This week, we are going to watch one episode of the TV series “Cosmos: a personal voyage“, presented by the renowned physicist Carl Sagan.
Cosmos covered a wide range of scientific subjects including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe. The series was first broadcast by the Public Broadcasting Service in 1980, winning an Emmy and a Peabody Award. It has been broadcast in more than 60 countries and seen by over 500 million people, making it the most widely watched PBS program in history.
After watching the film, some grammar points and words will be outlined. We’ll deal mainly with the Present Perfect tense and some of its applications. The aim is to, basically, bring into life languange points that will enhance communication in some areas of science. In order to accomplish this, we will hold a conversation guided by topics such as sustainable development, technology development x environmental impact, space exploration, life in other planets, how our ancestors lived, etc.
Make your own briefing for the meeting! Do you have any knowledge or ideas on any of the above topics? Come and share it with us! You don’t have? Come, talk and get to know new things! You will be, at least, learning lots of English! We encourage, however, the participants to get acquainted with the subjects: it’s easier to talk about something you’ve heard or read about and, as a product, way easier to actively participate in the debate.
Please print this PDF and bring it along with you: Cosmic_Calendar.pdf
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