Задание 2. Подберите к каждому предложению из первой колонки подходящее окончание

1. Thomas Edison was a) sending telegraph messages.

2. He first went to school at b) the age of eight and a half.

3. He got a job c) he invented the light bulb.

4. At the age of 12 he had d) the lights all over America.

5. The following year e) born in 1847.

6. In 1882 New York was the first city f) in the world with electric lights.

7.In his honour they switched off g) selling newspapers.

Задание 3. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. Thomas Edison was born in 1847, wasn't he?

2. Why did mother teach him at home?

3. What were his inventions?

4. When did Edison die?

5. What did Americans do in his honour?

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Практическое занятие № 28

Тема: «Выдающиеся деятели культуры».

Цель: Развивать навыки и умения монологической речи с опорой на информацию из текста.

Прочитайте текст и выполните задания, приведенные ниже:

The Most Popular British Writers

William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens remain two of the most popular and widely known British writers all over the world. Dickens began his writing career as a journalist, and all his novels were first published serially in periodicals.

Many of his works highlight the injustice of 19th century social institutions and inequalities between the rich and the poor. His most famous works include "Oliver Twist" and "David Copperfield". As to Shakespeare in addition to writing 35 known plays, he wrote 154 sonnets and sometimes acted in small parts in his own plays- He is known to have played the Ghost in "Hamlet". His best known plays include "King Lear", "A Midsummer night's dream" and "Romeo and Juliet".

The Bronte sisters, Charlotte (1816—55), Emily (1818—48) and Anne (1820—49), were three talented 19th century women novelists whose works are regarded as classics today. Charlotte is best known for her novel "Jane Eyre".

The novels of Jane Austen are known for their subtlety of observation and irony, together with their insights into the provincial life of the middle-class in the early part of 19th century. Her works include "Emma", "Pride and Prejudice" and others.

One of the most widely known English poets is remarkable because his work has been transcribed, published, read and comment on since his death. He is Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1345— 1400). His best known work is "The Canterbury Tales", a collection of tales. Chaucer is buried in Westminster Abbey.

Vocabulary:

to remain — оставаться

to highlight — освещать

injustice — несправедливость

observation — наблюдение

Задание 1. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. Who is the most popular and widely known British writer?

2. When did Dickens begin his career?

3. What plays by Shakespeare do you know?

4. What are the Bronte sisters famous for?

5. What other popular British writers do you know?

Задание 2. Заполните таблицу.

A writer	His/ Her works

The British Painters

(Joseph Mallord William Turner)

William Turner, a great romantic English landscape painter, was born in Devonshire in 1775. He lived with his uncle in Middlesex, where he began to attend school. His first drawings are dated 1787, when he was only twelve years of age. His childish sketch-books, filled with drawings, are still preserved in the British Museum.

When he was 21, he began to exhibit oil paintings as well as water-colours at the Royal Academy. The first, "Fishermen at Sea" is now in the Gate Gallery.

He traveled much in France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy. But he never lost his interest in his own country.

As a landscape painter Turner was interested mainly in light and colour effects. One of his famous paintings is even called "Light and Colour". His work is high praised by great critics.

Turner died in London in 1851. His pictures and drawings became the property of the British nation. William Turner is considered to be one of the world greatest painters.

Vocabulary:

landscape — ландшафт

drawing(s) — рисунок

childish — детский

painting(s) — картина

famous — знаменитый

praised — восхваленный, оцененный

property — собственность

to be considered — считаться

Задание 3. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. Where and when was Joseph Turner born?

2. Where did he go to school?

3. At what age did he make his first drawings?

4. When did he begin to exhibit his paintings?

5. Did he stay in his country all his life?

6. What was he interested in as landscape painter?

7. When and where did he die?

8. Who is the owner of Turner's works?

Задание 4. Кратко перескажите текст.

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Практическое занятие № 29

Тема: «Выдающиеся британские ученые».

Цель:Развитие навыков поиска необходимой информации в тексте и использования ее в речи.

Прочитайте текст и выполните задания, приведенные ниже:

Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday is one of the great scientists in the history of man's work in electricity. He was born in a small village near London on September 11, 1791, in a poor family. His family lived from hand to mouth. At the age of thirteen Michael went to work in a bookbinder's shop, because he didn't have much schooling. Some of the scientific works and articles which passed through his hands aroused his interest in science and he started to read.

Some time later Michael became a pupil of great scientist of that time, Sir Humphry Davy. The boy accompanied Davy in his trips to Europe. The educational value of such trips was great. Among great men of science Faraday met Ampere, who had already made a name for himself in the history of electricity.

Today almost all the electricity we use is generated by great machines with magnets in them, but in those days no one knew how to do it. That's why the English scientist danced with delight on his table when he got what he wanted by moving the magnet near wire. This was a great moment in the history of man's electrical experiments. But Faraday didn't stop at this.

Faraday's scientific interests were varied. He made new kind of glass and a new kind of steel. Faraday made about two thousand difficult experiments and made countless discoveries in chemistry and physics. He made a wonderful machine which was the father of all the great machines that make electricity today. They light and heat our houses and they make our radio-sets work. Michael Faraday was the creator of the electric motor, who ushered us in the electrical age which had changed the face of the earth.

Vocabulary:

to arouse — возбуждать, пробуждать

bookbinder — переплетчик

value — ценность

creator -— создатель

to usher — вводить

Задание 1. Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов и выражений:

великий ученый

родился

жить впроголодь

сделал себе имя

с радостью

Задание 2. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. Who is the creator of the electric motor?

2. Why did Michael have to work in a bookbinder's shop?

3. Was he a pupil of Humphry Davy or Ampere?

4. What was the greatest discovery of Faraday?

5. Faraday made about two thousand difficult experiments, didn't he?

Alexander Graham Bell

Although Alexander Graham Bell is accredited with inventing the telephone the honour in fact goes to an Italian inventor Antonio Meucci who actually invented it in 1849. Unfortunately he didn't get the glory. The problem was he couldn't afford the cost of the patent. Bell at one time even shared a laboratory with Meucci. If Bell had been an honourable man he wouldn't have taken the credit and reaped the rewards. Meucci received nothing for all his work, which was wrong. He may have been a talented man but in this case he seems to have behaved shamefully. Although Meucci did get the recognition it came over hundred years too late for him to benefit.
Alexander Graham Bell originally came from Scotland having been born in Edinburgh in March 1847. His family taught elocution, his mother was deaf and after his education in Scotland he began to study acoustics. In 1870 the family went to live in Canada by then he had already begun to become interested in telephony. In 1873 he found a job in Montreal where he taught the method visible speech which was based on the phonetic alphabet and helped the deaf to speak. From there he became a professor at Boston University. But he carried on with his desire to invent a telephone. In 1876 he got a patent for his invention and the Bell telephone company was established in 1877. He went on to receive numerous awards.

But although he is associated very much with the telephone, his interest didn't stop there. In 1877 he married Mabel Hubbard, who coincidentally was deaf like his mother and together they had four children. Their son died when he was still a baby having suffered breathing difficulties. The loss made him want to help this type of condition so he invented a jacket made of metal that could assist breathing.

He also went on to invent the metal detector in 1881. And with the next big thing flight he helped to develop a plane called Silver Dart. In the 1900's he created a boat that held the world speed record for a good few years.

Vocabulary:

honour - честь

to reap the rewards – получать награды

recognition – признание

benefit – выгода, польза

elocution - ораторское искусство, дикция

to invent – изобретать

to establish – создавать

coincidentally – по случайному стечению обстоятельств