Jack London

The great American writer Jack London was born ... the town of San Francisco in 1876. The young boy longed ... knowledge, but Jack's father could not send him ... school, as the family was very poor London began working when he was quite young. He sold different newspapers ... the streets. ... the age ... fourteen he began to work ... a factory. Then he worked as a fisherman. He had to work many hours a day. Nevertheless he experienced a great want and count­less hardships ... that time. In spite of his hard work he was very fond ... reading and read very much. He studied ... school and later on ... the university. He took great interest both ... history and ... philosophy. ... 1896 London started … Alaska for the yellow metal. He did not live ... the North a long time. Soon he came back ... San Francisco, and became famous as a writer. He greatly contributed ... the development ... progressive American literature. ... present his name is known all over the world.

UNIT NINE

Grammar: The Infinitive

Assignment 1. Remember the following words and word-combinations:

namely static condition to make up charge to flow thus to differ ability behaviour the only previously purpose indeed to obtain to light to boil to run voltage to discharge unlike to prove dissimilar object opposite to call rubber negative glass positive to remember so far frog to retell leg to try unit pressure to invite source the rest similar to find out steady pair number voltaic pile to consist of layer copper flannel to moisten to contain wire

а именно статистический, неподвижный состояние, положение составлять заряд течь так, таким образом различаться, отличаться способствовать поведение единственный ранее, раньше цель действительно, в самом деле получать зажигать кипятить заставить двигаться, работать напряжение разряжать разноименный доказывать непохожий, разнородный предмет противоположный называть резина; каучук отрицательный стекло положительный вспоминать пока лягушка пересказывать нога пробовать единица измерения напряжение приглашать источник остаток; остальное похожий, аналогичный узнать, выяснить устойчивый, неизменный пара число, количество гальванический (эл.) батарея; груда, куча состоять из слой медь фланель увлажнять, смачивать содержать проволока; провод

Assignment 2. Practice the pronunciation of the following words:

mankind, behaviour, previously, to light, high, voltage, to control, to prove, dissimilar, opposite, academician, nothing, dead, thought, to possess, unit, pressure, professor, natural sciences, continuous, source, kind, steady, to increase, effect, pair, layer, above, another, to moisten, salt, voltaic.

Assignment 3. Translate the words, their derivatives into Russian and learn them.

to boil – boiled – boiling – boiler; to charge – charge – chargeable – charger – to discharge; to connect – connection – connected – connective; to continue – continued – continuity – continuous; to differ – difference – different – differently; electric – electrical – electrician – electricity – to electrify – electrification; high – highly- height; moist – moisten – moisture; number – numberless – numerable –numerate – numeration – numerical – numerically – numerous; possible – possibility – possibly; to press – pressure; to produce – producer – producible – product – production – productive – productivity; to prove – proof – proven.