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Методическая разработка «Mikhail Lomonosov для уроков английского языка

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Урок английского (English lesson)

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What famous Russian scientists do you know? What are they famous for?

What do you know about Mikhail Lomonosov? Read the text about this great person.

Mikhail Lomonosov

Mikhail Lomonosov was born in 1711 near Kholmogory in Arkhangelsk province. His father was a fisherman and young Mikhail liked to help him. He began to read himself when he was a little boy. He always strove for knowledge and liked reading books. He wanted to study and when he was 19 he went on foot to Moscow. He decided to enter the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy.

He entered it and six years later in 1736 he was sent abroad to complete his studies in chemistry and mining. Lomonosov worked hard and he became a great scientist. He wrote works on physics, astronomy, geography, history. He became the first Russian professor of chemistry in 1745.

Mikhail Lomonosov made a telescope. He observed a lot of stars and planets with his telescope. Lomonosov wrote the first scientific grammar of the Russian language. He wrote many poems.

Lomonosov built a factory near Petersburg. It was the factory, where glass was produced. He made a portrait of Peter the First of pieces of glass.

Lomonosov was the founder of the first Russian University. This University is named after Lomonosov and it is situated in Moscow.

Mikhail Lomonosov died in 1765 in St Petersburg. But people know and remember him. He is still known as the father of the Russian science, an outstanding poet, the founder of Russian literature, a physicist, a painter, an astronomer, a geographer, a historian and a statesman. There are monuments to Lomonosov in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk, St Petersburg and Moscow.

Task 1. Match the words to the pictures.

A monument, a fisherman, a university, a telescope, chemistry, a portrait, a factory, on foot.

1.	2.	3.	4.

5.	6.	7.	8.

Task 2. Match the words to their definitions.

strove for knowledge	someone whose job is to do scientific research
province	made a great effort to achieve knowledge
scientist	It's used for making windows or bottles
glass	great
outstanding	the part of a country

Task 3. Choose one correct item.

Mikhail Lomonosov born/was born in 1711.

His father was/is a fisher.

He go/went on foot to Moscow.

He entered/enter the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy.

He becomes/became the first Russian professor of chemistry.

Mikhail Lomonosov made/make a telescope.

Lomonosov built/build a factory near Petersburg.

He made/makes a portrait of Peter the First of pieces of glass.

He writes/wrote many poems.

Mikhail Lomonosov die/died in 1765.

Task 4. True or False.

Lomonosov was born in 1711.

He was 9 when he went on foot to Moscow.

He entered the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy.

Lomonosov built a factory in Petersburg.

He drew a portrait of Peter the First.

Lomonosov founded the first Russian University.

Lomonosov died in 1755.

Task 5. Fill in the correct word. Choose the words from the list, there are two extra words.

scientist oldest library Biology engineer world school

Lomonosov Moscow State University

The Moscow State University is the 1) _______ university in Russia. It was founded in 1755 by the great Russian 2) _____ Mikhail Vasiljevich Lomonosov. According to the results of national and international surveys the M. V. Lomonosov State University is number one in Russia and among top ten in the 3) ______.

At present Moscow State University includes 21 faculties: Mechanics and Mathematics, Physics, 4)_______ , Law, Foreign Languages, Basic Medicine and others. The students are involved in research work to gain practical skills in their areas of study.

Moscow State University has a rich 5)______. It was first opened in 1756. Now the library contains more than eight million volumes. It is the third largest among public libraries of Russia.

Task 6. Answer the questions.

Where and when was Mikhail Lomonosov born?

When did he go to Moscow?

Why was he sent abroad?

Did Lomonosov write poems?

When did Lomonosov found the first Russian University?

Where and when did he die?

Why is M. V. Lomonosov one of the greatest Russian scientists?

Источники:

Английский язык. 600 устных тем для школьников и поступающих в вузы/ И.Ю. Баканова, Н.В. Береговая, Н.Г. Брюсова и др. М.: Дрофа, 1999 – 608 с. – (Большая библиотека «Дрофы»).

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mikhail-Vasilyevich-Lomonosov