- •Английский язык для школьников
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- •It's a must это просто необходимо; без этого нельзя
- •I'm really optimistic about the future. After all, we are becoming wiser.
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- •Videophone ['vidiafaun] видеотелефон
- •It's up to us это зависит от нас; это наше дело
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- •Industry [Indastri] отрасль промышленности, neural network [,njuaral 'netwa:k] нейронная сеть
- •1. Have you got a computer?
- •In 1986 the Russian space station Mir was launched.
- •If the moonbase is a success, the first lunar city will be built. It will have schools and universities, cinemas and discos, scientific laboratories and hospitals. Even babies will be bom on the moon!
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- •Inevitable [in'evitabl] неизбежный
- •1. Do you believe that one day we'll be able to live in space?
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- •Industrial and nuclear ['nju:klia] waste промышлен-
- •1. Why is our planet in danger?
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- •Incurable [in'kjuarabl] неизлечимый
- •It's common knowledge ['nolidj] общеизвестно
- •Its main advantage is that news appears on the screen as soon as things happen in real life and you don't have to wait for news time on tv.
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- •Intimate [Intimit] интимный
- •1. Do the media play an important part in your life?
- •Intelligently [in'telid3entli] с умом
- •In short, I think that tv, radio and the Internet have their advantages, but nothing can substitute newspapers.
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- •In short короче говоря
- •Issue [iJii:], [Isju:] выпуск, вопрос
- •1. Do you read newspapers regularly?
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- •I want to become a student. I'd like to learn foreign languages. I think I take after my father. I'm tall, fair-haired and even-tempered. I always try to be in a good mood.
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- •Vacuum cleaner [vaekjuam,kli:na] пылесос nursery ['пз:зэп] school детский сад
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- •View [vju:] of вид на
- •Video cassette recorder ['vidieu ke'set ri'ko:de]
- •1. Do you live in a house or in a block of flats?
- •1. Do you get up early? Is it easy for you to get up early?
- •I miss Nick when we don't see each other for a long time. Without him I would feel lonely and uncomfortable. Our friendship helps me to feel strong and sure of myself.
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- •Video ['vidiau] видеозапись
- •I liked my class. I always felt at home there. Everybody was so friendly and easy to get along with. I was on good terms with my classmates and we often spent our free time together.
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- •Independent [jndPpendant] независимый trait [trei/treit] черта характера
- •1. Have you decided on your career?
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- •Various [vearias] разнообразный
- •It's not very healthy [tieiei] зд. Вредно для здоровья
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- •I can't help telling я не могу не рассказать
- •Insomnia [irrsomnia] бессоница
- •1. Do you agree with the saying "Health is the greatest wealth"?
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- •Variety [va'raiati] разнообразие
- •Value [vaelju:] ценность
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- •1. Nick doesn't have much time to spare, does he?
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- •View [yju:] вид
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- •Video games
- •Countries and cities
- •Literature and arts
- •Science and scientiests
- •Customs and traditions
- •Independence Day, July, 4th:
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Vocabulary
theoretical physicist [Gia'retikal 'fizisist]
физик-теоретик
theory of relativity ['Giari av /ela'tiviti] теория
относительности
atomic bomb [a,tomik 'bom] атомная бомба
invention [in'venjn] изобретение
mental abilities [.mentl a'bilitiz] умственные
способности
to fail [fell] examinations провалиться на
экзаменах
patent ['peitant] office патентное бюро
equation [i'kweijn] уравнение
to relate [ri'leit] связывать, устанавливать
отношение
mass [maes] масса
energy ['enad3i] энергия
basis ['beisis] основа, основание
Jew [d3u:] еврей
pacifist ['paesifist] пацифист
nazi ['na:tsi] нацист
to come to power ['paua] прийти к власти
to settle ['sell] поселиться
at the request [ri'kwest] по просьбе
prominent ['prominent] видный, выдающийся
to outline ['autlainj обрисовать, наметить в общих чертах
military potential [,militari pa'tenjalj военный
потенциал
nuclear ['nju:kliaj ядерный
lead [li:d] ведущее, первое место
to influence [Influans] оказывать влияние
to speak out against выступать против
passionately ['paejnitli] страстно
nuclear weapons [,nju:klia 'wepanz] ядерное оружие
repression [ri'prejn] репрессия
artificial [,a:ti'fijl] искусственный
element ['elimant] элемент
einsteinium [ain'stainiam] эйнштейний
in smb's honour Г'опэ] в чью-либо честь
Questions
1. Why is Einstein generally thought of as being the greatest scientist of the 20th century?
2. When and where was he bom?
3. What did his parents and relatives think of his mental abilities?
4. Did he manage to pass his entrance exams at once?
5. Where did Einstein work after graduating from the college?
6. When did he create his 'Special Theory of Relativity'? Why is it considered to be one of the greatest discoveries ever made?
7. How long did it take him to form his 'General Theory of Relativity'?
8. Why did Einstein leave Germany?
9. Why did he write a letter to President Roosevelt? What was it about?
10. Did Einstein take part in the Manhattan Project?
11. What do you know about nuclear weapons? Why are they dangerous?
12. What other outstanding physicists do you know?
ANDREI SAKHAROV
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov, an outstanding scientist and public figure, was born on the 21st of May, 1921, into the family of teachers. He graduated from Moscow University in 1942. In 1947 he defended his thesis for the degree of Candidate of Science. In 1953 he defended his Doctorate thesis and was elected member of the Academy of Sciences.
When he was a graduate student Sakharov began to work on the Soviet nuclear weapons programme and soon he suggested a totally new idea for a hydrogen bomb design. But he was getting more and more worried about the consequences of his work. He understood better than anybody else what nuclear weapons meant and he thought about his own responsibility and about the responsibility of the states which possessed such weapons.
In 1968 he wrote an article attacking Soviet political system. He wrote that people needed a democratic society, free of dogmatism.
Sakharov is often called the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, but he became more known as a champion for human rights and freedom. For this work the Nobel Committee awarded him the Peace Prize in 1975. The Committee called him "the conscience of mankind". The Soviet authorities, however, did not allow him to go to Norway to receive the award.
In 1966 he took part in his first human rights demonstration, a one-minute silent protest in Pushkin Square. A year later, he wrote a letter to Communist Party leader Leonid Brezhnev defending imprisoned dissidents.
His international repute as a scientist kept him out of jail, but in 1980 when he protested against Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, he was deprived of all his titles and orders and exiled to the city of Gorky. In 1986 Michail Gorbachev invited Sahkarov to return to Moscow. He was given back all his titles and orders.
Andrei Sakharov died in 1989. He is remembered by everybody as an outstanding humanist, who could teach and inspire and who foresaw the changes that are taking place now.
Names
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov [a:n'drei /JmitrievrtJ Peace Prize ['pi:s praiz] Премия мира
'«keroj Андрей Дмитриевич Сахаров Norway Норвегия
the Academy of Sciences [8,kaedami av 'saiansiz]
Академия наук Afghanistan [aefgsenista:n] Афганистан
Nobel Committee [nau,bel ke'miti] Нобелевский комитет Gorky ['go:ki] г. Горький