Упр.1 Юнит 3 Step 2 ГДЗ Rainbow English 11 класс
1 Listen to Albert Einstein’s biography and say which of the facts below are true, false or not stated. 1) Albert Einstein was born and died in one and the same season.
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Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Баранова, Афанасьева, Михеева 11 класс, Дрофа:
1 Listen to Albert Einstein’s biography and say which of the facts below are true, false or not stated.
1) Albert Einstein was born and died in one and the same season.
2) He spent his childhood in Switzerland.
3) Einstein graduated from the University in 1901.
4) Albert Einstein lived in Berlin before leaving for the USA.
5) Einstein’s most important scientific work is his theory of relativity.
6) Einstein became the Nobel prize winner at the end of his life.
7) Einstein’s hobby was playing music.
Текст аудирования:
Albert Einstein, the Nobel Prize winner in Physics, was born on the 14th of March, 1879 in Germany.
He spent his childhood in Munich where later he began his schooling. Albert was trained as a teacher of physics and mathematics in Switzerland. In 1901, the year he got his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was unable to find a teaching post, he accepted a position of a technical assistant in the Swiss Patent Office. In 1905 he was awarded a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) by the university of Zurich.
Einstein became a German citizen in 1914 and lived in Berlin until 1933 when he emigrated to America to take the position of Professor of Theoretical Physics at Princeton, one of the oldest and most respected American universities.
At the start of his scientific work Einstein dealt with classical problems of statical mechanics, investigated the properties of light and laid the foundation of the photon theory of light. In 1916 he published his paper on the general theory of relativity. He also contributed to the theory of radiation. In 1921 Albert Einstein became the Nobel Prize winner and received honorary degrees in science, medicine and philosophy from many European and American universities. He also had numerous awards in recognition of his work. For relaxation the great scientist often used music which played an important part in his life. Einstein died on the 18th of April 1955 at Princeton.