Grammar. Speaking. Points for reflection

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Grammar

1 Divide the following sentences into two parts according to the model. Translate the original sentence.

Model: Lodge and Alexander Popov had sent wireless messages before Marconi

got his patent. - First Lodge and Alexander Popov sent wireless messages.

Then Marconi got his patent. – Лодж и Александр Попов отправляли

беспроводные сообщения до того, как Маркони получил свой патент.

a) The opening of the first transatlantic commercial service between Glace Bay and

Ireland took place after the first shorter-distance public service of wireless telegraphy had been established between Italy and Montenegro.

b) The military understood the usefulness of remote-controlled vehicles after Tesla’s patents had expired.

c) He gave a practical demonstration of the principles of radar, the coming of which he had first foretold in New York in 1922.

d) It was widely discussed that Nikola Tesla refused the Nobel Prize because Marconi had already received his.

e) He left behind him a world that even before his death had come to regard radio as a commodity, not a miracle.

f) In 1877 Edison made a recording on a little machine which he had invented.

2 Translate paragraphs 10-11 into Russian.

Speaking

1 Sum up the text using the following mind map:

Marconi

How to comment 1) Decide whether you agree or disagree with the statement. 2) Find proofs in the text. 3) Express your own opinion on the statement.

2 Comment on the statements:

a) Guglielmo Marconi is one of the most

prominent inventors of the 20^th century.

b) Guglielmo Marconi made radio happen.

c) Guglielmo Marconi is just a successful

industrialist and businessman.

3 Do you agree with the following quotations on Marconi’s work?

a) “… the emission and reception of signals by Marconi by means of electric

oscillations is nothing new. In America, the famous engineer Nikola Tesla carried the same experiments in 1893. ” Alexander Popov

b) “In a few days time, Marconi won't just hit the ground running; it'll take off as Europe's brightest technology company. ” George Simpson

4 Work in groups of 3-4. Make a list of things you would like to know about Guglielmo Marconi. Choose one, find information and make a poster presentation. (Read instruction in Module 5 task 2)

Points for reflection

1 Have you learnt anything new about Marconi from the text?

2 Has anything impressed you?

3 What facts were the most amazing?

4 Did you like the text? Why? /Why not?

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