A MEDICAL PRODIGY Askrit Jaswall was born in India in 1993. It was soon clear to his parents that he was much more intelligent than other children in the district. He said his first words when he was only ten months old and could read adult books at the age of five. His favourite interest was medicine, and he wanted to be a doctor. When he was six, doctors in the local hospital said he could watch them. He spent many hours there, and he also read a lot of books about medicine. He soon knew a lot about the subject!
Askrit went to university in India at the age of eleven to study medicine. He wants to finish his studies in India and then continue his studies at Harvard University in America. He wants to find new medicines to make people well. When he was younger, he saw people dying in the streets in India. They couldn’t go to hospital because they were poor and didn’t have any money. Askrit wants to help people like these in future.
Read the text and complete the sentences with one, two or three words:
1 Askrit was child in the district.
2 Askrit could before he was a year old.
3 When he was a child, Askrit was interested .
4 Askrit went to university when he was old.
5 Askrit wants to help those who are ill, especially.
The most famous lake in Scotland is Loch Ness. People say that in this lake they see Nessie. It is a mysterious monster. Nessie sometimes appears to scare the tourists but only in fine weather, which is a great rarity for Scotland! Nobody knows if
the monster is fact or fiction. Experts have been discussing that question for years, but in recent times more and more people have become convinced that a whole colony of giant creatures may live in the loch. People watch the loch and try to make a photo. Sometimes people do it and a lot of people see that there's something there in the photos. The following picture has been created: a length of around eighteen metres, one-sixth of which is head and neck; four fins; and a stubby tail. There are all sorts of theories about the monster. In 1973 a Japanese trading firm organized its own 'scientific' expedition. The necessary equipment, including a small submarine, was brought to Scotland.
But the monster of Loch Ness remains mysterious.