LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH SCIENCE

Introduction[page 13]
UNIT 1. Vitamin A[page 15]
text 1: Vitamins
text 2: Vitamin A
text 3: Vitamin A deficiency in the Third World
grammar: Compound nouns and noun phrases
spelling and pronunciation: ch, th, ss, -age
UNIT 2. Digestion[page 27]
text 1: The alimentary system
text 2: Factors affecting digestion
grammar: Relative clauses
spelling and pronunciation: Letter i as /i/ or /ai/
UNIT 3. Why do we eat Fat?[page 37]
text 1: The Palatability factor
text 2: Texture
text 3: Flavour
grammar: Enough and too
spelling and pronunciation: Quantitative and Partitive nouns
UNIT 4. Ascorbic Acid[page 47]
text 1: History
text 2: Clinical insight: Vitamin C and the common cold
grammar: Link-words
spelling and pronunciation: -ed pronunciation
UNIT 5. Elderly people's diseases[page 57]
text: Abstract 1
text: Abstract 2
spelling and pronunciation: Mathematical Symbols; Pronunciation of '0'
grammar: The passive
UNIT 6. Genetic Manipulation[page 69]
text: Tabacco with a dog gene used for children's diseases
grammar: Suffixes and prefixes; Phrasal verbs
spelling and pronunciation: Word-formation and word stress
UNIT 7. Toxic Chemicals???[page 79]
text 1: Saccharin
text 2: Toxicological studies
text 3: Experimental design
text 4: Solvents
grammar: Comparison and Superlatives
spelling and pronunciation: The 'silent e'
UNIT 8. Minerals: Calcium[page 89]
text 1: Structure and function of minerals
text 2: Calcium
text 3: Recommended dietary allowance
spelling and pronunciation: Foreign plurals 1
grammar: Preposition denoting location and movement
UNIT 9. History of Pharmacy[page 101]
text 1 & 2: Pharmaceutical Beginnings
text 3: The Apothecaries - their Society and its Laboratory
text 4: Apothecaries Becoming Medical Practitioners
grammar: Preposition + ing
spelling and pronunciation: Foreign plurals 2
UNIT 10. Energy[page 109]
text 1: Concept
text 2: Factors affecting the metabolic rate
grammar: The -ing form
spelling and pronunciation: Spelling recognition
UNIT 11. Photosynthesis[page 117]
text 1: Photosynthesis as the source of organic carbon
text 2: Light absorption
text 3: Photorespiration
spelling and pronunciation: Stress patterns: O o o, o O o
grammar: Position of Adverbs
Glossary[page 127]