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5. Read the text about Stephen William Hawking and fill in the blanks with the given sentences below.

a. He had a special computer that talked for him.
b. Although his father wanted him to study medicine,
c. In 2014, a movie based on Hawking’s life was released.
d. As the disease spread, he could not move

A BEAUTIFUL MIND

Stephen William Hawking was born on January In 1985, Stephen developed a terrible infection. He
8, 1942 in Oxford, England. When he was eight, had an emergency operation, but, unfortunately,
his family moved to St. Albans, a town about 20 he was unable to talk. (3)___ He controlled the
miles north of London. At eleven, Stephen went computer just by moving a muscle in his cheek.
to St. Alban’s School, and then he went on to Hawking was also a popular writer. His first book, A
Oxford University, his father’s old college. (1)___ Brief History of Time was first published in 1988 and
he preferred to do mathematics. Mathematics was became an international bestseller. He also wrote a
not available at Oxford University, so he did physics children’s book. He simply explained his theories
instead. After three years, he received a first-class to children. Hawking made several television
honors degree in physics. Then, in 1962, Stephen appearances. (4)___ He had the opportunity to
came to Cambridge University as a PhD student to see the movie, The Theory of Everything before
research cosmology, the study of the universe as a its world premiere. He liked it very much. He
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whole. In early 1963, just before his 21 birthday, died on March 14, 2018 in Cambridge when he
Hawking developed a motor neuron disease called was 76. He had an amazing mind and incredible
ALS. Although doctors said that he could not live determination. He never let his illness stand in his
more than two years, he completed his doctorate. way. He really made many important contributions
(2)____ and began using a wheelchair. In 1979, he to the world of science, and he was regarded
became the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, as one of the most brilliant physicists in history.
the most famous academic chair in the world.

6. Read the text again and write true (T) or false (F).
1. Stephen’s father studied at Oxford University when he was young. ___
2. Stephen’s only ambition was to study medicine at Oxford University. ___
3. Stephen received a first-class degree in physics at Cambridge University. ___
4. When he was diagnosed with ALS, he was a PhD student at Cambridge. ___
5. Hawking wasn’t expected to live more than two years. ___
6. He wasn’t able to be a successful professor because of his illness. ___
7. At the age of 43, he lost his ability to talk. ___
8. The Theory of Everything was the name of his first book. ___

7. What was Hawking’s success formula? Share it with your classmates.
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8. Choose a famous scientist/sportsperson/artist/composer, etc. Do some research and write about
his/her life as in exercise 5.

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