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You are going to read a magazine

article about scientists

in the cinema

and on television.

For

Questions

1-13, choose

from the films and programmes

A-G

in the box. The letters may be

chosen

more than once. When

more than one answer

is required,

these

may be given in any

order. There

is an example

at the beginning

(0).

Frankenstein

Paper 1 Reading texts can be from

advertisements,

Dr Cyclops

correspondence,

fiction,

It Conquered

the World

informational

material

(brochures,

guides,

Them!

manuals,

etc.), messages, newspaper

and

Back to the Future

magazine

articles or reports.

Apollo

The Dean

In which film or TV programme:

does a scientist invent a new kind of vehicle?

do scientists use difficult language?

does the scientist make people smaller?

do scientists make insects bigger?

is the scientist eaten by a plant?

do scientists often find out new things?

does a scientist

0 I E

I 1 I

I 21

I 31

I 41

I 51

I 61

create

something

from pieces?

I 71

I 81

is the scientist

well-intentioned

but dangerous?

I 91

110 I

111 I

1121

is science

portrayed

realistically?

is the figure

of the mad scientist

established?

did people

find the scientist

funny?

1131

does a very clever

scientist

do great harm?

CAN SCIENTISTS SHAKE OFF THEIR

MEDIA IMAGE?

Am eri c an

physicis ts

are

ca mp aig ning

change

the

w a y

th e y

a re

p or t r ayed

o n sc r een, b u t Geoff

Brown believes the

absent - mind e d

p rofesso r

is h e r e to st a y .

Pro f e s so r

R o bert

Par k o f t he U ni v e r s it y

of Mary l a nd

h as

T he

l ang ua ge

of s ci ence

i s a n o th er

pro bl e m .

Eith er

2u n c hed

a n attack

o n the po p u l ar

im age

of scie n tis t s

a s

scr i pt w r i t e r s

fool th e genera l

a ud ie n ce

with

m ea nin g l e s s

-' o w n b y m ovies

and

televis i on .

Scie n t i s t s ,

h e

says, a r e

n o n s e n se ,

a n

e x p e r t

i s hir ed

to. t eac h

ever y o n e

t h e

' " n e ral l y

po r trayed

a s forge tf u l ,

s h o rt -sig ht e d

an d

eve n 55 au th e n t i c

t ech n i c a l

te rm s .

Film-m a k ers

w ant

wor d s

: : = zy .

m a t c h

th e r ea l i t y of their se ts a nd s pe c ial ef fect s, w ith t he

Th e

pr o f ess o r

i s ri gh t,

of c o u rse. T houg h

th ere

h ave

r es ult t ha t h a lf th e ta lk in Ap o llo

13 i s ri g ht o ver peo pl e ' s

e n a f ew serio u s atte m p t s

t o t r e a t s c ie nt i s t s with res p ec t ,

h ea d s . A t l eas t P rofesso r

Pa r k r ecogn i zes t he p r oble m .

' W e

3l e

mode l

for m o s t

m o v ie

s c i entists

r emains

the

sc r ee n

ca nn o t seem t o free ou r selves of th e jargo n wh i c h we u se, ' he

v e rs io n of Ma r y S h e ll ey 's Fr an ke n s te i n .

Br il l i an t m a n , of 60 sa ys. ' O u r fa mi l i es have go t use d t o i t , but n o t th e pu bli c . '

o ur s e,

b ut

so o b sess ed

wit h m a k i n g

a m o n s t ro u s

Boris

S o w he n w ill t h e r e b e a television s e ries ab ou t sc i e nti sts?

K a rl of f

fr o m

s p are

b o d y

pa r t s

that

h e

se e m s

quit e

Th e A m e r i c a n As soc iati o n

fo r th e A dvan ce ment

of Scien ce

:m co nc e r n e d

b y w h a t h is awf ul cr e a ti o n i s l ike l y t o ge t up t o.

h as b ee n he lpin g

t o ex pl ore t he poss ibili t i es. Th e

res ult i s

F ra nk e n s t ei n

h ad even m ad d e r

movie co n temporarie s .

The Dean ,

a projec t e d

sho w a b o u t a r esearch ce n tre whe r e

Th e re

was D r Morea u ,

w hose spec i a l it y

was ge n et i cs:

hi s 65 scie nt is t s

re gul arly

m ake

exci t in g

discoveries .

Brit i sh

: : . abo r a t o r y

was an is l a nd of c r e atur es

t h a t we re ha l f a nim a l

prod u ce r

A d ri an

Malo n e

has b een g i v e n the jo b of se lli ng

m d ha l f hum a n.

