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READING & WRITING

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a Answer the following questions.
1. Do you know Stephen Hawking?

2. What do you know about him?
b Fill in the blanks with the given words below.

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Stephen Hawking
My goal is simple. It’s a complete understanding
of the universe. Why it is as it is and why it exists
at all.’
Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, in England
on ____________ 8, 1942 and died in 2018. He was an was always fascinated with the Universe. His one
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English scientist astrophysicist, cosmologist, and of the most important discoveries is black hole
an author. Everybody considers Stephen Hawking radiation and relativity. His discovery is called
as one of the most magnificent theoretical “Hawking Radiation”. Before his unfortunate
physicists in the world. He suffered from ALS disease, Hawking was very active and he was
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for more than ____________ years. His ____________ also interested in dancing and rowing. He had
a very independent and strong character. He
problem was very serious. However, he was never wasn’t able to speak, ____________, and even move
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in panic and he never allowed any difficulties to his fingers, but he spent all his time on studying
stop him because he was a determined and brave black holes and space-time theories. He was a
person. Hawking was ______ a wheelchair for years very ambitious human being. With witty sense
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and can’t talk. He could communicate by a touch of humour he constantly made his complex
pad computer. He always tried to overcome the physical concepts accessible to the public. ‘A
restriction of his condition. Naturally suffering Brief History of Time’ was Stephen Hawking's
from ALS was very difficult for Hawking, but his mega best seller book and millions of people
disability also always forced him to concentrate around the world read this book. Hawking always
on ____________. Hawking wanted to ____________ said that disability was a physical limitation in
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mathematics at Oxford University, but there his life, but his disability never prevented him
wasn’t a maths degree at that university. So, he from doing ____________ and he warn people not
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focused on studying physics and chemistry for to feel disabled in spirit in addition to physical
more than 40 years. He was a member of the disability. Also, he continually reminded us to
USA National Academy of Sciences. He was look up at the stars to make sense of what makes
interested in stars. They were fascinating and he the universe exist, not down at our feet.

c Read the passage above again and match the meanings with highlighted words.
1. awesome, extremely impressive: ________ ________
2. free from outside control: ________ ________
3. decided, constant, fixed: ________ ________

4. amusingly clever in expression: ________ ________

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