1. Укажите, какие предложения соответствуют содержанию текста. Подтвердите свои ответы фактами из текста.

1. After school Terpigorev decided to work in a mine.

2. Terpigorev collected material for his graduation paper which dealt with mining thick seams in the Donbas.

3. For more than three years Terpigorev worked at the Sulin mines.

4. In 1922 Terpigorev accepted an offer to take charge of the mining chair at the Moscow Mining Institute.

5. He investigated the problems of mine safety.

6. He was one of the first to work on the problem of gasification of coal.

2. Ответьте на следующие вопросы:

1. When and where was Terpigorev born?

2. What institute did he graduate from?

3. What material did he collect while he was working in the Donbas?

4. Where did Terpigorev work from 1900 till 1922?

5. At what institute did Terpigorev head the chair of Mining Bedded Deposits?

6. What did Terpigorev take a particular interest in?

7. What works by Terpigorev do you know?

8. What problems do Terpigorev's works deal with?

9. What was the result of his investigations on mine safety?

3. Переведите следующие сочетания слов.

а) охрана труда в шахтах

б) подтверждать

в) добыча угля

г) эксплуатация месторождений

д) метан

e) принять предложение

ж) выполнить задачу, задание

з) горизонтальный пласт

и) собирать материал

1. поступить в институт

2. решать важные проблемы

3. выдающиеся исследователи

4. успешно провести эксперименты

5. выбрать профессию

6. описательный курс

7. происхождение железной руды

8. начальник шахты

9. мероприятия по охране труда

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А.Р. Karpinsky (1847-1936)

abroad - adv за рубежом

confirm - v подтверждать; утверждать

consider - v считать, полагать, рассматривать

соntribute - v вносить вклад; contribution вклад

crust - n земная кора

detailed - а подробный, детальный

elect - v избирать, выбирать (голосованием); назначать (на должность)

embrace - v охватывать; обнимать

entire - а весь, целый; полный; syn whole

exist – v существовать, быть, жить

foreign - а иностранный

former - а прежний

investigate - v исследовать; изучать

prominent - а знаменитый, выдающийся, известный; syn remarkable, outstanding

regularity - n закономерность

significant - а значительный; significance - n значение, важность; exhaust the significance исчерпывать значение

society – n общество

staff - n персонал; личный состав; штат

various - a различный, разный, разнообразный

to advance the view - высказывать мнение (точку зрения)

to be interested in - быть заинтересованным (чём-л.), интересоваться

to take (an) interest in - заинтересоваться (чём-л.)

V.A. Obruchev, I.M. Gubkin, A.Y. Fersman, V.I. Vernadsky and A. P. Karpinsky were the prominent Russian scientists who laid the foundation1 of the Russian school of geology and mining.

An entire epoch in the history of Russian geology is connected with Karpinsky's name. One of the greatest Russian geologists, he was a member and for some time President of the Academy of Sciences of the former USSR and a member of several Academies abroad. The Geological Society of London elected him a foreign member in 1901. His greatest contribution to geology was a new detailed geological map of the European part of Russia and the Urals.

For many years he headed the Russian Geological Committee the staff of which was made up of his pupils. He was one of those geologists who embraced the whole of geological science. He created the new stratigraphy of Russia. He studied the geological systems in various regions of the country and was the first to establish3 the regularity of the Earth's crust movement. His paleontological studies are of no less importance, especially those on palaeozoic ammonoids. He also took an interest in deposits of useful minerals and gave a classification of volcanic rocks. He advanced the view that petroleum deposits existed in Russian, which was confirmed later. He studied some ore and platinum deposits and may be justly considered5 the founder of practical geology of the Urals. He was the first Russian scientist who introduced microscope in the study of petrographic slides.

Karpinsky was a prominent scientist, an excellent man and citizen. He was one of the best lecturers at the Mining Institute in his time. He was also one of the greatest Russian scientists who later became the first elected President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Students were attracted to him not only because he was a great scientist but also because of his charming personality and gentle manner.

Every geologist and every geology student knows very well Karpinsky's most significant work An Outline of the Physical and Geographical Conditions in European Russia in Past Geological Periods.