Active vocabulary. 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, defence, entirely, technology, common knowledge, to transmit, to prove, to disprove, capable, to list.

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

to be officially forced to leave a place, organisation, or school – to be expelled (быть исключенным, изгнанным);

a strong building used for defending a place – a fortress (крепость);

the study and knowledge of the physical world and its behaviour – science(наука);

someone who is trained in science– a scientist (ученый);

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

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

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

to make something to start to exist or start to happen – to establish (учредить, установить);

surprising or difficult to believe – incredible (невероятно, неправдоподобно);

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

protection – defence (защита);

completely – entirely (всецело, совершенно);

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

something that everyone knows – common knowledge (общеизвестный);

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

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

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

to able to do something – capable(быть в состоянии, мочь);

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

Ask students if they know synonyms or close meanings to the following words;

invention – something that someone has made, designed or created, that did not exist before (изобретение);

inspiration – the condition of creative rise, inflow of a creative power (вдохновение);

closet – subsidiary room in an apartment house (шкаф, кабинет, подсобная комната);

bulb – the lighting or heating device of a various kind and the device (лампочка);

nap(to take a nap) – to be in a condition of a light slumber (дремота, вздремнуть);

wax – solid substance that becomes liquid when it is heated. Wax is used, for example, to make candles (воск);

phonograph (US, gramophone) – the first device for mechanical record and reproduction of a sound (граммофон, патефон);

genius – outstanding abilities, talent, talent in the certain field of activity (гений);

perspiration – the liquid allocated during physical activities, or during excitement (пот);

research – the detailed study of something in order to discover new facts (исследование);

to be alone – if you are alone, no one else is with you (один, одинокий, единственный).

Macmillan Essential Dictionary, International Student Edition,

Paul Falla, Collin Howlett, The Oxford Russian Dictionary, Oxford-Moscow

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