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II. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false statements:

1. Joseph Bové, born in 1784 was an Italian neoclassical architect with Russian roots.

2. Bové was born in Moscow in the family of an architect.

3. In 1802 – 1807 he attended the school of architecture at Expedition of Kremlin construction.

4. Since 1807 Bové worked as an assistant to C. Wren and K.Thon in Moscow and Tver.

5. As a full-time employee of the Expedition, he was involved in various Kremlin maintenance jobs.

6. His best known project, Red Square, was completed in 1825.

7. In 1824–1825 he participated in reconstruction of Moscow Manege.

8. He designed numerous private mansions in Moscow, but his most famous work remains the Tretyakov Gallery.

III. Give negative and question form of the following sentences:

1. Bové was born in St. Petersburg in the family of a painter.

2. He had two junior brothers.

3. The young man attended the school of architecture at Expedition of Kremlin construction.

4. He was involved in various Kremlin maintenance jobs.

5. Bové was in charge of designing and rebuilding the new Central Squares of Moscow and Red Square.

6. His best known project, Theatre Square, was completed in 1825.

7. In 1824–1825 the architect participated in reconstruction of Moscow Manege.

8. His most famous work remains the Bolshoi Theatre.

IV. Put the verb to participate into the correct tense-form. Pay attention to the words given in the brackets.

The young architect to participate in reconstruction of old buildings in Moscow (every year, last month, when the head architect came back from London, the whole month last year, the whole month next year, since 2010, in two years, never).

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 …

If I am not mistaken …

It was not new for me that …

VI. Give the summary of the text.

Text 4. Raymond Damadian (1936)

Fig. 7. Raymond Damadian and his invention

Pre-questions:

Do you know the name of Damadian? What is he famous for?

4.1. Pre-reading task:

Give the Russian equivalents:

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Magnetic Resonance Scanning Machine, Health Science Center, nuclear magnetic resonance, FONAR Corporation, MRI scanner, the Leslie Munzer Neurological Institute of Long Island.

4.2. Words and word combinations to be remembered:

1. to earn the bachelor’s degree

получить степень бакалавра

2. curiosity

любознательность

3. passion for science

страсть к науке

4. to lead to (led, led)

приводить к (каким-л. результатам); быть причиной (чего-л.)

5. Magnetic Resonance Scanning Machine

томограф

6. diagnostic tool

диагностическое оборудование

7. to emit

излучать

8. body's cells

клетки тела

9.to enable

делать возможным

10. non-invasive mapping

неинвазивное отображение

11. human body

человеческое тело

12. meticulous

тщательный, основательный

13. detail

деталь, подробность

14. successfully

успешно

15. to map

отображать

16. potassium

калий

17. deposits

отложения

18. to prompt

побуждать, толкать

19. nuclear

ядерный

20. potential applications

возможные применения

21. to realize

представлять, осознавать

22.to spark

воспламенять, зажигать; вызывать

23. unprecedented

беспрецедентный

24. inspired by smth./smb.

вдохновленный кем-л., чем-л.

25. breast cancer

рак молочной железы

26. goal

задача, цель

27. tissue

ткань, материя

28. disease

болезнь

29. arduous

трудный, тяжелый

30.to entail

влечь за собой, вызывать (что-л.)

31. to fit

умещаться

32. thin

худой

33. to undergo

подвергаться

34. patent infringement

нарушение патентного права

35. ardent

горячий, пылкий

36. advocate

защитник

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