- •Eu jep catch project
- •Unit I education system in russia and english speaking countries Lesson 1
- •I see I’m afraid if I’m not mistaken and what about you
- •It seems to me that I don’t know exactly
- •Informal letters
- •Lesson 2
- •Introduction
- •To express your opinion
- •To agree or disagree with somebody
- •Lesson 3
- •Introduction
- •Lesson 4
- •My education
- •Asking and answering questions:
- •I’m not perfectly ready to answer this question, but next time I’ll try to answer!
- •Lesson 5
- •Lesson 6 The secrets of successful language learning
- •Self- study materials for unit I
- •Verb to be (the Present Simple Tense) Positive and Negative Forms
- •General Questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •The Present Simple Tense
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Tag questions
- •Special questions
- •The Sentence Structure
- •Unit II
- •Countries and cities
- •(Traditions, customs and holidays in Russia and English speaking countries)
- •Lesson 1
- •Lesson 2
- •Lesson 3
- •Lesson 4
- •Lesson 5
- •Lesson 6
- •Self-study materials for unit II The Present Continuous Tense
- •Unit III
- •Scientists
- •(Famous people)
- •Lesson 1
- •Lesson 2
- •Introduction
- •Invention, inspiration, closet, bulb, nap, wax, phonograph, genius, perspiration.
- •Thomas Alva Edison
- •Invent hired closet nap laboratory light bulb
- •Who was ... Thomas Adams?
- •Lesson 3
- •Invention, to explode, dynamite, powerful, closet, iron, bulb, fortune, phonograph, discovery, genius, to carry out, research:
- •Alfred Nobel
- •Lesson 4
- •1876 1886 1938 1940 1965 1971 1975 1976 1979 1995
- •How to be a successful inventor
- •Lesson 5
- •Invention, to explode, dynamite, powerful, closet, iron, bulb, fortune, phonograph, discovery, genius, to carry out, research.
- •I. Read the text The man who invented e-mail
- •II. Read the article Louis von Ahn
- •Lesson 6 Women in science
- •Problem-based task (webquest) Famous Women – Scientists and Inventors
- •Self-study materials for unit III The Past Simple Tense is used:
- •When we talk about actions and situations in the past we use:
- •Positive form — Regular verbs
- •Positive form — Irregular verbs
- •Negative form and questions
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Tag questions
- •Special questions
- •Verb to be (The Past Simple Tense) was/were
- •The past continuous tense
- •Positive form
- •Negative form
- •Past continuous vs. Past simple
- •Unit IV computer Lesson 1
- •Lesson 2
- •Lesson 3
- •Lesson 4
- •Lesson 5
- •Lesson 6
- •Self-study materials for unit IV The Present Perfect Tense
- •Present perfect and past simple
- •Unit V career prospects Lesson 1
- •Lesson 2
- •Lesson 3
- •Lesson 4
- •Lesson 5
- •Lesson 6
- •Self-study materials for unit V The Future Simple Tense
- •I’ll be… or I’ll probably be… or I don’t know where I’ll be.
- •The Future Continuous Tense
- •I ________________ soon. (to leave)
- •I shall be leaving soon. Or I will be leaving soon.
Lesson 2
Introduction
We were talking about scientists at the previous lesson. Scientific discoveries and inventions make our life more comfortable and wonderful. We can’t even imagine how to live without things around us. From the very morning before leaving the house we ...What do we do first? What do we always want to know ...? Try to guess the meaning of the word forecast: “We always want to know what the weather will be like in the near future.”
Listening
a) Listen to the story “Weather Forecast” and be ready to answer the questions that follow:
Where did the men travel?
Whom did they meet there?
What was the old Indian doing when they met him?
What did they speak to him about?
How did he know everything about the weather?
How do you think the weather forecast is made up now?
b) Retell the story.
c) You are the Indian. Tell your friends about the incident, using active vocabulary (make up a dialogue).
LEXICAL EXERCISES
Match the words and their suitable definitions given below:
Prominent, to be expelled, fortress, science, scientist, scientific, founder, nuclear, to establish, incredible, to devote to, defence, entirely, technology, common knowledge, device, to transmit, to prove, to disprove, capable, to list.
to mention or write things one after another; something that everyone knows; well-known; to be officially forced to leave a place, organization, or school; able to do something; a strong building used for defending a place; to prove that something is not correct; the study and knowledge of the physical world and its behaviour; to provide evidence that shows that something is true; advanced scientific knowledge; someone who is trained in science; to send an electronic signal such as a radio or telephone signal; relating to science, or based on the methods of science; a person who starts an organization or institution; relating to energy that is produced by changing the structure of the central part of an atom; completely; to make something to start to exist or start to happen; protection; surprising or difficult to believe; to spend a lot of time or effort doing something.
ACTIVE VOCABULARY
New words
Try to give synonyms or close meanings to the following words:
Invention, inspiration, closet, bulb, nap, wax, phonograph, genius, perspiration.
Warming up
Today we are going to read about one of the most outstanding American inventors. Before reading look at the photo and answer the questions:
What is the difference between the discovery and the invention?
Who is the man in the picture?
What is he famous for?
Do you know any stories about him?
There are a lot of stories about him. This is one of them:
Reading
Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was born in 1847. He was sick a lot when he was young. Edison’s mother taught him lessons at home and only studied the things he wanted to know. At age ten, he read his first science book. After he read the book, he built a laboratory in his house. Soon, Edison started to invent things. He was interested in the telegraph and electricity. At age twenty-three, he made a special telegraphic machine and sold it for a lot of money. It is said that he planned to ask two or three thousand dollars for his invention. He was invited to the meeting of businessmen who were interested in buying his invention and was very nervous to name a price.
“It is no use asking us a big price” – said one of the businessmen, – “we’ve already decided how much we will pay. Forty thousand dollars is our limit.” With this money, he was now free to invent all the time.
Edison started his own laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey. He hired mechanics and chemists to help him. He worked day and night. Once, he worked on forty-five inventions at the same time. Edison did not sleep very much, but he took naps. He often fell asleep with his clothes on. One day, he even fell asleep in the closet!
Did you know Edison invented wax paper, fire alarms, the battery, and motion pictures? All his inventions were the result of hard work. But his favorite invention was the phonograph, or a record player. He invented the phonograph in 1876. His other famous invention was the light bulb. Edison died in 1931, at the age of eighty-four. He had over 1,300 inventions to his name! Many people say that Edison was a genius – one of the smartest people in the world! According to him, the idea that a genius works only by inspiration was absurd. “Genius is 2 percent inspiration and 98 percent perspiration,” – he often said.
Milanda Brokal, Introduction the USA “A Cultural Reader”
Reading comprehension
1. Complete the sentences with one of the following words: