READING. Prominent, to be expelled, fortress, science, scientist, scientific, founder, nuclear, to establish

Prominent, to be expelled, fortress, science, scientist, scientific, founder, nuclear, to establish, incredible, to devote to, to defend, defence, entirely, technology, common knowledge, device, valve, to transmit, to prove, to disprove, capable, to list.

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

Ask students to guess the meaning of the following words and word combinations, giving them synonyms or close meanings of them:

prominent – well-known (хорошо известный, выдающийся);

to be expelled – to be officially forced to leave a place, organization, or school, for example, because of their bad behaviour (быть исключенным, изгнанным);

fortress – a strong building that is used by soldiers for defending a place (крепость);

science – the study and knowledge of the physical world and its behaviour, that is based on experiments and facts and is organized into a system (наука);

scientist – someone who is trained in science, especially someone whose job is to do scientific research (ученый);

scientific – relating to science, or based on the methods of science (научный);

founder – someone who starts an organization or institution (основатель, учредитель);

nuclear – relating to energy that is produced by changing the structure of the central part of an atom=atomic; nuclear power/energy (ядерный);

to establish – to make something to start to exist or start to happen; to start an organisation or a company (oсновать,учредить);

incredible – 1)surprising or difficult to believe, 2) great, extreme, or extremely good (невероятный);

to devote to – to spend a lot of time or effort doing something (посвятить);

to defend – to protect someone or something (защищать);

defence – protection (защита);

entirely – completely, or in every way (всецело);

technology – advanced scientific knowledge that is used for practical purposes, especially in industry (технология, техника);

common knowledge – something that everyone knows (общеизвестный);

device – a machine or piece of equipment that does a particular job (прибор, устройство);

valve – something that opens and closes in order to control the flow of the air or liquid (лампа);

to transmit – to send an electronic signal such as a radio or telephone signal (передавать);

to prove – to provide evidence that shows that something is true (доказать);

to disprove – to prove that something is not correct or true (опровергнуть);

capable of(doing)smth. – able to do something (способный к чему-либо);

to list – to mention or write things one after another (вносить в список).

Macmillan Essential Dictionary, International Student Edition.

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