12.3. After you have read
I. Make up a sentence of two parts:
1. Alexander Stepanovich Popov , born 1859 was a Russian physicist who was the first person to
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1. and later studied physics at the St. Petersburg university. |
2.Alexander received a good education at the seminary at Perm, |
2. the day has been celebrated in the Russian Federation as "Radio Day". |
3. In 1894 he built his first radio receiver, |
3. between different campus buildings in St. Petersburg. |
4. It was presented to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society on May 7, 1895 - |
4.demonstrate the practical application of electromagnetic radio waves. |
5. In March 1896, he effected transmission of radio waves |
5. which contained a coherer. |
6. In 1900 a radio station was established under Popov's instructions on Hogland Island to provide two-way communication |
6. 440 official telegraph messages had been handled by the Hogland Island wireless station. |
7. Due to bad weather and bureaucratic red tape, the crew of Apraksin did not arrive |
7. after being very stressed about the suppression of a student movement |
8. By the time the Apraksin was freed from the rocks by the icebreaker Yermak at the end of April, |
8.until January 1900 to establish a wireless station on Hogland Island. |
9. In 1905 he became seriously ill, |
9. by wireless telegraphy between the Russian naval base and the crew of the battleship General-Admiral Apraksin. |
Fill in the blanks with words from the text:
1. Born in the town Krasnoturinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast in … as the son of a …, he …interested in … when he … a child.
2. However, … poor funding of the university he … to a … at the Russian Navy's Torpedo School in Kronstadt on … Island.
3. In 1894 he … his first radio receiver, which … a coherer.
4. In 1896, the article … Popov's invention … in the Journal of the Russian … and … Society.
5. In November 1897, the French … Eugene Ducretet … a transmitter and receiver … on wireless telegraphy in his … laboratory.
6. In 1900 a radio station … under Popov's instructions on Hogland Island to provide two-way communication by … telegraphy between the Russian naval base and the … of the … General-Admiral Apraksin.
7. Besides the rescue of the Apraksin's crew, more than 50 Finnish …, who … on a piece of drift ice in the Gulf of Finland, were … by the icebreaker Yermak … distress telegrams sent by wireless telegraphy.
8. In 1901 Alexander Popov … as professor at the … Institute, which now … his name.
Make up a general and the special questions to the following sentence:
Due to the poor funding of the university Alexander Popov started to work as a teacher at the Russian Navy's Torpedo School in Kronstadt.
Find participles in the text and name its function.
Put the verb to apply into the correct tense - form. Pay attention to the words given in the brackets.
This scientist to apply for a patent for his invention (at the present, two years ago, often, next year, recently, last month, already).
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 Alexander Popov…..
If I am not mistaken …
It was not new for me that …
Give the summary of the text.
Text 13. Wilhelm Röntgen (1845- 1923)
Fig. 14. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
Pre-questions:
Do you know the name of Wilhelm Röntgen? What is he famous for?
14.1. Words and word combinations to be remembered:
ОО 1.merchant |
купец, торговец |
2.to settle |
поселиться, обосноваться |
3.boarding school |
пансион, закрытое учебное заведение |
4.aptitude |
сообразительность, способность |
5. roaming |
блуждание |
6.unfairly expelled |
несправедливо обвиненный |
7.to accuse |
винить, обвинять, упрекать |
8.to attain |
достигать, добираться |
9.credentials |
полномочия, мандат |
10.to appoint |
назначать, утверждать |
11. to accept |
допускать, признавать; принимать, мириться |
12. request |
запрос |
13. successor |
преемник, наследник; правопреемник |
14.to deal with |
иметь дело с чем-либо |
15.refractive indices |
коэффициенты преломления; показатель преломления |
16.PhD |
1) доктор философии (учёная степень; примерно соответствует степени кандидата наук в РФ; присваивается магистру как гуманитарных, так и естественных наук 2) доктор философии (человек с такой учёной степенью) |
17.thermal conductivity |
теплопроводность |
18.influence |
влияние |
19.discovery |
открытие |
20.X-rays |
рентгеновские лучи |
21.phenomenon |
феномен |
22.to accompany |
сопровождать, следовать вместе |
23.passage |
прохождение, переход, проезд, проход; переезд |
23.electric current |
электрический ток |
25.pressure |
давление |
26.discharge tube |
разрядная трубка |
27.to enclose |
окружать, огораживать, окаймлять |
28.sealed |
запечатанный, за печатью, скреплённый печатью, неизвестный, непонятный, неясный |
29.to exclude |
исключать, не впускать, не допускать (возможности) |
30.to cover |
накрывать, закрывать, покрывать защищать, ограждать, укрывать |
31.fluorescent |
магнитно-люминесцентный, светящийся, флуоресцентный; |
32.subsequent |
более поздний, последующий, следующий |
33.thickness |
толщина, плотность |
34.to interpose |
вставлять, помещать между, вклиниваться |
35.transparency |
прозрачность, ясность, понятность |
36.to immobilize |
делать неподвижным, фиксировать в неподвижном состоянии, мешать свободному движению (чего-л.) |
37.honour |
слава, почёт, уважение |
38.honorary and corresponding memberships |
звание член-корреспондента |
39.to retain |
сохранять, удерживать помнить, держать в памяти |
40.strikingly |
поразительно, удивительно, замечательно |
41.modest |
скромный, сдержанный |
42.reticent |
молчаливый, немногословный, неразговорчивый |
43.penumbra |
область полутени, полутень |
44.fainter shadow |
слабая тень |
45.abroad |
за границей |
46.shy |
робкий, боязливый |
47.ingenuity |
изобретательность, находчивость, искусность, мастерство |
48.to prefer |
предпочитать |
49.alone |
один, одинокий |
50.amiable and courteous by nature |
дружелюбный и обходительный по натуре |
51.mountaineer |
альпинист |
52. permeable |
проницаемый, проходимый, негерметичный, пропускающий |