(7) STEPHEN HAWKING - In Memoriam

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT STEPHEN HAWKING:

- Hawking says his disease made him work harder. He realized he had things to do in life and he better get going.
 
- He married Jane Wilde after his diagnosis.
 
- Hawking was born on January 8, 1942, 300 years after the death of Galileo.

- He was born during World War II. His parents moved from London to Oxford to keep him safe during the war.
 
- Hawking’s condition continued to get worse. He couldn't speak or walk. However, he kept writing and learning. He used a special computer program to talk for him.
 
- His work on the universe and black holes has changed the way scientists think about the universe.
 
- Hawking dreams big. He believes time travel is possible and people may someday live on other planets.

FILL THE GAPS:    

Stephen Hawking is a ………………… British scientist. He is often on TV and in ……………………… .
He lives in Cambridge. He is married and has got three ……………………......

Stephen has got a neurouscular …………………………..: he can`t move and he can`t talk. A nurse helps him to dress, eat and wash. She is with him 24 hours …………… day.
He can communicate with other people with a special computer. He uses this computer to teach …………… the University of Cambridge, where he is a professor of mathematics. He has got a special …………………………… with a portable computer. 

You can sometimes see him in the streets and shops of Cambridge. He loves ……………………………….. – especially buying clothes for his daughter.

Stephen is an ambitious and determined man. He can`t write so ……………………. his ideas to a secretary. He is the author of a best-selling book …………….. "A Brief History of Time".
It is ………………. the beginning of the world and other cosmic mysteries. 


- children      - dictates      - at      - called      

- shopping       - about      - famous      - wheelchair      

- magazines      - a      - disease



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