Решебник по английскому языку язык 9 класс Афанасьева. Углублённый | Страница 33

10. Details of the project are not available to anybody. (Детали проекта не доступны никому.)

11. I don't think Jane is aware of all the facts. (Я не думаю, что Джейн осведомлена обо всех фактах.)

12. Mr Monti's contribution to the company's success was really remarkable. (Вклад мистера Монти в успех компании был действительно замечательным.)

13. My flight was delayed so it was a good opportunity for doing some shopping. (Мой рейс был задержан, так что это была хорошая возможность для шопинга.)

14. We took the opportunity of visiting the Houses of Parliament during our trip to London. (Мы воспользовались возможностью посетить Палаты Парламента во время нашей поездки в Лондон.)

15. Nowadays we see a rapid change in the world of computer technology. (В настоящее время мы видим быстрое изменение в мире компьютерных технологий.)

16. The new project is beneficial to many children. (Новый проект полезен многим детям.)

17. I. Levitan was contemporary with A. Chekhov. (И. Левитан был современником А. Чехова.)

18. The students benefited from the new library. (Студенты извлекли выгоду из новой библиотеки.)

Thomas Alva Edison was born in February 11, 1847, in the USA, State Ohio. His formal schooling was limited to three months, as he was considered a slow learner, but his mother taught him at home, transforming him into an avid reader.

By the age of 12 (1859), Edison had become a trainboy on the Great Trunk Railroad, selling magazines and candy. Later, at the age of 15 (1862), he became a manager of a telegraph office and a receiver of the automatic telegraph.

In 1878, he began work on electric light and founded the Edison Electric Light Company. His most significant achievements and inventions, which are beneficial to the human society, include:

• Electric light (a lamp that glows for 40 hours, demonstrated in 1879).

• The phonograph for recording sound (the invention he was most proud of).

• Equipment for the cinema.

• The first central electric light power station in New York City (established in 1882).

Edison made over 100 inventions throughout his life, and his work contributed to the development of science and technology. His greatest invention, the commercially viable electric light bulb, was a culmination of countless ideas and persistence. Thomas Alva Edison died in 1931, leaving behind a legacy that fundamentally changed the lives of subsequent generations.