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after many years of waiting, native land, to work twice as hard as, lack of proper food, poorly furnished room, to work at books for hours, under this hard mode of life, once in Paris, a laboratory of his own, to love science more than anything else, to become close friends, after little more than a year, to fall in love with each other, at this time, to be busy with researches, night after night.
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IV. among between.
: There is a sportsman among my friends.
I chose the red pencil between these two. 1. He stood... two girls. 2. There was a newspaper... magazines. 3. Whom do you like best... your friends? 4. There was a lot of flowers... the trees. 5. How many stations are there... Moscow and Zagorsk? 6. Which pen do you choose... these three? 7. There is a doctor... these women. 8. There was a table... the two beds. 9. What room is there... the kitchen and the hall? 10. Put the picture... the windows.
V. other, another.
Give me... pen. 2. There were... boys whom I did not know at all. 3. She received... degree. 4. I read these books. One is interesting,... is dull. 5. She worked at... book last year, 6. Have you got... lessons to-day? 7. He chose... course. 8. This laboratory is on the first floor,...is on the second. 9. On what page is the... exercise? 10. Where is... piece of chalk? 11. Tell me something about... discoveries.
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1.When was Marya Curie born? 2. Who was her father? 3. From whom did Marya learn her first lessons in science? 4. What was Marya's wish? 5. When did she leave her native land? 6. For how many Master's degrees did she decide to work? 7. Where did she live? 8. What meals had she? 9. For how long did she work in this way? 10. Whom did she meet in Paris? 11. Wlien did Pierre Curie take his Master's degree in Physics? 12. How old was he when he met Marya? 13. What salary did the French Government offer him? 14. What kind of friends did Pierre and Marya become? 15. What did they discuss? 16. When did they get married?
Grammar Exercises
I. , , Present Indefinite.
1. I /read/ in the classroom. 2. This man /swim/ well. 3. In summer my friend and his wife /live/ in the country. 4. Ann /like/ tea very much. 5. His sister /teach/ Russian. 6. We /live/ in a comfortable flat. 7. They /meet/ in this park.
II. Past Indefinite.
a) to use, to rain, to ask, to wait, to look, to fish, to play;
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b) to be, to go, to come, to see, to know, to speak, to read, to write.
III. Past Indefinite, Future Indefinite.
1. Ann plays the piano. 2. He goes home in the evening. 3. His lesson begins in the morning. 4. You like music. 5. The children write letters. 6. My friends speak French.
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1. 1921 . 2. 8 , . 3. . 4. (war), (the front). 5. . 6. (graduation) . 7. . 8. . 9. . 10. .
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A Dumb Wife
Once there was a man whose wife was dumb, and this made him very sad because he loved her very much. After some time he went to see a doctor and said. Can you make my wife speak? Perhaps I can, said the doctor, the operation is difficult, but if I try, I'll do my best. Of course, you may try, said the husband, I'll bring her tomorrow.
The next day the doctor made the operation and the dumb wife began to speak. She spoke so much and so loudly that in a few hours her husband ran back to the doctor and said, Can you make my wife dumb again? No, said the doctor, there are many ways to make a dumb woman speak, but no ways to make a woman stop talking. What must I do? said the man, I shall soon die if I have to listen to her all day long. Well, said the doctor, I can't make her dumb, but I can make you deaf and you will not have to listen to her. Very well, said the man, you may do so. It will be better than the other way.
Notes
Dumb
Deaf
to do one's best
Lesson 3
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Mikhail Lomonosov
Mikhail Lomonosov was born in 1711 in the family of a fisherman in the northern coastal village of Denisovka not far from Archangelsk. When he was ten years of age his father began to take him sea fishing. The dangerous life of a fisherman taught the precocious youngster to observe the phenomena of nature more closely. During the long winter nights young Lomonosov studied his letters, grammar and arithmetic diligently.
Since he was the son of a peasant he was refused admission to the town school, so he walked to Moscow. By concealing his peasant origin he gained admission to the Slavonic-Greek-Latin Academy and for five years lived a hand-to mouth existence on three kopecks a day. The noblemen's sons studying with him made fun of the twenty-year old giant who, despite their jeers and his own poverty, made rapid progress.
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After five years came the chance of entering the Academy of Sciences, as there were not enough noble-born students to fill the quota. His ability and diligence attracted the attention of the professors and as one of three best students he was sent abroad. He spent all the time there in delving into the works of leading European scientists, studying chemistry, metallurgy, mining and mathematics. On his return to Russia in 1745 he was made a professor and the first Russian scientist to become a member of the Academy of Sciences.
For versatility Lomonosov has no equal in Russian science. Many of his ideas and discoveries only won recognition in the nineteenth century. He was the first to discover the vegetable origin of coal, for instance, and as a poet and scientist he played a great role in the formation of the Russian literary language, eliminating distortions and unnecessary foreign words. He had a thirst for knowledge and that thirst was an "overpowering passion of a soul filled with, passions". He died in 1765. His living memorial is the Moscow University, which he founded in 1755. How he would have appreciated the gigantic building which stands on the hills where Napoleon stood in 1812 to watch Moscow burn!
Vocabulary Exercises
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1. When and where was Lomonosov born? 2. How old was Lomonosov when his father began to take him sea fishing? 3. Why was Lomonosov refused admission to the town-school? 4. What helped Lomonosov to gain admission to the Slavonic-Greek-Latin Academy? 5. How long did Lomonosov study at this Academy? 6. Why in spite of his peasant origin could Lomonosov enter the Academy of Sciences? 7. Was Lomonosov a good student? 8. What did Lomonosov study while abroad? 9. Why do we say that Lomonosov has no equal in Russian science for versatility? 10. When did Lomonosov die? 11. What is Lomonosov's living memorial?
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1.As he was refused admission to the town-school, Lomonosov went to Moscow. 2. Five years later he entered the Academy of Sciences. 3. The Moscow University was founded by Lomonosov in 1755.
