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1. What was A. Nobel famous for?
2. What was his main concern?
3. Why is Nobel remembered and respected after his death?
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I. Прочитайте текст. Перепишите и письменно переведите первый, третий и пятый абзацы.
The Greatest American
1. Abraham Lincoln is the most famous instance of the man who rose from the lowest to the highest position in
the life. He was born in 1809 in Kentucky. There was no public education then and Abraham hardly had any.
2. The first big experience that opened up the world for him occurred when he was nineteen. He was given a job
on a river boat in New Orleans. Here in the famous slave market he saw men, women and children being sold.
3. In Illinois he became a clerk in a store. He worked hard to improve his education and qualified as a lawyer.
Lincoln was a great lawyer – not as an expert on legal matters, but as an advocate in court. He was able to present a case
simply, powerfully and convincingly.
4. Abraham Lincoln was elected to the Legislature of Illinois and soon he went to the Congress. His hatred for
slavery hardened. Slavery was now becoming a burning question in American politics. There was a threat to the whole
Union. At that time A. Lincoln was elected the President of the United States and became a real force in the political
life of the country. He was an unbending enemy of slavery, at the same time he was strongly against the break-up of the
Union.
5. In 1862 the American Civil War between North and South began. Four bitter years had passed before it ended.
Now Lincoln turned from leadership in war to reconciliation in реаcе. On April 14 during the performance of a play at
Ford's Theater in Washington the President was shot by John Wilkes Booth. His killer was an unsuccessful actor and a
supporter of the defeated South. Next morning Abraham Lincoln died. Now he belongs to the ages.
П о я с н е н и я к т е к с т у:
1) public education – государственное просвещение;
2) qualify as a lawyer – приобрести специальность юриста;
3) Legislature – законодательное собрание;
4) reconciliation – примирение.
II. Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих русских слов:
1) пример;
2) опыт;
3) происходить;
4) совершенствовать образование;
5) специалист;
6) правовой вопрос;
7) представлять судебное дело;
8) убедительно;
9) избирать;
10) жгучий вопрос;
11) угроза;
12) реальная сила;
13) политическая жизнь;
14) несгибаемый противник;
15) распад союза;
16) гражданская война;
17) руководство;
18) сторонник;
19) разгромленный юг;
20) принадлежать.
III. В четвертом абзаце текста найдите:
a) три предложения, построенные в Past Indefinite Active;
b) предложение, построенное в Past Continuous Active.
Выпишите эти предложения и письменно переведите их.
IV. Во втором абзаце найдите два предложения, содержащие существительное, выступающее в функ-
ции определения. Предложения выпишите и переведите.
V. Изложите письменно на английском языке главную идею текста, отвечая на нижеследующие вопро-