O r ho w a b o ut D r Alex a nd e r T h orke l

a s a

th e id e a t o US tel e vi s ion . T h e o nl y rule s, h e s a ys, are n o t to

: o l e m o del ? In Dr C y clops

h e mi g ht b e t he w orld 's g reat est

t e ll l i es a bo ut

sc i ence

a nd

ne ve r

t o

b o r e

p e ople .

S o m e

· iol o gis t , bu t hi s fo n d n ess for s h ri n k i n g p eo pl e t o the s i ze of

co nt rad i ction,

s ur e l y ?

~hi ck e ns d oes n ot suggest a candi d ate fo r t h e Nobel Pri z e .

P o stwar m ov i e scie n tis t s we r e main l y of a differe nt sort .

-: 1le y worke d o n to p- secret g o ver nm e n t jo b s a nd u s u a l ly

" a n ted t o d o good - thou g h th e ir m e ntal sta bilit y was st il l

u es ti o nabl e . S cien ce in t h e 1 9 5 0s was w i de l y acce pted as

: : tle ne w front i e r , b u t t hi s was a lso a ti m e of fea r a n d

_ ; Jar a no ia, and some sc i entists wa n ted to p u s h t h e

· u n dari e s too f ar, th r e ate n i ng b ot h n atio n a l sec ur i t y a nd

: : he ms e l ves. M en li ke Le e Va n Cl eef in It C on q u e red th e

W o rld : h e re g a rd e d t he 'it ' as a c l ose per so n a l friend , a n d

en de d u p as a me a l fo r thi s large vege t a b 4 1 fro m Ve nu s.

F i lm after fil m r epea t ed th e c onflict : th e m en with g un s

:-ee n t o s h oo t d ow n t h e alie n ; t h e s cie n ti s t s eage r t o l ea rn

: : - o m a s up erio r civ il izat i o n . S c i ence -fi ctio n film s o f the

Z i f r i es al so re flected t h e s us p ic ion that sci en ti s t s we r e takin g

: 00 ma n y c h a nce s wi th n at ure . They ma y ge n u i ne l y ha v e

: = . =' l iev ed t h a t a t o mi c power was a safe , c l ean e n e r gy so ur ce

- u t peo p le were s t ar t i n g t o h ave t he i r do u bts. So m a n y

: ruc le ar t es t s t ook plac e in N ew Mexico t h at t h e re s ult, in

T he m! , w a s an arm y o f gi ant a nt s .

O nce h or r o r

Look again at the way these e x pressions a r e

used i n the te x t

1 - 7 .

and comp l ete

definitions

unconcerned

(line

12)

genetics (line

14)

absent-minded

(line 40)

breakthrough

(l i ne 48)

research (line 49)

authentic

(line 55)

(line 59)

jargon

document

is known

be genuine

and o r iginal.

.. .. . . ... . .. . ..... .. . . .... . ........

is the study of how

characteristics

pass from

one generation

to the

ne x t .

i5 an impo r tant

advan c e

o r discove r y, especially in science .

. . . .. . . .... . ... . . . . . . ... . .... . . . ...

a nd scienc e -ficti o n

film s had

esta blish ed

people

are forgetf u l

and

: h e s t e r eoty p e of th e m ad o r abse nt-minded scie nti s t ,

; ; o m e dies b egan to s prea d it a r o u nd. Yo un g s ters in t he 1 960s

: : :e l i g hte d i n a D is n ey co m edy about the di s t racte d

do not pay attention

to w hat

they

a r e doing .

. . . .. . . . . . .... . ... . .. . .... . .. . .... .

means no t t o be w o rr ie d

inventor

o f

' fl ub ber',

or f l yi n g ru bb er .

Twe nt y - five

y e ars

l a t er ,

about

something,

when

maybe yo u s hou l d

b e .

Gff e re nt ge n e rati on h a d a g r ea t l a u g h wat c h i ng C h r i s toph er

- = - oy d's c ra z e d in ven t o r o f t h e time m a chin e

. . .. . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . ..... . . ... ..

is technical

o r specialized

ca r in Back

t o

language.

. .

th e F ut ure.

A ser i o u s

is the study o r

sc i e nt ist,

a l l scri p tw ri te r s

kn ow, is a b o ri ng

( I e . True , t h e mo m ent

of b reakthroug h

mi ght pro du ce h igh

investigation

of a subjec t

i n order to discover

~ a;

but h ow d o yo u h a ndle

th e y ear s o f re searc h ,

t h e

new facts .

5: :: . e t ra il s, th e midnight h o ur s hun c h e d

o ve r keyb oa rds a nd

Do you prefer

serious or light-hearted

science -

_ t - t u b e s?

f i ction

f i lms? Why?

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