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Lucy´s comment Paragraph 2 This paragraph talks about the modernity, and how people interconeced has change. Nowadays if you don´t send a message that is considered ill-mannered, than if you were late to an apointment. Afew years ago, you could interact with the people in a party, but nowadays every body is looking to their modern mobiles, and nobody see than like ill-mannered, but totally normal.

**BBC Learning English ** **6 Minute English ** //Movie science // **Callum: ** Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Callum Robertson and with me today is William Kremer, hello William. **William: ** Hello Callum. **Callum: ** Today science in the movies. And we start with a question based on a scene that will be familiar to many science-fiction fans. If you were in space and there was a big explosion, what would you hear? Would the sound be..: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #548dd4; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a: louder than on earth? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #548dd4; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">b: quitter than on earth? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #548dd4; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">c: there will be not sound at all? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">William: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm gonna go for c: there's gonna be no sound at all. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Callum: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">OK, we'll find out if you're right at the end of the programme. Well there is science in many films, not just science-fiction films. For example picture a scene in which there´s a petrol station, and there´s a pool of petrol or gasoline, on the ground and a character in the film takes a long suck on his cigarette and he throws it into the pool of petrol. In the movies, what happens, William? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">William: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Booooom <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Callum: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the movies there is a great explosion and in real life, what happens? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">William: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Does it just go out? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Callum: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes it does. Apparently – I haven't tried this and don't try this yourself but if you do throw a lit cigarette into a pool of gasoline, it just puts the cigarrete out and it doesn't explode. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">William: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Very disappointing <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Callum: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Well it's just one example of how the laws of physics and science are slightly different in the movies. But should films be more scientifically accurate Sidney Perkowitz is a scientist and author of the book Hollywood Science. He was interviewed by the BBC on this topic and he was asked how much the science in films should be based on fact and how much should be based on fantasy and imagination. What's his opinion and does he think other scientists would agree with him? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Professor Sidney Perkowitz ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ideally I think it should have some of each mixed in, in good proportions. Not everyone would agree with me. Some scientists would be tighter about it and say every bit of science has to be wholly accurate. I wouldn't agree with that. I think we could allow some flexibility. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Callum: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">So William, what was he saying there about science fact versus science fantasy? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">William: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Well he was saying that there should be some of both – of both reality and fantasy – mixed in good proportions, which means in balance, so not too much one way or the other way. But he did say that not everyone would agree with him and that some scientists would want every single bit of science to be correct. He says that he thinks they should allow some flexibility. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Callum: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Flexibility? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">William: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes, 'flexibility', meaning not being fixed on one idea. So being able to 'bend' to include different ideas. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Callum: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Let's listen again. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Professor Sidney Perkowitz ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ideally I think should have some of each mixed in, in good proportions. Not everyone would agree with me. Some scientists would be tighter about it and say every bit of science has to be wholly accurate. I wouldn't agree with that I think we could allow some flexibility. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Callum: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">So can science which is less than accurate make for a good film? Professor Perkowitz thinks so. He mentions one particular film – what was the film about and what was wrong with the science? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Professor Sidney Perkowitz ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One example that I like is a film that in fact got quite a bit of the science wrong but the basic premise was good and it´s started a discussion. That was the film called 'The Day after Tomorrow' it´s about global warming. It hyped-up the effects, it made things happen more dramatically and more quickly than they really would but it also started a conversation, so that to me is a great example of a film that had enough science in it to have some impact on real world. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Callum: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">So William, what was the film about and what was wrong with the science? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">William: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The film he mentioned was 'The Day After Tomorrow' and he said it was about global warming. And he said that although the basic premise was right, the basic premise – which means the main idea or the main theory– so although that was correct, the science was wrong in that things happened more quickly and more dramatically than would really be possible. And he also said that the effects of climate change were 'hyped-up' which means they were over-exaggerated, over-dramatized. However, despite this, he thought it was a good film because it´s started a discussion on important environmental issues. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Callum: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I have to say I really like that film and I always watch it when it's on. I know that some of it is absolute nonsense but still, you know, I do enjoy it. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #548dd4; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Have you ever seen it? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">William: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I've never seen it, no, I'd quite like to see it now. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Callum: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Let's listen to Professor Perkowitz again. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #548dd4; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Professor Sidney Perkowitz ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">One example that I like is a film that in fact got quite a bit of the science wrong but the basic premise was good and it´s started a discussion. That was the film called 'The Day after Tomorrow' it´s about global warming. It hyped-up the effects, it made things happen more dramatically and more quickly than they really would but it also started a conversation, so that to me is a great example of a film that had enough science in it to have some impact on real world. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Callum: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Well that's just about all we have time for today. Before we go **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">though **, the answer to this week's question, which was: if you were in space and there was a big explosion, what would you hear? William you said: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">William: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I said c: no sound at all <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Callum: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You're absolutely right. Sound<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> can´t travel THROUGH the vacuum and space is a vacuum. And on that note, it's time for us to leave you but do join us again next time for another 6 Minute English. Goodbye. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">William: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bye bye.