The world ' s greatest chemist

UNIT III

THE WORLD ' S GREATEST CHEMIST

Section I

 

"A chemist of genius, first-class physicist, a fruitful researcher in the fields of hydrodynamics,meteorology, geology, certain branches of chemical technology (explosives, petroleum, and fuels, for example) and other disciplines adjacent to chemistry and physics, a thorough expert of chemical industry and industry in general, and an original thinker in the field of economy."

L.A. Tchugayev

WARMING-UP

 

Who of the chemists in the photos do you know? What does their fame owe to?

Who do you think is described in the epigraph by L. A. Tchugayev?

What was D. I. Mendeleev ' s role in chemistry?

How was the Periodic Table invented?

Match the chemists ' names with the discoveries:

1. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin	a) radioactivity
2. Alfred Nobel	b) the law of conservation of mass
3. Antoine Lavoisier	c) three-dimensional structures of many biomolecules, the structure of insulin
4. Antoine Henri Becquerel	d) hydrogen
5. Henry Cavendish	e) penicillin
6. Robert Boyle 7. Alexander Fleming	f) dynamite g) the inverse relationship between volume and pressure of a gas

TEXT A

Memorize the meaning of the following words and word combinations.

periodic, periodicity, predict, prediction, in advance, hypothesis, hypotheses, owe to smth., research, researcher, in honour of smb., lay the foundation, commemorate, explore, exploration, explorer, consider, deal with, discover, discovery, devote oneself to smth., bear smb's name, fission, contribute, contribution

Practise your pronunciation.

Mendelevium, mendeleevite, uranium, nucleus, nuclear, researcher, explorer, periodic, periodicity, chemical, meteorology, astronomy, pedagogical, genius, hypothesis, honour, colleague, effort.

3. Make pairs of the words and word combinations in column A and those in columnBand make up the sentences with them.

A			B
1.	the study of			researchers
2.	to a considerable			elements
3.	outstanding			system
4.	the fission of the			modern science
5.	to predict			uranium nucleus
6.	undiscovered			conditions
7.	periodic			nature
8.	the foundation of the			contribution
9.	laboratory			in advance
10.	history-making			degree

Give the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations.

Изучение природы, свойства элементов, носить имя кого-либо, обратить внимание на что-либо, великий русский учёный, назвать чьим-либо именем, в настоящее время, мечты осуществились, основатель современной химии, основной предмет, значение периодического закона, заложить основы современной науки, внести вклад исторического значения, дополнить знание, в лабораторных условиях, заранее предсказать, привлечь внимание коллег, в значительной степени, расставить элементы, расщепление атома урана, недавно открытые элементы, наоборот, ускорить развитие, характерные черты, сделать всё возможное.

Section II

TEXT B

Notes on the text:

pursue – проводить; win an award – получитьпремию; eventual – последующий; passionate – увлечённый; trail behind –отставать; he had the good fortune – емупосчастливилось; put at the forefront – поставитьнапервоеместо; chair –кафедра

UNIT III

THE WORLD ' S GREATEST CHEMIST

Section I

 

"A chemist of genius, first-class physicist, a fruitful researcher in the fields of hydrodynamics,meteorology, geology, certain branches of chemical technology (explosives, petroleum, and fuels, for example) and other disciplines adjacent to chemistry and physics, a thorough expert of chemical industry and industry in general, and an original thinker in the field of economy."

L.A. Tchugayev

WARMING-UP