Edison died on October 18, 1931.
Answer the questions on the text:
1. When was Thomas Edison bom?
2. What can you say about his parents?
3. Did Edison receive a good education?
4. What is he famous for?
5. Why did Edison's friends appreciate him?
21. Read the text and say what new facts you have learned about A. Einstein. Albert Einstein
Einstein was one of the greatest scientists of all time. He is best known for his theory of relativity' , which he first advanced when he was only twenty six. Einstein was one of the fathers of the nuclear age.
Albert Einstein was born on March 14,1871 in UIm, Wurttemberg, Germany, in the family of Hermann and Paulina Koch Einstein. When the boy was five years old, his father showed him a pocket compass. The little boy was deeply impressed by the mysterious behaviour of the compass needle 2 , which kept pointing in the same direction no matter which way the compass was turned. After public school in Munich Einstein studied maths and physics at the Swiss Polytechnic Institute in Zurich. From 1902 to 1909 Einstein worked as an examiner at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. This job allowed him much free time, which he spent in scientific investigations. In 1905 he became a Swiss citizen. During this time, Einstein made three of his greatest contributions to scientific knowledge. Each of them became the basis of a new branch of physics.
In 1909 he became professor of theoretical physics at the University of Zurich. In 1913 he was elected to the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin.
In 1933 the Nazi government of Germany took his property and deprived 3 him of his positions and his citizenship,
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He settled down in the US and lived there until his death. He died on April 18, 1955 Einstein was married twice and had two sons and a daughter by the first wife. He was fond of classical music and played the violin.
notes : 1. relativity [ rel3 'tlvitl ] - теория относительности
2. needle [ ni:dl j - стрелка
3. deprive - лишать
22. Do you know any famous British people? Read and match.
1. He was English. He was bom in 1564. He was a) Benjamin a writer and an actor. He died in 1616. Britten
2. He was bom in 1913. He was a composer. In b) Agatha 1962 he finished " War Requiem" - a very great Christie musical work. He took an active part in the struggle for peace.
3. This great man was born in London in 1889. с) Sir Arthur Later he lived in the USA. He was a film actor Conan Doyle
4. He was bom in 1859. He was a writer. He d) William wrote stories about Sherlock Holmes. Shakespeare
5. She was born in 1891. She wrote 75 detective e) Charlie stories. She died in 1976. Chaplin
23. Who were these people?
1) William Thomson was a) a musician
b) a doctor
c) a physicist
2) Neil Armstrong was a) a composer
b) an artist
c) a spaceman
3) Cleopatra was a) an actress
b) a queen
c) a prime-minister
4) Henry Cavendish was a) a physicist
b) a physician
c) an inventor
5) Caesar was a) a Roman general
b) an artist
c) a king
6) William the Conqueror was a) a sportsman
b) a king a) a scientist
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7) George Washington was a) a writer
b) an engineer
c) a president
8) Hogarth was a) a composer
b) a scientist
c) an artist
9) Isaac Newton was a) a composer
b) a scientist
c) an artist
10) Mozart was a) an engineer
b) a scientist
c) a composer
11) Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky were a) writers
b) artists
c) composers
12)TheBeatleswere a) composers
b) pop singers
c) doctors
Answers : Ic, 2c, 3b, 4a, 5a, 6b, 7c, 8c, 9b, 10с, 1 Ic, 12a,b
24. Speak about yourself. Speak about your family.
2. My Working Day
Language Practice. Pronunciation.
1. Practice pronouncing the following words with the sounds :
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