III. Language work.
1. Give the Russian equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
Self-educated, self-made, a rich and active life, universally recognized, a superb diplomat, a scientist, an inventor, a pen name, to create a character, to come be known, an investment, to enable, to devote one’s time, scientific experiments, Western Hemisphere, Royal Society, to represent, reconciliation, to be elected, to be appointed, a committee, the Declaration of Independence, to be extremely popular, humanitarian and scientific societies, to give up one’s hope.
2. Give the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
Насыщенная и активная жизнь, превосходный дипломат, изобретатель, ученый, псевдоним, создать персонаж, посвящать свое время, научные эксперименты, быть избранным, Западное полушарие, быть назначенным, королевское общество, быть крайне популярным, гуманитарные и научные общества, отказаться от своей надежды, комитет, Декларация независимости, стать известным.
In pairs, comment on the qualities which help to become a great scientist or an outstanding politician using some of these words.
| self-confident independent responsible hard-working | educated creative devoted reliable | generous wit minded sociable intelligent | bossy forward-looking inventive patriotic |
4. List in order of importance in the qualities which need to become an outstanding person:
- a good education
- a sense of humor
- a strong will
- knowing of foreign languages
- luck in business
- a financial sense
- creative abilities
- hard work
5. Witch of the qualities from Ex.3:
Do you posses?
Would you like to posses?
6. Complete the sentences using the words and word combinations from the text “B. Franklin.”
And use them as a plan for your future talk.
1. Benjaming Franklin led ____ life.
2. He was ____.
3. Franklin started _____ at the age 12.
4. He acquired his own printing shop at the ____.
5. He was ____ of the West Hemisphere and caused his election to the _____.
6. He was sent ____ to represent Pennsylvania in its disputes with the mother country.
7. In America he was elected to the ____.
8. Franklin was appointed to the committee to frame the ____.
9. He took part in the negotiations by witch England recognized American ____.
10. He continued his work with many ____.
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