9.4. After you have read
I. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements:
1. From childhood, Kulibin displayed an interest in constructing mechanical tools.
2. During 1764-1767 he built a steam-engine.
3. Ivan Kulibin also designed projects for tower clocks, miniature clock-in-a-ring types and others.
4. Kulibin’s project was awarded the Nobel Prize.
5. In 1793, he constructed the four-stroke piston cycle internal combustion engine.
6. In 1794, he created an optical telegraph for transmitting signals over distance.
7. In 1801 Ivan Kulibin was appointed the rector of the academy in Nizhny Novgorod.
II.Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
1. He was born in 1735 in ... in the family of a ... .
2. In 1769 Kulibin ... this clock to Catherine II, who ... Kulibin to be ... of the mechanical ... in the ... of Saint Petersburg.
3. There, Kulibin … a «planetary» …, which … not only the current time, but also the month, day of the week, the season and the … moon phase.
4. He also … on new ways to … glass … use in …, telescopes and other … instruments.
5. During the 1770s, he … a wooden … bridge … the Neva river with a … of 298 metres, offering to use an original … with a cross grate.
6. After 1780, Kulibin worked … possibilities … a metallic bridge, but these projects … also … by the government.
7. In 1791, Kulibin … a …, in which he used a …, a brake, a … and roller bearing.
8. In 1801 Kulibin … from the academy and … to Nizhny Novgorod, where he designed a method of …and … a ship which he … to design back in 1782.
9. Tests … that such ships …indeed …, but they …never … .
10.During the same time, Kulibin had projects … using … to move … ships, different kinds of …, pianos and other projects.
Put the verbs to test in the appropriate form. Pay attention to the words given in the brackets:
The special commission of academics (to test) this model (in 1776, in two weeks, now, next month, just, every five years, already, by 6 o’clock yesterday).
IV. Give the negative and question form of the following sentences:
1. Kulibin displayed an interest in constructing mechanical tools.
2. Ivan Kulibin designed projects for tower clocks.
3. Kulibin’s project was praised by Leonhard Euler and Daniel Bernoulli.
4. This invention was used industrially for lighting workshops.
5. In 1794, he created an optical telegraph for transmitting signals over distance.
6. In 1801 Kulibin was fired from the academy and returned to Nizhny Novgorod.
7. Kulibin had projects on using steam engines.
V. What information have you learnt from the text? What information was not new for you?
Begin with the phrases:
As for me I learnt that Ivan Kulibin….
If I am not mistaken …
It was not new for me that …
VI.Give the summary of the text.
Text 10. Joseph Monier (1823 - 1906)
Fig. 12. Joseph Monier
Pre-questions:
Do you know the name of J. Monier? What is he famous for?