2 Mikchail Lomonosov

Reading

I. Read the following international words:

academy, university, laboratory, chemistry, formulate, principles, basic, physics, molecule, atom, congress, mechanics, problem, mathematical, absolute, course, thermometer, formula, atmosphere, electricity, electrostatic.

II. Read and translate the text.

Mikchail Lomonosov, the great Russian scientist and poet, was a son of a fisherman. His first years of study were difficult. He studied at the Slavonic-Greek-Latin Academy in Moscow. Later on he continued his studies in Petersburg and then abroad. Lomonosov founded our first university, the Moscow University, named after him. He founded the first chemical laboratory in Russia, he taught chemistry and other subjects at the Academy Sciences. He

M. Lomonosov formulated the main principles of one of the basic laws of

(1711-1765) physics – the law of conservation of matter and motion. It is remarkable that the difference between the molecule and the atom made clear by Lomonosov was precisely formulated for the second time at a special international congress of chemists only a hundred years later. As mechanics, Lomonosov set himself a problem, very unusual for his time, — that of creating “mathematical chemistry”. Lomonosov was the first who gave the idea about absolute zero. He translated a course in physics from German into Russian and introduced into the Russian scientific language such terms as thermometer, formula, atmosphere and some others.

Lomonosov also found that heat, light and electricity are different forms of motion. He and his friend, academician Rihman, both worked at the problem of atmospheric electricity and stated the electrostatic nature of electricity in atmosphere. He devoted his whole life to the development of Russian science, and all that he did he did for his people and for his country.

Vocabulary

III. Remember these words:

conservation, to create, term, heat, light, to state, to devote, to introduce.

Grammar

IV. Fill in the blanks with the following words:

someone, somewhere, anything, anyone, anywhere.

1.In the future ________ will prove all the forces are really one.

2. Many scientists believe that ________ in our galaxy there other planets with intelligent life.

3. Is there _________ smaller than electron?

4. Does ________ in your group know about this phenomenon?

Pronoun one Местоимение one

Значение	Примеры	Перевод
…один из …	Nuclear energy is one of the forms of energy.	Ядерная энергия – одна из форм энергии.
Заменитель ранее упомянутого существительного	The old turbine was a water turbine and the new one is a steam turbine.	Старая турбина была водной турбиной, a новая – паровая турбина.
Неопределенно-личное подлежащее	One should control the chain reaction.	Следует контролировать цепную реакцию.