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a fortune but lived a simple life, and although cheerful in company he was often sad
when remained alone. He invented a new explosive, dynamite, to improve the
peacetime industries of mining and road building, but saw it used as a weapon of war
to kill and injure people During his useful life he often felt he was useless. World-
famous for his works, he was never personally well-known, for while he lived he
avoided publicity. He never expected any reward for what he had done.
2. He was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833 but moved to Russia with
his parents in 1842, where his father, Emmanuel, made a strong position for himself
in the engineering industry. Emmanuel Nobel invented the landmine¹ and got plenty
of money for it from government orders during the Crimean War, but then, quite
suddenly went bankrupt.
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3. But Nobel was never really concerned about making money or even making
scientific discoveries. His greatest wish, however, was to see an end to wars, and thus
peace between nations; and he spent much time and money working for the cause
until his death in Italy in 1896. His famous will, in which he left money to provide
prizes for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, economics,
literature and promotion of world peace is a memorial to his interests and ideals.
4. According to Nobel's will the capital was to be safely invested to form a
fund. The interest
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on this fund is to be distributed annually in the form of prizes to
those who, during the previous year, did the work of the greatest use to mankind
within the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, economics, literature
and to the person who has done the most for brotherhood between nations, for the
abolition or reduction of permanent armies and for the organization and
encouragement of peace conferences.
NOTES TO THE TEXT
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went bankrupt – обанкротился
Задание 8.
Переведите на русский язык в письменной форме абзацы 2, 3, 4
Вариант 2
Задание 1.
Перепишите следующие предложения и переведите их на русский язык,
обращая внимание на разные значения слов «it», «that», «one».
1. The new technologies that are being developed must be connected with traditional
ones.
2. It is the most interesting article on this subject.
3. The problem that has become the most important one is the problem of pollution.
Задание 2.
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