Vocabulary
1) comes across – наталкиваться
2) face – сталкиваться
3)to be acute to – быть острым (о проблемах)
4) generation gap – разногласия между поколениями
5) a system of values concerning – система ценностей, касающаяся
6) adults - взрослые
7) undoubtedly – несомненно, бесспорно
8) to derive joy – получать радость
9) blindly accept – слепо принимать
10) to bear in mind – помнить что-н., иметь что-н. ввиду
11) inevitable – неизбежный
12) anew – заново
13) to lose touch – терять связь
14) unnecessary blurs – ненужные воспоминания
15) to overcome – преодолеть
16) an assumption – предположение
17) the clash of tastes and value – совпадение вкусов и ценностей
18) occasionally – время от времени, изредка
19) despite – несмотря на
20) to console – утешать
21) to be on good terms with smb. – поддерживать хорошие отношения с кем-л.
22) to betray – предавать
23) (pledge) of friendship – (обязательство) гарантия дружбы
24) passion – страсть
25) regrettable – прискорбный, достойный сожаления
26) accommodations problems – проблемы жилья
Текст № 8.
Science and scientists
Science is a sphere of people's activity. Those who are involved in1 science are called scientists2 and scholars3. Scientists deal with exact4 and natural sciences5: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geography. Scholars study History, Art, Literature and Languages.
The aim of their work is to understand the fundamental laws of nature and society, to analyse and systematize the data obtained6 experimentally. They work hard to investigate unknown phenomena in various branches of science.
Usually scientists and scholars working in the same field are united in Research Laboratories7, Institutes8 and Centres9. If problems are of great importance (significance) International Research Centres or Counsels10 are set up. They join their efforts11 to work out different programmes which help to solve serious problems of our time. Among these problems are ecology, medicine, space exploration12, new sources of energy and many others.
Research
is a noble
occupation13,
though it is seldom profitable14
or rewarding15.
Not everyone can become a real scientist. You should work hard to
develop
уоur
abilities to watch and see, to examine and interpret16,
to
be able to analyse and come
to certain conclusions17.
You should read a lot and accumulate
profound knowledge18.
The history of the mankind gives us a lot of examples of great scientists who started making their scientific career since childhood.
For example the greatest English scientist Charles Darwin knew the names of all the planets when he was eight. He had wonderful collections of plants, shells, birds' eggs and insects. Charles was fond of making chemical experiments near his house. While studying at Cambridge University he continued to study nature, collecting insects. This hobby of his childhood led him to his wonderful ideas of evolution.
Another outstanding scientist Isaac Newton was known19 as a silent thinking boy. He played little with other children giving all his time to Mathematics, Mechanics and Physics. Such curiosity and diligence20 resulted in21 his amazing22 discovery of the most fundamental law of the Universe - the law of gravity23.