Упр. 2. Назовите значения следующих интернациональных слов:
examination, the Julian calendar, rudimentary, arrangement, vertical,
horizontal, transpose, operate, bureau, visit
Упр. 3. Определите значения выделенных слов по контексту.
1.
Mendeleyev
set down his first ideas at breakfast. 2. He received
a note about a visit to a cheese factory, but he
cancelled the visit and
worked on. 3. His mother operated a glass factory
to keep the w olf from
the door. 4. His mother
headed fo r Moscow. 5. She wanted to place her
son in the
University of Moscow, but he
was refused.
6
. The government
retired Mendeleyev from the University of St. Petersburg. 7. He bccame
head of the Bureau of Weights and Measures in 1893 and
held that post
until his death.
Слова к тексту:
devise — придумывать; brainwave — осенившая кого-л. идея; card —
карточка; juggle— манипулировать; satisfy— удовлетворять; пар— дремо
та, короткий сон; go blind — ослепнуть; lease—
арендовать;
dash— столк
новение
Text 2 В
Прочтите текст про себя (контрольное время чтения — 7 минут).
The Mendeleyev Story
In a long examination of the periodic table of the elements, the
New
Scientist for March 7 tells briefly how Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev
(1834-1907) devised it. The Russian scientist had his brainwave, says
author
John Emsley, on March 1, 1869, but, bccausc the Russians were
still using the Julian calendar, it was February 17 in St. Petersburg, where
Mendeleyev lived then.
Mendeleyev set down his first ideas at breakfast, on a note he had
received about a visit to a cheese factory that day. He cancelled the visit
and worked on. He drew up several rudimentary tables, Emsley says, and
then made 63 cards, one for each of the known elements. On each card he
put the properties of the element that he thought most important. He juggled
the cards until he had an arrangement that satisfied him, wrote it down,
and went to bed. He awoke from his nap with the idea that he should
arrange the elements in vertical rather than horizontal groups and transposed
them accordingly.
Mendeleyev was bom in Siberia and was the last of 17 children. In the
year of his birth his father went blind, and his mother leased and operated
a glass factory to keep the wolf from the door. His father died in 1847, and
the glass factory burned down in 1848. With this his mother headed for
Moscow with Dmitry and his sister. Her idea was to place the son in the
University of Moscow, but he was refused bccausc he had been bom in
16
Siberia. The same thing happened in St. Petersburg, but Dmitry’s mother,
ten weeks before death got him into the Pedagogic Institute there.
The government retired Mendeleyev from the University of St. Pe-
tcrsburg in 1890 for his political activities. He was made head of the Bureau
of Weights and Measures in 1893 and held that post until his death.
Упр. 4. Скажите, что вы узнали из текста 2В; разделите его на тема
тические части и озаглавьте их.
Упр. 5. Скажите, что говорится в тексте:
1) о семье Д. И. Менделеева; 2) о том, как и куда он поступал учить
ся; 3) о том, как Д. И. Менделеев пришел к мысли о расположении эле
ментов в таблице; 4) о том, чем занимался Д. И. Менделеев в последние
годы своей жизни.
Ex. 6. Найдите в тексте и переведите на русский язык предложе
ния, в которых говорится о том, как Д. И. Менделеев воплотил свою
идею об упорядоченном расположении элементов.
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