wait for her.

3. My gf and I had a date at 6:00 pm and our reservation at the restaurant was at
7:30 pm but I was hungry waiting for her to arrive, maybe I’ll just put up with my
hunger first because when she arrives we will eat right away.

Task 2.
Give at least 10 famous scientist/ teachnologist and their contributions.
1.Archimedes c. 287 BC – 212 BC.
Founded the sciences of mechanics and hydrostatics, calculated pi
precisely, devised the law of exponents, created new geometrical
proofs, invented numerous ingenious mechanical devices and more.

2.Alexander Graham Bell 1847 – 1922.


Inventor of the metal detector, the telephone, and the photophone –
the first device to carry the human voice using light.

3.Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691.


Transformed chemistry from a field bogged down in alchemy and mysticism into
one based on measurement. He defined elements, compounds and mixtures;
and he discovered the first gas law – Boyle’s Law.
4.Robert Bunsen 1811 – 1899.
Discovered cesium and rubidium; discovered the antidote to arsenic
poisoning; invented the zinc-carbon battery and flash photography;
revealed the secrets of geysers.
5.Alexander Fleming 1881 – 1955.
Discovered that treating wounds and infections with antiseptic agents
caused more deaths than if no action was taken. Discovered penicillin and
predicted the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

6.William Harvey 1578 to 1657.


Explained blood circulation for the first time, showing there is a
complete circuit beginning and ending in the heart.

7.Heinrich Hertz 1857 – 1894.


Discovered radio waves, proving James Clerk Maxwell’s theory of
electromagnetism; discovered the photoelectric effect, providing a
clue to the existence of the quantum world.

8.Hippocrates 460 BC – c. 370 BC.


The father of Western medicine: systematized medical treatments,
disentangling them from religion and superstitions; trained
physicians; produced a large body of medical textbooks. The
famous Hippocratic Oath binds physicians to good ethical practices.

9.Grace Hopper 1906 – 1992.


Pioneer of electronic computers. Invented the first compiler and
was the principal architect of COBOL, the most widely used
computer language of the twentieth century.

10.Edwin Hubble 1889 – 1953.


Discovered there are galaxies beyond our own. Showed we live in a universe of
many galaxies, each an isolated ‘island universe,’ separated from others by
immense distances. Independently discovered and popularized Hubble’s law,
believed by most cosmologists to indicate we live in an expanding universe.

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