Unit 1 Lesson 1 Second year

[Mr. Essam Emam]

delegation

وفد

organizations

منظمات

grandchildren

أحفاد

society

مجتمع

uniform

ز ى وحد

experience

خبرة

research

بحث

repeat

يكرر

improve

يحسن

both of

كلا من

civil engineer

مهندس مدني

retired

يتقاعد

training

تدريب

Marital status

الحالة الاجتماعية

historic building

مبنى تاريخي

transplant

نقل عضو ف الجسم

proud of

فخور بــــــ

treatment

علاج

operation

عملية

surgeon

جراح

qualifications

مؤهلات

cell

خلية

qualified

مؤهل لــــ

adapt to

يتأقلم مع

benefit

فائدة

charity

البر

qualities

صفات

progress

تقدم

Professor Madgi Yacoub

Professor Magdi Yacoub is a world-famous heart surgeon. He was born in Egypt in the village of Belbis in 1935, the son of a surgeon who worked in different places around the country. The family had to move every few years, so Yacoub learnt to adapt to different situations and enjoyed meeting different people.
When his aunt died because of a heart problem, Yacoub decided to become a heart surgeon. He studied medicine at CairoUniversity and qualified as a doctor in 1957. In the 1960s, he taught at ChicagoUniversity in the United States arid worked with many of the world's best heart surgeons.
Now Yacoub had the qualifications and experience to do great things. In 1973, tie became a heart surgeon at HarefieldHospital in England. Under his leadership, Harefield became the most important transplant centre in the country.
In the early 1980s, he was part of the team which did the first British heart
transplant operation. At this time, Yacoub travelled thousands of kilometres in small
planes and helicopters to find healthy hearts for transplants.
Yacoub became Professor of Heart Surgery at LondonUniversity in 1986. Although he retired as a surgeon in 2001, Yacoub continued to research new treatments. Recently he was part of team which made new heart parts from human cells.

If you ask why he continues to work in his 70s, he will say that he believes he can make a difference to people's lives. For this reason, he works for a charity in Africa which helps children with heart problems.

Answer the following questions.
1-When was Professor Magdi Yacoub born?
2-What did his father do?
3-Who has Professor Magdi Yacoub helped since he retired?
4-Why do you think Professor Yacoub's father had to work in different places in Egypt?
5-How do you think Professor Yacoub felt when his team did the first heart transplant?
6-Why did Professor Yacoub not stop working when he retired?
7- What kind of people has Magdi Yacoub helped in his life?
8-What differences has he made to their lives?
9- Why do you think Professor Yacoub chooses to help children in Africa?

Think of these questions
1- What is the normal retirement age for people in Egypt?
2- Can society benefit from people who _ work in their 70s or 80s? give reasons.
3- What are people's main reasons for continuing to work when they are older?
4- Do older people have any special qualities that younger people do not have? Give examples.