Answer — Exercise 2
9.1 - Giant leaps·Speakout Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
Student A: read the texts on page 1-5, and make notes using the prompts below. Student B: turn to page 162.
Answer
Galileo explores the heavens
- What? → Exploring the sky
- Where? → Italy When? 1630
- Why? → It changed our view of the universe.
The steam engine
- What? → Invention of the steam engine
- Where? → Britain When? 18th century
- Why? → It changed many things, e.g. transport, manufacturing and communication.
Learning to eat meat
- What? → Learning to eat meat
- Where? → Africa
- When? → 2.5 million years ago
- Why? → It led to hunting, which led to us being imaginative and intelligent.
Teaching people to read
- What? → Teaching people to read
- Where? → France When? 1199
- Why? → Reading became the foundation of modern education.