М. М. Кутепова The World of Chemistry Мир

All the statements below are from the discussion you’ve just heard. Imagine you’re taking part in this conversation and follow each statement expressing your point of view:

1. 
   We should think about solving our problems on the Earth before we try to make further investigations in space.
   
2. 
   The research into proteins and cell are extremely necessary.
   
3. 
   Even the secret of life itself seems to be sealed in a protein molecule.
   
4. 
   What’s wrong with cloning?
   
5. 
   If we spent money on discovering new types of foods...
   
6. 
   You don’t always solve the problem by concentration on it.
   
7. 
   Can you imagine how many problems could be solved as by-products of protein and cell research?
   

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    Work in groups of four or five. Play the roles of the members of a Special Committee set up by a National Research Council. The sum of 100 min dollars has been allocated to initiate research into a new project, to be decided by you. Read only the instructions for your own role and spend a few
    

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minutes making notes on which to base your contribution to the discussion. In conclusion the Chairperson in each group should report his Committee’s conclusions to the class.
STUDENT A: (Plays the role of Sir Gordon Bray, Chairman). He

1. 
   opens the meeting and introduces the members to each other;
   
2. 
   invites each member to speak in turn, beginning with Malcolm Donalds;
   
3. 
   politely interrupts any committee member who speaks too long;
   
4. 
   sums up the opinions of the members.
   

Some expressions to be used when:
opening the meeting: Ladies and Gentlemen, I declare the meeting open. inviting the members to speak: I’d like to give the floor to... summing up: To sum up, there seems to be...
STUDENT В (Plays the role of Malcolm Donalds, Head of the Food Research Centre.):
You’re particularly anxious that all the money allocated should be spent on the development of new forms of food cultivation, especially marine cultivation.
STUDENTC (Plays the role of Danise Hacker, Environmental Studies Expert.):
You think that the money should be spent on improving man’s natural environment by eliminating the causes of pollution.
You strongly disagree with Malcolm Donalds, Head of Food Research.


STUDENT D (Plays the role of Sally Broughton, Economist.):
You wish to set up a Council for Economic Research. The country’s rapidly declining economy is, in your view, the main cause of many other ills.
STUDENT E (Plays the role of David Donnolly, Head of the Fuel Research Association.):
You feel strongly that, with rising cost of petroleum and the possibility of world supplies being exhausted, research into alternative fuels is imperative.

14. 
    So far you almost certainly expressed views on research which were not your own. Discuss your own views on the spheres of research you feel to be the most important (1) in your country and (2) in the world.
    
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