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Word Power
II. Check the following words in your dictionary and write down
their translation.
contest (n) fill (v)
invention (n) stuff (n)
hiking (n) circuit (n)
III. Match the following words with their definitions:
1. fit (v) a. great pleasure
2. tiny (adj) b. squeeze tightly in one’s arms
3. width (n) c. great number
4. hug (v) d. arousing respect, approval or
admiration
5. impressive (adj) e. suit
6. multitude (n) f. academic achievement
7. delight (n) g. measurement from side to side
8. scholarship (n) h. very small
Reading
IV. Read the article. Then correct the paragraph below. Some
sentences have more than one mistake, and some can be
corrected in more than one way.
(1) Ezra Adam Cohen is a 71-year-old who recently won the
Nobel prize.
(2) He also plays soccer and collects baseball cards.
(3) He used the $40,000 scholarship to study biochemistry at
New York University.
(4) The invention for which he won was impressive: a computer
cursor that users can move with their toes.
(5) But that's nothing: He's already come up with 1,652 other
inventions.
(6) When he left home for college, his family missed those live
rats he was always putting in the refrigerator!
Adam Ezra Cohen
Each year, the top high-school science students in the United
States enter the Westinghouse Science Talent Search. This
contest is the most prestigious of its kind, and it offers a
$40,000 college scholarship as its top prize. Last year, with
1,652 students entering, the top prize was won by Adam Ezra
Cohen, a 17-year-old senior from New York City. Adam won
for his invention of an electrochemical paintbrush. This
"paintbrush" is an electronic circuit that prints tiny patterns on
silicon surfaces - patterns so tiny that 50 words would fit
within the width of a human hair. If further developed, the
invention could be used to make powerful microchips for
computers.
Impressive as this invention sounds, its only one among many
for Adam. He already has 152 to his credit, including a
computer cursor that users can move with their eyes.
Some people may have the idea that being a serious science
student means being a serious person with no interests other
than science. If so, they haven't met Adam. He's an outgoing
young man who, on winning the prize, jumped in the air and
hugged a judge. And he's got a multitude of other interests,
including hiking, ice-skating, soccer, reading, and last but not
least, collecting wild mushrooms. "He's a delight," his father
says. "The only thing we have to watch is what he puts in our
refrigerator — bottles filled with blue stuff and dried-up rats."
Yet science is obviously very important to Adam, and someday
he may be important to it. He's using his scholarship to study
physics at Harvard and speaks of plans of continuing on to a
career as an inventor and researcher. Five Westinghouse
Word Power (6) When he left home for college, his family missed those live
II. Check the following words in your dictionary and write down rats he was always putting in the refrigerator!
their translation.
Adam Ezra Cohen
contest (n) fill (v)
invention (n) stuff (n) Each year, the top high-school science students in the United
hiking (n) circuit (n) States enter the Westinghouse Science Talent Search. This
contest is the most prestigious of its kind, and it offers a
III. Match the following words with their definitions: $40,000 college scholarship as its top prize. Last year, with
1,652 students entering, the top prize was won by Adam Ezra
1. fit (v) a. great pleasure Cohen, a 17-year-old senior from New York City. Adam won
2. tiny (adj) b. squeeze tightly in one’s arms for his invention of an electrochemical paintbrush. This
3. width (n) c. great number "paintbrush" is an electronic circuit that prints tiny patterns on
4. hug (v) d. arousing respect, approval or silicon surfaces - patterns so tiny that 50 words would fit
admiration within the width of a human hair. If further developed, the
5. impressive (adj) e. suit invention could be used to make powerful microchips for
6. multitude (n) f. academic achievement computers.
7. delight (n) g. measurement from side to side Impressive as this invention sounds, its only one among many
8. scholarship (n) h. very small for Adam. He already has 152 to his credit, including a
computer cursor that users can move with their eyes.
Reading Some people may have the idea that being a serious science
IV. Read the article. Then correct the paragraph below. Some student means being a serious person with no interests other
sentences have more than one mistake, and some can be than science. If so, they haven't met Adam. He's an outgoing
corrected in more than one way. young man who, on winning the prize, jumped in the air and
hugged a judge. And he's got a multitude of other interests,
(1) Ezra Adam Cohen is a 71-year-old who recently won the including hiking, ice-skating, soccer, reading, and last but not
Nobel prize. least, collecting wild mushrooms. "He's a delight," his father
(2) He also plays soccer and collects baseball cards. says. "The only thing we have to watch is what he puts in our
(3) He used the $40,000 scholarship to study biochemistry at refrigerator — bottles filled with blue stuff and dried-up rats."
New York University. Yet science is obviously very important to Adam, and someday
(4) The invention for which he won was impressive: a computer he may be important to it. He's using his scholarship to study
cursor that users can move with their toes. physics at Harvard and speaks of plans of continuing on to a
(5) But that's nothing: He's already come up with 1,652 other career as an inventor and researcher. Five Westinghouse
inventions.
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