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Module 5 Breakthroughs

Vocabulary Major breakthroughs

1. a) Complete the gaps with words from the list. (Заполни пропуски словами из списка.)

A (Medicine):

In 1928, Alexander Fleming 1) discovered penicillin by chance when he forgot to clean a dish. This 2) medicine and 3) success led to the development of lifesaving antibiotics.

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B (Space Exploration):

In 1957, Russia 1) launched Sputnik 1, the first 2) satellite to successfully 3) orbit Earth. In 1961, Vostok 1 completed one orbit around the Earth carrying the 27-year-old Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

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C (Technology):

Nikola Tesla 1) pioneered the use of Alternating Current (A/C) to send power over huge distances. He paved the way for our modern electricity 2) supply and is referred to as the man who 3) revolutionized the world.

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D (Archaeology):

In 1799, French soldiers 1) came across the Rosetta Stone,' a flat stone near Rosetta, Egypt. 'The Rosetta Stone' had 2) writing in Egyptian hieroglyphics and Greek on it and by comparing the two, experts were able to 3) read the meaning of the hieroglyphics, which had been 4) unreadable for centuries.

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b) Which words is related to: space exploration? medicine? archaeology? technology? (Какие слова связаны с: освоением космоса? медициной? археологией? технологией?)

• Space exploration: launched, satellite, orbit (запущенный, спутник, орбита)

• Medicine: discovered, medicine, success (открытый, лекарство, успех)

• Archaeology: came across, writing, read, unreadable (наткнуться, письменность, читать, нечитаемый)

• Technology: pioneered, supply, revolutionized (внедренный впервые, снабжение, революционизированный)