1 Listen and read. Answer the questions.
1 Answer the questions.
1 Who does Noura think is the most important inventor? Why?
Leonardo da Vinci because he drew the first pictures of a flying machine.
2 Who does Suha think is the most important inventor? Why?
Ibn al-Haytham because he invented the camera.
2 Read the dialogue again. What are the girls sure and not sure about?
Noura is sure that Leonardo da Vinci is the greatest inventor of all time. She’s not sure if Ibn al-Haytham is more important than Leonardo da Vinci.
Suha is sure that Ibn al-Haytham invented the camera. She isn’t sure that Leonardo da Vinci is the greatest inventor of all time.
3 Work in pairs. Do you agree or disagree? How sure are you about your answers? Use the Say it! box to help you.
- Leonardo da Vinci was more important than Ibn al-Haytham.
- Agree/Disagree: I think Leonardo da Vinci was very important, but Ibn al-Haytham's invention of the camera had a huge impact on how we see the world today.
- Dorothy Hodgkin was an important scientist.
- Agree/Disagree: Yes, I agree. She made important contributions to the field of chemistry and won a Nobel Prize for her work.
- Young people are good at inventing things.
- Agree/Disagree: I agree. Many young inventors have created incredible things, like Adeeb Sulaiman Alblooshi and Anurudh Ganesan.
- Vaccinations are more important than antibiotics.
- Agree/Disagree: I think both are important, but vaccinations prevent diseases before they spread, so they might be even more crucial in the long run.
4 Listen and read. Do we stress relative pronouns?
No – we stress the words that carry the meaning.
