1.3 After you have read
I. Choose the right variant:
1. Alexander Graham Bell wanted to be …
an inventor
teacher of deaf people
2. In school he studied …
a) science, math and German
music, art, literature, Latin and Greek
3. Bell's father was …
a scientist
a well-known teacher
4. He was well-known …
a) for his system for teaching deaf people to speak
b)for his book on teaching
5. Alexander became a teacher when he was …
a)twenty-five
b)only sixteen
6. Bell was interested …
a)in laws of sound
b)in mechanics
7. He wanted to find a way …
a)to send the human voice through an electric wire
b)to communicate without wire
8. His assistant, Tom Watson, was …
a specialist on electric machines
a mechanic
9. After two years of work they built …
an electric telegraph
a talking machine (telephone)
10. In 1878 the first permanent telephone line was built …
in the United States
in Germany
11. In 1915 Bell was invited to open ...
the first telephone exchange in New Jersey
the new coast-to-coast telephone line in the United States
II. Complete these sentences taken from the text:
1. He wanted to be …
2. When Alexander was a young boy …
3. He became interested in telegraph …
4. Tom and Alexander worked together …
5. The spilled acid ….
6. By 1915 a coast-to-coast telephone line …
7. The words that Mr. Bell chose …
III. Make up 5 general and 5 special questions to the text.
IV. Put one of the following prepositions in each space in the sentences below through, of , on, to for, in , by, at:
Bell wanted to be a teacher … deaf people.
He started to work … some of… his own experiments.
Reading scientific books wasn't easy… him.
He became interested …telegraph, and he tried to find a way to send musical sounds … electric wires.
Then Alexander was offered a job … the School for the Deaf … Boston.
The voice was coming … a wire … a receiver on the table.
… 1915 a coast-to-coast telephone line was opened …the United States.
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 Alexander Bell …
If I am not mistaken Bell …
It was not new for me that …
VI. Give the summary of the text.
Text 2. Karl Benz (1844- 1929)
Fig.2. Karl Benz
Pre-questions:
What do you know about Karl Benz?
What is he famous for?
2.1. Word and word combinations to be remembered:
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1. internal-combustion engine
двигатель внутреннего сгорания
2. engine driver
машинист
3. supplier
поставщик
4. foundry
литейная мастерская, цех
5.to turn out
оказываться
6.unreliable
ненадежный
7. enterprise
предприятие
8. to impound
конфисковать
9. to overcome
преодолеть
10. fiancée
невеста
11. to buy out
выкупить
12. share
доля, часть
13. dowry
приданое
14. revenue
доход, выручка
15. two-stroke engine
двухтактный двигатель
16. ignition
зажигание
17. spark
искра, электрический разряд
18. spark plug
свеча зажигания
19. clutch
сцепление
20. gear shift
переключение передач
21. to arise (arose, arisen)
появляться, возникать
22. to demand
требовать
23. to incorporate
регистрировать, оформлять
24. due to
вследствие, в результате
25. production costs
производственные затраты
26. to maintain
сохранять, поддерживать
27. to force
вынуждать
28. to improvise
придумывать, организовывать (что-л.) экспромтом,
29. joint-stock company
акционерное общество
30. agreement
соглашение, договор
31. modest
скромный
32. to withdraw (withdrew, withdrawn)
уходить, удаляться
33. to bring to smth.
приводить к чему-л.
34. to indulge
удовлетворять свои желания, не отказывать себе
35. passion
страсть, страстное увлечение
36. horseless
безлошадный
37. carriage
экипаж
38. to feature
содержать в себе как отличительный, особенный элемент
39. wire
проволока
40. wheel
колесо
41. rear
задний
42. coil ignition
батарейное зажигание
43. advanced
улучшенный, современный
44. evaporative
испаряющий; парообразующий
45. cooling
охлаждение
46. rather
лучше
47. roller chain
втулочно-роликовая цепь
48. axle
вал, ось
49. vehicle
транспортное средство
50. gear
привод
51. to climb
подниматься
52. hill
возвышенность, холм
53. unaided
без посторонней помощи
54. to rectify
исправлять
55. to suggest
предлагать
56. to design
конструировать, разрабатывать
57. truck
грузовик
58. opposed piston
противоположно движущиеся поршни
59. flat engine
плоский (горизонтальный) двигатель
60. simultaneously
одновременно
61. momentum
скорость движения, импульс, толчок
62. dead centre
мертвая точка
63. high performance engine
высокоэффективные двигатели
64. to merge
объединять
65. to set
устанавливать, регулировать
66. board
правление, руководство, совет, коллегия
67. merger
слияние, объединение
68. remainder
остаток
69. pointed star
остроконечная звезда
70. to surround
окружать
71. laurel
лавр
72. brand
торговая марка, брэнд
73. nonprofit foundation
некоммерческий фонд
74. interim
промежуток времени
75. to designate
объявлять, называть